Published: 02:00, 6 February 2026 | Updated: 02:00, 6 February 2026

Ten years before they lifted the Premier League title in 2016, Leicester finished 16th in the Championship. A decade after that never-to-be-forgotten moment, it feels horribly like the fall could be even steeper than the rise.

After being deducted six points for breaking spending rules, Leicester are above the relegation zone on goal difference alone and could drop into the bottom three this weekend if they lose at Birmingham, and West Brom avoid defeat against Stoke.

This is a crisis that has developed over about five years and is a result of mistakes made by many, though two men above all others are blamed by supporters: chairman Aiyawatt ‘Top’ Srivaddhanaprabha and his beleaguered director of football, Jon Rudkin.

At one stage, Leicester feared they may be docked 20 points for their breaches, although the Premier League stress this was never the case. Either way, Top and Rudkin are lucky that governing bodies cannot issue penalties for the under-performance of senior figures. If they could, Leicester would probably be in non-league by now.

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