Few sides have been better than Leicester City in getting promoted to the top flight and, arguably, none have done so in such chaotic circumstances.
The Foxes’ Premier League return was confirmed with two games left, after Leeds United were beaten at QPR on Friday. Wins in their remaining matches would see Leicester equal the record for most league wins in a second division season.
Victories would also see them amass 100 points – something that has only been done on six previous occasions at this level, including by Leicester themselves the last time they went up a decade ago.
For six of the nine months of this season, Leicester looked destined to smash just about all records on their way straight back to the Premier League.
But a mixture of near-disastrous form, legal fightsthat have followed a Premier League charge for alleged breaches of profit and sustainability rules, the threat of a points penalty on their top-flight return and a transfer embargo imposed on them has somewhat cloaked their successes.
Wes Morgan captained Leicester to promotion 10 years ago, then went on to lift the Premier League title as skipper two years later.
He says the 12-point lead at the top – and 14-point cushion to third – that Leicester had whittled away so dramatically with six defeats in 10 games between February and April is just an example of why “the Championship is one of the hardest leagues in the world”.
“They definitely made it much more difficult than you would have expected,” Morgan told BBC East Midlands Today.
“Up to Christmas, and really for a majority of the season, their form was incredible.
“But for one reason or another the wheels fell off, there was a dip in form, the other teams chasing caught up and it was touch and go there for a good few weeks.”
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