1985–86 Leicester City F.C. season first 14 league games. Their only real highlight of the season was when the Foxes did the double over champions Everton and on the final day of the season, Leicester beat Newcastle United 2-0 at Filbert Street and with Ipswich Town losing at Sheffield Wednesday, it kept the Foxes in the top flight and sent Ipswich down. 1985–86 Leicester City F.C. season During the 1985–86 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, their third consecutive season at this level since promotion. A 19th-place finish in the final table was just enough to secure a
Leicester Tigers to Wasps. Pat Howard succeeded Wells as coach. Howard coached the club for two seasons losing a Premiership final to Sale in his first season. Over the summer of 2006 the core of a new pack was recruited, and in Howard's second season Leicester won their first piece of silverware for five years, winning the Anglo-Welsh Cup, and sealed the club's first domestic league and cup double after winning the Premiership final 44–16 against Gloucester. However Leicester lost the Heineken Cup Final to Wasps. Howard left the club at the end of the season. Howard was succeeded for one season