1983–84 Leicester City F.C. season 1983–84 Leicester City F.C. season During the 1983–84 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. In the 1983–84 season, Leicester had a poor start with six successive league defeats which represented the Foxes' worst start to a season and labelled them as early relegation favourites. After going out of the League Cup though, their form picked up with only 2 defeats in their next 15 league games from the end of October until the end of January. Their relegation worries were formally avoided when Leicester beat East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest 2-1 at Filbert
1987–88 Leicester City F.C. season fortunes turned in the second half of the season where they only lost 4 league games during that period and scored in each of their final 16 league fixtures. "Leicester City's score comes first" 1987–88 Leicester City F.C. season During the 1987–88 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division. In the 1987–88 season, Leicester started poorly with 5 defeats in their first 6 league games which put manager Hamilton under real pressure which forced him to snap up strikers Jari Rantanen from IFK Göteborg and Newell from Luton Town for a club record £350,000