Leicester Cathedral the King was created at the east end of the cathedral as part of the re-ordering work for the burial of Richard III. Leicester Cathedral follows the rites of the Church of England and uses the 1662 Book of Common Prayer for the main Choral Eucharist on Sunday. As of 13 January 2018: The Leicester Cathedral Choir is made up of the Boys Choir, the Girls Choir and the Cathedral Songmen. Boys and girls are recruited from schools throughout Leicester and Leicestershire, whilst many of the songmen originally joined the choir as trebles and have stayed on after their voice
Leicester City F.C. in European football winning the penalty shoot-out 4–3. The next season, Leicester progressed past Ayr United drawing 1-1 in Scotland and winning 2-0 at home; in the second round, Dundee United gained revenge for the previous year's elimination, winning 1-0 in Dundee and holding Leicester to a 1-1 draw in England. After Texaco dropped their sponsorship of the tournament, the Anglo-Scottish Cup was created in the 1975–76 season, using a group stage format in which each team would play the others in the group once, with only the team finishing top of the group progressing. Leicester were in Group 2 of the English