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HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
Mon May 2, 2016, 05:03 PM May 2016

If You Love Underdogs, Then It's Time To Celebrate LEICESTER CITY, EPL Champions! [View all]

Leicester City have won the Premier League title in one of the greatest sporting stories of all time.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35988673

"Leicester started the campaign as 5,000-1 outsiders for the title after almost being relegated last season.

But they have lost just three league games in what has been described as a "fairytale" and the "most unlikely triumph in the history of team sport".

Closest challengers Spurs, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and last year's champions Chelsea, have all failed to match the Foxes' consistency across the season.

"In terms of domestic football, Leicester City winning the Premier League is the greatest achievement ever and I think it will never be surpassed," former Leicester midfielder Robbie Savage told BBC Sport.

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Nothing like this has happened in a US league. This is incredible.

Yes, a good distraction is worthy, now and then.

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