They thought it was all over - well it wasn't 
​Leicester City 2014/15 - THE greatest of great escapes 

We look at the squad, the matches & table month by month and the awards ​

Squad

Goalkeepers 

Kasper Schmeichel

Ben 
​Hamer

​Mark
​Schwarzer

Conrad
​Logan 

Defenders

Ritchie
De Laet

Paul Konchesky

Wes
​Morgan

Matthew
​Upson

Robert 
​Huth

Danny 
​Simpson

Marcin 
​Wasilewski

Liam
​Moore

Zoumana
​Bakayogo

Midfielders 

Danny
​Drinkwater

Dean
​Hammond

Matty
James 

Andy
​King

Marc
​Albrighton

Jeff
​Schlupp

Tom 
​Lawrence

Esteban
​Cambiasso

Anthony
​Knockaert

Riyad
​Mahrez

Strikers

Jamie 
​Vardy

Leo
​Ulloa

David
​Nugent

Chris
​Wood

Andrej 
Kramarić

GaryTaylor-Fletcher

Management 

Manager
​

Nigel
​Pearson 

Assistant Manager

Craig Shakespeare

Head of Recruitment

Steve
​Walsh

First Team 
​Coach

Mike
​Stowell

Head Physio 

David 
​Rennie

Matches 

16 August 2014
Leicester City 2
Everton 2  
Ulloa / Wood 
King Power Stadium - 31,603

31 August 2014
Leicester City 1
Arsenal 1 
Ulloa 
​King Power Stadium - 31,535

23 August 2014
Chelsea 2
Leicester CIty  0 
-
Stamford Bridge- 41,604

13 September 2014
Stoke City 0
Leicester City 1 
Ulloa
Britannia Stadium - 27,500

27 September 2014
Crystal Palace 2
Leicester City 0
-
Selhurst Park - 24,311

13 September 2014
Leicester City 5
Manchester United 3
Ulloa x2/Nugent/Cambiasso/Vardy
King Power Stadium - 31,784

04 October 2014
Leicester City 2
Burnley 2
Schlupp / Mahrez 
King Power Stadium - 31,448

25 October 2014
Swansea City 2
Leicester City 0
- 
Liberty Stadium - 20,259

18 October 2014
Newcastle United 1
Leicester City 0 
-
St James' Park - 51,886

01 November 2014
Leicester City 0
West Brom1
(Cambiasso OG) 
King Power Stadium - 31,819

22 November 2014
Leicester City 0
Sunderland 0 
-
King Power Stadium - 31,825

08 November 2014
Southampton 2
Leicester City 0 
-
St Marys' Stadium - 31,297

29 November 2014
Queens Park Rangers 2
Leicester City 2
Cambiasso / Schlupp 
Loftus Road - 18,054

02 December 2014
Leicester City 1
Liverpool 3 
Mignolet OG 
King Power Stadium - 32,000

13 December 2014
Leicester City 0
Manchester City 1 
-
King Power Stadium - 31,643

26 December 2014
Leicester City 1
Tottenham Hotspur 2 
Ulloa
King Power Stadium - 31,780

07 December 2014
Aston Villa 2
Leicester City 1
Ulloa 
Villa Park - 27,692

20 December 2014
West Ham United 2
Leicester City 0 
-
Upton park - 34,977

28 December 2014
Hull City 0
Leicester City 1 
Mahrez
KC Stadium - 23,780

01 January 2015
Liverpool 2
Leicester City 2 
Nugent / Schlupp
Anfield - 44,720

17 January 2015
Leicester City 0
Stoke City 1 
-
King Power Stadium  - 31,772

10 January 2015
Leicester City 1
Aston Villa 0  
Konchesky
King Power Stadium - 31,728

31 January 2015
Manchester United 3
Leicester City 1
Drinkwater
Old Trafford - 75,329

07 February 2015
Leicester City 0
Crystal Palace 1
-
King Power Stadium - 31,695

22 February 2015
Everton 2
Leicester City 2
Nugent / Cambiasso
Goodison - 38,904

11 February 2015
Arsenal 2
Leicester City 1
Kramaric
Emirates Stadium - 60,032

04 March 2015
Manchester City 2
Leicester City 0
-
Eithad Stadium - 45,000

21 March 2015
Tottenham Hotspur 4
Leicester City 3
Vardy / Nugent / Morgan
White Hart Lane  - 35,950

14 March 2015
Leicester City 0
Hull City 0
-
King Power Stadium - 31,456
AND SO IT BEGAN 
Leicester City went into April 7 points off 17th and possible safety with only 9 games left to play. But with 6 of those games at home and only Chelsea of the 'big' 6 to face could Leicester, having been at the bottom for longer than any team previously who survived, 140 days, pull of what would be the..... 
​GREATEST OF GREAT ESCAPES 

04 April 2015
Leicester City 2
West Ham United 1 
Cambiasso / King
King Power Stadium  - 31,863

18 April 2015
Leicester City 2
Swansea City 0 
Ulloa / King
King Power Stadium  - 31,121

30 April 2015
Leicester City 1
Chelsea 3 
Konchesky
King Power Stadium - 19,582

11 April 2015
West Bromwich Albion 2
Leicester City 3 
Nugent / Huth / Vardy
The Hawthornes  - 26,768

25 April 2015
Burnley 0
Leicester City 1 
Vardy
Turf Moor - 19,582
WIPE YOUR EYES - What were we seeing ?
​ 
With 5 games in April Leicester managed to win 4 amassing an unbelievable 12 points out of a possible 15 having only amassed 19 all season up to the end of March.
​This included winning 4 on the bounce having not won 2 consecutive games since September.
This meant by the end of the month they had climbed out the bottom 3, a position they had not been in since October ​

02 May 2015
Leicester City 3
Newcastle United 0
Ulloa x 2 / Morgan
King Power Stadium  - 31,576

16 May 2015
Sunderland 0
Leicester City 0
'THIS DRAW & POINT MEANS CITY SURVIVE RELEGATION' 
Stadium of Light  - 46,705

09 May 2015
Leicester City 2
Southampton 0
Mahrez / Wasilewski
King Power Stadium  - 31,939

24 May 2015
Leicester City 5
Queens Park Rangers 1 
Vardy / Albrighton /  Ulloa / /Cambiasso / Kramarić 
King Power Stadium  - 31,576
THEY DID IT !!!! - With a game to spare Leicester City pull of the Greatest of Great Escapes with a goalless draw away to Sunderland. A 5-1 final day home thrashing of already relegated Queens park Rangers see's Esteban Cambiasso score on his final game in Leicester blue. 

Personally, I had a 7 hour return journey to see my team get beaten week in and week out, but boy did it make it special when we started winning and survived. 
​
Beating Manchester United 5-3 was an I was there moment (apologies to the lady I was sat next two and in who's lap I ended up on after one City goal) but nothing ever beats the smile I still have today whenever I hear the Great Escape theme being played. ​

Awards 

Club Awards  - ​

Player of the year 
Esteban Cambiasso 

Young player of the year
Jeff Schlupp ​

Players player of the year 
Jeff Schlupp 

Goal if the season award 
David Nugent v Liverpool - 01 January 2015 

Performance of the season 
5-3 Manchester United - 21 September 2014 

Acadamy player of the year 
Ben Chillwell 
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