Ten years ago, Leicester City pulled off the impossible—a 5,000-1 Premier League title win that still echoes through football history. Title-winning captain Wes Morgan and teammate Marc Albrighton recently sat down to relive that magical season, and their stories are as wild as the odds themselves.
Imagine this: Leicester City had just been crowned champions, and two of their players ended up in a police custody suite. Not for any trouble, but for their own safety. Marc Albrighton walked in to find Ben Chilwell already there, grinning from ear to ear. The reason? Thousands of Foxes fans had swarmed Jamie Vardy's house for an impromptu celebration party, making it impossible for anyone to get through.
"It seems a bit surreal," Albrighton recalled. "I got my parents to drop me at Jamie Vardy's house, but they had to drop me at the police station instead. There were too many fans outside his gate, so I had to get a police escort in."
He continued: "I remember getting to the station, and Ben Chilwell was sat in the custody room because he obviously had been told to do the same thing. Then we were both sat in the back of this police car driving through to Vards' house. You see all the fans banging on the police car window and throwing scarves on the car. When stuff like that was happening, it's how I imagine celebrities feel."
The chaos that night was sparked when Leicester's nearest rivals, Tottenham, failed to beat Chelsea, confirming the Foxes' title. It was an outpouring of delighted disbelief for a team that had narrowly escaped relegation just a year earlier and had only returned to the top flight after a decade-long absence. Bookmakers had written them off at 5,000-1 odds—making it one of the most famous underdog stories in sports history.
"Ten years on, and I don't think a day has gone by where it's not been mentioned," Albrighton said. "That shows the size of the achievement."
From police escorts to house parties with the Premier League trophy, Leicester's fairy tale run remains a testament to what's possible when a team believes in itself. For fans and players alike, it's a story that never gets old—and one that reminds us all why we love the beautiful game.