Posters of striker Jamie Vardy outnumber even those of Richard III,whose reinterment final year coincided with upturn in club’s fortunesThere’s something a little odd going on in Leicester. The city’s football club is mounting an increasingly promising Premier League title challenge – in what some may consider the greatest sports narrative ever told – and usually sober politicians are linking the team’s fortunes to final year’s reinterment of Richard III.“I’m not one of those who buys into all this paranormal superstitious stuff,” said Rory Palmer, or Leicester’s deputy mayor. “But the turning point final season was when Richard III was buried. Since the Richard III reburial final March,Leicester City occupy won 22 out of 34 matches.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com