The jubilant and chaotic scenes in Leicester that night – sparked when the Foxes’ nearest rivals Tottenham failed to beat Chelsea in a title-deciding result – was an outpouring of delighted disbelief as the Foxes pulled off what remains one of the most famous underdog stories.<\/p>\n
The reason it is known as the 5,000-1 title win is that the likelihood of the team that narrowly escaped relegation a year earlier – having only earned promotion back to the top flight after a decade-long absence just 12 months before that – was so far fetched that bookmakers wrote it off as just about impossible.<\/p>\n
“Ten years on and I don’t think a day has gone by where it’s not been mentioned,” Albrighton said.<\/p>\n
“That shows the size of the achievement.”<\/p>\n
And yet, there is a sense of unease about the milestone anniversary because the club’s struggles of recent years has culminated in back-to-back relegations.<\/a> It means Leicester will play in the third tier of English football for just the second time in their history next season.<\/p>\n