The Leicester City fans of Iceland
True blue Foxes fan, Guðni Sigurðsson.
Jubilation at Leicester City’s stunning victory of the English Premier League this season is not confined to the city of 330,000 in central England – it has even reached Iceland.
Icelanders have something a fetish for supporting English football teams, and most profess undying support for one or other of them.
Icelandic ex-PM Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson also sent Leicester City his congratulations. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Eggert Jóhannesson
The largest groups of supporters have gravitated – each for their own seemingly random reasons – to big names such as Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal. But Leicester City also has its small Icelandic fan club, including Guðni Sigurðsson.
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Sigurðsson has supported the Foxes for some forty years – standing out from the very many in Iceland who have chosen historically more successful teams.
Scenes of jubilation in Leicester city centre. Photo: AFP
“I was a big fan of goalkeepers back in the day and both Gordon Banks and Peter Shilton played for Leicester City,” he explains. “I have always supported the underdog!”
Beating odds of 5,000-1, Leicester won the English Premier League on Monday evening.
