The team above is Leicester City in 1892, then named Leicester Fosse, a name given to the original club formed in a "shed" behind a house on Fosse Road, where Wyggeston School was located, the founders of the original club in 1884 attended Bible classes nearby. See house below! They played in the local Victoria Park and played Syston Fosse on November 1st.
Fosse means a long ditch or trench through excavation, usually in a fortification.
The club joined the FA in 1890 and moved to Filbert Street in 1891. They played in the Midland League originally, joining the Football League Division 2 in 1894 through to 1908, when there was a promotion to Division One for one year. The club stayed in Div 2 until the war and in 1925 was promoted to the First. From then the club "yo-yoed" until its famous Premier League win!
The club included the famous "Fox" on their club badge in 1948 and became known as "The Foxes" in the 1980s.
Kit from 1894.
All went well until the First World War interrupted progress as the club ceased to function through "financial difficulties". In 1919 the club adopted the "City" name at the time as the "town" of Leicester gained City status.
https://www.lcfc.com/galleries/471171/leicester-city-through-the-years-18841900
More history here.
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