Leicester City could be relegated from the Championship to League One on Tuesday night — just 3,642 days after their famous Premier League triumph in May 2016. The Foxes face Hull needing a victory to avoid confirmation of their drop into the third tier, a fall from grace unmatched in modern English football. A defeat would seal their fate with three games remaining.

After winning the title at 5,000/1 odds, Leicester reached the Champions League quarter-finals the following season, then secured two fifth-place finishes and their first FA Cup in 2021. Despite possessing players like James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, and Jamie Vardy, they were relegated in 2022. Vardy scored 18 goals to guide them back to the Championship with a 97-point haul in 2023/24, but manager Enzo Maresca left for Chelsea, triggering a chaotic succession of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Marti Cifuentes, and now Gary Rowett.

Leicester have won just two of their last 19 Championship matches, sitting eight points from safety after a six-point deduction for breaching Premier League Profit and Sustainability rules. Revenue would plummet from £187m in the Premier League to around £60m in League One. Owner Aiyawatt "Top" Srivaddhanaprabha has faced criticism, with one podcast noting he is "never even at the club" himself.