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21 October 2010 – Steve Howard extends his contract to June 2012.

A friendly is arranged against the Thailand National Football Team

4 October 2010 – Leicester City fly to Bangkok for a week long tour of Thailand during an International break in the season.

3 October 2010 – Sven-Göran Eriksson is named as new manager.

1 October 2010 – Paulo Sousa is sacked as manager after just nine league games in charge.

23 September 2010 – Lloyd Dyer signs a new four-year contract.

25 August 2010 – The takeover of the club announced 13 days previous has not yet been ratified by The Football League as the owners have not passed a 'fit and proper persons' test.

12 August 2010 – A takeover of the club by an international consortium is finalised.

Note:This section does not include transfers or match results, which are listed in their own sections below. Leicester City v Sunderland 31 July 2010 6 The kit remained without a sponsor for the 2010–11 season and featured a tradition royal blue and white home kit, with an all-yellow away kit and a black third kit with a sky blue sash. On 12 July 2010, the club announced a three-year deal with Swiss company BURRDA as the official kit supplier.

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13 July 2010 – It is announced that Chris Powell has retired as a professional footballer, though he still remains a member of the club's coaching staff.7 July 2010 – Paulo Sousa is announced as Leicester's 11th permanent manager in ten years after joining from Swansea City.30 June 2010 – Chris Powell is put in temporary charge of the club as caretaker manager.29 June 2010 – Manager Nigel Pearson leaves the club to join Hull City on a 3-year contract.25 June 2010 – Nolberto Solano announces that he will retire at the end of the season.10 June 2010 – Reserve team manager Gerry Taggart joins Oldham Athletic as assistant manager.– Andy King signs a new four-year deal.– It is announced that chairman Milan Mandarić will be facing a second charge for tax evasion for his time at Portsmouth, after a previous charge of cheating the public revenue.– Aman Verma signs a new contract for an undisclosed length.Note: This section does not include close season transfers or pre-season match results, which are listed in their own sections below. Leicester's form improved under Eriksson and a good run after the new year saw Leicester reach 7th place and briefly flirt with hopes of reaching the play-offs, however a run of just 2 wins in 11 league games between 22 February-22 April saw these hopes all but extinguished and Leicester eventually ended up finishing mid-table. Chris Powell and Mike Stowell took temporary charge, before former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson was announced as Leicester boss on 3 October.

However, he was sacked after just nine league games in charge, after a dreadful start saw Leicester sit bottom of the league. Former Portuguese international Paulo Sousa was named as Pearson's replacement, joining from Swansea City to become Leicester's first ever non-British or Irish manager.

They played their second consecutive season in the Football League Championship after being promoted from League One in the 2008–09 season.Īfter two seasons in charge, Nigel Pearson left the club in the summer to take the vacant managerial position at Hull City. The 2010–11 season was Leicester City F.C.'s 106th season in the English football league system and their 59th (non-consecutive) season in the second tier of English football.