Charlton was related to several professional footballers on his mother's side of the family: his uncles were Jack Milburn ( Leeds United and Bradford City ), George Milburn ( Leeds United and Chesterfield ), Jim Milburn ( Leeds United and Bradford City ) and Stan Milburn ( Chesterfield, Leicester City and Rochdale ), and legendary Newcastle United and England footballer Jackie Milburn, was his mother's cousin.

Further success with Manchester United came at last when they beat Leicester City 3 – 1 in the FA Cup final of 1963, with Charlton finally earning a winners ' medal in his third final.

He played just 23 games for the club before First Division Leicester City offered Chesterfield £ 7, 000 in the summer of 1959.

After four games for the reserves, he replaced the injured Dave McLaren for his Leicester City debut in a 1 – 1 draw against Blackpool on 9 September 1959 and retained his place for the 2 – 0 defeat against Newcastle 3 days later.

In 1961, Leicester City beat Sheffield United to reach the FA Cup final at Wembley, the first of three they would manage that decade.

In 1964, Banks finally won his first major trophy though when Leicester beat Stoke City 4 – 3 in the League Cup final over two legs, though they lost the trophy a year later after a 3 – 2 defeat by Chelsea on aggregate in the final.

Coming through the ranks at Leicester City was a young local goalkeeper called Peter Shilton, who was given his debut as a 17-year-old in 1966.

Shilton became England's number one and was also signed by Stoke City shortly afterwards from Leicester City ( the same club Stoke had bought Banks from ) to take over from Banks in goal at the Victoria Ground.

But the former Leicester and Stoke City keeper wanted to save his children the burden of deciding what to do with the medal after his death.

Lineker began his football career at Leicester City and became known as a prolific goalscorer ; despite failing to score in his first ten games, he finished as the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 1984 – 85 and earned his first England cap.

He is also the only player to have won the English golden boot with 3 different clubs ( Leicester City, Everton and Tottenham Hotspur ).

He went to the City of Leicester Boys ' Grammar School ( now City of Leicester College ) on Downing Drive in Evington, inside the borough of Leicester due to his preference for football rather than rugby, which was the main sport of most schools near his home.

He then joined the youth academy at Leicester City in 1976.

Lineker began his career at his home town club Leicester City after leaving school.

Lineker was made a freeman of the City of Leicester ( which entitles him to graze his sheep — should he have any — on Town Hall Square ) in 1995 and he is often referred to as " Leicester's favourite son ".

In October 2002, Lineker backed a £ 5 million bid to rescue his former club Leicester City which recently had gone into administration, describing his involvement as charity rather than an ego trip.

Another six-figure sum donor was Emile Heskey, who had not only followed in Lineker's footsteps by going to the same school as him, but also went on to play for Leicester City and England.

* 1265 – Second Barons ' War: Battle of Evesham – the army of Prince Edward ( the future king Edward I of England ) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.

In London, a statue of him as the Tramp was unveiled in Leicester Square in 1981 and a permanent exhibition on his life and career, Charlie Chaplin – The Great Londoner, opened at the London Film Museum in 2010.

* 1680 – John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor ( d. 1737 )

* 1979 – Jon Leicester, American baseball player

On 16 April 1963, an astonishing game at Filbert Street against Manchester United, which saw both Ken Keyworth and Denis Law score a hat-trick each, ended in a 4 – 3 victory for Leicester, which meant Leicester sat top of the First Division and 11 days later Banks put in one of the performances of his career to keep out Liverpool as Leicester beat them 1 – 0 in the FA Cup semi-final despite being completely outplayed all game.

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Further imprisonments came at London in 1654, Launceston in 1656, Lancaster in 1660, Leicester in 1662, Lancaster again and Scarborough in 1664 – 66 and Worcester in 1673 – 75.

* 1533 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ( d. 1588 )

* 1118 – Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ( b. 1049 )

* John Brown ( footballer born 1901 ) ( 1901 – 1977 ), English footballer for Leicester City and Wrexham

By the turn of 1992 they were top of the Second Division, and then suffered a dip in form before recovering to qualify for the playoffs, during which Dalglish led Blackburn into the new Premier League by beating Leicester City 1 – 0 in the Second Division Play-off final at Wembley.

Henry III granted Kenilworth in 1244 to Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, who later became a leader in the Second Barons ' War ( 1263 – 67 ) against the king, using Kenilworth as the centre of his operations.

When Shilton told Leicester he would not sign a professional contract unless he was guaranteed first team football, Banks found himself available for transfer, just a year after winning the World Cup.

When he was two years old, they moved from 261 Avenue Road Extension in Clarendon Park, Leicester, to the Saffron Lane council estate.

When not campaigning abroad, John spent much of his time at Kenilworth and Leicester, and used Kenilworth even more after 1395 when his health began to decline.

When the Privy Council was already considering to disband the camp to save money, Leicester held against it, setting about to plan with the Queen a visit to her troops.

When Elizabeth I visited Kenilworth in 1575 she brought an entourage of 31 barons and 400 staff for a visit that lasted an exceptional 19 days ; Leicester, the castle's owner, entertained the Queen and much of the neighbouring region with pageants, fireworks, bear baiting, mystery plays, hunting and lavish banquets.

When Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester died in 1204 leaving no male heir his estates were divided between his two sisters.

When the Royal Panopticon ( afterwards the Alhambra in Leicester Square ) was originated in 1854 as a scientific institution, Buckingham was selected to write and deliver the explanatory description of the views of various countries, and more recently at the Egyptian Hall he was the lecturer engaged to illustrate Hamilton's Tour of Europe.

When open, the station had services between London ( Marylebone ) and Sheffield via Leicester and Nottingham until closure of most of the route in 1966.

When Leicester temporarily returned to England in December, 1586, Holland immediately set to work to recover the lost ground.

When Leicester returned to the Netherlands he found his friends weakened so much that he concluded that he would have to seize power by force to get the situation under control.

When a personal attempt by Leicester to get Amsterdam in his camp also failed, he gave up and returned to England in December, 1587.

This did not lead to a permanent breach for " When Leicester after his second stay in the Netherlands, returned to England ( Dec 1587 ), Hotman was one of his retinue.

When Earl Robert of Gloucester died in 1147, Robert of Leicester led the movement among the greater earls of England to negotiate private treaties to establish peace in their areas, a process hastened by the Empress's departure to Normandy, and complete by 1149.

When originally created in 1918, the South division of the Parliamentary Borough of Leicester was defined as including the municipal wards of Aylestone, Castle, Charnwood, De Montfort, Knighton, Martin's, and Wycliffe.

When Millwall were relegated to the Second Division, the team transferred Keller to Leicester City for £ 900, 000 on August 15, 1996.

When Leicester were relegated from the Premiership at the end of the 2001 – 02 season he transferred to newly-promoted Birmingham City for a fee of £ 1. 25 million, signing a three-year contract.

When Henry II came to the throne in 1154, he was made Chief Justiciar of England jointly with Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester.

When his former club Leicester City sacked Craig Levein, Lennon was linked with a return to the Midlands side in a player-manager role.

When Craig Levein left Hearts to manage Leicester, he made signing Maybury one of his priorities and Alan joined up at the Walkers Stadium in January 2005 for a nominal fee, in a double signing with striker Mark de Vries, both signing three and a half year contracts.

When World War II ( 1939-1945 ) broke out, Premier was engaged in the manufacture of gun sights for tanks and aircraft, but the factory was bombed out in 1940 and the company was relocated to a new Leicester facility shortly thereafter.

When Leicester and his knights see the TARDIS vanish, they agree to keep the story quiet, so as not to look like fools.

When the head of the English troops in the Netherlands, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, did accept this title, Elizabeth considered it outrageous.

When Leicester beat Crystal Palace in the play-offs, Izzet was able to make his move permanent for a fee of £ 800, 000.