And that brings to a close our Leicester City reaction, too.

Hopefully we have some good news stories to bring you next time...

But for now, here are the top lines as the Foxes slip into the third tier of English football:

• From fighting for Champions League football to Bromley away - Five years to forget for the Foxes
• How exactly did Leicester City end up here?
• "It's difficult to feel sorry for the current team," says Foxes' Premier League winning defender, Robert Huth
• While BBC Sport football news reporter Nick Mashiter believes "Leicester are still recovering from death of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha"
• And, of course, the best of your reaction

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In case you missed it earlier, we also dissected Chelsea's current dismal run in the top flight and what comes next for manager Liam Rosenior. You can recap on all of that, should you wish, here.

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So what next for Leicester City?

Manager Gary Rowett, who succeeded Marti Cifuentes as Foxes boss in February, had 14 games to save the club from the drop. They were relegated after 12.

Leicester had already been docked six points for historical spending breaches when Rowett took the job, but the 52-year-old told BBC Radio Leicester he "will be the first to hold myself accountable" for the part he played in the relegation.

Rowett added: "In order to bounce back quickly, of course any club in this position, you have to learn the lessons and make sure those things don't happen again.

"I'm not saying I've had assurances at all - that is not my remit. It's for the club to decide on what they do, and this is my opinion of how decisive you might need to be before the start of next season to make sure you hit the ground running.

"There will be a natural freshening up of the club in terms of the playing squad.

"At every football club across the land, regardless of if you are relegated or not, there will always be a couple of players that feel a fresh start will benefit them and maybe the club feel a fresh start will benefit them.

"I won't get into the semantics of which players they are."

We have heard about the rollercoaster ride that Leicester City have been on - but did you know that they rose up out of the third tier as recently as 2009?:

Andrew Aloia
BBC Sport, East Midlands

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Leicester City fans gathered outside King Power Stadium to demand change after the club were relegated to League One just 10 years after their famous Premier League title win.

There had been boos from supporters during Tuesday's 2-2 draw with Hull City that sealed the Foxes' fate, but there was a largely gloomy - almost resigned - atmosphere throughout a game played in front of stands in which a huge amount of seats were left empty.

Those feelings intensified outside the ground, with a series of players lambasted when they emerged, while there were renewed calls for chief football officer Jon Rudkin to leave the club and owner Khun Aiyawatt 'Top' Srivaddhanaprabha to sell up.

Khun Top, as well as manager Gary Rowett, listened to what some fans had to say, with the owner also issuing a statement,, external saying there were "no excuses" for dropping to the third tier a decade after the 5,000-1 Premier League title win, and just five years on from lifting the FA Cup.

"Responsibility sits with me," said Khun Top when he addressed the club's third relegation in four years.

"We have experienced the highest highs and now the lowest lows, and the pain is shared by all of us.

"I am truly sorry for the disappointment we have caused.

"I understand the strength of feeling among our supporters, and we do not take your support for granted, especially at moments like this."

BBC 5 Live Breakfast

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Former Germany defender Robert Huth, who won the Premier League with Leicester City in 2015-16, spoke about their relegation to League One on 5 Live Breakfast: "It wasn't just a disappointing night, it was a disappointing few years. It's been coming and obviously last night it was confirmed, which was disappointing.

"Ever since the six-point deduction was confirmed they [the players] just gave in. They've been really poor and kind of accepted the fate really, but without really having a fight."

On where he puts the blame and whether it is a hierarchy problem: "I've been in teams where it didn't go well and yeah, of course, you look to your manager for inspiration, motivation, but I always just looked at myself and sometimes you just have to get it done, it's as simple as that.

"Win your battle on the pitch, drag a few players along. That sometimes might not be enough anyway, but at least you try.

"So, yeah, it's difficult to feel too sorry for the current team, I feel sorry for the club and the supporters, of course. When I watched them play, it has been really disappointing, especially as my Leicester team was was full of fighters, full of spirit and you know the old saying 'Foxes never quit' - it seemed like they have this season."

On how Leicester City rebuild: "I think players will leave the club anyway. Players on loan go back to their teams and some of the players are out of contract. So you're already looking at, you know, 11, 12 players to get in.

"Over the past few years the recruitment was questionable, so you probably wouldn't feel too comfortable of getting the right players in, although they have got a new sporting director just joined. So it'll be interesting to see what they do, but it won't be easy, that's for sure."

In the three years since Brendan Rodgers left Leicester City, the Foxes have appointed six full-time managers.

During his three-and-a-half years in the East Midlands, the former Liverpool and Celtic boss presided over a golden period both on and off the pitch.

Leicester qualified for Europe, won the FA Cup, moved into a state-of-the-art training ground and generated significant income through player sales.

But since the 53-year-old's departure in April 2023, Dean Smith, Enzo Maresca, Steve Cooper, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Marti Cifuentes and Gary Rowett have all taken charge.

Excluding Maresca’s sole season at the club - when Leicester won the Championship in 2024 - the other five managers have won just 19 of their 86 league matches in charge. That equates to a feeble win rate of 22%.

It is no wonder the Foxes now find themselves preparing for life in the third tier of English football.

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BBC 5 Live Breakfast

Leicester City fan and journalist Amie Wilson speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "I think Enzo Maresca leaving was the downfall of everything. He turned us around and got us back up in style. We didn't plan for him to go so all of the plans from that relegation just went downhill."

On what went wrong: "There is a big thing about recruitment and the six points we have been deducted. In the 2022 season we had a big year of spending and we have never really recovered from that. Even the players haven't been suited to battling against relegation in the Championship.

"The players have not shown us the fight, they did in the second half yesterday but that was too little, too late.

"I think most of the players will go, we have some youth players coming up and I think we just need to start again [with them]."

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After Tuesday's 2-2 draw with Hull City confirmed Leicester City's relegation from the Championship, manager Gary Rowett said he was "incredibly disappointed" to see the club drop into League One.

"I'm incredibly frustrated. In the first half, our energy and drive didn't match the importance of the game," Rowett told BBC Radio Leicester.

"We still created some good moments and chances, but the fact that 18-year-old Divine Mukasa was trying to do everything himself showed that some of the others needed to step up a little bit more.

"Second half was much better and if we had that same drive and energy and passion in some of the other games, maybe things would be different.

"We should have won the game - we created lots of good chances. The game was symptomatic of a lot of games: We created a lot of chances and we don't take them and give away silly goals at the other end to give the opposition a lift.

"We are all disappointed and the fans, who have paid their hard earned money, will be incredibly disappointed to see their football club that 10 years ago won the Premier League [get relegated].

"I know it's a rollercoaster being a fan at times, but I probably wouldn't expect that rollercoaster to be quite so extreme."

Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter

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The impact of the death of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha - in a helicopter crash outside Leicester's stadium following a draw with West Ham - cannot be underestimated and is one the Foxes are still recovering from.

Vichai bought Leicester for £39m in 2010, cleared their debts and saw the club win promotion to the top flight four years later. Winning the Premier League against the odds in 2015-16 was one of the greatest sporting stories of all time.

"He was so influential," said defender Robert Huth, a key member of the Foxes' title-winning squad. "He had a 'get stuff done' attitude."

After Vichai's death, his son Aiyawatt - known as 'Top' - took charge of the club and his father's business.

"Top is younger than me," Huth added. "He lost his dad, he now has to run King Power. The spotlight is on him. It's very easy to criticise.

"He lost his father in public surroundings and it's going to have an effect. People overlook that. He had to take over the company when he was 33. You're a young man, you look at your dad for guidance, and it was taken away from him overnight."

Leicester have taken steps to halt the decline, but some sources have cited a blame culture and lack of responsibility both from the squad and within the club.

There have also been suggestions the owner is too reliant on Jon Rudkin - the newly promoted chief football officer who has been at the club for 30 years and was director of football when they won the Premier League.

"I worked with Jon and I always found him very fair, reasonable and honest," said Huth, who was Leicester's loans manager between 2022 and 2024.

"They love Leicester and want the club to do well but they need some help."

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Dale Johnson
Football issues correspondent

Leicester's relegation comes with serious financial question marks.

After being deducted six points for exceeding the maximum loss threshold through to the 2023-24 season by £20.8m, last month the club reported another huge loss (£71.1m) for 2024-25.

And that second season was as a Premier League club.

Leicester had been operating a wages-to-turnover ratio of more than 100% for the two seasons to 2023-24, meaning they were paying out more just on salaries than they generated.

Wages dropped to 82% for the Premier League relegation season - largely due to television income - but they still had several big earners.

Those players had clauses that reduced their wages upon relegation, but Leicester have still had several of the highest-paid players in the Championship this season.

Many of the big earners - such as Patson Daka, Ricardo Pereira and Winks - will be out of contract in the summer.

But Oliver Skipp is contracted through to 2029 and Jannik Vestergaard remains under contract after being given a three-year deal just before his 31st birthday in 2024.

Finding new clubs for those players will not be easy.

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And then there's the issue with Leicester's loan from Australian investment bank Macquarie.

In September, they went to Macquarie to bring forward instalments due from the transfers of Tom Cannon, Kasey McAteer and James Justin. In January, they rolled over another loan to take in their last remaining parachute payment to June 2027.

'Top' has previously written off hundreds of millions of pounds in loans.

But now it seems Macquarie has been providing lots of the advanced funding, spending future monies due.

With television revenues much lower in the League One, there will come a point when there is not much left to take out loans against.

From next season, clubs in League One will be restricted to spending 60% of their extra football income - such as prize money, cup earnings or transfer fees received - on player-related expenditure.

With many players still at the club on - in League One terms - astronomical wages, it will be tough for Leicester to operate within these parameters.

The Foxes were docked six points by the English Football League earlier this season for breaching financial rules.

The deduction was applied immediately and plunged Gary Rowett's side into a fight for survival as they fell from 17th to 20th in the Championship table overnight.

It came after Leicester were charged by the Premier League in May for a profit and sustainability (PSR) breach in the three years up to 2023-24.

In a statement, Leicester said they were "disappointed" with the decision, branding it "disproportionate".

"While the commission's findings significantly reduced the unprecedented scale of the sanction originally sought by the Premier League, the recommendation remains disproportionate and does not adequately reflect the mitigating factors presented, the importance of which cannot be overstated given the potential impact on our sporting ambitions this season," the statement said.

"We are now reviewing the decision in full and considering the options available to us.

"We remain committed to engaging constructively and ensuring that any action is fair, proportionate and determined through the appropriate processes."

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Right, let's start with a couple of stats that underline Leicester's disastrous 2025-26 campaign:

• The Foxes have won only 11 of their 44 Championship games this season
• They have lost 30 points from winning positions, more than any other team in the Championship
• Leicester have conceded 67 goals, with only rock-bottom Sheffield Wednesday conceding more (83)
• In February, they were docked six points for breaching the EFL's Profit and Sustainability rules.

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