In winning their first ever Premier League title this season, Leicester City have captured the imagination of the nation with an achievement that has given hope to every club across the country.
What is not so quite as well known is that the Foxes also share a distinction with the 1995 champions Blackburn Rovers in being the last league champions to have played a competitive fixture in the South West before going on to clinch their title.
Blackburn did so when they faced Plymouth Argyle on the final day of the 1991-92 season before winning the Premier League three years in 1995. Leicester, however, played Torquay United in the Capital One Cup first round in the 2012-13 season, before facing Yeovil Town home and away during the 2013-14 campaign in the Championship.
We will now take a close look at those fixtures.
Torquay United 0 Leicester City 4 (Lloyd Dyer, Ben Marshall, Matt James, Jamie Vardy) - August 11th 2012
Leicester produced a four-star display to comprehensively knock the Gulls out of the Capital One Cup.
First half goals from Lloyd Dyer and Ben Marshall set the Foxes on their way before Matt James and Jamie Vardy - with his first goal for the club - struck in the second half to add an extra gloss to the score line.
Vardy had previously been on the Gulls' radar in the summer of 2011, whilst he was with FC Halifax, prior to his £100,000 move to Fleetwood Town.
The Torquay side included a number of newer faces as Aussie defender Aaron Downes made his debut in the heart of defence for the Gulls, whilst former loanees Michael Poke and Ryan Jarvis also started for the first time since joining United on a permanent basis.
It was the Gulls who made the more promising start, as Lee Mansell and Ian Morris both threatened the Foxes' goal early on without being able to penetrate the backline.
Leicester's opener came in the 21st minute when Dyer got the better of United right-back Joe Oastler and then rounded Poke before slotting home.
United refused to let their heads drop after going behind as Mansell forced a smart save from Kasper Schmeichel.
The Foxes doubled their lead on 35 minutes when skipper Marshall found the target with a free-kick from 25-yards, which gave the Gulls a considerable mountain to climb as the first half drew to a close.
Four minutes into the second half, and their task became even more difficult when James added a third for the visitors when he connected with a deft pass from Jermaine Beckford.
A minute later, Vardy nearly added a fourth but he was denied by a block from Poke.
With 15 minutes to go, Poke was called into action again when he palmed a low shot from Danny Drinkwater away.
Two minutes later, Leicester eventually found their fourth when Vardy turned the ball home, after connecting with a long ball from Marshall, to open his account for the Foxes following his £1million move from Fleetwood in the summer.
Rene Howe almost scored a late consolation for the Gulls, as their search for their first win in the competition since August 2001, when they beat AFC Bournemouth in the first round, continued.
Torquay (4-3-3): Michael Poke; Joe Oastler, Brian Saah, Aaron Downes, Kevin Nicholson; Damon Lathrope, Craig Easton (Niall Thompson 63), Lee Mansell; Ryan Jarvis (Ashley Yeoman 76), Ian Morris (Tom Cruise 73) Rene Howe
Leicester (4-4-2): Kasper Schmeichel; Ritchie De Laet, Liam Moore, Wes Morgan, Paul Konchesky; Ben Marshall, Matt James (Andy King 73), Danny Drinkwater (Neil Danns 78), Lloyd Dyer (David Nugent 66); Jermaine Beckford, Jamie Vardy
Attendance: 3,347
Yeovil Town 1 ( James Hayter) Leicester City 2 (Lloyd Dyer, David Nugent) - October 1st 2013
A slow start to the second half proved costly for Yeovil Town, as they slipped to a narrow defeat against a highly fancied Leicester City side at Huish Park.
Lloyd Dyer opened the scoring for the Foxes in the 54th minute before a David Nugent on the hour mark gave them a two-goal cushion. James Hayter replied for the Glovers from the penalty spot.
Yeovil made a promising start to the game, as Ed Upson fired wide after five minutes before Liam Moore and Lloyd Dyer both missed the target for the Foxes.
Jamie Vardy also blasted over for the visitors, whilst - at the other end of the pitch - Andy Williams forced a save from Kasper Schmeichel.
In the second half, Leicester started more positively and were in front within nine minutes of the restart, when Nugent beat the offside on the left hand side before picking Dyer who found the target with a cool finish.
Six minutes later Nugent went from being provider to scorer - as he converted from the penalty spot after Glovers' substitute Byron Webster had been adjudged to have felled Anthony Knockaert.
With seven minutes to go Yeovil reduced their arrears to a single goal when veteran striker James Hayter was felled in the penalty area by Wes Morgan. Hayter then stepped step to score the resulting spot kick, which ended the Glovers' 444 minute for a goal at Huish Park.
Yeovil (4-4-2): Wayne Hennessey; Luke Ayling (Jamie McAllister 74), Shane Duffy, Daniel Seaborne (Byron Webster 63), Liam Davis; Joe Edwards, Ed Upson, Joe Ralls, Joel Grant; Paddy Madden, Andy Williams (James Hayter 76)
Leicester (4-4-2): Kasper Schmeichel; Ritchie De Laet, Liam Moore, Wes Morgan, Paul Konchesky; Anthony Knockaert (Matt James 72), Danny Drinkwater (Dean Hammond 90), Andy King, Lloyd Dyer; David Nugent (Jeffrey Schlupp 78), Jamie Vardy
Attendance: 6,476
Leicester City 1 (Chris Wood) Yeovil Town 1 (Joe Ralls) - March 25th 2014
Yeovil Town were denied all three points thanks to a last gasp equaliser from Chris Wood.
A free-kick from Cardiff City loanee Joe Ralls had given the Glovers the lead, and it had looked as though that would have been enough to seal all three points. However, the Foxes' Danish keeper Kasper Schmeichel has other ideas, as his header in second half injury time, which looked to have crossed the line, but was later accredited to Chris Wood - broke Yeovil hearts.
The Glovers were almost behind after two minutes when Jamie Vardy raced through on goal before firing a tame effort straight at Marek Stech.
Yeovil were rewarded for a positive start after 22 minutes when Tom Lawrence, on loan from Manchester United, was upended 25 yards from goal. Ralls then stepped up to blast the resulting free-kick past a full stretch Schmeichel and into the top corner.
Riyad Mahrez had a golden opportunity to bring Leicester back on terms, but he missed the target from close range.
In the dying minutes of the first half, Ishmael Miller - on loan at Yeovil from Leicester's East Midlands' rivals Nottingham Forest - shot wide for the Glovers, whilst Danny Drinkwater also failed to find the target for the Foxes after finding himself in space.
Two minutes into the second half, Miller almost doubled Yeovil's lead when he brought a Kevin Dawson cross under control before drawing a fine save from Schmeichel.
In the 55th minute, Miller missed the target again following a good build up play involving Joe Edwards.
With ten minutes to go, the Glovers' Czech custodian Stech was called in action to deny a long range effort from Matt James.
The final minutes of the game saw the Foxes throw everything but the kitchen sink at Yeovil as they tried to force an equaliser. Shane Duffy - on loan from Everton - denied the hosts a certain goal with a block on the line before Schmeichel crashed a header against the bar following a corner, and with the Leicester players appealing for a goal, which was eventually accredited to substitute Wood. This denied Schmeichel the chance to emulate his father, Peter - who famously netted for Manchester United against Rotor Volgograd in the UEFA Cup in the 1995-96 season, in becoming a goal scoring goalkeeper.
At the end of the campaign both sides found themselves heading in opposite directions as Leicester lifted the Championship title, whilst the Glovers were relegated back to League One.
Leicester (4-4-2): Kasper Schmeichel; Ritchie De Laet, Marcin Wasilewski (Lloyd Dyer 62), Wes Morgan, Jeffrey Schlupp; Anthony Knockaert, Danny Drinkwater, Matt James, Riyad Mahrez; Jamie Vardy (Chris Wood), David Nugent (Kevin Phillips 67)
Yeovil (4-4-2): Marek Stech, Jamie McAllister, Shane Duffy, Byron Webster, Luke Ayling; Joe Edwards, Kevin Dawson, Joe Ralls, Tom Lawrence (Liam Davis 90), Ishmael Miller (James Hayter 84), Kieffer Moore
