#1 Leicester lift the Premier League
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David Cameron becoming the Aston Villa manager. Sir Alex Ferguson winning Strictly Come Dancing. Kim Kardashian as the President of the U.S.A. The Loch Ness Monster being sighted.
When something less likely to occur than all of the above-mentioned events, you know it has to top this list. 5000-1 was the odds given by bookies to the Foxes when it came to winning the league title. In spectacular fashion, Leicester City, who were on the verge of relegation a year ago, lifted the Premier League trophy. Powered by the likes of N’golo Kante, Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy, Ranieri’s men counter attacked their way to glory, losing only thrice along the way.
Even though they lead the league on Christmas day 2015, people waited for their eventual downfall to happen. Except it didn’t. Ranieri and his boys defied every odd to become the 6th team to lift the Premier League trophy, holding off the challenges of Tottenham and Arsenal.
Fans of the league were all part of a huge Jamie Vardy party, whose own rise from non-league footballer to record-breaker mirrored that of English football’s biggest dark horses. And it was a party at Vardy’s house where the whole team watched as Chelsea came back from behind against Tottenham to deny Spurs a victory and secure the league for Leicester, completing the ultimate underdog story.
For decades to come, this will remain a story to be passed on to future generations of football watchers. 2016 was, indeed, the year of the Foxes.
