Foxes fans make their UCL bow

Jordan Halford travelled to Bruges for Sky Sports to witness Leicester City’s victorious Champions League debut…

As the coach rolls back into the car park adjacent to the King Power Stadium, bleary eyes and weary souls alight after a long journey back from Belgium.

It’s 8am local time as the sun pierces through the windows and many ardent Leicester supporters have been awake for upwards of 48 hours.

For these fans the trawl across the channel to watch the English champions’ maiden voyage in the Champions League was a long one, but after Wednesday night’s performance the journey was vindicated.

For many Leicester fans, the European adventure started long before their departure from the East Midlands to Bruges. The planning began last April when they clinched Champions League qualification with a 2-0 win against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

After going on to win the Premier League title at odds of 5000-1, dreams of meeting Europe’s elite, in the group stage at least, were put on hold as they were placed in pot one alongside the prestigious names of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

The Foxes were instead drawn in Group G alongside Porto, FC Copenhagen and Club Brugge and the Jan Breydel Stadium was the venue where Leicester would embark on their first foray into Europe’s premier club competition in 132 years.

Leicester have competed in Europe on three previous occasions – in the 1961 Cup Winners’ Cup and the UEFA Cup in 1997/98 and 2000/01 – but this was the pinnacle of their overseas jaunts.

Whilst Club Brugge may not have been the most glamorous opening fixture, the capital of West Flanders provided the perfect backdrop with its cobbled streets and winding canals making it one of the most picturesque cities in …

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