Glorious summer in sight for Leicester City after many winters of discontent

A leicester city fan holds a flag as he celebrates after his team scores against Swansea City while watching the game on a big screen, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 24, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

LEICESTER, England (Reuters) - When King Richard III was reinterred in Leicester in March last year 500 years after his death, fans of the English city's unheralded football club might have thought it too was dead and buried.

Richard's remains had been found beneath a municipal car park. Leicester City were also at a low point, bottom of the Premier League table having won just six games all season.