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  1. We need 'a full clear-out' and to 'stick together' - fans react to relegationpublished at 13:18 BST

    Leicester City fans hold up a sign demanding the King Power Group sells the club, while in the blurred foreground a Foxes player can be seen hunched over in disappointment after relegation Image source, Getty Images

    BBC Sport asked Leicester City supporters what they would like to see happen at the club to stop the rot after they suffered back-to-back relegations to drop into League One.

    Fans gathered outside the ground to demand change immediately after the draw with Hull City that sealed the Foxes' fate.

    Below is a selection of what fans had to say.

    Hardy: A full clear-out is needed, starting with the board and coaching staff. The focus now should be on building a younger, hungrier squad with a long-term vision, not short-term fixes. Rebuild properly and come back stronger.

    Wes: Depressed. The club needs a complete overhaul. Too many uninformed decisions were made. The firing of a ridiculous amount of mangers solely based on the 'new manager bounce'. My advice to the King Power Group: take a deep breath, take a step back and hire competent staff members who know how to run a club, based upon a clear direction and plan. If not, just sell the club because the KPG is haemorrhaging money on its 'plan' and it is not making sense from a business perspective.

    Stephen: I had been resigned to League One football for quite some time if I'm being honest. It's been a woeful season - from getting the basics right to showing any fight or passion, it's all been missing. I got to the point where I didn't even get angry any more, just accepted it, even sort of expected it - says it all really. Massive clear out, Top (no pun intended) to bottom, is definitely needed.

    David: Having been a supporter since 1959, I've seen all the ups and downs. When King Power took over, these have been the greatest years we have known. We need to stick with and support the owners and the good years will return.

    Chris: I was taken to my first Leicester City game by my grandfather at the age of eight. As a lifelong supporter, now a grandfather myself, I watched us lose three FA Cup finals in the 1960s and never thought I would see the club become one of only seven clubs to win the Premier League and to finally break our FA Cup hoodoo.

    Of course, relegation to League One feels like a disaster but frankly I wouldn't swap the highs of the last 10 years for a mid-table Championship finish this year. The reasons for our decline are many and mostly off the field. Contrast the inspired recruitment and managerial appointments of the 'glory years' (think Vardy, Kante and Mahrez among others) with the recent lack of quality players and the embarrassing merry-go-round of poor managerial choices. I will always be a fan and cannot support any other team. Let's get back to a 'Foxes never quit' mentality and better times will return.

    Pete: The next two months are vital and there's so much to do. First, we need to appoint a manager in May or by June at the latest. I'd go for Rowett simply as he's got a head start. We've got to clear out as many high-wage earners as possible, retain only those who will work hard and play with pride and passion, then recruit a mix of experienced battlers and those with hunger to prove themselves. I can't see anyone buying out King Power right now so they need to be decisive and pragmatic - abandon their fantasies of a playing style 'identity' and get back the club's authentic identity of shrewd recruitment, hard work to raise standards and pragmatic, winning football played with passion and urgency.

    Luke: Every single capillary of Leicester City Football Club has been infiltrated by a culture of complacency over the last few years. It is very difficult to see this being rectified under the current leadership. King Power's position as owners is, and has been for some time now, untenable.

    Tom: Anxious now to see how spending rules will be applied to us in League One and how they will impact our future. No doubt we have been run terribly but it is a very bitter pill to swallow while clubs like us watch Chelsea and Manchester City continue to escape punishment.

  2. Rowett reacts to relegation-sealing draw with Hullpublished at 08:23 BST

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    Gary Rowett: 'I believed I could turn it around. I will hold myself accountable.'

    Leicester City manager Gary Rowett spoke to BBC Radio Leicester following the 2-2 draw with Hull City that condemned the Foxes to relegation to League One.

    "I'm incredibly frustrated. In the first half, our energy and drive didn't match the importance of the game," he said.

    "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."

  3. What's next for relegated Leicester?published at 22:34 BST 21 April

    A dark blue banner with 'Have Your Say' written across in white lettering next to the Leicester City club badge

    A decade after lifting the Premier League title, Leicester City's 2-2 draw against Hull City has confirmed a second successive relegation to League One.

    What do the Foxes need to do to return to their glory days of 10 years ago?

    Will the club continue to decline in League One?

    Could this be the turning point the club needs?

    Let us know your thoughts and feelings here and check back Wednesday for a handful of your responses.