Ten years on from Leicester City’s astonishing Premier League title win, The Jeff Stelling Show has reunited two key figures from that unforgettable campaign to reflect on what remains sport’s greatest underdog story. Wes Morgan and Danny Simpson, the captain and right-back from that remarkable squad, joined Stelling to relive the moments that sent shockwaves through football and the betting world alike.

The timing feels fitting. Leicester are struggling now, and the contrast only sharpens just how extraordinary 2016 truly was. At 5000-1, the Foxes were longer odds than Curacao or Haiti winning the World Cup, according to Stelling. The bookies reckoned everything from discovering the Loch Ness Monster to Kim Kardashian becoming US President was more likely.

That Final Day Magic

The conversation naturally turned to that iconic Monday night when Chelsea’s comeback against Tottenham sealed the deal. Morgan and Simpson weren’t playing that evening. Instead, they were doing something arguably more nerve-wracking: watching from Jamie Vardy’s house with the rest of the squad.

“Spurs were 2-0 up at half time,” Morgan recalled. “The atmosphere in the house was a bit calm, to be honest. But then the second half happened.” When Eden Hazard equalised for Chelsea, the mood shifted entirely. By the final whistle, they knew. Champions. The experience of being together as a team, Simpson emphasised, made it something they’d never forget.

The Crucial Point at Old Trafford

What often gets overlooked is Leicester’s draw at Manchester United the day before. Morgan scored the equaliser that kept the title race alive, a header that proved absolutely vital when the final points tally was calculated. It wasn’t glamorous, but it was essential. That’s the kind of grit that separates title winners from the rest.

The One That Got Away

Stelling threw in a bit of trivia that drew laughs. In 133 appearances for Leicester, Danny Simpson never found the back of the net. There was one moment at Southampton that came close, an open goal squared across the six-yard box that somehow went begging. “I think I was already celebrating,” Simpson said with good humour, remembering his battle with Christian Fuchs over who would get the team’s next goal.

Those lighter moments, alongside the dramatic recollections, made the episode special. This wasn’t just nostalgia. It was a chance to sit with the men who lived it, who understood the pressure and the improbability in real time, and hear how they made the impossible happen.