Bromley aim for awkward and ugly against Leicester
Listen to Bromley boss Andy Woodman's reaction to the defeat at Stockport and look ahead to Leicester game
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A little over 10 years ago Leicester City won the Premier League and Bromley were 105 places below them in the football pyramid in the National League, but on Tuesday the two sides meet as equals in League One.
On paper it is an unlikely clash. The Ravens' Hayes Lane ground has an official capacity of 6,100 while Leicester's King Power Stadium, which last week played host to England's Women's World Cup qualifier with Greece, can hold five times that number.
As recently as 2022, the Foxes were in the semi-finals of the Uefa Conference League, travelling to the Stadio Olimpico to face Roma. Two days later, Bromley drew 2-2 with Dover Athletic.
Two of the team that day - 35-year-old strikers Michael Cheek and Corey Whitely - remain in the Bromley squad and have seen the club take two steps up the pyramid in three seasons.
Now, just four points and eight places separate Bromley in 22nd from Leicester in 14th.
But the Ravens' boss Andy Woodman says he won't let the noise around Leicester's current struggles distract his players ahead of the game.
"Leicester are a top team," he told BBC Radio London.
"It's Bromley-Leicester. We've got to get on with it and we've got to make sure that we make it as awkward, as difficult and as ugly for any team that comes to Hayes Lane, because that could end up being the key to our success this season."
Another marked difference between the two clubs is what "success" means to each.
Leicester, for all their turmoil, want out of League One in an upwards direction, while Bromley fans will be delighted to see many of the same grounds again next season.
Recent results for the Ravens have not been kind. After beating Huddersfield 2-1 before the international break, they have suffered four straight defeats in all competitions, including league defeats at Mansfield and Stockport.
"We're just lacking a little bit at the moment," Woodman said.
"It might be just a little bit of confidence. But we can't sit back and start feeling sorry for ourselves because that's not what we're about.
"We've got to find ways to get results and make sure that Bromley Football Club are in League One next year."
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