First years
Filbert Street in Leicester England was the home ground of Leicester City FC from 1891 to 2002. Leicester played on five different location before the moved to Filbert Street in 1891.

The ground initially consisted of simple earth banks and a small main stand on the west side, until 1921, when a new and much larger main stand was build. In 1927 a new stand was built at the south (known as the Spion Kop) and became known as the "Double Decker".

Filbert Street initially consisted of simple earth banks and a small Main Stand on the west side, until 1921, when a new and much larger Main Stand was built. In 1927, a new stand was built at the south end (known as the Spion Kop), and became known as the "Double Decker".

The roof which had previously covered the Kop was rebuilt at the north, or Filbert Street end of the ground. It was in this form that Filbert Street saw its record attendance of 47,298 for the Fifth Round FA Cup tie, against Tottenham Hotspur, on 18th of February 1928.

This game also saw many more spectators watch the match from the roof of the Filbert Street end. The first phase of ground development concluded with the covering of the East or Popular side in 1939.

World War 2 and after
The middle section of the Main Stand suffered bomb damage in 1940, and was later further damaged by a serious fire. By 1949, the stand had been rebuilt, with much of the labour, ironically, being supplied by German POWs at a nearby camp.

The ground's maximum capacity was now around 42,000. After just surviving a council vote to terminate their lease in the late 1940s, City purchased the freehold of the ground in 1962, for the sum of £30,500. In 1971, the first moves towards an all-seater stadium were taken, as the North and East sides were converted to seating.

Four years later, 20 basic executive boxes were added to the North Stand. A pioneering polythene cover was introduced to protect the pitch in 1971, with mixed results.

All-seater stadium
After considering relocating to a new stadium, and a total redevelopment of Filbert Street which would have seen the pitch rotated by 90 degrees, onto the car park behind the Main Stand, City opted to build a new Main Stand.

Completed in December 1993, the Carling Stand held 9,500 seated spectators and expanded corporate facilities, costing £6million.

In 1994, the final terraced area - the Kop - was converted to seating giving Filbert Street an all-seated capacity of 21,500, and bringing it into compliance with the Taylor Report which required all Premier League and Championship teams to have all seater capacity.

Relocation and demolition
After a failed attempt to build a 40,000 all-seater stadium at Bede Island South (on the other bank of the nearby River Soar), the club purchased Freeman's Wharf, a former power station site 200 yards south of Filbert Street.

Work began on a 32,500 seater stadium named Filbert Way. However the naming rights were sold and it became the Walkers Stadium (because of a ten year sponsorship deal with long running sponsors Walkers Crisps) in June 2001.

It was opened in August 2002. The last game to be played at Filbert Street was the last game of the 2001/2002 season, a 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur. Matt Piper scored the winner, the last goal scored at the ground, bringing to an end 111 years of football there.