A LIFELONG Leicester City fan is hoping the club will take a liking to his celebratory song.

Elliott James Leon, a professional songwriter who lives in Kendal, was so thrilled to see his team win the Premier League title that he was inspired to write the song to commemorate the achievement.

He has also released an accompanying video on YouTube, and hopes that, with enough support, 'Leicester Till I Die (Foxes We Will Rise)' may feature next season at the King Power Stadium, the home of his beloved club.

"The song is non-commercial," said Elliott. "I have done it off my own back. The aim is to have it played at the King Power Stadium in some capacity, either at half time, or after Leicester score would be a dream!

"At the moment, I'm trying to canvas a few Leicester City fans to contact the club to get them to consider using it! We'll see I guess.

"I originally wrote the melody in 2008 when Leicester were relegated to the third tier. I didn't do anything with it then because it was so depressing. But now I have used it to mark their amazing rise to the top."

At the beginning of the season Leicester were a huge 5,000/1 to win the title. They stunned the world by pulling off one of the greatest shocks in football history by winning the league by ten points.

The video features key Leicester players - including star striker Jamie Vardy and club captain Wes Morgan - filling the roles of a band, with Italian manager Claudio Ranieri echoing his managerial duties by sitting in the producer's chair.

It also references other iconic elements of Leicester's history, as well as the football club's past.

Elliott said: "Though the song is in part a celebration of this wonderful season with us winning the Premier League - our first top flight title in the club's 132 year history - it's really, at it's core, about the spirit of Leicester and what it means to be a City fan.

"It looks like Jamie might be going and other players may follow, which I'll obviously be gutted about. But ultimately, my aim was to capture that feeling of hope that the fans feel and dream about.

"That's why the song can stay relevant and be sung or chanted for a long time to come, regardless of players coming and going!"

Elliott grew up in Markfield in Leicestershire before moving to Cockermouth when his dad got a job as a mechanic. He has lived in the South Lakes for seven years.

"I used to get picked on in school in the north west because I supported Leicester and everybody else just supported the big north western clubs like Manchester United and Liverpool," he said.

"It makes it even better that Leicester have now managed to win the league. It makes it much more meaningful to have followed them through the good and the bad."