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  1. Did you know?published at 17:26 BST 18 May

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    Amongst the 34 players to have scored 100+ Premier League goals, only Dwight Yorke (98.4%) has scored a greater proportion of his goals from inside the penalty area than Jamie Vardy (97.9% - 142/145).

  2. 🎧 The Ipswich Town previewpublished at 21:03 BST 17 May

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    Join the When You're Smiling team to look to a key game in the career of Jamie Vardy.

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  3. Sutton's predictions: Leicester City v Ipswich Townpublished at 16:56 BST 17 May

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    Leicester were really good against Nottingham Forest last week once Ruud van Nistelrooy had made some substitutions, but they were terrible before he changed things.

    It took a 94th-minute equaliser from Jordan Ayew to deny Ipswich a win when Leicester came to Portman Road in November but that was when both sides were still fighting to stay up, which feels like an awfully long time ago now.

    What a desperate game this is for both teams, because the only prize for the winner is 18th place.

    I am backing Leicester to take it, and it would be fitting for Jamie Vardy to mark his final game for the club with his 200th Foxes goal.

    Sutton's prediction: 2-1

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  4. Vardy exit 'the end of a chapter for Leicester'published at 11:25 BST 17 May

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    Former Leicester City defender Michael Morrison says Jamie Vardy's departure will mark "the end of a chapter" at the club but believes the record-breaking striker will leave behind a "massive legacy" at King Power Stadium.

    Since signing for the club in May 2012, Vardy has won a Premier League title, the FA Cup, the Community Shield and two promotions from the Championship.

    Speaking on BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast, Morrison said: "I was looking at how many games he has played and it is just incredible. I can't think of anybody that has played that many games for one club in the last 10 years.

    "Then it is amazing to back it up with how many goals he has scored, the accolades he has received and the record-breaking runs he has gone on.

    "It is the end of a chapter for Leicester City as a football club. He's also the last remaining player that was involved in the team that won the Premier League, so that is another closing door.

    "I think his legacy is massive - and as a player you can only be proud of that.

    "When he looks back at his Leicester City career, I think he will be amazed at what he has achieved. He wouldn't have thought he would have had this much success in his wildest dreams.

    "I'm sure this isn't how Jamie Vardy saw his Leicester City career finishing. It is a really difficult moment to be celebrating such a legend because it's off the back of a really disappointing season.

    "I do think it will be a bit of a strange atmosphere for some but the club is strong enough and it has bounced back plenty of times, so I definitely think Sunday should be used as a celebration for what Jamie Vardy has done over the last 13 years."

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  5. 'He brought the non-league to the Premier League' - Albrighton on Vardypublished at 15:54 BST 16 May

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    Former Leicester City midfielder Marc Albrighton thinks there is no doubt Jamie Vardy has left a legacy behind at the King Power Stadium.

    Vardy will leave Leicester at the end of the season after 13 years at the club, with his 200th - and final - game coming against Ipswich on Sunday.

    "I think the way the fans could relate to him made him quite unique," Albrighton told BBC East Midlands.

    "He was somebody that went out every game and gave 100%. He wound the fans up, he was lively in and amongst opponents and I think the fans loved that. I think he brought the non-league to the Premier League in some respects.

    "His numbers speak for themselves and his goalscoring record is fantastic considering he came in to the professional game so late. It is certainly something he is going to be remembered for and he will have a legacy for a long time at Leicester City Football Club."

    Albrighton played alongside Vardy for 10 years, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and promotion back to the top flight last season.

    He added: "Over the few years that we played together we didn't even have to think, he [Vardy] knew where I was going to put the ball and I knew exactly the run he was going to make and it just seemed to click. He certainly made my job a lot easier.

    "It's obviously going to be such a special day [on Sunday] and I've said this to him, 'just enjoy it.' There's times where he can shy away from his achievements and when he does achieve these outstanding things that's when he's at his most vulnerable."