Listen: The agony in Vardy's time at Leicester
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Not every chapter of Jamie Vardy's story at Leicester City was a happy one.
The season after Premier League glory brought Champions League football to the King Power stadium. And it was on the way back from a European tie that title-winning boss Claudio Ranieri was sacked.
In episode four of BBC Radio Leicester's podcast series on the striker – Havin' a party: The Jamie Vardy story – co-host and former Foxes winger Marc Albrighton talks about the backlash that some of the Foxes' highest profile players dealt with afterwards.
The tragedy of the helicopter crash at Leicester City's King Power stadium in 2018, that killed the club's chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four other people, is also part of this agonising chapter in the club's history.
A spotlight is also put on the off-field controversy that the striker was dragged into in later years when his wife Rebekah was accused by Coleen Rooney, the wife of former England captain Wayne Rooney, of leaking private stories to a tabloid newspaper.
What followed was to become known as the Wagatha Christie trial.
It only added to Vardy becoming a target of abuse from rivals fans during matches, but Albrighton explained just how much his team-mate enjoyed coming up with "the final say" with a goal and passionate celebration.
The episode concludes with Leicester lifting the FA Cup for the first time in their history in 2021 – which was yet another cherished chapter in the Foxes story that Vardy helped write.