Remembering City's Guard Of Honour At Chelsea
In May of 2016, Leicester City - never before the recipients of such a gesture - had recently been crowned as Premier League champions for the first time in the Football's Club's 132-year history.
Although perhaps forgotten amidst all the fanfare surrounding the occasion of their coronation against Everton on 7 May, the visiting Merseysiders afforded them that honour before a 3-1 win on Filbert Way.
A week later, meanwhile, Claudio Ranieri's triumphant Foxes travelled to Chelsea on the final day of an unforgettable season as reigning champions of England, despite pre-season title odds of 5,000/1.
A sun-drenched early summer's day was the backdrop as City basked in their newfound status in a clash which fittingly pitted them against their predecessors on the English throne a season earlier.
It was the Blues, of course, who also denied title rivals Tottenham Hotspur the three points they needed to sustain their pursuit of Leicester two weeks earlier - something the west London fans took pride in.
Naturally, the away end at Stamford Bridge was a jubilant setting for the thousands of Foxes fans who had made the short journey, either by car or train, to the capital to toast their champions' feats.
Upon taking their seats in the baking temperatures, they will have witnessed Alan 'The Birch' Birchenall, City's Club Ambassador and former Blues star, address the crowd, trying to make sense of recent events.
Another subplot of the occasion, meanwhile, was the return of Ranieri to the club which he managed with relative success for four years at the very start of the new millennium between 2000 and 2004.
Ranieri's popularity never waned for supporters of Chelsea, who admired the valuable work he did in establishing their club as a force in the Premier League before the arrival of José Mourinho 16 years ago.
It would have undoubtedly felt strange for Leicester's players - and their manager - to stride out of Stamford Bridge's away dressing room, out into the sunlight, to see their counterparts lined up on either side.
Ranieri had never won a top-tier title as a manager, despite going close on several occasions in his native Italy, while just Robert Huth - another Chelsea alumni - was the only player to have done so.
And yet here they were, walking out of the tunnel at Chelsea, with their peers and supporters alike all leading a rapturous applause, as they took to their places on the turf at Stamford Bridge.
The starting line-up for City that day was: Schmeichel, Simpson, Wasilewski, Morgan, Fuchs, Mahrez, Kanté, Drinkwater, King, Gray, Vardy - but there was one man missing as they strode out.
After the players had received the congratulations of the home crowd, then it was Ranieri's turn to emerge from the tunnel, walking past Guus Hiddink's side, with a cacophonous applause greeting him.
Upon making his way to end of the line-up, the popular Italian was met by his former goalkeeper in London, Carlo Cudicini, now an ambassador for the club, who presented him with a commemorative plate.
It was just the latest addition to a scrapbook of memories which, if published back in August, would have stunned everyone in football, but Leicester fans were beginning to accept it was all actually true.
The game itself, meanwhile, ended in a 1-1 draw, with Danny Drinkwater scoring a stunner from distance to equalise following Cesc Fàbregas's penalty for Chelsea, as Leicester finished with a decent result.
It meant that Ranieri's men had suffered defeat on just three occasions throughout the entirety of the 2015/16 league campaign, leaving them 10 points above second-placed Arsenal in the final standings.
The Roman was typically modest at full-time, reflecting: "It was a warm welcome for me, amazing. It was a fantastic day - both at the beginning and at the end with a very good result for the team."