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Alan Sheehan, Darren Kenton, Stephen Hughes

"Hello, how can I help?"

Foxes Job Swap

Something strange has been happening at the Walkers Stadium. For one day only City's football stars were turned into cleaners, receptionists and shop assistants. BBC Leicester's Katharine Sutton went to investigate...

"I've done the whole lot – painted places, swept up places, cooked it, cleaned it, washed it."

Martin Allen, LCFC Manager

LCFC manager Martin Allen has already made some dramatic changes to the squad with no less than 12 new signings.

But for one day this week he really shook things up when members of the team took on slightly different roles.

Any passing fans may have been confused to spot their favourite players sweeping carparks, selling merchandise or doing a touch of cleaning.

Listen: Foxes Job Swap

BBC Leicester's Katharine Sutton visited Iain Hume in his new role as Walker's stadium receptionist and spoke to Manager Martin Allen about the job switch...

Hume commented that the team were just expecting a tour of the Walkers Stadium, so were quite surprised to discover that they would be taking part in a one day life swap!

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Alan Sheehan's new role

Still, Hume was positive about Allen's arrangement:

"To come and do this you get to introduce yourself to a few people and see what they go through.

"I think he just wants to get all of us to realise how lucky we are that we do what we do."

Allen said that he felt it was important that the footballers appreciated all the work that goes on behind the scenes, "with the team behind the team", in an attempt to close the gap between the players and stadium staff.

He also hoped it would shatter any illusion that the players are above and beyond their loyal fans:

LCFC'S Iain Hume, James Wesolowski

Stuffing envelopes!

"Footballers are just normal people. They run around on a pitch and play quite good football sometimes, but they're only normal people."

And a bit of hard work has never done anyone any harm, a statement Allen believes from experience:

"I've done the whole lot – painted places, swept up places, cooked it, cleaned it, washed it. I suppose it's helped me be who I am."

last updated: 02/08/07

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