Leicester City closed out May, a month which saw the Foxes drop down to League One for the first time since 2008, with a legends match at the King Power.
In the King Power sunshine, a Leicester City legends team - which boasted the likes of Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, and Andy King, to name but a few - took on an All Star XI comprising of faces such as Troy Deeney, to commemorate the anniversary of the Foxes lifting the Premier League title in 2016.
It wasn't a complete sell-out, with many Leicester fans no doubt grimacing of the thought of going to the King Power in the off-season due to their team's slip down to the third tier, but it was an enjoyable occasion nonetheless, as the Leicester legends won on penalties 4-2 come the end of the charity clash.
Danny Drinkwater would line up for the legends team, with the now-retired 36-year-old arguably an overlooked piece of the puzzle that helped Claudio Ranieri's famous team pull off the unthinkable, all those years ago.
Drinkwater's rise and fall
Looking back, the 2015/16 season was undoubtedly Drinkwater's peak.
Trying to find his feet in the beautiful game after being ditched by boyhood club Manchester United, the 5-foot-10 midfielder would call Leicester his home from 2012 onwards.
He would shine in the Championship with the Foxes, picking up seven goals and four assists during the 2013/14 campaign as the Midlands giants tasted promotion, but he was only just getting started.
Leicester's title-winning heroics saw him tally up three goals and seven assists from 35 outings, but he isn't the most instantly recognisable part of the midfield engine that helped Leicester achieve their 5000/1 dreams.
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Of course, that is N'Golo Kante, with the likes of Jamie Vardy and Ryad Mahrez always remembered, too, before Drinkwater receives his flowers.
Unfortunately for the one-time Premier League winner, his career would come crashing down after this once-in-a-lifetime success, with a failed move to Chelsea cultimating in several unsuccessful loans away from Stamford Bridge.
Retiring officially in 2023, after stating he had been "in limbo for too long", the clash on the 30th of May was a great chance for Drinkwater to roll back the years, at a stadium where he had the world at his feet.
He still managed to roll back the years
He didn't disappoint either, with the Leicester Mercury stating that the 36-year-old managed to pull off some "lovely passes" to turn back time to when he was an entertaining playmaker to watch at the King Power.
Noted as gaining a "good reception" from fans, too, it must have been an emotional day out for Drinkwater, as he got to relive the glory days of his career that unfortunately fell to the wayside.
Lining up for Chelsea at the recent reboot of Masters Football as well, it's clear that the three-time England international is just enjoying moments here and there to show off the class he still visibly has, despite falling out of love with the sport.
In an alternate reality, Drinkwater might well have gone on to win more caps for the Three Lions, or gone on to be a success story at Chelsea.
But, he wouldn't change his career, you imagine, as he was one of the very few players who managed to lift the Premier League title under Ranieri, with the Italian once lauding the midfielder as "one of our most consistent players."
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