This is Leicestershire --A former Leicester City footballer has fallen victim to thieves who stole his car from his driveway.
Matt Piper – who famously scored the final goal at Filbert Street – lost sports equipment and his three young sons' school uniforms when the car was taken at the weekend.
Thieves managed to steal the 31-year-old former winger's silver 1 Series BMW even though he had the only key – a special electronic fob which activates the car's ignition.
The 2005 car, which he bought three years ago, was taken from the driveway of his home in Heathley Park, off Groby Road, Leicester, late on Saturday night or Sunday morning.
He said: "I still have the key and there isn't a spare, so I'm not sure how they did it, but they got my car and it hasn't been found yet.
"I'm a personal trainer as well as a part-time football coach, so there was a fair amount of fitness gear in there as well as some of the stuff I need for my football schools I do with children.
"My boys' school uniforms were in there too, but fortunately they have spares.
"I had a busy day ahead of me on Sunday and I was heading to do a session St George's Park, in Burton, where I'm doing my Uefa B coaching badge.
"I wouldn't normally leave so much stuff in the car overnight, but it was going to be a busy day, so I put it in there. I regret that now, obviously."
Matt, who came through the club's academy to hit the big time with his home-town club, secured his place in its record books by scoring the final goal at Filbert Street at the end of the 2001/02 season.
However, the 2-1 victory over Spurs could not save the club from relegation from the Premier League and Matt was sold to Sunderland for £3.5 million. However, after just 24 games for his new club he suffered a career-ending knee injury.
He now works as a coach at the City academy in Belvoir Drive, Aylestone, and runs his own coaching company with fellow former professional Carl Heggs, called Football and Sports.
A Leicestershire Police spokeswoman urged people to keep an eye out for the car – registration E005 LWY – which was taken between 11.30pm on Saturday and 7.30am the next day. She said: "We are in the early stages of the investigation but we are appealing to anyone who saw anything suspicious to contact us."
Contact Leicestershire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers, which is anonymous, on 0800 555 111. Reported by This is 13 hours ago.