As a child Kasper Schmeichel could have mistaken the FA Cup for a shiny heirloom. The final represented an annual family jamboree that sometimes ended with the trophy being paraded around his house. His dad, Peter, won it three times with Manchester United. Young Kasper dreamed of winning it himself one day.
On Saturday, at the age of 34, he will lead Leicester out at Wembley in the hope of fulfilling the ambition he has long nurtured, though not quite as long as Leicester, who yearn to get their hands on the Cup in their 137th year of trying.
“My story might be slightly different to others,” says Schmeichel. “I obviously followed Manchester United and my father in the FA Cup and it was always a special occasi…