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A Leicester chicken shop was forced to close early on Sunday evening after Leicester Falcons paid them a visit – and ordered all of their chicken wings.

The American football team stopped by Plukd, on Narborough Road, to celebrate beating Doncaster Mustangs 43-7.

Justin Akpa, Director of Plukd, said he received a message from the owner of the Falcons saying that ‘a few’ of the players would be popping in after the game.

It is not unusual for this to happen as Plukd sponsors the team, and often takes a mobile set-up to feed them following a game.

But a group of around 50 players, plus their family and friends, then turned up to the tiny restaurant.

The hungry crowd went on to order over 1,000 chicken wings – weighing almost 100kg – in just 70 minutes, pushing the restaurant to its limits.

(Image: Plukd/Facebook)

However, despite the challenge Justin said that the atmosphere in the restaurant was ‘incredible’, with the team in high spirits and plenty of banter, jokes and singing.

“We were expecting a few people at the restaurant, but nowhere near as many that turned up,” he said.

“When word got around that a few of the lads were heading down, more and more players invited themselves and their families, and then fans and well-wishers."

Justin continued: “We're a small venue and a small team, so the place was packed out and overflowing onto the street.

“So we went straight to our battle stations and started banging food out as soon as they walked through the door.

“Our chefs and equipment were tested to their limits, but I’m really proud of how they dealt with it all.

“The player who wears number 99 on the field even happened to end up with ticket number 99 on our system!”

After ordering the last of their wings the team eventually left Plukd at 7.15pm, when the restaurant made the decision to close early for the evening.

Following the evening, Leicester Falcons posted on Twitter: “Sorry Plukd!

"Celebrating our 10-0 perfect regular season, we appear to have eaten their entire stock of chicken wings.

“Truly the best wings in town!”

Plukd is a restaurant on Narborough Road that serves gourmet style chicken wings tossed in homemade sauces, alongside sides like skin-on fries, fresh slaw and gravy.

After starting out as a street food venture, they opened their first physical restaurant in July last year.