It Started With a Kick Episode 88 : Derek Rae Derek is a commentator who mainly covers the Bundesliga for ESPN as well as La Liga. He is also the voice of various incarnations of FIFA. Growing up in Aberdeen naturally his first visit to a football stadium was at Pittodrie and he cut hisContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 88 : Derek Rae”
Author Archives: richardfoster60
Guardian piece on Luton Town’s green future / ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 86 – Semra Hunter
Yesterday’s Guardian piece on how Luton Town’s partnership with kit manufacturer Reflo is making an impact on sustainability including planting of trees both near and far. https://bit.ly/4pjKsXu It Started With a Kick Episode 86 : Semra Hunter Semra is a broadcaster who has worked for variety of different media including BBC, Sky, talkSPORT, ITV andContinue reading “Guardian piece on Luton Town’s green future / ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 86 – Semra Hunter”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 85 : Steve Crossman
It Started With a Kick Episode 85 : Steve Crossman Steve Crossman, is one of the most familiar voices on BBC Radio5Live. Steve cut his broadcasting teeth at Boro TV as schoolboy, then wrote for local paper The Gazette and, as we record this episode on the eve of the Ashes, appropriately enough his firstContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 85 : Steve Crossman”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 84 – Steve Perryman
It Started With a Kick Episode 84 : Steve Perryman Steve Perryman is a Tottenham legend with a glittering career spanning 17 years, making the small matter of 854 appearances for the club and it will be no surprise that is a record number of matches and one that will never be matched. He alsoContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 84 – Steve Perryman”
It Started with a Kick Episode 83 : Adrian Durham
Adrian Durham began his broadcasting career in Leeds in the early 1990s working on the TEAMtalk telephone service, a rival to Clubcall, which a previous guest on this pod, Gideon Coe, also worked on. Adrian joined talkSPORT in 1999 and has been with them ever since, a small matter of 26 years and is now the leadContinue reading “It Started with a Kick Episode 83 : Adrian Durham”
A child’s dream can be very expensive : Mascot costs ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 83 – Gary O’Reilly
https://bit.ly/3JE93GE ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 82 – Gary O’Reilly As most of you will know, during his dozen or so years as a professional Gary O’Reilly played for Tottenham, Brighton and Crystal Palace, making over 200 appearances in total. We delve into his playing career but we start in 1968 when Benfica wereContinue reading “A child’s dream can be very expensive : Mascot costs ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 83 – Gary O’Reilly”
It Started With a Kick Episode 81 – Tim Lee
It Started With a Kick Episode 81 : Tim Lee Tim is based in Spain as a producer and commentator on La Liga matches plus Spanish internationals across various tournaments, which must be one of the plum jobs on the commentary circuit. Not only is his professional career at a zenith but Tim is alsoContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 81 – Tim Lee”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 80 – Graham Hunter
It Started With a Kick Episode 80 : Graham Hunter This week’s guest is Graham Hunter who is the fount of all knowledge on Spanish football matters, in fact what Graham doesn’t know about futbol could be written on a postage stamp with something to spare. He has written several books including ‘Barca’ in 2012Continue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 80 – Graham Hunter”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 79 : John Murray
It Started With a Kick Episode 79 : John Murray As BBC5Live’s football correspondent John Murray is a voice you will all know very well from the myriad of matches that he has commentated on, from Premier League to FA Cup to Euros to World Cups. He’s no stranger to podcasts and is one ofContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 79 : John Murray”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 78 – Gideon Coe
It Started With a Kick Episode 78 : Gideon Coe Gideon’s voice will be well-known to many of you as he has been a stalwart of BBC Radio 6 Music since its inception in 2002, some 23 years ago. Before then he worked on BT Club Call, which led to some interesting encounters with likesContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 78 – Gideon Coe”
The Football Mine 