‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 114 : Marc Higginson This week’s guest is Marc Higginson, who has worked at BBC Sport for over fifteen years, covering primarily cricket but also football another sports. Marc has a book coming out in October entitled “Falling for Manchester City”, which chronicles a period in which Manchester CityContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 114 Marc Higginson Shakespeare & CPFC Week 4”
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Shakespeare and CPFC : Week 3
This week’s quote comes from one of Shakespeare’s best-known comedies, As You Like It. “I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.” Although Celia was referring to the Forest of Arden, surely she would also be thinking of Selhurst Park as a venue to enjoy the delights of watching Palace. ConsideringContinue reading “Shakespeare and CPFC : Week 3”
It Started With a Kick Episode 113 : Luis Miguel Echegaray
This week’s guest is the very first Peruvian on this pod so a warm welcome Luis Miguel Echegaray and although Luis has been a football writer, broadcaster and analyst for many years I first came across him during this summer’s World Cup when he appeared on 5Live’s Breakfast in America programme with another podcast guestContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 113 : Luis Miguel Echegaray”
Shakespeare & CPFC : Week 2
After the opening two Premier League matches and two defeats, Palace are pointless so immediately my mind turned to a quote from my favourite Shakespeare play, King Lear. ‘Nothing will come of nothing : speak again’ In the context of the Palace allegory, the fans are beseeching Pierre Sage to give them something at CravenContinue reading “Shakespeare & CPFC : Week 2”
Shakespeare and CPFC
“Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline.” Cymbeline Act 5, Scene 4 There are very few scholars of English literature who have made connections between Shakespeare and Crystal Palace FC. Such a glaring omission is the literary equivalent of missing the most open of goals and it is one that I am going to address overContinue reading “Shakespeare and CPFC”
2026/27 Season
“Here we go, here we go, here we go”, as the old ditty reminds us, another season beckons. The 2026/27 edition is already underway with the EFL having already kicked off – and here’s last week’s quiz form the Guardian to test your knowledge of the three divisions below the Premier League – https://bit.ly/4cAfl5r ToContinue reading “2026/27 Season”
World Cup 2026 Week 6 :The Finale
And so it ends with Spain winning their second World Cup, a victory for a proper football team playing proper football. Their opponents in the Final behaved disgracefully throughout the match and in the post-match furore. Argentina are the definition of bad losers, in fact they have taken it to new lows with their aggressionContinue reading “World Cup 2026 Week 6 :The Finale”
World Cup Week 5
England went out with a whimper against Argentina in the semi-final. Even beyond the subjective judgements on the tactics when the team retreated into the lowest of low blocks and allowed the opposition to dictate play and also the substitutions, Ezri Konsa for goalscorer Antony Gordon, Dan Burn for Declan Rice, the stats are damning. Continue reading “World Cup Week 5”
World Cup 2026 Week 4
After that noteworthy 3-2 win over Mexico at Azteca England have reached their eleventh World Cup quarter-final so time to look at the previous nine. Don’t forget to get involved in the daily 7th Heaven World Cup quiz via the app – https://apple.co/3QzDhOo https://bit.ly/3Rs3VZN
World Cup Week 3
So England squeaked past DR Congo with Harry Kane yet again the saviour and in the process stretches his record as England’s leading scorer at World Cup finals with thirteen, three ahead of Gary Lineker. England’s reliance on Kane is clear to see and he has scored 62.5% of our goals in this tournament soContinue reading “World Cup Week 3”
