This week’s guest is Johnny Nicholson, who recently announced he was calling an end to his time at F365 after 26 years of weekly columns, which amounts to over 3,000 pieces. His last column called for the abolition of the Premier League and a complete reset for English football which I’m sure many of usContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 120 : Johnny Nicholson”
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‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 119 : Rolf Hessbruegge
This week’s guest is the first German we have had on the podcast (following on from first Peruvian and Colombian reflecting the global nature of football). Rolf Hessbruegge is a journalist who works for range of titles including Elf Freunde. Rolf is a FC Schalke 04 supporter whose father took him to his first matchContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 119 : Rolf Hessbruegge”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 118 : Ady Packham
Ady Packham is this week’s guest, who is one of the Albion Roar podcasters and yes he is a Brighton fan. But It Started With a Kick is a broad church and everyone is welcome inside, even infidels and Seagulls such as everyone’s favourite football finance expert, Kieran Maguire and Michael Hamlen of 80s/90s Football.Continue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 118 : Ady Packham”
It Started With a Kick Episode 117 : David Arrowsmith + Guardian piece on British players heading to Serie A
This week’s guest is the first Colombian to appear on this pod with the very un-Colombian name of David Arrowsmith. David’s father was English, his mother was Colombian and it was his football mad mother who took him to his first match at Wembley in May 1988 when England drew 1-1 with Colombia in theContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 117 : David Arrowsmith + Guardian piece on British players heading to Serie A”
It Started With a Kick Episode 116 : Tom Rostance
Tom Rostance worked for BBC Sport as a main live text commentator for over ten years, in which he has covered some amazing moments in recent football history including the (potentially now asterisked) Agueroo moment in 2012, then 2 years later the Mineiraco when Germany hammered Brazil 7-1 in the 2014 World Cup semifinal inContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 116 : Tom Rostance”
It Started With a Kick Episode 115 : Marc Webber
This week’s guest has a voice, with its soft Welsh tones, you will undoubtedly recognise, as he is a regular match reporter on BBC5 Live as well as on Final Score, on which he had his three minutes of fame covering a Stevenage Northampton game – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7qDV0cCLbQ It is Marc Webber and for full disclosure,Continue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 115 : Marc Webber”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 114 Marc Higginson Shakespeare & CPFC Week 4
‘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”
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”
