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”
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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”
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”
