It Started With a Kick Episode 73 : Jim Proudfoot Jim Proudfoot will be a familiar voice to many of you, a regular commentator on talkSPORT since 1999 covering all levels of football and including major tournaments such as Euros and World Cups. Also commented for various other channels including Sky and ESPN. He workedContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 73 – Jim Proudfoot”
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It Started With a Kick – Episode 72 Paul McQuade
It Started With a Kick Episode 72 : Paul McQuade Paul McQuade is the man behind The Shamrock, which describes itself as a retro fanzine by Celtic supporters that seeks to explore and celebrate the club’s incredible unbroken history. So no great surprises as to where Paul’s first port of call was, Celtic Park inContinue reading “It Started With a Kick – Episode 72 Paul McQuade”
Successful European debuts plus ‘It Started with a Kick’ Episode 71 – David Preece
After all the shenanigans with Uefa, Crystal Palace are now ready to take their bow in a major European competition, albeit the lesser Conference League. Palace have been involved in Europe before but only in minor competitions – three entries into the Anglo-Italian tournament and the long-forgotten 1998 Intertoto Cup campaign in which they lostContinue reading “Successful European debuts plus ‘It Started with a Kick’ Episode 71 – David Preece”
‘It Started With a Kick’ – Episode 70 Ian Danter
Ian will be a familiar voice to many as he’s a regular commentator on talkSPORT. Having started in local radio with BRMB, originally with comedy sketches, Ian then went on to doing match reports on West Midlands clubs for BRMB & Capital Gold before moving to talkSPORT in 2004. Not only has he covered domesticContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ – Episode 70 Ian Danter”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 69 : Richard Shaw
It Started With a Kick Episode 69 : Richard Shaw Richard was at Palace as a youth and made his debut in late 1980s, embarking on a playing career that lasted for over 20 years, with a 10-year stint at Coventry before finishing at Millwall. Richard took up coaching while still a player and hasContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 69 : Richard Shaw”
The Community Shield 2025 and a history of muddle-headed meddling
When Crystal Palace face Liverpool this coming Sunday, 10th August they will be contesting their first Community Shield in the 103rd edition of the new season’s traditional ‘curtain raiser’. The Community Shield, or its ancestor Charity Shield, dates back to before Palace were formed as a professional club. Throughout the early years of the match’sContinue reading “The Community Shield 2025 and a history of muddle-headed meddling”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 68 Miguel Pereira
It Started With a Kick Episode 68 : Miguel Pereira Miguel is a Portuguese writer /historian, whose most recent book is ‘Pasion’, is a journey to the soul of Spanish football and having also written books about Portuguese football he is an expert on Iberian football. Unsurprisingly, Miguel’s first match was in Portugal at theContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 68 Miguel Pereira”
It Started With a Kick Episode 67 – Keith Hackett
Keith Hackett was one of the top referees 1970s/1980s until his retirement in 1994 after over 30 years service, refereeing hundreds of games in the English top flight, at Olympic Games and at European Championships. Towards the end of his refereeing career he was involved in the famous ‘You Are the Ref’ cartoon strip thatContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 67 – Keith Hackett”
It Started With a Kick Episode 66 – Rory Bryce
Rory Bryce runs the Football Heritage website and the accompanying podcast, with the aim of promoting and highlighting the best of football’s past, present and future while shining a light on the untold stories and forgotten history of the beautiful game. So Rory proved to be the ideal guest for this pod as we dippedContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 66 – Rory Bryce”
It Started With a Kick : Episode 65
It Started With a Kick – Episode 65 : Phil Harrison Phil Harrison runs the Fussball Geekz podcast which casts an eye over Eastern European football and especially Albania and East Germany. His books such as ‘Inside the Hermit Kingdom : Football Stories from inside Stalinist Albania’ and the ‘Worst Game Ever’ which delves intoContinue reading “It Started With a Kick : Episode 65”
The Football Mine 