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”
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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”
20 years of Holmesdale Fanatics / It Started With a Kick Episode 77 : Robin Bailey
Here’s the piece from yesterday’s the Guardian on 20 years of the Holmesdale Fanatics, the Palace supporters group at the forefront of the ultras movement in England and how there is still a long way to catch up with the Europeans in terms of fan culture and activism. https://bit.ly/46OoP9o It Started With a Kick EpisodeContinue reading “20 years of Holmesdale Fanatics / It Started With a Kick Episode 77 : Robin Bailey”
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 60 – Steve Browett
It Started With a Kick – Episode 60 With the Premier League season over, the focus of this blog will shift to It Started With a Kick podcast. As luck would have it, or maybe serendipitously, this week’s episode features Steve Browett, the former co-owner of current FA Cup holders, Crystal Palace. Steve will beContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 60 – Steve Browett”
Premier League MW 38 / ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 59
Premier League Nuggets – Match Week 38 And another season is done and dusted, with this one having little jeopardy for the last few weeks after the relegation and title issues were decided long ago. Liverpool’s march to the title proved inexorable and the 10-point gap between them and Arsenal underlined their dominance, especially whenContinue reading “Premier League MW 38 / ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 59”
Premier League Nuggets MatchWeek 36/ ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episodes 56 and 57
PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 36 PLUS CA CHANGE With Tottenham and Manchester United continuing their dismal form by both losing at home they have now racked up 37 defeats between them this season. Indeed Spurs’ 20 losses is the same as Fulham a few years ago, who were relegated and there are still twoContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets MatchWeek 36/ ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episodes 56 and 57”
It Started With a Kick Episodes 51, 52 and 53
Having just returned from three weeks in Argentina (of which more soon) there has been a slight break from the normal routine but rest assured we’ll be back in full flow as of next week. Suffice to say the Premier League is pretty much done and dusted at both ends of the table with championsContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episodes 51, 52 and 53”
Premier League Match Week 24/ Episode 44 ‘It Started With a Kick’
PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 24 Only one Premier League match this week but there was enough incident in those 98+ minutes to satiate the appetite of the hungriest football fan. Fittingly for the last Merseyside derby at Goodison Park, James Tarkowski’s late equaliser ensured that Everton and Liverpool had won the same number ofContinue reading “Premier League Match Week 24/ Episode 44 ‘It Started With a Kick’”
The Football Mine 