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”
Category Archives: Brian Clough
FA Cup 17th May 2025 / It Started With a Kick – Episode 57
Forgive my indulgence but this week I had to write about Palace’s FA Cup victory, so here you go.. Wembley Shook and it was Beautiful – What Palace’s FA Cup victory means. Its status has been diminished. Its standing in the game has been slowly but surely eroded over the last few decades. Replays phasedContinue reading “FA Cup 17th May 2025 / It Started With a Kick – Episode 57”
Premier League MatchWeek 22 / ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 41
PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 22 AWAY THE LADS Bournemouth’s comprehensive 4-1 victory at St. James’ Park in Saturday’s early kick-off set the trend for some high scoring antics from the away sides. Up until Wolves’ 3-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge on Monday night, each away side scored at least two goals apiece, and altogetherContinue reading “Premier League MatchWeek 22 / ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 41”
Premier League MatchWeek 15/16 Episode 36 ‘It Started With a Kick’
PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 15/16 BRENTFORD’S HOMESICKNESS Part 16 Having dispatched Newcastle 4-2 the previous week to record their seventh home win, in Week 16 Brentford travelled the few miles to Stamford Bridge to continue their away day travails with a 2-1 loss. Having amassed 22 points out of a possible 24 at theContinue reading “Premier League MatchWeek 15/16 Episode 36 ‘It Started With a Kick’”
‘It Started With a Kick’
As ‘It Started With a Kick’ podcast launched this week the focus of today’s post is unashamedly all about the podcast rather than Premier League Nuggets. The simple premise behind the pod is interviewing a wide selection of well-known fans and leading figures from the world of football talk about the first match they attended.Continue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’”
Will Forest’s frantic transfer activity succeed?
For the inaugural Premier League season under Brian Clough, Nottingham Forest brought in only two players who commanded a transfer fee – Neil Webb returned to the City Ground from Manchester United for £800,000 while Robert Rosario cost about half that from Coventry City, giving a total spend of £1.2 million. Thirty years on andContinue reading “Will Forest’s frantic transfer activity succeed?”
Team of the Eighties-Part Two
Part Two of an exclusive interview with Al Ryan, writer and director, providing an insight into the production of “Team of the Eighties” documentary [Part One https://bit.ly/3k9lV7Q%5D At the time Ryan pitched the concept he was working at the club developing Palace TV. “Steve Parish phoned me up one morning asking if we had someContinue reading “Team of the Eighties-Part Two”
The Football Mine 