It Started With a Kick Episode 88 : Derek Rae Derek is a commentator who mainly covers the Bundesliga for ESPN as well as La Liga. He is also the voice of various incarnations of FIFA. Growing up in Aberdeen naturally his first visit to a football stadium was at Pittodrie and he cut hisContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 88 : Derek Rae”
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It Started with a Kick Episode 83 : Adrian Durham
Adrian Durham began his broadcasting career in Leeds in the early 1990s working on the TEAMtalk telephone service, a rival to Clubcall, which a previous guest on this pod, Gideon Coe, also worked on. Adrian joined talkSPORT in 1999 and has been with them ever since, a small matter of 26 years and is now the leadContinue reading “It Started with a Kick Episode 83 : Adrian Durham”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 79 : John Murray
It Started With a Kick Episode 79 : John Murray As BBC5Live’s football correspondent John Murray is a voice you will all know very well from the myriad of matches that he has commentated on, from Premier League to FA Cup to Euros to World Cups. He’s no stranger to podcasts and is one ofContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 79 : John Murray”
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”
Final Euros Nuggets and Episode 15 of ‘It Started With a Kick’
Some people think it’s all over and it is for both England and Gareth Southgate – an eight-year journey ends with another defeat in a European Championship Final. This time to Spain, who were the better team not only in the final but throughout the tournament as you will see from the Nuggets below startingContinue reading “Final Euros Nuggets and Episode 15 of ‘It Started With a Kick’”
Euros Nuggets Group matches ‘It Started With a Kick’ episode 12 – John Bennett
EUROS NUGGETS II Group matches The Group of Dearth England’s group turned out to be about as much fun as having root canal without an anaesthetic. One win, five draws, seven goals was the grim total. There have only been three goalless draws in 36 matches so far and group C provided two of them. Continue reading “Euros Nuggets Group matches ‘It Started With a Kick’ episode 12 – John Bennett”
World Cup semi-final Nuggets Part I
Argentina take on Croatia this evening, a match that has been characterised as the meeting of two players who are heading for Roger Milla’s Last Chance Saloon. The battle of the legendary LMs – Lionel Messi versus Luka Modrić. It is understandable that these two are the headline act although there is so much moreContinue reading “World Cup semi-final Nuggets Part I”
World Cup – Fair Play Trophy
England’s quarter-final elimination to the French was hard to take for Harry Kane as an evenly matched game swung on his skied penalty six minutes from the end of full time. If the England captain is looking for a tiny sliver of a silver lining, Gareth Southgate’s side look odds on to pick up theContinue reading “World Cup – Fair Play Trophy”
World Cup Nuggets – The quarter-finals Part II
So we already know one semi-final after both quarter-finals went the distance to be decided on penalties as Luka Modric’s Croatia take on Lionel Messi’s Argentina and what an absolute cracker that is going to be. The massive question is who is going to join them in the last four. MOROCCO – PORTUGAL Surely MoroccoContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – The quarter-finals Part II”
World Cup Nuggets – The quarter-finals Part I
It has been a hellish two days without any World Cup action so thankfully the quarter-finals now are here and each one has something to attract our attention and get us excited. The wait is almost over and the even better news is that we have Nuggets aplenty. We start with an absolute humdinger thatContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – The quarter-finals Part I”
The Football Mine 