PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 4 YELLOW FEVER Chelsea’s late victory at Bournemouth on Saturday night was not the most exciting match but it did set a Premier League record for yellow cards, racking up fourteen in total, including five in the space of a frenetic six first half minutes. The previous record was twelve,Continue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 MatchWeek 4 Episode 24 of ‘It Started With a Kick’ – Adrian Clarke”
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Premier League Nuggets 2023/24 and Episode 5 of ‘It Started With a Kick’
10 May MW 36 TERRIBLE TRIO As the business end of the season approaches it seems pretty odds on that the three promoted clubs will be going back from whence they came. This will only be the second time that this has happened in the Premier League. Previously Bolton, Barnsley and Palace survived just oneContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24 and Episode 5 of ‘It Started With a Kick’”
Premier League Nuggets 2023/24
23 February MW 25 GOALS KEEP COMING The goals show no sign of letting up, in fact with 807 scored in 250 matches, the rate has reached a giddy 3.23 per match. If that rate is maintained then the seasons’ total there will be almost 150 more goals scored than the record high of lastContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24”
Boxing Day 1963 and how fortunes switched dramatically two days later
As the frenetic Christmas calendar swings into action English players are very much in the minority amongst major European leagues in readying themselves for the customary glut of games squeezed into the tightest of holiday schedules. While the Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 are embarking on at least a fortnight’s winter break, Premier LeagueContinue reading “Boxing Day 1963 and how fortunes switched dramatically two days later”
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”
Burnley – the clean Clarets reach 100 Premier League matches without a red card
Photo by Nathan Rogers on Unsplash Burnley fans will not have been exactly cock-a-hoop after they were held to a goalless draw against bottom-of-the-table, the previously porous and pointless Norwich City. But there was a small milestone for them to celebrate at Turf Moor. Burnley completed their 100th consecutive Premier League match without a red card. For aContinue reading “Burnley – the clean Clarets reach 100 Premier League matches without a red card”
The Football Mine 