PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 20 TOTTENHAM MAKING A DIFFERENCE Whatever has been said about Tottenham this season, and there has already been plenty, one of the most remarkable things is how they have managed to have a healthy goal difference of +12 despite being 12th in the table. There are currently only three clubsContinue reading “Premier League Match Week 20/ Episode 39 ‘It Started With a Kick’”
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Selhurst Park: 100 years-old It Started With a Kick Episode 21 – Michael Caulfield
Introduction – This week’s blog looks at the centenary of Selhurst Park Selhurst Park Centenary 30th August 2024 – the grand old lady of SE25 is 100 years-old today. One of the famed football architect Archibald Leitch’s many stadia, Selhurst Park is still going strong. Selhurst is showing her venerable age in the two standsContinue reading “Selhurst Park: 100 years-old It Started With a Kick Episode 21 – Michael Caulfield”
Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 MW1 and ‘It Started With a Kick’ episode 20
OPENER And so we are underway for the 33rd Premier League season and Joshua Zirkzee became the first player whose name begins with a Z to score the opening goal of the season. As you are asking , the most common letter for the the very first goal of the season is C with CarlContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 MW1 and ‘It Started With a Kick’ episode 20”
2023-24 Premier League Nuggets / ‘It Started With a Kick’
26 April MW 34 TEENAGE KICKS AS SHEFFIELD UNITED JOIN THE 92 CLUB On Wednesday night Sheffield United made the bold move of appointing a 19-year-old Academy graduate as captain against Manchester United. It was Oliver Arblaster’s seventh Premier League start and he became the youngest player to lead a side. That’s where the goodContinue reading “2023-24 Premier League Nuggets / ‘It Started With a Kick’”
Premier League Nuggets 2023/24
BURNLEY IN THE RED In October 2021 I wrote a piece about how Burnley had shrugged off their image of being ‘a little rudimentary’ in their approach in going 100 Premier League matches without a red card – https://bit.ly/3mHDInh The Clarets went on to extend their unblemished record to 120 matches until Nathan Collins wasContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24”
‘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’”
Premier League Nuggets 2023/24
15 March MW 28 COMEBACK KINGS Wednesday night’s match at the Vitality Stadium was a highly emotional affair as Luton’s captain Tom Lockyer returned to the ground where he suffered a cardiac arrest a few months before. When all is said and done, Lockyer’s recovery from that terrifying episode is the story of the seasonContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24”
George Best – the Twilight years 1974-1984
Just over 50 years ago George Best played his last match for Manchester United. On New Year’s Day 1974 First Division newcomers Queens Park Rangers took on United at Loftus Road. The game featured two goals from a mercurial maverick, including a characteristically mazy dribble past four opposing players before slipping the ball under theContinue reading “George Best – the Twilight years 1974-1984”
Premier League Nuggets 2023/24
26 January MW21 Part 2 SYMMETRY The five matches over the weekend yielded 18 goals with Saturday’s games involving five goals each, Sunday’s four each and Monday’s none. Arsenal’s 5-0 thrashing of Palace match not as evenly distributed as Brentford’s 3-2 victory over Forest. Substitute Gabriel Martinelli’s late brace came in added time with theContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24”
Premier League Nuggets 2023/24
19 January MW21 EMERY’S FIRST BLANK Unai Emery’s proud/odd record of never having overseen a goalless draw in his Premier League career with either Arsenal or Villa, came to a stultifying halt at Goodison Park in his 97th match. It was the Spaniard’s 21st draw so you might say it was coming. Villa’s relatively poorContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24”
The Football Mine 