After all the shenanigans with Uefa, Crystal Palace are now ready to take their bow in a major European competition, albeit the lesser Conference League. Palace have been involved in Europe before but only in minor competitions – three entries into the Anglo-Italian tournament and the long-forgotten 1998 Intertoto Cup campaign in which they lostContinue reading “Successful European debuts plus ‘It Started with a Kick’ Episode 71 – David Preece”
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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 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”
Premier League Match Week 23 / It Started With a Kick- Episode 42
PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 23 CHERRY PICKING Having trounced Newcastle at St. James’ Park the previous week, courtesy of a Justin Kluivert hat-trick, Bournemouth followed up with a 5-0 hammering of Nottingham Forest, a team that had one of the meanest defences in the division. There was a second consecutive hat-trick for the CherriesContinue reading “Premier League Match Week 23 / It Started With a Kick- Episode 42”
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 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’”
2023/24 Premier League Nuggets
29 December MW 18 & 19 HAT-TRICK HEAVEN Chris Wood’s hat-trick against his former club Newcastle was the eighth of the season equalling the number scored throughout the whole of last season. Wood’s goals came in 46th, 53rd and 60th minutes, becoming the quickest of the season so far. This was only the fourth timeContinue reading “2023/24 Premier League Nuggets”
Premier League Nuggets 2023/24 season
Each week throughout the season The Football Mine will share a couple of choice Premier League Nuggets for your delectation, whetting your appetite for the forthcoming matches. Week 1 In Week 1 of last season’s Premier League there were four own goals, which set the pace for the third highest number of own goals inContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24 season”
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?”
The 2022 Play-Offs – Return of crowds, Records and Redemption – Part Two
For both Nottingham Forest and Sunderland the 2022 Play-Offs finally provided two clubs recently starved of success with a reason to celebrate as they gained promotion after many years in the wilderness. However, the most heart-warming story of this year’s Play-Offs came in the League Two Final. Port Vale’s 3-0 triumph over Mansfield TownContinue reading “The 2022 Play-Offs – Return of crowds, Records and Redemption – Part Two”
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