Matt Gooderick is one of the hosts of the ‘You Are My Oxford’ podcast so will be no great surprise that our focus will be Oxford United. While Matt’s first full game was extraordinary and which is explored in full detail, but Matt did have a few sneak previews of his beloved Oxford United beforeContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 121: Matt Gooderick”
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‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 120 : Johnny Nicholson
This week’s guest is Johnny Nicholson, who recently announced he was calling an end to his time at F365 after 26 years of weekly columns, which amounts to over 3,000 pieces. His last column called for the abolition of the Premier League and a complete reset for English football which I’m sure many of usContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 120 : Johnny Nicholson”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 109 : Jim Daly
It Started With a Kick Episode 109 : Jim Daly Jim Daly is the third comedian in a row to appear on this podcast. He is currently on tour and is appearing on home turf this coming Saturday at Chesham cricket club and I have been reliably informed there are a few tickets left. JimContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 109 : Jim Daly”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 108 : Anthony Richardson
It Started With a Kick Episode 108 : Anthony Richardson Anthony Richardson joins a growing list of comedians to be guests on this podcast. Indeed he follows in the footsteps of his fellow Exploding Head Mark Davison who featured last week. As well as being at the end of the line for ‘Colin from Portsmouth’Continue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 108 : Anthony Richardson”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 104 – Daniel Mann
Daniel Mann has been commentating for Sky Sports for over twenty years where not only is he on regular Premier League and EFL duty, but he has also covered a host of other competitions including dozens of Play-Offs finals, which naturally puts him in extremely favourable light at It Started With a Kick HQ andContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 104 – Daniel Mann”
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 75 Mark Halsey
It Started With a Kick Episode 75 : Mark Halsey Mark Halsey was a top flight referee for over twenty years but started as a goalkeeper for semi-pro clubs such as Cambridge City and Hertford Town before taking up refereeing in 1989 and was Premier League ref from 1999 to his retirement in 2013. MarkContinue reading “It Started With a Kick – Episode 75 Mark Halsey”
It Started With a Kick Episode 73 – Jim Proudfoot
It Started With a Kick Episode 73 : Jim Proudfoot Jim Proudfoot will be a familiar voice to many of you, a regular commentator on talkSPORT since 1999 covering all levels of football and including major tournaments such as Euros and World Cups. Also commented for various other channels including Sky and ESPN. He workedContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 73 – Jim Proudfoot”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 60 – Steve Browett
It Started With a Kick – Episode 60 With the Premier League season over, the focus of this blog will shift to It Started With a Kick podcast. As luck would have it, or maybe serendipitously, this week’s episode features Steve Browett, the former co-owner of current FA Cup holders, Crystal Palace. Steve will beContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 60 – Steve Browett”
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”