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”
Category Archives: Premier League
20 years of Holmesdale Fanatics / It Started With a Kick Episode 77 : Robin Bailey
Here’s the piece from yesterday’s the Guardian on 20 years of the Holmesdale Fanatics, the Palace supporters group at the forefront of the ultras movement in England and how there is still a long way to catch up with the Europeans in terms of fan culture and activism. https://bit.ly/46OoP9o It Started With a Kick EpisodeContinue reading “20 years of Holmesdale Fanatics / It Started With a Kick Episode 77 : Robin Bailey”
It Started With a Kick Episode 74 : Martin Cloake
It Started With a Kick Episode 74 : Martin Cloake Martin Cloake is one of most respected contemporary football writers, including his regular musings on the prevalent issues of today’s game under the title of The Football Fan on good old Substack. Martin has written A whole raft of books, with a fair few onContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 74 : Martin Cloake”
‘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”
Premier League MW 38 / ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 59
Premier League Nuggets – Match Week 38 And another season is done and dusted, with this one having little jeopardy for the last few weeks after the relegation and title issues were decided long ago. Liverpool’s march to the title proved inexorable and the 10-point gap between them and Arsenal underlined their dominance, especially whenContinue reading “Premier League MW 38 / ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 59”
Premier League Match Week 20/ Episode 39 ‘It Started With a Kick’
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’”
Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 MatchWeek 12 Episode 34 of ‘It Started With a Kick’
PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 12 Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Forest got them back on track after a run of four matches without a victory and unusually this was the only home victory over the weekend. Of those ten matches, six were away wins, which is the highest this season and in all the 110Continue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 MatchWeek 12 Episode 34 of ‘It Started With a Kick’”
Premier League Nuggets 2023/24 – MW 5
22 September Week 5 TO THE BITTER END Both Tottenham and Aston Villa scored twice after the 96th minute of their matches, the latest in an increasingly long line of goals scored in 2nd half added time. There have been 18 goals scored this season after 90 minutes, 12% of overall total. Tottenham’s second goalContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24 – MW 5”
Premier League Nuggets 2022/23 MW4
8 September It might be an international break but there are still plenty of nuggets to unearth from Matchweek 4 to keep us entertained : PROMOTED CLUBS’ PROLONGED AGONY Sheffield United’s draw against Everton was the first, and up to now, only point the promoted clubs have gained. This is only the second time in PremierContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2022/23 MW4”
Premier League Nuggets 2023/24
So that’s Week 1 done and dusted and here are the tastiest Nuggets from that opening weekend :- Week 2 NEWCASTLE As Newcastle fans rejoiced in hammering Villa 5-1 on Saturday, as well as being top of the league, they could be forgiven for missing out on the fact that they are currently the onlyContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24”
The Football Mine 