It Started With a Kick Episodes 95 and 96

It Started With a Kick Episode 95 : Mike Bovill Mike Bovill has worked at SkySports and talkSPORT as a producer and editor  for many years across a range of sports and in a first for this podcast he is the PA announcer, not for a football club, but for Harlequins rugby club. Mike’s anContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episodes 95 and 96”

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”

The Community Shield 2025 and a history of muddle-headed meddling

When Crystal Palace face Liverpool this coming Sunday, 10th August they will be contesting their first Community Shield in the 103rd edition of the new season’s traditional ‘curtain raiser’. The Community Shield, or its ancestor Charity Shield, dates back to before Palace were formed as a professional club. Throughout the early years of the match’sContinue reading “The Community Shield 2025 and a history of muddle-headed meddling”