It Started With a Kick Episode 85 : Steve Crossman Steve Crossman, is one of the most familiar voices on BBC Radio5Live. Steve cut his broadcasting teeth at Boro TV as schoolboy, then wrote for local paper The Gazette and, as we record this episode on the eve of the Ashes, appropriately enough his firstContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 85 : Steve Crossman”
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It Started With a Kick Episode 81 – Tim Lee
It Started With a Kick Episode 81 : Tim Lee Tim is based in Spain as a producer and commentator on La Liga matches plus Spanish internationals across various tournaments, which must be one of the plum jobs on the commentary circuit. Not only is his professional career at a zenith but Tim is alsoContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 81 – Tim Lee”
Premier League Nuggets Matchweek 34/ ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 55
Premier League MatchWeek 34 UP DOWN, UP DOWN And so it came to pass. What had been pretty much nailed on for many weeks, nay months, happened. Liverpool won their second Premier League title with four matches remaining while Ipswich became the third of the promoted clubs to go straight back down after Leicester andContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets Matchweek 34/ ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episode 55”
World Cup semi-final Nuggets Part II
Argentina’s convincing win over Croatia was only the third time since 1990 that a World Cup semi has been decided by more than one goal. In 2006 Italy beat Germany 2-0 with two very late goals in the dying embers of extra time the first coming in 119th followed by the second in 120th minute.Continue reading “World Cup semi-final Nuggets Part II”
World Cup – Fair Play Trophy
England’s quarter-final elimination to the French was hard to take for Harry Kane as an evenly matched game swung on his skied penalty six minutes from the end of full time. If the England captain is looking for a tiny sliver of a silver lining, Gareth Southgate’s side look odds on to pick up theContinue reading “World Cup – Fair Play Trophy”
World Cup Nuggets – The quarter-finals Part II
So we already know one semi-final after both quarter-finals went the distance to be decided on penalties as Luka Modric’s Croatia take on Lionel Messi’s Argentina and what an absolute cracker that is going to be. The massive question is who is going to join them in the last four. MOROCCO – PORTUGAL Surely MoroccoContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – The quarter-finals Part II”
World Cup Nuggets – The quarter-finals Part I
It has been a hellish two days without any World Cup action so thankfully the quarter-finals now are here and each one has something to attract our attention and get us excited. The wait is almost over and the even better news is that we have Nuggets aplenty. We start with an absolute humdinger thatContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – The quarter-finals Part I”
World Cup Nuggets Day 16
What a climax to the Last 16. From the seventh goalless draw of the tournament – equalling the record – that led to a memorable Moroccan penalty shoot-out to the biggest win in a Last 16 match Portugal’s 6-1 shellacking of Switzerland, including the first hat-trick of the tournament from Gonçalo Ramos, more of whomContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Day 16”
World Cup Nuggets Day 15
With six of the quarter-finalists now decided there has yet to be a turn-up for the books, with all the favoured sides winning their Last 16 games so far. CROATIA SPOT ON – Four of Croatia’s last five knock-out matches have gone to extra time, and three of those have gone to penalty shoot-outs withContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Day 15”
World Cup Nuggets – First Round
You can pick up a copy of the World Cup Nuggets book directly from the publishers, Halcyon https://bit.ly/3eXfV2y or via Amazon https://amzn.to/3TKD1J0 – the choice is yours… GROUP GREMLINS So the Group matches are over and we have had plenty of shocks to the system including the downing of several strong contenders – Belgium, Denmark and Germany – is this theContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – First Round”
The Football Mine 