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”
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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”
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”
Football Argentinian style/ It Started With a Kick Episode 54
When imagining a football match in Buenos Aires many visualise La Bombonera shuddering to its foundations by the jumping mass of blue and yellow Boca Juniors fans or the majestic Estadio Monumental bedecked in streams of ticker tape when hosting Argentina’s World Cup victory in 1978. My experience earlier this month was different, very differentContinue reading “Football Argentinian style/ It Started With a Kick Episode 54”
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 Nuggets 2024/25 – Match Week 10 Episode 31 of ‘It Started With a Kick’ – Danny Jamieson. Wednesday 13 November Live show with Pat Nevin
CHERRY DELIGHT Bournemouth’s 2-1 win over Manchester City not only brought an end to City’s unbeaten streak of 32 league matches but also called a halt to the most one-sided fixture in Premier League history. Prior to last Saturday’s game at the Vitality Stadium City had won all fourteen of the previous games, scoring 45Continue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 – Match Week 10 Episode 31 of ‘It Started With a Kick’ – Danny Jamieson. Wednesday 13 November Live show with Pat Nevin”
Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 Match Week 9. Episodes 29 and 30 of “It Started With a Kick”. Wednesday 13 November live show with Pat Nevin
PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 9 TOP AND TAIL Looking at Brentford’s position in the table there is a neat symmetry as they are ninth after nine matches. They have won four, lost four and drawn one, scoring 18 and conceding 18. But that hardly tells the story of the drama that has unfolded inContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 Match Week 9. Episodes 29 and 30 of “It Started With a Kick”. Wednesday 13 November live show with Pat Nevin”
It Started With a Kick Episode 28 with Peter Drury and announcing our first live show featuring Pat Nevin
After the international break it’s a double helping of It Started With a Kick. First up, this week’s guest is the one and only Peter Drury. Peter’s father was a vicar so he did not attend his first match until he was at Hull University as an 18 year-old. His early hero was the Tigers’Continue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 28 with Peter Drury and announcing our first live show featuring Pat Nevin”
Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 Match Week 6 Episode 26 of It Started With a Kick – Martin Tyler
PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 6 BEES LIGHTNING STRIKES THRICE Thomas Frank’s men did it for the third consecutive match, scoring inside the first minute is becoming a hasty habit in West London. This time they were at home and Bryan Mbeumo repeated what he had done at Tottenham the previous week only this timeContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 Match Week 6 Episode 26 of It Started With a Kick – Martin Tyler”
Premier League Nuggets 2023/24
2 February MW 22 QUICK OFF THE MARK On Tuesday night two of the fastest goals scored in the Premier League followed one another. Luton’s Elijah Adebayo set the ball rolling at Kenilworth Road within 18 seconds and Ben Brereton-Diaz wasn’t too far behind with the opener for Sheffield United at Selhurst Park that wasContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24”
The Football Mine 