PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 36 PLUS CA CHANGE With Tottenham and Manchester United continuing their dismal form by both losing at home they have now racked up 37 defeats between them this season. Indeed Spurs’ 20 losses is the same as Fulham a few years ago, who were relegated and there are still twoContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets MatchWeek 36/ ‘It Started With a Kick’ Episodes 56 and 57”
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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”
It Started With a Kick Episodes 51, 52 and 53
Having just returned from three weeks in Argentina (of which more soon) there has been a slight break from the normal routine but rest assured we’ll be back in full flow as of next week. Suffice to say the Premier League is pretty much done and dusted at both ends of the table with championsContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episodes 51, 52 and 53”
It Started With a Kick podcast Episode 49 – Alison Bender
It Started With a Kick – Episode 49 : Alison Bender Ali is a broadcaster with a wealth of experience as a reporter, presenter, podcaster and author. Having worked for leading clubs such as Chelsea and Real Madrid Ali has a wealth of stories form the top of the game including missing Zinedine Zidane’s goalContinue reading “It Started With a Kick podcast Episode 49 – Alison Bender”
Premier League Matchweek 28 / Episode 48 of ‘It Started With a Kick’
Premier League MatchWeek 28 TERRIBLE TRIO TROUBLES Another week goes by and another pointless week goes by for the three clubs beginning to be marooned at the bottom of the table. Between them those clubs have only managed nine wins in 84 matches, with only two victories in 2025 and one of those was forContinue reading “Premier League Matchweek 28 / Episode 48 of ‘It Started With a Kick’”
Premier League Match Week 24/ Episode 44 ‘It Started With a Kick’
PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 24 Only one Premier League match this week but there was enough incident in those 98+ minutes to satiate the appetite of the hungriest football fan. Fittingly for the last Merseyside derby at Goodison Park, James Tarkowski’s late equaliser ensured that Everton and Liverpool had won the same number ofContinue reading “Premier League Match Week 24/ Episode 44 ‘It Started With a Kick’”
Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 MW3 and It Started With a Kick episode 22 – Jim Beglin
PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 3 RED CARDS Arsenal fans were left fuming by the dismissal of Declan Rice in the Brighton game. While there is some sympathy for Rice, for whom this was his first sending-off in the 245 appearances of his professional career. The second yellow card for nudging the ball away wasContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 MW3 and It Started With a Kick episode 22 – Jim Beglin”
Selhurst Park: 100 years-old It Started With a Kick Episode 21 – Michael Caulfield
Introduction – This week’s blog looks at the centenary of Selhurst Park Selhurst Park Centenary 30th August 2024 – the grand old lady of SE25 is 100 years-old today. One of the famed football architect Archibald Leitch’s many stadia, Selhurst Park is still going strong. Selhurst is showing her venerable age in the two standsContinue reading “Selhurst Park: 100 years-old It Started With a Kick Episode 21 – Michael Caulfield”
Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 MW1 and ‘It Started With a Kick’ episode 20
OPENER And so we are underway for the 33rd Premier League season and Joshua Zirkzee became the first player whose name begins with a Z to score the opening goal of the season. As you are asking , the most common letter for the the very first goal of the season is C with CarlContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2024/25 MW1 and ‘It Started With a Kick’ episode 20”
Premier League Nuggets 2023/24
BURNLEY IN THE RED In October 2021 I wrote a piece about how Burnley had shrugged off their image of being ‘a little rudimentary’ in their approach in going 100 Premier League matches without a red card – https://bit.ly/3mHDInh The Clarets went on to extend their unblemished record to 120 matches until Nathan Collins wasContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24”
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