Here’s a piece I wrote for the Guardian about the Lost Boys Taskforce, an initiative to help provide guidance to teenagers, mainly males, who are in danger of ‘going off the rails’ as Paul Barber, CEO of Brighton & Hove Albion, who is leading the task force can relate to as he almost did soContinue reading “The Lost Boys Taskforce / It Started With a Kick Episode 76 – Seth Bennett”
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It Started With a Kick Episode 67 – Keith Hackett
Keith Hackett was one of the top referees 1970s/1980s until his retirement in 1994 after over 30 years service, refereeing hundreds of games in the English top flight, at Olympic Games and at European Championships. Towards the end of his refereeing career he was involved in the famous ‘You Are the Ref’ cartoon strip thatContinue reading “It Started With a Kick Episode 67 – Keith Hackett”
‘It Started With a Kick’ Episodes 61 and 62
It Started With a Kick – Episode 61 : Chris Lee Chris is an author, writer and podcaster and the man behind the excellent Outside Write magazine which takes readers to various nooks and crannies around the world in search of what defines football culture through its history and especially its politics. Chris describes himselfContinue reading “‘It Started With a Kick’ Episodes 61 and 62”
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”
Premier League MatchWeek 25 / Episode 45 ‘It Started With a Kick’
PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 25 Another week goes by without a win for the bottom three, between them they have collected 43 points. At the same stage last season Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United had three more. Ipswich’s plucky point at Villa Park, when playing for all the second half with ten men,Continue reading “Premier League MatchWeek 25 / Episode 45 ‘It Started With a Kick’”
Premier League MatchWeek 21 / Episode 40 ‘It Started With a Kick
PREMIER LEAGUE NUGGETS – MatchWeek 21 SAME OLD STORY AT THE BOTTOM Brentford’s two late goals on Tuesday night further loosened Manchester City’s previously icy grip on the Premier League title while things at the other end of the table took on a familiar look. At the same stage last season the three promoted clubsContinue reading “Premier League MatchWeek 21 / Episode 40 ‘It Started With a Kick”
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 It Started With a Kick Ep6
As the last day of the Premier League season approaches it is almost certain that the three promoted clubs will be going back from whence they came. This will only be the second time that this has happened in Premier League history. In the 1997/98 season Bolton, Barnsley and Palace survived just one season. SheffieldContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets: 2023/24 It Started With a Kick Ep6”
Premier League Nuggets 2023/24 and Episode 5 of ‘It Started With a Kick’
10 May MW 36 TERRIBLE TRIO As the business end of the season approaches it seems pretty odds on that the three promoted clubs will be going back from whence they came. This will only be the second time that this has happened in the Premier League. Previously Bolton, Barnsley and Palace survived just oneContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24 and Episode 5 of ‘It Started With a Kick’”
Premier League Nuggets 2023/24 and Episode 4 of ‘It Started With a Kick’
3 May MW 35 TROUBLED TRIO From the early knockings of this season the three promoted clubs have had the Sword of Damocles hovering precariously over their heads. With three matches remaining the trio occupy the relegation places and if it wasn’t for Forest’s point deduction, they would be cast adrift. Although Luton have shownContinue reading “Premier League Nuggets 2023/24 and Episode 4 of ‘It Started With a Kick’”
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