“It Started With a Kick” is hosted by renowned football writer and author Richard Foster.<br />In each episode a well-known guest will delve into their memory bank to talk about the first football match they attended. <br /><br />The focus is less about the match itself and more on all the circumstances surrounding that pivotal experience. The sights and sounds, the fans and the kits, the stadium and their companions on that all-important day when a lifetime love affair with football began. <br /><br /><b>WATCH THIS SHOW ON YOUTUBE: </b><br />https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvSsjD3e_NeWotY3GETtbWA<br /><br /><b>FOLLOW THE SHOW ON INSTAGRAM:</b><br />https://www.instagram.com/iswakpodcast/<br /><br /><b>FOLLOW THE SHOW ON X:</b><br />https://twitter.com/ISWAKPodcast<br /><br /><b>FOLLOW THE SHOW ON FACEBOOK: </b><br />https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558248779779
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“It Started With a Kick” is hosted by renowned football writer and author Richard Foster.<br />In each episode a well-known guest will delve into their memory bank to talk about the first football match they attended. <br /><br />The focus is less about the match itself and more on all the circumstances surrounding that pivotal experience. The sights and sounds, the fans and the kits, the stadium and their companions on that all-important day when a lifetime love affair with football began. <br /><br /><b>WATCH THIS SHOW ON YOUTUBE: </b><br />https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvSsjD3e_NeWotY3GETtbWA<br /><br /><b>FOLLOW THE SHOW ON INSTAGRAM:</b><br />https://www.instagram.com/iswakpodcast/<br /><br /><b>FOLLOW THE SHOW ON X:</b><br />https://twitter.com/ISWAKPodcast<br /><br /><b>FOLLOW THE SHOW ON FACEBOOK: </b><br />https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558248779779
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June 11, 2026
John Roder - Part 2
This week’s guest is John Roder joins a glittering list of commentators on this pod, which include Guy Mowbray, Peter Drury, John Helm and most recently Mike Minay. John has been at the chalk face of commentary with a host of broadcasters such as Sky, TNT, ITV and has been a regular on Match of the Day for two decades. Before we follow John’s journey we will head off to Recreation Ground in 1970 for a 4th Division fixture between Aldershot and Darlington. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
June 9, 2026
John Roder - Part 1
This week’s guest is John Roder joins a glittering list of commentators on this pod, which include Guy Mowbray, Peter Drury, John Helm and most recently Mike Minay. John has been at the chalk face of commentary with a host of broadcasters such as Sky, TNT, ITV and has been a regular on Match of the Day for two decades. Before we follow John’s journey we will head off to Recreation Ground in 1970 for a 4th Division fixture between Aldershot and Darlington.
June 4, 2026
Mike Minay - Part 2
Mike Minay, a commentator and reporter who has become a regular voice on 5Live and also Match of the Day recently and Mike will be part of the BBC’s World Cup team which starts in just over a week’s time, so exciting times ahead. Mike’s first steps into the world of football were a long way from the grand stages of World Cups, at the likes of Congleton Town and Macclesfield, Yeovil and Bristol City.
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