Every football fan knows it's the goals that really stay with you such is their juddering emotional impact. In Life Goals well known football fanatics re -live the eight defining goals of their lives with host Theo Delaney and reflect on what was happening at the time as it all comes flooding back. Like a good football match it veers from the poignant to the euphoric
Life Goals with Theo Delaney - Brian Read (Part 1)
Joining Theo Delaney to relive the goals of his life is Daily Mirror columnist Brain Reade whose long and distinguished career in newspapers has included lengthy stints in football’s press boxes. A season ticket holder on the Kop at Anfield, his excellent new book ‘The Kop: A Fan’s History of Football’s Most Famous Stand’ is just out.
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5 Oct 2026
Life Goals with Theo Delaney - Oliver Holt (Part 2)
Part two with the Daily Mail and Mail On Sunday’s Chief `football Writer and author of ’92 A Life In Football Grounds’ Ollie Holt who takes Theo Delaney through the remaining goals of his life with The Champions League, The World Cup and La Liga the settings.
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28 Sept 2026
Life Goals with Theo Delaney - Oliver Holt (Part 1)
Theo Delaney is joined by Oliver Holt, the Chief Sports Writer on the Daily Mail and the Mail On Sunday whose new book, ’92 A Life In Football Grounds’, tracks his decades long odyssey through the homes of all of England's professional clubs as a journalist and a fan. In this, part one of two, he recalls growing up in Manchester as the son of Coronation Street star Eileen Derbyshire (aka Emily Bishop) and his habit of attending games at Old Trafford and Maine Road as well as Edgeley Park Stockport. One of the most revered football writers around, he brings a connoisseur’s list of goals with a mix of classics and personal choices.
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