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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
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Top football commentator Bill Leslie joins Theo Delaney to relive the goals of his life. With over 20 years service at Sky Sports his unmistakeable mellifluous tone is familair to fans of `english football at home and around the world and his considerable expertise is manifest on a connoisseur's list of goals with an ecclectic set of music choices providing the accompaniement. @billleslieofficial @LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Part two with writer Karen Dobres the former director of Lewes FC whose book Pitch Invasion talks about her indefatigable efforts to achieve gender equality in football. We resume at Lewes’s home, the Dripping Pan in 2022 Throughout September Life Goals is supporting CALM the brilliant suicide prevention charity and its STAY TUNED campaign and offering you the chance to be a guest on Life Goals. Find out more here: https://tiltify.com/@theo-delaney/stay-tuned-2025-life-goals-fundraiser-for-calm @karendobres@theCALMzone@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney https://www.waterstones.com/book/pitch-invasion/karen-dobres/9781788405881 https://www.thecalmzone.net/https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Theo Delaney’s guest is Karen Dobres the one time fashion model who went from actively disliking football to becoming a passionate fan and director of Lewes FC where she plays a prominent role in pioneering gender equality in football. Her remarkable and inspirational story is told in her excellent book Pitch Invasion.Throughout September Life Goals is supporting CALM the brilliant suicide prevention charity and its STAY TUNED campaign and offering you the chance to be a guest on Life Goals. Find out more here: https://tiltify.com/@theo-delaney/stay-tuned-2025-life-goals-fundraiser-for-calm @karendobres@theCALMzone@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney https://www.waterstones.com/book/pitch-invasion/karen-dobres/9781788405881 https://www.thecalmzone.net/https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Part two with the phenomenally successful thriller writer Lee Child. He tells Theo Delaney what it’s like becoming hugely rich in your late thirties, reveals why football is so important to him and relives goals from Vardy, Platt and more. Throughout September Life Goals is supporting CALM the brilliant suicide prevention charity and its STAY TUNED campaign and offering you the chance to be a guest on Life Goals. Find out more here: https://tiltify.com/@theo-delaney/stay-tuned-2025-life-goals-fundraiser-for-calm @LeeChildReacher@theCALMzone@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney https://www.jackreacher.com/uk/https://www.thecalmzone.net/https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Theo Delaney’s guest is Lee Child one of the most successful authors in the world whose Jack Reacher books have sold around 200 million copies. His latest book, just out, is the autobiographical ‘Reacher - The Stories Behind The Stories’. Among the ardent Aston Villa fans memories in this, part one of two, are going to games at Villa Park on his own from the age of seven and the teams finest hour, 1982’s European Cup triumph. Throughout September Life Goals is supporting CALM the brilliant suicide prevention charity and its STAY TUNED campaign and offering you the chance to be a guest on Life Goals. Find out more here: https://tiltify.com/@theo-delaney/stay-tuned-2025-life-goals-fundraiser-for-calm @LeeChildReacher@theCALMzone@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney https://www.jackreacher.com/uk/https://www.thecalmzone.net/https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Part two with the great record producer businessman and charity leader Sir Robin Millar. We resume at White Hart Lane in 1987. Throughout September Life Goals is supporting CALM the brilliant suicide prevention charity and its STAY TUNED campaign and offering you the chance to be a guest on Life Goals. Find out more here: https://tiltify.com/@theo-delaney/stay-tuned-2025-life-goals-fundraiser-for-calm @theCALMzone@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney https://www.thecalmzone.net/ https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Theo Delaney’s guest is the legendary record producer, businessman and charity leader Sir Robin Miller who on top of all this also happens to be blind. In a fascinating interview he talks about living with blindness, his remarkable accomplishments as a producer and arranger and his great lifelong love of Tottenham Hotspur. This is part one of two. Throughout September Life Goals is supporting CALM the brilliant suicide prevention charity and its STAY TUNED campaign and offering you the chance to be a guest on Life Goals. Find out more here: https://tiltify.com/@theo-delaney/stay-tuned-2025-life-goals-fundraiser-for-calm @theCALMzone@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney https://www.thecalmzone.net/https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Reliving the goals of his life with host Theo Delaney is author Anthony Quinn who, as well as a string of acclaimed novels, wrote ‘Klopp - My Liverpool Romance’ and the newly published ‘Keegan The Man Who Was King’. Among his chosen scorers are Keegan, Collymore and Diogo Jota. Throughout September Life Goals will be supporting CALM - Campaign Against Living Miserably - the suicide prevention charity and its 'Stay Tuned' campaign to raise funds and awareness. https://www.thecalmzone.net@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney @theodelaney.bsky.social https://www.faber.co.uk/author/anthony-quinnhttps://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Part two with legendary PR man Alan Edwards of The Outside Organisation. His remarkable memoir ‘I Was There’ surely one off the most star-studded ever written, is available now. We resume in Copenhagen in 1993 where Alan has gone to see Arsenal take on Parma in the European Cup Winners Cup Final… Many thanks to Wave Studios in London for accommodating us.@outsideorg@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney @theodelaney.bsky.social https://outside-org.co.uk/https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Theo Delaney’s guest is the great doyen of entertainment PR Alan Edwards. As his compelling memoir ‘I Was There’ demonstrates, there are almost no major stars of the past 50 years that he hasn’t worked with. But despite his never less than hectic schedule he has always made time for his first love, football and, in particular, Arsenal. Many thanks to Wave Studios in London for accommodating us.@outsideorg@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney @theodelaney.bsky.social https://outside-org.co.uk/https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Part two of Theo Delaney’s interview with the great sports and architectural heritage writer Simon Inglis whose updated edition of Engineering Archie: Archibald Leitch - Football Ground Designer is out in 2026.@playedinbritain.bsky.social@The_SimonInglis @LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney @theodelaney.bsky.social playedinbritain.co.uk https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Theo Delaney’s guest is writer, lecturer and campaigner Simon Inglis whose legendary books, like The Football Grounds of Great Britain, contain his unrivalled knowledge and passion for sports and architectural heritage. Simon is a lifelong devotee of Aston Villa. @playedinbritain.bsky.social @The_SimonInglis@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney @theodelaney.bsky.social playedinbritain.co.uk https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Part two with football writer Jon Spurling whose last two books have been nominated at The Sports Book of the Year Awards. The latest ‘Go To War - Football On The Brink In The Eighties’ is compelling reading. The history and politics teacher and Arsenal fan resumes his story at Highbury in 1998...@JonSpurling1@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney@theodelaney.bsky.social https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/authors/john-spurlinghttps://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Theo Delaney’s guest is football writer Jon Spurling whose last two books have been nominated at The Sports Book of the Year Awards. The latest ‘Go To War - Football On The Brink In The Eighties’ is a compelling account of a tumultuous decade. He is also a history and politics teacher and an ardent Arsenal fan.@JonSpurling1@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney @theodelaney.bsky.social https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/authors/john-spurlinghttps://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Part two of Theo Delaney’s interview with the legendary sports broadcaster Garry Richardson in which we encounter Richard Burton, Brian Clough, Buddy Greco, Jimmy Greaves and many more illustrious stars of stage screen and pitch. @LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney @theodelaney.bsky.social https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Richardsonhttps://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Theo Delaney’s guest is legendary broadcaster Garry Richardson who was at the BBC for exactly 50 years until September 9th 2024. In a storied career his list of interviewees and colleagues from the world of sport and beyond is quite remarkable. In this, part one of two, the cast ranges from George Best and Sir Alf Ramsey to Arthur Lowe and Morecambe and Wise. @LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney @theodelaney.bsky.social https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Richardsonhttps://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Theo Delaney is joined by Absolute Radio's Andy Bush for the second part of his Life Goals with the Evertonian's selected scorers including Kevin Campbell and Dominic Calvert Lewin. We resume at Goodison Park in 1999...@bushontheradio@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney @theodelaney.bsky.social https://hellorayo.co.uk/absolute-radio/presenters/andy-bush/https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Theo Delaney's guest is acclaimed broadcaster Andy Bush, co-host of the Absolute Radio drive time show and presenter of numerous ace podcasts including Scarred For Life and Guestimators. An ardent Evertonian Graeme Sharp features among his selected scorers in this part one of two and there is some excellent music choice as you might expect fron the man fronm the Indie Disco. @bushontheradio@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney @theodelaney.bsky.social https://hellorayo.co.uk/absolute-radio/presenters/andy-bush/https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
The second half of Theo Delaney’s conversation with celebrated music photographer Kevin Cummins including his memories of working with pre-fame Oasis and taking the photos that would shape their image and now feature in his new book The Masterplan. We resume at Maine Road in 1996…@KCMANC@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney @theodelaney.bsky.social https://t.co/L2tiDqv9WNhttps://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
Theo Delaney's guest is the leading music photographer Kevin Cummins who has been at the centre of the fertile Manchester music scene for the past 50 years. His new book The Masterplan conatins the photographs he took of Oasis when they first signed to Creation records which were used to define the bands image before they exploded into global superststardom. It also features the recollections of fellow Life Goals guest Noel Gallagher. Like Noel, Kevin is a huge Manchester City fan.@KCMANC@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney @theodelaney.bsky.social https://t.co/L2tiDqv9WNhttps://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links
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One of the best and enjoyable formats for a podcast, top work Theo
loving this great guests maybe get Danny Baker would love to hear his choices
If you love your football and enjoy music, this gives you a fantastic combinatio of both. The host Theo Delaney has an obvious love of them both and his enthusiasm and passion as well as the input from his varied guests means you can always be guaranteed of enjoying the show. Give it ago you will not be sorry.
tftm brought me here. Really enjoyed this, Worth a listen if u like your football