Life Goals with Theo Delaney

Joining Theo Delaney to relive the goals of his life is The Times Chief Football Correspondent Matt Dickinson whose excellent new book ‘Manchester United, 1999, the Treble and all that’ is out now. Among the chosen scorers are Maradona, Messi and Charlie Austin.

Comedian Jim Daly is synonymous with Crystal Palace. Along with previous Life Goals guest Kevin Day, he hosts the legendary Palace podcast 'Five Year Plan'. He also co-hosts the widely lauded 'The Blank Podcast' with another previous Life Goals guest Giles Paley-Phillips. Jim's Edinburgh show 'Fatherhood and Football' is playing now and is highly recommended. @jimdalycomedy @LifeGoalsTD @theodelan...

Theo Delaney’s guest is Mike McGrath a key part of The Daily Telegraph’s award-winning team of football writers. The boyhood Spurs fan chooses goals from Gascoigne, Bale, Messi, Mahrez and more and brings the kind of insight you would expect from an elite level journalist.

Theo Delaney’s guest is legendary Mark Saggers in this the second part of a candid and fascinating conversation. Scorers include Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard and we learn about the sports broadcaster’s problems with gambling addiction and his contretemps with commentator Alan Green. @marksaggers @LifeGoalsTD @theodelaney https://watch.talk.tv/shows/e3cb0695-c991-11ec-b4c6-0af62ebc70d1 https://w...

Theo Delaney is joined by legendary sports broadcaster Mark Saggers whose distinctive and evocative voice will be familiar from the BBC, Talksport, Sky and, currently, Talk TV on which he hosts his own show The Sunday Night Club with Mark Saggers. He talks frankly about his life and career and among his goalscorers in this, part one of two, are Ian Hutchinson and Mark Cooper of his beloved Cambrid...

Part two of Life Goals with the UK Government’s Independent Advisor on Anti-Semitism Lord John Mann who is also the chairman of the Leeds United Supporters Club. We resume at the 1975 European Cup Final before going on to discuss, among other things, Tony Yeboah, Marcelo Bielsa, how to win elections and tackling anti semitism. @LordJohnMann @LifeGoalsTD @theodelaney https://antisemitism.org.uk/lor...

Theo Delaney is joined by the UK Government’s Independent Advisor on Anti-Semitism Lord John Mann who formally sat in the House of Commons for 20 years. He is the Chairman of the Leeds United Supporters Club having been a passionate supporter his whole life. @LordJohnMann @LifeGoalsTD @theodelaney https://antisemitism.org.uk/lord-mann/ https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals https://www.11-29media....

Theo Delaney is joined by journalist Adam Hurrey from the Athletic, creator of the cult blog, book and podcast ‘Football Cliches’. Also a familiar voice from The Totally Football show, the England fan brings an eclectic goal list featuring such scorers as Juninho, Poyet and Iniesta and an equally varied music choices includingJohn Martyn, Cher and The War On Drugs.

Part two of Life Goals with football writer Suzy Wrack of The Guardian and The Guardian Football Weekly podcast whose new book "A Women's Game' is out now and getting rave reviews. We resume at the 2019 Women’s World Cup. Scorers include Meg Rapinoe and Lucy Bronze. @SuzyWrack @LifeGoalsTD @theodelaney https://linktr.ee/awomansgame https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals https://www.11-29media.com/...

Theo Delaney is joined by football writer Suzy Wrack of The Guardian whose new book ‘A Woman’s Game - The Rise, Fall And Rise Again Of Women’s Football’ is getting rave reviews. An Arsenal fan since childhood, she relives the goals of her life from both the men’s and women’s games. Among her chosen scorers in this, part one of two, are Thierry Henry, Sol Campbell and Marc Overmars. @SuzyWrack @Lif...

Part two of Life Goals with Scottish football legend Brian McClair in which he reminisces about his time playing for Celtic and Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United and continues to make connoisseur’s choices of goals and music. Van Basten and Blackmore are among the chosen scorers @BrianMcClair13 @LifeGoalsTD @theodelaney https://linktr.ee/Life_With_Brian https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals https...

Theo Delaney’s guest is football legend Brian McClair who played a combined 500 games for Celtic and Manchester United, the clubs he loved as a child. He now has his own excellent podcast Life With Brian and in this, part one of two, he brings remarkable stories of his Airdrie childhood and early years as an atypical pro at Motherwell, where he played under one Ally MacLeod, and Aston Villa where...

Theo Delaney's guest is Daniel Lavelle, the award winning Guardian journalist, whose childhood and early adulthood was often turbulent. He spent time in special schools and care homes and was homeless for a while. His remarkable story is the basis for his acclaimed new book 'Down And Out'. A lifelong Manchester United fan, among the scorers of the goals of his life are Beckham, Cantona, Rashford a...

Reliving the defining goals of his life is singer guitarist and songwriter Dan McCarthy of Kawala whose debut album ‘Better With You’ was recently released to wide acclaim. Currently touring and featuring prominently on the festival circuit, the West Ham fan speaks to Theo Delaney from his street because the wifi in his house broke down minutes before their rendervous. He chooses strikes from Lanz...

Part two of Theo Delaney’s conversation with writer, broadcaster and filmmaker Amy Lawrence of The Athletic. Scorers include Bergkamp and Materazzi. https://theathletic.com/author/amy-lawrence/ https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals https://www.11-29media.com/life-goals

Theo Delaney’s guest is The Athletic’s Amy Lawrence, one of the most revered football writers around. She cut her teeth on The Gooner fanzine before stints on Four Four Two, The Observer and The Guardian and made the acclaimed film ’89’ which tells the story of Arsenal’s fabled title-clinching win at Anfield, a game she bunked off school to attend. Scorers include Ian Wright and Omam Biyik. https:...

Theo Delaney’s guest is music journalist James McMahon the former editor of Kerrang magazine and NME staffer whose work is now found in a range of prestigious publications. Following a brief flirtation with Manchester United in early childhood (favourite player Mike Phelan) he embarked on a lifelong love affair with his hometown team Doncaster Rovers which remains undimmed despite a fondness for h...

Part two of Theo Delaney’s conversation with writer, editor and creative force Calum Jacobs the founder of Caricom whose new book A New Formation: How Black Footballers Shaped the Modern Game has been receiving rapturous reviews. Goal scorers include Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Kevin Phillips. @CARICOMWEB @LifeGoalsTD @theodelaney https://linktr.ee/anewformation https://www.theodelaney.com/life-...

Theo Delaney’s guest is writer, editor and creative force Calum Jacobs the founder of Caricom whose new book A New Formation: How Black Footballers Shaped the Modern Game has been greeted by rave reviews and features contributions from previous Life Goals guest Musa Okwonga and others including Ian Wright, Jeanette Kwakye and Andy Cole. Among the chosen goal scorers in this, part one of two, are T...

Theo Delaney’s guest is broadcaster Faye Carruthers, a hugely popular presence on Talksport and Sky Sports since transitioning from a successful career behind the scenes. A lifelong fan of Luton Town and England, her infectious love for football is evident throughout as she selects goals from Collymore, Kane, Matthew Spring, Steve McNulty and more. @FayeCarruthers @LifeGoalsTD @theodelaney https:/...

Theo Delaney’s guest is one of the most gifted songwriters of his generation Jake Bugg who emerged to instant acclaim ten years ago as a wunderkind teenager. He recently scored his first movie, the excellent documentary 'The Happiest Man In The World', the storyy of Ronaldinho who features twice on his list of chosen scorers. A Notts County fan, he sponsors the team’s away shirts which are adorned...

Theo Delaney’s guest is journalist and broadcaster Angus Loughran, also known as Statto from his time on Baddiel and Skinners Fantasy Football show in the 90s. A self confessed sports obsessive it's fair to say that he has attended more live matches than pretty much any else but two years ago he suffered a sever stroke leaving him unable to speak for the first six months of his recovery. Now much...

Theo Delaney’s guest is the novelist Ashley Hickson-Lovence whose rapturously reviewed new book ‘Your Show’ is about Uriah Rennie, the first - and to date only - black Premier League referee. A man with first hand experience of being a black referee Hickson-Lovence is a Manchester United fan with a strong affection for Dagenham and Redbridge and there are goals from John O’Shea, Marcus Rashford, J...

Theo Delaney’s guest is the writer, actor and comic Wendy Wason whose career started in her native Scotland where she has an uncle who played for Falkirk and another who remains the vice Chair of Stenhousemuir. Since moving to London she has developed a love for Arsenal where she has a season ticket and she is also a lifelong Scotland fan. Her chosen goalscorers include John Collins, Henrik Larsso...

The concluding part of Theo Delaney’s conversation with the writer and spoken word performer Roy, real name PJ Smith. We pick it up in the late nineties with PJ struggling to get his life on track and Everton suffering similar problems… @badwool9 @LifeGoalsTD @theodelaney https://roughtradebooks.com/products/algorithm-party-roy https://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals https://www.11-29media.com/life...