
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
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 413 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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Part two with Adam Crafton the newly crowned Sports Journalist of the Year. We resume with a manhunt for a missing centre forward...
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Reliving the goals of his life with Theo Delaney is The Athletic’s Adam Crafton, fresh from winning the Sports Journalist of the Year Award at the SJAs for the second time in three years. Cristiano Ronaldo, Gabriel Batistuta and Shirley Bassey are am... more
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Theo Delaney's guest is Keith Cameron the celebrated music writer whose latest book, the excellent '168 Songs of Hatred and Failure – A History of Manic Street Preachers’ is a Sunday Times bestseller. A scotsman who adopted West Ham when he moved sou... more
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I enjoy Theo leading us through the recall of a varied cast of partisan protagonists. Football is an emotional game- we don’t participate first hand, but we feel every block and twist of fortune. It’s communal and yet intensely personal. And we love ever kick, suffer every adverse blow and win, lose or draw, come back for more. Keep ‘er lit Theo!
Absolutely brilliant , only tuned in a week ago after I heard Theo interviewed for another podcast about their first match they ever attended .
It’s enthralling and it brings back so many memorable moments from our own lives as a Football diehard . To include subbuteo goals , movie goals and so many we can’t recall and would love to talk about ourselves , it’s got everything to keep you hanging by the speaker or earphones .
I mention Backpass as the beloved magazine I still get a buzz to recei... more
Absolutely love this podcast, can’t wait to listen first thing Monday morning 👌🏽
Hi Theo
Hope all is well with you and your family.
When is the podcast returning, please.
Kind regards Gary.
The episodes with David & Max Yelland were very powerful and moving. Excellent work.
Maybe one day you’ll have a Rangers fan on the podcast!
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The show centers on emotional, memory-filled storytelling tied to football, where guests recount eight defining goals that shaped their lives. Conversations weave in music, media, and culture, creating a nostalgic mosaic of pivotal moments, tournaments, and personal milestones. A standout angle is how sport and soundtrack collide—leading to intimate, cinematic memories that span careers in journalism, broadcasting, and literature, as well as fan devotion across clubs. The host guides candid reflections that range from joyous triumphs to heartbreak, with a strong emphasis on personal identity, community, and the social rituals around football fandom.
What makes it stand out is the desert-island-discs-for-goals concept, the breadth of guests ... more
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