Theo Delaney’s guest is public intellectual Anand Menon professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at Kings College London and head of the UK In A Changing Europe think tank. A lifelong, passionate Leeds fan he chooses goals from Lorimer, Viduka, Klich and more with evocative, contemporaneous music to heighten the keenly felt emotion.

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Its said that the most feared five words in politics are: Michael Crick is in reception. Now the brilliant and relentless political journalist, broadcaster and author joins Theo Delaney and demonstrates that he is just as obsessive about football as he is politics. A committed and prominent Manchester United supporter - he started the campaign that thwarted Rupert Murdoch's bid for the club in 1999 - his chosen scorers include Best, Beckham and Giggs.

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Theo Delaney welcomes Matt Nelson to relive the goals of his life. The Burnley fan is the lead singer of the Milltown Brothers who tasted stardom in the 90s before being dropped by their record label. Unbowed, Matt reinvented himself in the film buisness and now his production company Space is among the most succesful in the north of England. Meanwhile, the Milltown Brothers are back, making albums and touring. Among the chosen scorers are David Eyres, Emannuel Benson and Matt's son Kitt Nelson who plays for Preston North End.

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Theo Delaney is joined by writer/director Hannah Kumari whose play 'Eng-er-land', based on her formative years as a mixed heritage football fan in the 90s, has been greeted rapturously up and down the country. A huge Coventry City fan, she combines her creative work with her role as Fans for Diversity Campaign Manager at the Football Supporters Association. Among her chosen scorers are Darren Huckerby, Fernando Torres and Hadji Wright and there are three unforgettable Wembley games from the last couple of years. 

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The Wombats have sold over a million albums and achieved over 2.5 billion streams since they first wowed audiences 20 years ago. With eagerly awaited new album ‘Oh! The Ocean' out In February and a UK/Europe arena tour to follow in March, founding member and Everton devotee Dan Haggis joins @theodelaney on Life goals with Big Duncan Ferguson, Barry Horne and Tim Howard(!) among his chosen scorers. The Killers, Radiohead and Neil Young feature on the intriguing music list.

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Theo Delaney is joined by columnist and author Giles Smith who writes brilliantly on the twin obsessions he shares with Life Goals: football and music. His latest book, the critically accalimed  'My My Abba Through The Ages', is the definitive text on the Swedish susperstars. A long time Chelsea season ticket holder his chosen scorers include Kenny Swain, John Spencer and Gianfranco Zola.

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Writer Harry Ritchie joins Theo Delaney to relive the goals of his life. The journalist and author of six books, numerous newspaper articles and book reviews is a lifelong fan of Raith Rovers and also a huge music fan so the goal and record slections are authorative and emotionally resonant. 

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Theo Delaney is joined by the acclaimed broadcaster Gideon Coe who has been a mainstay of BBC 6 Music since its inception in 2002 and currently co-hosts the Riley and Coe show on Monday to Thursday evenings. A Spurs fan, among his chosen scorers are Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne Ronaldinho and Dele Alli and his music list is as discerning as you might expect of such a renowned selector.

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Part two of Theo Delaney's interview with prolific sport writing legend Norman Giller who, in 1957, aged 17, became the Assistan Sports Editor of the Stratford Express (circulation 100,000) and never looked back. The latest of his 121 published books 'Sir Bill - The Complete Bill Nicholson Story' was co-written with Spurs legend Steve Perryman and is the definitive text on the most important figure in the history of Tottenham Hotspur.

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Theo Delaney's guest is the venerable sports writer Norman Giller whose long career spans Newspapers TV and 121 published books including  hist latest 'Sir Bill - The Complete Bill Nicholson Story', co-written with Spurs legend Steve Perryman. In this part one of two the coreres include hios great friends Jimmy Greaves and Geoff Hurst.

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