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Football Cliches

Adam Hurrey & Goalhanger

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Deconstructing the gloriously unique language of football – the words, the phrases and the tiny things you didn't think you cared about – with Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare & David Walker.Visit nordvpn.com/cliches to get four extra months on a two-year plan with NordVPN

Episodes (589)

The best 9.3% of the FA Cup draw, the "stand named after you" threshold & Richar...

Football Cliches

Dec 5, 202436:39pending

An educated left head, the first goal ever uploaded to YouTube & the "big-money...

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Dec 3, 202439:10pending

Sunday League set-piece routines, the "olé" threshold & mistimed minute's applau...

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Nov 28, 202445:49pending

5.54 seconds of away-goal confusion, footballers in US T-junctions and the offic...

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Nov 26, 202442:40pending

The Bosman legacy, optimum camera angles & double saves, with Luke Moore

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Nov 21, 20241:25:43pending

59 consecutive hat-tricks, yo-yo countries and the first-ever usage of "tippy-ta...

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Nov 19, 202436:54pending

Deodorant ads, Don(ald) Goodman & "The Deeney Guy": Cliches meets Sky Sports com...

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Nov 14, 20241:00:23pending

xG meets crime dramas & the Sunday League to Premier League hat-trick pathway

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Nov 12, 202436:24pending

The Vitality Stadium swing state, Noel Gallagher's co-comms & the "big five" of...

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Nov 7, 202443:14pending

”Still 0-0, lads!", a man named Hattrick & the mid-2010s throw-in scandal

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Nov 5, 202443:14pending

Curses vs Hoodoos, journeyman film directors & Keysey's philosophers

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Oct 30, 202442:38pending

Jack Reacher's Villa 5-a-side team, two Andy Townsends & the most darts-looking...

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Oct 29, 202441:48pending

Styling out fake injuries & "How long ref?!": The listeners' loves & hates (feat...

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Oct 23, 20241:03:49pending

Salah's Sunday 4.30pm supremacy, Fred Again's biscuits & going down like a game...

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Oct 22, 202443:14pending

The definitive game for every football scoreline

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Oct 17, 20241:16:31pending

Armchair admirals, Roberto Carlos darts & "Doing a [Club X]”

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Oct 14, 202439:07pending

Cliches vs The Football Ramble - The Football Cliches Quiz XV

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Oct 10, 20241:16:13pending

Liverpool's radar status, lusty bangers & Richard Keys’ 12,476-game TV marathon

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Oct 8, 202443:14pending

First names on shirts, Footy Scran technicalities & the FPL universe, with Ellis...

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Oct 3, 20241:10:50pending

An incredible football birthday card, Dutch league-table madness & Mick McCarthy...

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Sep 30, 202442:29pending

Football's shortest spell, the "in charge" threshold & the first half/second hal...

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Sep 26, 202438:08pending

Beating the commentators to the punch and the ideal conditions for "nothing doin...

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Sep 24, 202449:17pending

Footballing military ranks, Carabao chaos & a phrase only Sean Dyche would use

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Sep 19, 202442:58pending

Jamie Carragher's match-ball voice, promotion fodder & three-sided fortresses

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Sep 16, 202453:39pending

Carsley culture, scorelines you'd take before the game & the most left-footed Pr...

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Sep 11, 202451:28pending

”Welcome to League C", pointless penalty shootouts & the connoisseur's referee w...

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Sep 10, 202447:56pending

Silky Toblerones, Serbian football small talk & telepathic right-backs

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Sep 5, 202438:14pending

Cometh the minute, poetic Andy Townsend and Keysey's quote-tweet masterpiece

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Sep 4, 202444:24pending

The Adjudication Panel: The minutes left vs blood pressure ratio

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Aug 28, 202437:46pending

The Adjudication Panel: Sparking a stroll, rickets vs howlers, and the Champions...

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Aug 27, 202451:11pending

Players spotting themselves on the big screen & ironic referee cheering: The lis...

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Aug 21, 202440:01pending

The Adjudication Panel: Big nutmegs, premature pacesetters & footballing discipl...

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Aug 19, 202452:34pending

The Adjudication Panel: Transfer limbo, Romania '94 small talk & Merson does Str...

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Aug 14, 202439:40pending

The Adjudication Panel: Sleeping horses and Harry Kane's complex classy touch

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Aug 12, 202442:39pending

The "Summer 2024 Transfers That Just Feel So Right" XI

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Aug 7, 202454:57pending

The Adjudication Panel: Carbon-copy commentary & where clubs store their pre-sea...

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Aug 5, 202443:13pending

The Adjudication Panel: Footballers with Olympicy names & Unexpected Kevin Keega...

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Jul 31, 202442:31pending

The Adjudication Panel: Steve Coogan is playing Mick McCarthy in a film, what el...

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Jul 29, 202448:34pending

The Football Clichés Quiz XIV: Cliches vs The Sweeper

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Jul 25, 20241:29:35pending

The Adjudication Panel: "A real plomb", big-match dust-settling & the worst foot...

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Jul 22, 202435:54pending

Squad arrival videos, MOTM substitutes & watching football on holiday: The liste...

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Jul 17, 202456:39pending

The Adjudication Panel: Unhinged pre-match montages & Heartbreak vs Heartache (2...

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Jul 15, 202443:13pending

The Adjudication Panel: From Talksport to NATO - a cultural review of England 2...

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Jul 11, 202447:17pending

The Adjudication Panel: Euro 2024's future Premier League forgettables & the Jor...

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Jul 8, 202440:04pending

The Adjudication Panel: Misstiano Penaldo, "The Misquoted One” & arm-wrestling w...

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Jul 4, 202451:02pending

The Adjudication Panel: The England clamour table, bending your run & dancing on...

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Jul 1, 202440:32pending

The Adjudication Panel: The unifying experience of watching England struggle to...

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Jun 27, 202439:41pending

The Adjudication Panel: Martin Keown's GCSEs, Pro Evo Jules Kounde & when nation...

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Jun 24, 202439:06pending

The Adjudication Panel: The vocabulary of an England group-stage draw & Euro 202...

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Jun 21, 202448:59pending

The Adjudication Panel: The Euros that didn't need to burst into life

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Jun 17, 202443:01pending
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