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Fortresses and cauldrons: the language of football stadiums

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Episode notes

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare welcome Vithushan Ehantharajah on loan from the Independent and the Football Ramble to explore football stadiums....or should that be stadia?

Is it "stamping ground" or "stomping ground"? What constitutes a "fortress"? What’s the most patronised ground in football? How does a stadium become a cauldron? And whatever happened to those Qatari World Cup robot clouds…

Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel get stuck into some fresh, young English managerspeak and perhaps the greatest ever use of the phrase "in and around".

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