Football Cliches - A show about the language of football
By The Athletic
Welcome to the back catalogue of Adam Hurrey's Football Cliches podcast exploring the glorious and unique language of football: the words, the phrases, the mannerisms and, above all, the clichés.
Find the new podcast feed by searching for 'Football Cliches' wherever you usually listen, or by following this link: https://lnk.to/kdWOMyTA
Find the new podcast feed by searching for 'Football Cliches' wherever you usually listen, or by following this link: https://lnk.to/kdWOMyTA
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Football Clichés has moved! Here’s where to find us…
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The end of an era
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and - in his final appearance - David Walker for the closing Adjudication Panel of the season. -
The Football Clichés Quiz VIII
The Football Clichés Quiz returns for its eighth edition, and the stakes have been raised for defending champion Michael Cox as his challenger this time is none other than Adam Hurrey himself, with past-winner Charlie Eccleshare stepping into the qui… -
Crosses left on the doorstep, egg all over his shirt & the Phantom Drury Effect
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: What type of goal is the most "still had work to do" goal possible, the No 1 religious reference to deploy during a live TV comment… -
Suitcase moods, goalkeepers on fire & VAR eavesdropping
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for a midweek edition of the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: some tense Serie A small talk with an Italian, the Russian football equivalent of being “on the beach”, the co… -
The trajectory of a ping, going down with a whimper & the "knows the club" coefficient
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: stress-testing a “knows the club” coefficient model, the threshold for a club “going down with a whimper”, an exhaustive list of fo… -
Base layers, the "WELL IN!" threshold & the language of champions-elect
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker welcome the listeners' May entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, with the Clichés faithful nominating their niche footballing fascinations and irritations. -
Old-fashioned No 9s, seeing your name in lights and the spice-rack league table
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: The managerial disciplinary tightrope, when old-fashioned No 9s first became “old-fashioned”, the subtle difference between "score"… -
Title-race non-twists, ChatGPT does MHD & pinpointing the start of the 'modern era'
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for a midweek edition of the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: the spiralling language of Chelsea's meltdown, ChatGPT selects its Mesut Haaland Dicks, reducing Sam Allardyce… -
The greatest moment in football podcasting history
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for the latest edition of the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: Kasper Schmeichel's Monday Night Football punditry debut, Roy Keane spotted at the snooker, Rishi Sunak’s Nor…
