Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker explore the glorious and unique language of football: the words, the phrases, the mannerisms and, above all, th...
Portrait-aspect football & England managers in the stands: The listeners' loves & hates (feat. Chloe Petts)
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker are joined by returning special guest Chloe Petts to entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate their niche footballing fascinations and irritations.
Among the selections are how football improves our basic maths, players' pointless pre-match Instagram content, a half-time dad joke from an Evertonian, the overrated significance of the England manager attending a game, the "portraitification of football" and late substitutes being named man of the match.
Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel learn more about the possible origins of the "magic of the FA Cup".
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WW2 with Ray Parlour, Tamworth's global appeal & the 1863 Ballon d'Or winner
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: a cultural review of the FA Cup third round, Ray Parlour sums up the Second World War in 16 superb seconds, someone finally reveals who the best footballer in the world was in 1863, the Sam Allardici of building materials and the worst fake football commentary ever heard in the background of a Korean Netflix drama.
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Trip-hop Liam Delap, the terminal velocity of a lob & the goal gifting crisis
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Nick Miller and, for his 250th Cliches appearance, David Walker. On the agenda: Newcastle having “a little toe” in the Carabao Cup final, an updated cast list for the Roy Keane/Mick McCarthy film, whether a lob could ever "rattle the crossbar", a Liam Delap penalty that sounds like late-90s trip-hop, a defence of Ferencvaros' credentials as "giants”, some accidental footballspeak when switching broadband providers and much more.
Meanwhile, the panel decide if West Ham's treatment of Julen Lopetegui reached the "shabby" threshold and whether a goalkeeper can be "tearing it up".
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The first embers of a game, heavy-metal Jonathan Pearce & the Andy Gray of lacrosse
Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker on the first Adjudication Panel of 2025. On the agenda: Richard Keys and Dwight Yorke disagree over Harry Maguire's 0.62xG miss, Don Goodman invents a new mid-game mini time period, Jonathan Pearce sounding like Axl Rose, a never-before-uttered animal analogy for a veteran goalgetter, a perfect hat-trick of Andy Townsending, Ange Postecoglou's barely-contained rage, a barman who has memorised every Premier League result ever and some familiar-sounding lacrosse commentary from the US.
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”Listen, fair play": The Best of Football Clichés in 2024
Ally McCoist on the animal kingdom, footballers' names in 1980s detective series, commentators answering their own rhetorical questions, the “bit of both” cultural revolution, Gary Lineker on the pod, some vintage Andy Townsend, the Pure European Championship XI, the career paths of Mick McCarthy and Steve Coogan finally colliding, Charlie Eccleshare’s iconic Talksport welcome, Richard Keys’s voice in things, a titanic but slapstick quiz battle against the Football Ramble and accidentally operatic BBC commentators.
As Football Clichés showcases the podcast's very best moments of 2024, our thanks to everyone for listening and contributing. Bring on 2025...
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Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker explore the glorious and unique language of football: the words, the phrases, the mannerisms and, above all, the clichés.
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