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Football Cliches

Football Cliches

By: 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 NordVPNAdam Hurrey & Goalhanger Football (American) Football (Soccer)
Episodes
  • 41-year-old blokes playing for prime Barca, Ken Barlow's terrace anthem, and the Sir Alex blessing

    41-year-old blokes playing for prime Barca, Ken Barlow's terrace anthem, and the Sir Alex blessing
    Jan 8 2026
    Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Manchester United's legacy machine cranks into gear again, some confusion over the pronunication of Chelsea's new manager, a familiar sound in a mid-90s wrestling arcade game, unlikely common ground between River Plate and Coronation Street's Ken Barlow, a teacher breaks some football news to his class of Year 8s and a relatively deep data dive into Richard Keys’ lesser-known catchphrase. Meanwhile, the panel decide the level of football at which they would simply be a hindrance to their team at right-back. Sign up for Dreamland, the new members-only Football Clichés experience, to access our exclusive new show and much more: https://dreamland.footballcliches.com Visit nordvpn.com/cliches to get four extra months on a two-year plan with NordVPN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Resurgent corner flags, Eddie Howe's onslaught threshold & "the Pound Shop Potter”

    Resurgent corner flags, Eddie Howe's onslaught threshold & "the Pound Shop Potter”
    Jan 6 2026
    Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: a whistle-stop tour of the media reaction to Chelsea and Manchester United's managerial upheaval, the Premier League finally unleashes its video archive, Eddie Howe queries the "onslaught" threshold, some quintessential West Hamming, some unprecedented co-commentary homework, hyperlocal derby technicalities, and Richard Keys kicking off his 2026 with an absolute bang. Sign up for Dreamland, the new members-only Football Clichés experience, to access our exclusive new show and much more: https://dreamland.footballcliches.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    51 mins
  • Snake pits and minefields, the shadow follow-on, and catching on camera

    Snake pits and minefields, the shadow follow-on, and catching on camera
    Jan 3 2026
    The fifth outing for the Cricket Cliches crew but are they now set? And what does that mean, anyway? The shadow batting debate intensifies as we enter the second innings; Tickers (and most of the audience) are on #TeamGallen and we’re all checking on our sanity with Internal Athers. There could only be one topic at the centre of our conversation; it’s the strip at the centre of the game. Was the pitch at Melbourne a snake-pit or a minefield, or something else entirely, and is ‘curator’ a bit much for the bloke who cuts the grass? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    58 mins
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What's not to like? I'm glad they've restarted on here, I've been a long time listener on Google Podcasts... for my sins.

Quality Podcast

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Great to have the pod back, and with an unchanged lineup! New listeners in for a treat

Top notch content!

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great to have an unchanged adjudication panel- but the new cover doesn’t look great. Loving it so far.

Amazing to have the pod back

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Belter of a podcast anyway but felt compelled to limit the damage of a previous one star review because the helmet found it easier to leave a negative review than delete an episode from his feed. Get in the bin.

Keep up the fantastic work you absolute idiots Love you x

Cricket cluches in my feed. nice one.

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cricket clichés in my football clichés feed, no thanks, please undo this/sort it out, thanks

cricket clichés in my football clichés feed, no thanks

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