Football Cliches
Episodes
England's beloved scoreline, Messi's scout badges & the hydration-break hand gesture
19 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Adam's slapstick attempt to watch England 4-2 C...
The BBC/ITV truce, World Cup life-bursting & Tina Turner's spot-kick record
15 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and James Maw. On the agenda: how the BBC & ITV's tournament has g...
Giant lanyards & England camp mood updates: The listeners' World Cup loves & hates
11 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller entertain the listener entries for a special edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful ...
England's Florida scoreboard XI, niche FIFA metrics & watching the World Cup in 4D
09 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Nick Miller and James Maw. On the agenda: the BBC's co-commentators show some pre-tournament rustin...
The Football Cliches Quiz XXV: Cliches vs The England Pod
04 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The 25th edition of the Football Clichés Quiz sees Adam, Charlie and Nick take on The England Pod in a World Cup trivia special. The questions inclu...
Stutter steps in Budapest, Switzerland on Saturdays & Keysey's final sign-off
02 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: A cultural review of the Champions League final...
The VAR-monitor jog & fans coming in peace: The listeners' loves & hates
27 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate th...
Spurs circling the drain, European hangover defiance & farmers taking penalties
25 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: whether West Ham sleepwalked to relegation and ...
Unleash the Arsenal long-reads, Spygate super-schadenfreude & a Bundesliga hoax
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: cutting through the considerable noise ...
Labour's laboured footballspeak, thumpable scorelines & penalty pop-ups
18 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: an FA Cup final that will live short in the mem...
The Football Cliches Quiz XXIV: Cliches vs The Sweeper - The Rematch
13 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The 24th edition of the Football Clichés Quiz sees Adam, Charlie and Dave take on globe-trotting world football storytellers The Sweeper for the seco...
Corner-kick chaos, a Premier League without a W & Joe Cole at the Ritz
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the slightly overlooked aspects of the West Ham...
The 9.75 role, Tom Hiddlestone's Champions League mindset & the Faroese Andy Gray
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a cultural review of the Champions Leag...
The fixture pile-up threshold, Sean Dyche playing "Sean Dyche" & under-10s trophy parades
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: the trickiest title-race-classific...
Team-talk mythology & the stickers of European toilet cubicles: The listeners' loves & hates
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate th...
Great adverts for the pyramid, technicians of the sphere & Qatar to Coventry in 3 minutes
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the threshold for the Premier League to tweet t...
Elite barbers' FPL advantage, the Collins-Tomkins dilemma & doing The Terrestrial
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the greatest player ever to have a surn...
Lee Dixon on toast, “advantage City” & a commentator's Copacabana complex
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Sunday Supplement pastry queries, a cultural re...
Unexpected Stevenage, premature hauntings & the Premier League goal caught on CCTV
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the imminent demise of the iconic Champ...
Half-and-half Shakespearean scarves, scouting for Shevchenko & the half-dozen crisis
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: a stand-out candidate for commentator's curse of the s...
The Football Cliches Quiz XXIII: Cliches vs Career We Go
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The 23rd edition of the Football Clichés Quiz sees Adam, Charlie and Nick take on their familiar foes of Bobby, Theo and Eamo from four-time quiz vis...
FA Cup lustre status, Ally McCoist's cliche mashup... and every Premier League game ever
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: reviewing a perfectly-formed set of FA Cup quar...
The Extinction XI
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined by David Walker and Michael Cox to select a lineup of player types that have - temporarily or permanently - gone out of football...
Biggleswade bragging rights, Tanzania 0 Liechtenstein 1 & Keysey's perfect Christmas
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: Dave's Sunday League management rollercoaster, Ben Whi...
Susie Dent on taliswomen, gilt-edged chances, and lacksadaisical defending
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The pod welcomed the queen of Countdown's dictionary corner Susie Dent to examine the language of football in the sort of detail we've always dreamt/d...
The Carabao Supremacy, yodelling commentators & the absolute Joe Hart
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a cultural review of the Carabao Cup final, a y...
GoPro goalkeepers & textbook crossfield-pass apologies: The listeners' loves & hates
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate th...
”My baby looks like Gary Megson", MOTD donking & in dreamland with Bodo/Glimt
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the tense early exchanges of Dave's parenthood,...
BBC live-text sad lads & watching football in the boozer, with Jimmy "Dead Pubs" McIntosh
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The pod welcomes the writer, esteemed pintsman and creator of Dead Pubs, Jimmy McIntosh, for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as he chooses ...
FA Cup scares/dumpings/cruises, dark orange cards & Roman gladiator VAR
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller. On the agenda: a new shade of yellow card is invented, VAR dela...
The freefall threshold, Benjamin Sesko's windows & the streets forgetting Santiago Munez
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and James Maw. On the agenda: the official start to the business end of ...
Co-commentary cues, flopping full-backs & the "one of our own" threshold, with Lucy Ward
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The pod welcomes TNT Sports co-commentator Lucy Ward for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as she chooses her six personal fascinations and i...
The 5-a-side keepers' union & World Cup pub bunting: The listeners' loves & hates
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate the...
Literally ghosting, Larry David's Champions League commentary & Sir Alex's 2011/12 title curse
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and, for his 100th appearance, Nick Miller. On the agenda: a cultural review of ...
Hoddle's Curse strikes again, the world-record fans' favourite & a saucy U-turn
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Glenn Hoddle suffers the commentator's ...
The Forest-Watford Vortex, champagne players & Pep vs Daffy Duck
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: Pep Guardiola vs Daffy Duck in a fight for the soul of...
Generic Spurs punditry, regurgitating possession & ding-dong stalemates: The 500th episode
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for the 500th episode of the podcast. On the agenda: the finer details and ramifications ...
Introverted full-backs, radio commentary synchronicity & the Champions League of trees
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Steve Bruce adds a crucial syllable to Pep Guar...
”Absolute wimp", Arsenal's pre-ignited quadruple & a Doha denouement
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Carabao Cup curiosities, the exact stat...
Scorpion scepticism, 80% ball knowledge & Conor Coady's Football Clubs (2026 edition)
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: subtle podcast references at the darts, goal probabili...
Flats that overlook stadiums & the optimum time for Sky Sports News: The listeners' loves & hates
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate th...
The "what's eating Erling Haaland?" threshold, FA Cup anthem fears & Gary Weaver's Circle of Goals
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: a quickfire review of Arsenal 2 Ma...
Zohran Mamdani's PL Years & a chat with Éanna Hardwicke on playing Roy Keane in Saipan
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a familiar name pops up at the Australi...
The moment the AFCON final peaked, Wenger's Law & football gestures at bus stops
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: the unifying absurdity that was the Africa Cup of Nati...
Properly getting out, cricketing ASMR, and shadow umpire’s call
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the final outing of the winter for Cricket Cliches, the first branch line of the Cliches network, and there’s an end of term feeling as the f...
Shane Todd on post-save goalkeeper emotions & professional footballer-botherer Rio Ferdinand
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Todd on post-save goalkeeper emotions & professional footballer-botherer Rio Ferdinand The pod welcomes comedian and presenter Shane Todd for t...
Semenyo's 0.028% return, six nicknames in 15 seconds & Scotland's bottom dogs
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a minor technicality with Cup-upset measuring, ...
41-year-old blokes playing for prime Barca, Ken Barlow's terrace anthem, and the Sir Alex blessing
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Manchester United's legacy machine cran...
Resurgent corner flags, Eddie Howe's onslaught threshold & "the Pound Shop Potter”
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Snake pits and minefields, the shadow follow-on, and catching on camera
03 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ent...
That Man DCL, heading your granny & clowns in Slough bunkers
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the freescoring Dominic Calvert-Lewin passes a ...
Domestic shadow-batting, no mugs, and spectator stress
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While England self-immolate, Cricket Cliches maintains its admittedly modest run of form in our fourth outing. Aussie commentators Aaron Finch and Ada...
Absolute dreamland: The Best of Football Clichés in 2025
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every football pundit ever, condensed into one approximated voice; accidental nursery rhymes in Champions League commentary; last-gasp Cliches Quiz dr...
Glove-spitting goalkeepers & edge-of-the-D drama at five-a-side: The listeners' loves & hates
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate th...
North-east river supremacy, David Moyes' giant duck & Keysey's nutmegs
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the media wrestles with what to call the derby ...
Tricky little sessions, daddy hundreds, and getting hit "amidships"
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Ashes are basically done and dusted after England’s pink ball capitulation. Time for the third session of Cricket Cliches, but is it a tricky li...
Unexpected Clive Tyldesley noises & Gabriel's hypothetical Arsenal own-goal hell
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: England's March "send-off" to the World...
Uzbekistan vs Colombia at 3am, the Infantino Shrug & a dubious bagsman
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a review of the World Cup draw ceremony, foreca...
I Wanna Dance With Peter Drury, grinding out a 5-4 & Haaland's League One future
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Richarlison’s claims to a niche world...
Commentator's curse conspiracies, homegrown stewards & Lee Hendrie's "highgevity”
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: A commentator’s curse turns into a mini-saga ...
Expected leaves, driving "on the up" & absolute Ebony Rainford-Brent
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the second test for the Cricket Cliches crew featuring our first change as cricket writer Charlie Reynolds steps in for Nick Miller. On the ag...
The Football Cliches Quiz XXII: Cliches vs Career We Go — The Decider
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 22nd edition of the Football Clichés Quiz sees Adam, Charlie and Dave take on Bobby, Joe and Eamo from three-time quiz visitors the Career We Go ...
Arsenal's official title status, Idris Elba's prefix woe & the verb "to goal”
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Charlie's Sunday Supplement debut, the soundtra...
Lashing/dabbing a seed/cherry, moral victories, and why do the Aussies hate Bazball?
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This, is Cricket Cliches, the all-new, slightly strange cousin of your favourite football podcast hosted by commentator Daniel Norcross with cricket j...
The "Club X til I die" loophole & torn hamstrings at the Battle of Hastings: The listeners' loves & hates
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate th...
Premature dark-horsing, false-nine nostalgia & introducing... Cricket Clichés
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: Ireland's preliminary World Cup he...
On toast in his pocket, pulling up trees & The Number-and-a-Half XI
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the coining of a superb phrase in Canad...
Accidentally patronising commentary, the Battle of the Big Dan B's & Keysey meets Piers
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Clichés catchphrases in unexpected places, Ste...
Vittorio Angelone on orchestral anthems, Lev Yashin's cap, and badge-avoiding classy touches
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’d love your vote for Football Clichés as Podcast of the Year at the FSA Awards: https://vote.footballcliches.com/ The pod welcomes comedi...
”Cool as custard”, Reo-Coker's hanky-panky & football's reigning Great Entertainers
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: the story behind an FA Cup penalty shootout commentary...
Rob Morgan on FA Cup engraving, football rhyming slang & overrated wondergoals
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The pod welcomes comedy creator Rob Morgan for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as he chooses his six personal fascinations and irritations ...
Five football clubs in 10 seconds, Ekitike's non-haunting & prime minister Martin Keown
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: some very niche feedback on Peter Drury's commentary, ...
Scottish League Two scores, leaked fines lists & the sixth penalty taker: The listeners' loves & hates
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate th...
Live show legends, Liverpool's 18ft 10in strike force & a new Neville noise
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Gary Neville finds a new frequency of noise at ...
The Cape Verdean Dan Burn, Keysey the actor & the Communication XI
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller. On the agenda: Nick's first-hand account of Cape Verde'...
Own-goal flavours, casual retirements & football clubs as sperm counts
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Lee Dixon invents some new "goalkeeper's not sa...
England's 25th-choice right-back & the definitive Movement XI
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: early feedback from the Clichés Live t...
Blown-open title races, punditspeak on the terraces & Woltemade's weird penalty
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: whether the Premier League title race can be "b...
xG's latest victim, Jamie O'Hara vs the RAF & football's goldfish bowls
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the definitive ruling on which David Br...
The last corner flag, acres of experience & Christianity's classy touches
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the Clichés pod continues to influence UK broa...
Playing for your dad's team & mercifully short injury time: The listeners' loves & hates
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate th...
5.88 EFL seconds, Andy Townsend in song intros & the "sick of the sight of him" threshold
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: satisfying goal commentaries on Match of the Da...
The Jose Mourinho box office & a one-man war on factually incorrect football anecdotes
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Dave's subliminal, accidental Andy Gray...
Mowbray vs Brotherton, goalkeepers worth 12 points & Keith Andrews in the building
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the Match of the Day intro scandal is concluded...
Serbian statements, Ange's unfinished business & Cape Verde: the World Cup Blackpool
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: some niche observations from Serbia 0 E...
The MOTD intro scandal, Taxman FC & the most "cat amongst the pigeons" goal ever
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and James Maw. On the agenda: an unprecedented twist on the "knowledgeable crowd", a l...
The Football Cliches Quiz XXI: Libero
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In another superb trivia clash, the 21st installment of the Football Clichés Quiz sees Adam, Charlie and Dave take on Jonathan Wilson, Jack Pitt-Broo...
Slot's embarrassment of riches, hyperliteral stadium noises & Zidane vs Dyche
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: Troy Deeney and Joel Ward mangle their punditry cliché...
Panenka-triggered goalkeepers & empty-net warm-up anxieties: The listeners' loves & hates
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Nick Miller entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithfu...
Dyche goes dating, Dean Ashton's defensive doughnut & textbook piledrivers
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the Stockley Park canteen saga rumbles on, inex...
Champion flatulence, football punditry sat navs & Sean Dyche X Big Sam
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Jon Champions lowers the commentary ton...
Vertical highlights, Farage's footballspeak & Stockley Park's canteen crisis
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Match of the Day's non-evolution, the opening-w...
8.55 seconds in Wrexham, Celeste's Sky Sports flame is out & niche 2025-26 predictions
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the nichest world record in football is...
Curtain-raising issues, Wycombe's new goal verb & things you cannot be "amid”
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a cultural mini-review of the Community Shield,...
Conor Coady's football club, alphabetical top flights & the world's most generic team name
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: Conor Coady introduces himself as a Wrexham pl...
Eastenders' Euro 2025 joy, #AccidentalCantona & "the most 2011 transfer of all time”
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: more Cliches references in wrestling commentary, Adam ...
The Football Cliches Quiz XX: The View From The Lane
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The twentieth installment of the Football Clichés Quiz sees Adam, Charlie and Dave take on James Maw, Jack Pitt-Brooke and Dan Kilpatrick from the At...
Goalkeepers' headers & elasticos on the deck of the Titanic: The listeners' loves & hates*
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate th...
The Agyemang Cacophony, the storm-weathering threshold & how clubs “get their man”
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare & David Walker. On the agenda: a cultural review of England 2 Italy 1, A...
Talispersons, textbook Turkish Super Lig & time limits for the commentator's curse
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Watford calling their new striker "free-scoring...