Football Cliches

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...

The threshold for being "rudderless" & Tour de France riders as footballers

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare & David Walker. On the agenda: The knowledgeable Wimbledon crowd being t...

Pre-season trophies, Iran in the Championship... and what happened to shin splints?

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: England meeting the Euro 2025 "lift-off" criter...

Overage youth team mentors & the quickest repaying of a transfer fee ever

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare & David Walker. On the agenda: Commentators vs Fancy Kit Fonts, Joao Ped...

Giving 40,000%, Test Match Andy Townsend & "Can you explore a swoop?”

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Dave's karaoke with an EFL goal machine's wife,...

Wimbledon tennis players as footballers & the floodgates threshold

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare & David Walker. On the agenda: The return of an allegedly iconic footbal...

Stopping Celeste's flame, pre-season lingo & Jhon Duran's reverse-gear career

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Celeste refusing to play the Super Sunday theme...

5-a-side injury updates & watching TV football from an acute angle: The listeners' loves & hates

25 Jun 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 most involved-goals man", Swiss Army knives & watching the Roy Keane film trailer

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: which player could most plausibly play for all ...

The Pure Bundesliga XI

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Bundesliga commentator Kevin Hatchard to compile the quintessential lineup of players fr...

Count Infantula's Club World Cup, referee kit launches & goal sandwiches

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: some early Club World Cup observations (includi...

Heavy England shirts, absolute clinics & Club World Cup curiosity levels

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

& David Walker. On the agenda: the half-hearted fallout from England 1-3 Senegal, Scotland's George Hirst mixes up his metaphorical goalscoring relief...

Dixon is the new Lawro, Ange's logical next move & "where the dust mites dwell”

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the Clichés army react to Dave's big news, Tho...

Vivaldo, the "end to end" threshold & the authenticity of Lionel Messi's pub crisps

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare & Nick Miller. On the agenda: the bonus Tom Cruise punditry we all wante...

Tom Cruise on short corners, VAR at Tesco and introducing... Dreamland

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: US advertising getting the Champions League exq...

Proper clubs & "woke pressing" with the Screen Rot Podcast

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The pod welcomes Jacob Hawley and Jake Farrell - aka The Screen Rot Podcast - for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as they choose their six ...

The 100-minute fetish club, Love Actually in Naples, and the ultimate "released on DVD" game

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: the art of the double guard of honour, a baffling soun...

Marmoush's hat-trick of Etihad gasps, Messi in Mobland & what makes a "shrewd" signing

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare & David Walker. On the agenda: Will Still’s inevitable English footbal...

The Dean Henderson Final, Scottish police enganches & the hitman criteria

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the weekend's hat-trick of feelgood football st...

The Football Cliches Quiz XIX: Not The Top 20

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Football Clichés Quiz returns to take on EFL specialists Ali Maxwell, George Elek (and ringer ex-pro David Prutton) from the Not The Top 20 podca...

The League of Farmers, metaphorical mountains & UFO-spotting Premier League managers

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the secret behind Watford's managerial recruitm...

Stanley Tucci's Champions League punditry, Furniccio Villaggione & a chat with Rudi Voller

07 May 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 Inter 4-3 Barcelona ...

Perfectly-timed crowd noise, Jacko Wilsheri & managers who qualify as "glorified PE teachers”

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker as they clock up 1,001 combined pod appearances. On the agenda:...

Football's present-tense addiction & penalty shootout celebrations: The listeners' loves & hates

30 Apr 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...

Accidental FIFA commentary, Newcastle's Fibonacci fate & Premier League cliche analytics

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Wembley's drum-beat woodwork, the most "mid-200...

Pope John Gregory, Premier League clubs as supermarkets & route-one crowd noise

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: managers accidentally inviting Dave to their b...

Fact-checking Paul Scholes, caretaker popes & Olivier Giroud's locker

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Mark Clattenburg's Generation Alpha breakthroug...

The Premier League Unfinished Business XI

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Nick Miller to pick a lineup of players destined to be subject to the gravitational pull...

Prince William's punditry, TNT's "hipster gunk" and a gift from the Keys & Gray gods

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Prince William's absurdly highly-acclaimed "pun...

Ribblesdale Rovers vs The Rules, Chris Sutton vs football jargon & the exact definition of a "hoick”

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: A scandalous Sunday League saga, obscure staff...

The ultimate managerial indignity & everything ITV crime dramas get wrong about football

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: Kevin De Bruyne greatness fatigue, the concept of "pul...

Doing a job on Chris Wilder & goalkeepers just booting it upfield, with Bryan's Gunn

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The pod welcomes the content-creating genius that is Bryan's Gunn - aka Will Powell - for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as he chooses his...

Free-transfer pundits, Daniel Mann's woodwork nuance & ex-Spurs defenders vs. the Jonas Brothers

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: football pundits available on a free transfer, ...

”Snuffing out the danger", pre-match strolling & drinking the opposition's water: The listeners' loves & hates

27 Mar 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...

90/10 tackles, Danish player ratings & how to board a train like a 30-goal striker

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the ongoing inability of the USA to put togethe...

Woke metrics, Erling Haaland's Pro Evo name & our niche England predictions

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller. On the agenda: Erling Haaland's Pro Evo name on Pointle...

The Carabao springboard, more musical commentary & the most Richard Keys-sounding tweet of all time

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the League Cup's modern status as a "springboar...

Knowing your way around the Champions League, German woodwork & England's future one-cap wonders

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the near-universal enjoyment of Liverpo...

The whole 11.2 yards, DNA-level Lampardian Transitions - and Keys & Gray become one

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a very appropriate Glastonbury slot for one foo...

The Pure Discourse XI

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker to pick a lineup of players who have provoked the most endless wider debate about their o...

How to time a red card, penalty run-ups & commentator Robyn Cowen voice-controls a stadium

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: some entry-level superlatives for Lionel Messi,...

The Football Cliches Quiz XVIII: It Was What It Was

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Football Clichés Quiz returns, with the pod aiming to end their dismal run of trivia form against Jonathan Wilson's football history podcast It W...

Champions-elect, relegated Rishi Sunak & Premier League managers with Athletic subscriptions

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: whether Liverpool can now be described as "cham...

How to celebrate an own goal & ball-boy etiquette: The listeners' loves & hates

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey, David Walker and Nick Miller entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate their nic...

Chuckling stadiums, Things-in-Chief and, finally, some actual whispering of it quietly

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the rare sound of a football crowd chuckling in...

Crosses from the 1990s, baseball scores & the death of the managerial "war cry”

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Champions League broadcasting quirks, A...

Nursery rhymes with Fletch, Clark Kent goalkeeping & under-12s away-day cauldrons

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: accidental nursery rhymes in Champions League c...

The Football Cliches Quiz XVII: The Commentators

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Football Clichés Quiz returns for another clash of niche football trivia, as the pod take on Match of the Day commentators James Fielden, Mark Sc...

The "17th chess piece", the death of the onion bag & coded messages to the board

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Fabian Hurzeler upgrades the traditional footba...

Referees vs The Limelight, passages of terror & Matt 1 Hernia 0

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: yet another new rival for the "corridor...

"Football, bloody football", UK garage Postecoglou & the exact weight of a Premier League point

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: Walker's Ribblesdale Rovers side have a relegation bat...