Football Cliches

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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, ...

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Great adverts for the pyramid, technicians of the sphere & Qatar to Coventry in 3 minutes contributed by Lukas · Apr 27

Elite barbers' FPL advantage, the Collins-Tomkins dilemma & doing The Terrestrial contributed by Lukas · Apr 22

Lee Dixon on toast, “advantage City” & a commentator's Copacabana complex contributed by Lukas · Apr 20

Unexpected Stevenage, premature hauntings & the Premier League goal caught on CCTV contributed by Lukas · Apr 15

Half-and-half Shakespearean scarves, scouting for Shevchenko & the half-dozen crisis contributed by Lukas · Apr 13

The Football Cliches Quiz XXIII: Cliches vs Career We Go contributed by Lukas · Apr 9

FA Cup lustre status, Ally McCoist's cliche mashup... and every Premier League game ever contributed by Lukas · Apr 7

The Extinction XI contributed by Lukas · Apr 1

Biggleswade bragging rights, Tanzania 0 Liechtenstein 1 & Keysey's perfect Christmas contributed by Lukas · Mar 30

Football vs The Dictionary: Susie Dent on bus-parking & bouncebackability contributed by Lukas · Mar 26

The Carabao Supremacy, yodelling commentators & the absolute Joe Hart contributed by Lukas · Mar 24

GoPro goalkeepers & textbook crossfield-pass apologies: The listeners' loves & hates contributed by Lukas · Mar 19

”My baby looks like Gary Megson", MOTD donking & in dreamland with Bodo/Glimt contributed by Lukas · Mar 17

BBC live-text sad lads & watching football in the boozer, with Jimmy "Dead Pubs" McIntosh contributed by Lukas · Mar 12

FA Cup scares/dumpings/cruises, dark orange cards & Roman gladiator VAR contributed by Lukas · Mar 10

The freefall threshold, Benjamin Sesko's windows & the streets forgetting Santiago Munez contributed by Lukas · Mar 5

Co-commentary cues, flopping full-backs & the "one of our own" threshold, with Lucy Ward contributed by Lukas · Mar 3

The 5-a-side keepers' union & World Cup pub bunting: The listeners' loves & hates contributed by Lukas · Feb 26

Literally ghosting, Larry David's Champions League commentary & Sir Alex's 2011/12 title curse contributed by Lukas · Feb 24

Hoddle's Curse strikes again, the world-record fans' favourite & a saucy U-turn contributed by Lukas · Feb 19

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Charts

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🇬🇧 #7 · 🇮🇩 #9 · 🇦🇷 #13 · 🇵🇭 #16 · 🇰🇷 #19 · 🇮🇳 #25 · 🇮🇪 #31 · 🇨🇴 #46 · 🇫🇮 #53 · 🇳🇿 #53 · +18 more

charted in 29 countriesFull rankings →

Activity

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9 episodes · last 30 days · avg 54 min

Thu 36Tue 32Mon 19

Episodes per week over the last six months.

About

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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 NordVPN

Adam Hurrey & Goalhanger twitter.com/FootballCliches RSS Apple Spotify

Rankings

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As of 2026-09-18, Football Cliches ranks #163 on the Spotify charts and #110 on Apple Podcasts in the United Kingdom, and appears on charts in 1 country.

Ranking over time

Overall chart position, last 90 days · lower is better

Where it charts

Current overall position by country · categories in 🇬🇧 United Kingdom as of 2026-09-18

🇬🇧 United Kingdom #110 Sports #10 Apple Sports #27 Spotify

Chart records

First charted2025-09-10

Best ever#101 on Apple Podcasts (United Kingdom) · 2026-07-07

Days on chart322

Countries now1

CategoriesSports · Sports