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Football Cliches

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Adam Hurrey & Goalhanger

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. Visit nordvpn.com/cliches to get four extra months on a two-year plan with NordVPN

#130

Has the Premier League hit peak “What a job [Manager X] is doing up/down there?”

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: more sub-standard depictions of football fans in advertising, football commentators’ names in Anglo-Australian crime dramas, the greatest substitution in the history of the Scottish Cup, the perennial joy of a stadium exclaiming something in perfect unison and a pedantic observation on Phil Foden's goal celebration. Meanwhile, the panel ponder the question: is this the most “what a job [Manager X] is doing” Premier League season of all time? Adam's book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

Yesterday

56 MINS

56:28

Yesterday

#129

Portrait-aspect football & England managers in the stands: The listeners' loves & hates (feat. Chloe...

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". Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (nordvpn.com/cliches) to get four extra months on a two-year plan with NordVPN Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is available now: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

16 Jan 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:30

16 Jan 2025

#128

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. Adam's book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

14 Jan 2025

49 MINS

49:40

14 Jan 2025

#127

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". Adam's book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

09 Jan 2025

44 MINS

44:47

09 Jan 2025

#126

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. Adam's book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

07 Jan 2025

43 MINS

43:53

07 Jan 2025

#125

”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... Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

30 Dec 2024

1 HR 28 MINS

1:28:16

30 Dec 2024

#124

The Football Cliches Quiz XVI: Career We Go - The Rematch

The Football Clichés Quiz returns - and it's a niche footballing trivia rematch with the quiz specialists from the Career We Go podcast. The questions include: Exotically named offspring of Barclays-era flops, Boxing Day belters, Andy Gray’s imaginary conversations, guess the Christmas goalscorer from the commentary, geriatric South American strike partnerships, Match of the Day voiceover men, infuriating player career paths and, of course, Happy Hunting Grounds. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

24 Dec 2024

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:02

24 Dec 2024

#123

Cliches do Mesut Haaland Dicks: Adam, Charlie & Dave’s footballing loves & hates

In a special edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, the Clichés team select some of their ultimate footballing fascinations and irritations. Among Adam, Charlie and Dave's selections are the enduring fallacy of relegation-threatened teams “fighting for their lives”, the theory behind the greatest lower-body aesthetic in football history, the haggard goalnets of midweek 5-a-side and the childish envy when new signings score on their debuts for your team's rivals. Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel admire a strong end to 2024 for Richard Keys' blog and reveal the real scandal behind the rebooted European Super League concept. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

19 Dec 2024

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:56

19 Dec 2024

#122

The blip-to-crisis benchmark, Comedy Central defending & Australian red card music

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a new term for slapstick defending, a historic day for Premier League manager sackings, more accidentally operatic BBC commentary, some dubious red-card stadium music in Australia and much more. Meanwhile, the panel decide when Manchester City's "blip" became a "slump" and then a full-blown "crisis" and discuss the reported successors to Gary Lineker on Match of the Day. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

17 Dec 2024

42 MINS

42:27

17 Dec 2024

#121

Commentators sampled in experimental French pop & the ultimate generic multi-club ownership group

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Mick McCarthy on Steve Coogan playing him in a film, Charlton manager Nathan Jones takes on the weather, Martin Keown on the re-opening of Notre Dame, a curious injury league table from the BBC, Sky Sports commentators inexplicably sampled in experimental French electronica and a tautologous Spanish non-league club. Meanwhile, the panel try to identify the most finger-wagging player and compile their ultimate generic multi-club ownership group. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

12 Dec 2024

43 MINS

43:03

12 Dec 2024

#120

Unexpected Sutton, diags on MOTD & the “good time to play them” threshold

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Cole Palmer's perfect Panenka, the latest breach of Match of the Day protocol, the minor media obsession with getting managers to admit their team is in the title race, obscure mid-90s Spurs midfielders in Netflix comedies and the dream scenario for fans ridiculing the opposition goalkeeper's goal kicks. Meanwhile, the panel weigh up the Club World Cup’s group of death and pick apart the “good time to play them” theory. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons 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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

10 Dec 2024

44 MINS

44:24

10 Dec 2024

#119

The best 9.3% of the FA Cup draw, the "stand named after you" threshold & Richard Keys on cars

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: some baffling new transferspeak, some glorious audio of away fans thinking they've scored and being immediately ridiculed by the home crowd, the nichest FA Cup draw content you will ever consume, more average mid-90s English wingers’ names in things and Richard Keys going 80% Partridge as he presents from the 1988 Motor Show. Meanwhile, the panel ponder what a club legend would have to do to get a stand named after them or a statue built in their honour. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

05 Dec 2024

38 MINS

38:39

05 Dec 2024

#118

An educated left head, the first goal ever uploaded to YouTube & the "big-money signing" formula

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the mainstream media jump on the Pep Sacking Threshold bandwagon, some beautifully unnecessary detail about a headed goal, a commentator lets down Robbie Savage very gently, former Blackburn wingers' names implicated in boat murders, the first ever goal uploaded to YouTube, a Harry Redknapp headline for the ages and Keys & Gray visit the Qatar Grand Prix. Meanwhile, the panel weigh up the minimum price tag for a Premier League "big-money signing" and explore the nuances of who "holds" who to a 0-0 draw. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

03 Dec 2024

41 MINS

41:10

03 Dec 2024

#117

Sunday League set-piece routines, the "olé" threshold & mistimed minute's applauses: The listeners' ...

Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker 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 free-kick decoy duties in Sunday League, predicting the moment the "olés" are about to start as a team sees out a comfortable win, the delicate act of picking balanced teams for 5-a-side, football's vandalism of the word "decimated", minute's applause that begin in the wrong minute and playing the ball off the wall at Powerleague. Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (nordvpn.com/cliches) to get four extra months on a two-year plan with NordVPN Get 10% off the Football Cliches merchandise range for Black Friday at [formysins.shop] (formysins.shop) Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is available to pre-order: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

28 Nov 2024

47 MINS

47:49

28 Nov 2024

#116

5.54 seconds of away-goal confusion, footballers in US T-junctions and the official Keys & Gray app

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: A new world record for away fans slowly realising their team has scored, Mark Schwarzer ties himself in chronological knots, Martin Keown lavishes himself with the highest footballing praise, famously unfriendly footballers’ names in American T-junctions and Keys & Gray’s ill-fated 2011 bid to break into the app market. Meanwhile, the panel ponder how many consecutive Manchester City defeats it would take for Pep Guardiola to be sacked. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Get 10% off the Football Cliches merchandise range for Black Friday at [formysins.shop] (formysins.shop) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

26 Nov 2024

44 MINS

44:40

26 Nov 2024

#115

The Bosman legacy, optimum camera angles & double saves, with Luke Moore

The pod welcomes Football Ramble podcast supremo Luke Moore for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as he chooses his six personal fascinations and irritations of football. Among Luke's selections are the early signs of a game turning into a comprehensive thrashing, the physical attributes of a classic double save, a controversial choice for the best camera angle for a penalty, the highly unnecessary admin-theatre of both teams setting up for a free kick, the demise of calling free transfers "a Bosman" and people whose footballing enthusiasm extends no further than their own team. Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel - featuring returning legend Doc Brown - react to a Paraguayan football take on "hang it in the Louvre!", reflect on the quirks of Sky's mid-2000s PlayerCam innovation and unanimously condemn the word "thunderbastard". Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons The Football Cliches merchandise range is available here: formysins.shop 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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

21 Nov 2024

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:43

21 Nov 2024

#114

59 consecutive hat-tricks, yo-yo countries and the first-ever usage of "tippy-tappy football”

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: England's League B promotion glory, a listener solves last week's Consecutive Hat-Tricks Career Pathway puzzle, Talksport mulls over what constitutes a "young young" player, some novel use of "aplomb" at the darts, Trevor Brooking's 1982 Desert Island Discs, the surprising origins of "tippy-tappy football" and some strange alleged behaviour from an ex-Barclaysman. Meanwhile, the panel gauge the lowest level a referee could have played at to satisfy the "never played the game" brigade and wonder if a centre-back can be described as a "hotshot”. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

19 Nov 2024

38 MINS

38:54

19 Nov 2024

#113

Deodorant ads, Don(ald) Goodman & "The Deeney Guy": Cliches meets Sky Sports commentator Bill Leslie

The pod welcomes commentator Bill Leslie for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as he chooses his six personal fascinations and irritations of football. Bill and the panel explore stadium architecture quirks, nearby fans taking issue with live commentary observations, the most generic Championship play-offs semi-final lineup possible, the two types of mid-game petering-out, needless away kits ruining the pre-match excitement and pretentious/professional pronunciations of foreign players' names. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Please VOTE for Football Clichés as the FSA Podcast of the Year: [www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards-2024] (www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards-2024) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

14 Nov 2024

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:23

14 Nov 2024

#112

xG meets crime dramas & the Sunday League to Premier League hat-trick pathway

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the first-ever mention of xG in a mainstream TV drama, cult Spurs strikers plying their trade in academia, how many historical goals a striker needs to be eligible to be “still banging them in”, the definition of a "sumptuous" goal and much more. Meanwhile, the panel ponder how many consecutive hat-tricks would take a striker from Sunday League to the Premier League Please VOTE for Football Clichés as the FSA Podcast of the Year: [https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards-2024] (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards-2024) Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

12 Nov 2024

38 MINS

38:24

12 Nov 2024

#111

The Vitality Stadium swing state, Noel Gallagher's co-comms & the "big five" of cheese

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: the BBC explains the US electoral system in unexpected football terms, Noel Gallagher's Champions League co-commentary debut, the crucial differences between "busting a gut" and "breaking your neck" to get into the box and a footballer's name shared with a pharmaceutical supplies company. Meanwhile, the panel debate the "big five" of the cheese world and discuss Nick's new book, Who Owns Football? Visit nordpn.com/cliches to get four extra months on a two-year plan with NordVPN Please VOTE for Football Clichés as the FSA Podcast of the Year: [https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards-2024] (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards-2024) Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

07 Nov 2024

45 MINS

45:14

07 Nov 2024

#110

”Still 0-0, lads!", a man named Hattrick & the mid-2010s throw-in scandal

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: a dubious use of the Sunday League staple of "Still 0-0, lads!", some unprecedented Carabao Cup co-commentary self-awareness, Ethiopian bars named after venerable Premier League wide men, absurd match postponements in the 10th tier and Andy Gray's 20-year obsession with teams having defenders on the posts at corners. Meanwhile, the panel wonder which current player could most plausibly play for any of the 20 Premier League clubs and enjoy some sensational data journalism about elite-level throw-ins of the mid-2010s. Please VOTE for Football Clichés as the FSA Podcast of the Year: [https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards-2024] (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards-2024) Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

05 Nov 2024

45 MINS

45:14

05 Nov 2024

#109

Curses vs Hoodoos, journeyman film directors & Keysey's philosophers

Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a classic footballers' namesake mix-up, whether a goalkeeper's save in a shootout can "send a team into the next round", how many consecutive defeats a club can be "staring down the barrel" of, journeyman film directors, a glorious Powerleague chant, an unexpected celebrity endorsement for underfloor heating and Keysey's verdict on the Manchester United hotseat. Meanwhile, the panel establish the fundamental footballing differences between a curse and a hoodoo and discuss household objects that they instinctively control like footballs when dropped. Visit [nordpn.com/cliches] (nordpn.com/cliches) to get four extra months on a two-year plan with NordVPN Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

30 Oct 2024

44 MINS

44:38

30 Oct 2024

#108

Jack Reacher's Villa 5-a-side team, two Andy Townsends & the most darts-looking PL manager

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the post-Ten Hag news cycle begins in earnest, a brief but tantalising moment of doubt over whether Peter Drury said the word "dude" on commentary, the ongoing devaluing of the phrase "captain's goal", too many footballers' names in the new Jack Reacher novel, Barcelona's plucky tweeting, and a strange mix-up involving two Andy Townsends. Meanwhile, the panel discuss which Premier League manager looks the most "darts" and enjoy the performance of a football commentator on a mid-1990s tv quiz show. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

29 Oct 2024

43 MINS

43:48

29 Oct 2024

#107

Styling out fake injuries & "How long ref?!": The listeners' loves & hates (feat. Doc Brown)

Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker are joined by returning special guest Doc Brown 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 the fascinating "recovery" routines of players who have faked injury to win a free kick, guessing what co-commentators are saying when the pub TV has the sound off, the superficial mannerisms of a part-time amateur goalkeeper, the precise motivation for asking “How long ref?!” in Sunday League and the dubious importance of always knowing who your team's next opponents are. Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel enjoy some unexpected Premier League commentary in a Jamaican dancehall track and some rare well-researched football small talk in a TV drama. Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (nordvpn.com/cliches) to get four extra months on a two-year plan with NordVPN Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is available to pre-order: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

23 Oct 2024

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:49

23 Oct 2024

#106

Salah's Sunday 4.30pm supremacy, Fred Again's biscuits & going down like a game of Jenga

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a player going down "like a game of Jenga", a record amount of figurative "freedom" for a Premier League goalscorer, Darren Cann's flag-waving Premier League legacy, a new tune for the chant mocking teams who've thrown away a 2-0 lead, Inter Miami's slightly-too-humble nickname, and an Andy Gray reference in some Austrian fifth-tier commentary. Meanwhile, the panel enjoy a Twitter debate about the best players for each Premier League kick-off time and discuss how to behave while attending games as a neutral. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: h<a>ttps://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

22 Oct 2024

45 MINS

45:14

22 Oct 2024

#105

The definitive game for every football scoreline

Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker are joined by Michael Cox to decide the most famous match from football history to go with (almost) every scoreline. A bore draw or a backs-to-the-wall job for 0-0? Can a 1-1 draw ever be "iconic"? A 3-2 win that had a whole book written about it, Forfar 5 East Fife 4, a surprising dearth of truly legendary 6-0s, Puskas vs Le Tissier in the battle for the definitive 6-3 and a very exotic 10-0 at the Maracana. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

17 Oct 2024

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:31

17 Oct 2024

#104

Armchair admirals, Roberto Carlos darts & "Doing a [Club X]”

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller. On the agenda: the most cliche-aware player in the Premier League, acceptable football references at the darts and unacceptable football references in financial TV dramas, daytime TV quiz show couples who sound like footballers, a Premier League-backed project to teach the world the language of English football and Richard Keys’ voice briefly appearing in the most random of places. Meanwhile, the panel provide a guide to "Doing a [Club X]" and select European stadiums that look more like English ones (and vice versa.) Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

14 Oct 2024

41 MINS

41:07

14 Oct 2024

#103

Cliches vs The Football Ramble - The Football Cliches Quiz XV

The Football Clichés Quiz returns with a visit from a two-man team from the venerable Football Ramble podcast for a battle of niche football trivia. The questions include: The Eredivisie or Neverdivisie, failed UK petitions, Watford or Notford, Football things dubbed into various European languages, Sven’s CV, football-adjacent Olympic sports that never were, the 1997 Sony MiniDisc Euro Sixes, the agonising audio of mystery missed sitters, surprisingly unmemorable Premier League mascots, Happy Hunting Grounds and a football-trivia fight to the very end. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

10 Oct 2024

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:13

10 Oct 2024

#102

Liverpool's radar status, lusty bangers & Richard Keys’ 12,476-game TV marathon

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: whether a goalkeeper can qualify for the "who else but...?" treatment, David Beckham on air ambulances, the most colours ever bled by a figuratively cut-open footballer, whether Liverpool really are "going under the radar" and doing the maths on Richard Keys' claim to have watched every Premier League game ever. Meanwhile, the panel weigh up the most “you could see what he was trying to do there” football scenario and decide the most ideal team a stranger could support for the purposes of train-journey small talk. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

08 Oct 2024

45 MINS

45:14

08 Oct 2024

#101

First names on shirts, Footy Scran technicalities & the FPL universe, with Ellis Platten

The pod welcomes AwayDays Youtube supremo Ellis Platten for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as he chooses his six personal fascinations and irritations of football. Among Ellis's selections are football fans with their first names printed on the back of their shirts, random football shirts popping up in unexpected places, the dubious criteria of the ongoing FootyScran project and, quite simply, everything about fantasy football. Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel weigh up if a goalkeeper can be a "passenger", wonder how Alan Shearer became involved in the US presidential race, and enjoy the name of a football competition popping up in a 1970s RnB classic. Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is OUT NOW: [ http://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons] (%20http://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons) Visit [nordvpn.com/cliches] (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] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

03 Oct 2024

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:50

03 Oct 2024

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