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
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Adam Hurrey Podcasts
A hilarious look at the volatile world of sport where guests compete for points with their sporting punditry. Informed comments are rewarded but witless outbursts are penalised.
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Adam Hurrey, Eboni Usoro-Brown, Eddie Kadi, Justin Moorhouse
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Journalist, author and podcaster Adam Hurrey, former netball player Eboni Usoro-Brown and comedians Eddie Kadi and Justin Moorhouse join Rick Edwards for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment. Points are awarded for informed comment, wit and passion, but taken away for nonsense and answers lacking in conviction. In the final round,…
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Lashing/dabbing a seed/cherry, moral victories, and why do the Aussies hate Bazball?
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This, is Cricket Cliches, the all-new, slightly strange cousin of your favourite football podcast hosted by commentator Daniel Norcross with cricket journalists Dan Gallan and Dave Tickner, and the soothingly familiar presence of FC regular Nick Miller. In our very first episode, on the eve of The Ashes, we dive headlong into the Bazball debate… wh…
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The "Club X til I die" loophole & torn hamstrings at the Battle of Hastings: The listeners' loves & hates
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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 a tiny loophole in pledging your lifelong allegiance to your club, referees waiting patiently to book an injured player, and…
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Premature dark-horsing, false-nine nostalgia & introducing... Cricket Clichés
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Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: Ireland's preliminary World Cup heroics, Norway’s World Cup “grey horses”, Dion Dublin partially settles the “Diadora pass” mystery, law firm partners with superbly football surnames, Sean Dyche on his personal finances, unexpected fa…
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David Alorka, Gail Emms, Shane Todd, Thom Gibbs
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Sports presenter David Alorka, former GB badminton player Gail Emms, sports journalist Thom Gibbs, and comedian Shane Todd join Rick Edwards for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment. Points are awarded for informed comment, wit and passion, but taken away for nonsense and answers lacking in conviction. In the final round, the top …
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On toast in his pocket, pulling up trees & The Number-and-a-Half XI
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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 Canada, Dua Lipa tests the football hipster threshold, Conor Bradley’s triple lock on Vinicius Junior, an early contender for semi-accidental footballing portmanteau of the season, how to (not) "pull up tr…
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Accidentally patronising commentary, the Battle of the Big Dan B's & Keysey meets Piers
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Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Clichés catchphrases in unexpected places, Steve McManaman's accidentally patronising co-commentary, football's earliest proverbial Christmas present, the converging trajectories of Big Dan Burn and Big Dan Ballard, tinpot scenes at the Under-17 W…
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Vittorio Angelone on orchestral anthems, Lev Yashin's cap, and badge-avoiding classy touches
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We’d love your vote for Football Clichés as Podcast of the Year at the FSA Awards: https://vote.footballcliches.com/ The pod welcomes comedian Vittorio Angelone for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as he chooses his six personal fascinations and irritations of football. Among Vittorio's selections are a passionate defence of classical m…
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”Cool as custard”, Reo-Coker's hanky-panky & football's reigning Great Entertainers
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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 curiosity, a familiar sound effect in a Roman history documentary, the least cool item of clothing ever worn by a top-flight manager, someone selling match-worn Premier League referees' shirts on Vin…
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Gbemi Oladipo, Guvna B, Jess Thirlby, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
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Rapper and author Guvna B, England netball head coach Jess Thirlby, GB sprinter Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and comedian Gbemi Oladipo join Rick Edwards for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment. Points are awarded for informed comment, wit and passion, but taken away for nonsense and answers lacking in conviction. In the final round,…
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Rob Morgan on FA Cup engraving, football rhyming slang & overrated wondergoals
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The pod welcomes comedy creator Rob Morgan for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as he chooses his six personal fascinations and irritations of football. Among Rob's selections are the minor obsession with FA Cup trophy engravers, football-inspired rhyming slang, massively overrated halfway-line goals and the ultra-modern habit of defender…
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Five football clubs in 10 seconds, Ekitike's non-haunting & prime minister Martin Keown
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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, a never-before-attempted example of “X of Sport Y" hyperbole, Jonathan Pearce embraces some Champions League pronunciation, Hugo Ekitike and "football's worst hauntings", one of the swiftest commentat…
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Elliot Steel, Jeanette Kwakye, Josh James, Paul McNamee
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Presenter and former GB athlete Jeanette Kwakye, The Big Issue editor Paul McNamee, and comedians Elliot Steel and Josh James join Rick Edwards for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment. Points are awarded for informed comment, wit and passion, but taken away for nonsense and answers lacking in conviction. In the final round, the t…
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Scottish League Two scores, leaked fines lists & the sixth penalty taker: The listeners' loves & hates
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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 the egalitarian approach of football results shows, the psychological impact of the height of the main camera angle, that mo…
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Live show legends, Liverpool's 18ft 10in strike force & a new Neville noise
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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 Anfield, whether Evangelos Marinakis is too "chaos Serie A" for Our League, Soccer Saturday somehow invents a new scoreline format after 33 years, Liverpool having too many rangy forwards and the earl…
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The Cape Verdean Dan Burn, Keysey the actor & the Communication XI
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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's World Cup qualification glory, an important question about pitch-invading animals, Thomas Tuchel defies the manufactured outrage once again, the most “in the departure lounge” England player, footba…
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Own-goal flavours, casual retirements & football clubs as sperm counts
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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 saving that" hyperbole, Sean Dyche's potential new job, the difference between "comedy" and "bizarre" own goals, poor cricket knowledge in Stephen King novels, the Daily Mail's "Champagne Socialists XI"…
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England's 25th-choice right-back & the definitive Movement XI
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Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: early feedback from the Clichés Live tour, the latest clumsy football/politics crossover, a niche selection headache for Thomas Tuchel, former Premier League managers in University Challenge answers and Lampardian transitions from 94-year-…
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Blown-open title races, punditspeak on the terraces & Woltemade's weird penalty
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xG's latest victim, Jamie O'Hara vs the RAF & football's goldfish bowls
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Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the definitive ruling on which David Brent sound was made by Jon Champion, fact-checking Ally McCoist's enthusiasm, Jose Mourinho going through the motions on his latest return to Stamford Bridge, Team Europe's excruciating Ryder Cup chant…
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