Best Tricky D Podcasts (2026)

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Snake pits and minefields, the shadow follow-on, and catching on camera 58:14

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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 enter the second innings; Tickers (and most of the audience) are on #TeamGallen and we’re all checking on our sanity with Internal Athers. There could only be one topic at the centre of our conversation; i…

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That Man DCL, heading your granny & clowns in Slough bunkers 41:28

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Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the freescoring Dominic Calvert-Lewin passes a very particular threshold, Match of the Day exceeds its goalkeeper pundit quota, Joe Cole somehow morphs into Harry Redknapp on the radio, Michael B Jordan renames AFC Bournemouth, absurd salary-cap d…

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Domestic shadow-batting, no mugs, and spectator stress 54:54

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While England self-immolate, Cricket Cliches maintains its admittedly modest run of form in our fourth outing. Aussie commentators Aaron Finch and Adam Gilchrist are taken to task as they play fast and loose… with words. Picking up where we left off with the classification of lower-order runs, we think about the individuals doing the damage. Do you…

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Absolute dreamland: The Best of Football Clichés in 2025 1:37:03

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Every football pundit ever, condensed into one approximated voice; accidental nursery rhymes in Champions League commentary; last-gasp Cliches Quiz drama; red-card timekeeping technicalities; "Hawk on!", Niclas Fullkrug’s oddly awe-inspiring forehead; Richard Keys and a legendary two-hour livestream; a man called Rudi Voller; solving one of the gre…

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Nick McCullough: "What got me through my first semester at Harvard? Camaraderie with fellow athletes and extreme time management." 14:24

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In our final episode for 2025, First Year Harvard student Nicholas McCullough shares how he maintained presence, calm, stoicism, and all those great things amidst a pressured first semester at Harvard University as a footballer and Economics student. He and other student athletes averaged 65+ hour weeks. In this interview, Nicholas (my oldest son) …

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Glove-spitting goalkeepers & edge-of-the-D drama at five-a-side: The listeners' loves & hates 55:20

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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 players whose name-based chants sound like they're being booed, the layout of seven-goal thrillers on score apps, the flimsy…

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North-east river supremacy, David Moyes' giant duck & Keysey's nutmegs 52:54

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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 between Sunderland and Newcastle, bafflingly-transcribed football chants in match reports, whether both teams can have their "tails up" in quick succession, Harry Wilson and the "human after all" thre…

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Tricky little sessions, daddy hundreds, and getting hit "amidships" 1:02:30

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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 little one? Stokes and Baz have been facing the media, maybe the toughest test of all. Is there anything they can say that will help? Don’t think so, champ. What we need is another way to bring a bit of l…

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Unexpected Clive Tyldesley noises & Gabriel's hypothetical Arsenal own-goal hell 43:39

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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 Cup, Clive Tyldesley commentary intonations in Sky Atlantic trailers, a brave radio reporter subverts the “turned provider” classic, some very unthreatening hooligans in a BBC radio drama and Richard…

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Uzbekistan vs Colombia at 3am, the Infantino Shrug & a dubious bagsman 52:18

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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, forecasting the nation's TV viewing habits next summer, why Mohamed Salah chose the wrong time and place for his seismic outburst, a dubious recipent of the "bagsman" honour and Dion Dublin invents a new va…

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Why and How I Pause to Applause. Self Coaching that Brings Peace, Calm, and Results 12:17

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A simple daily flow of coaching questions helps me feel happier, but also more focused, ambitious, and committed to my work and life goals. My goals typically seem to come true, in part of this vital practice grounded in maintaining presence in the wake of not knowing. And slowing down long enough to see all that's going great, right now, without w…

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I Wanna Dance With Peter Drury, grinding out a 5-4 & Haaland's League One future 49:44

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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 record, whether you can "grind out" a 5-4 win, the most "X years of age" age, the latest elite-level mannerism to trickle down to the grassroots, some 24-carat Andy Gray co-commentary gold and much mor…

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Commentator's curse conspiracies, homegrown stewards & Lee Hendrie's "highgevity” 43:03

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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 with no winners, League Two stadium names in viral, overpriced New York delis, Saudi Pro league expert Lee Hendrie invents a new word, the best opposition for Mexico in the opening game at the World Cup…

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Expected leaves, driving "on the up" & absolute Ebony Rainford-Brent 1:00:06

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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 agenda today; Ashes misery, who deserves more sympathy? Holiday-makers Down Under forced to endure the vineyards of Western Australia, or those of us stuck at home with TNT Sports? England’s batters got pl…

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The Football Cliches Quiz XXII: Cliches vs Career We Go — The Decider 1:26:03

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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 podcast. The questions include: Anguillan internationals, chronological conundrums, football men dubbed into foreign languages, the muddled club career of Craig Bellamy, Southampton players that never …

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Arsenal's official title status, Idris Elba's prefix woe & the verb "to goal” 53:14

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Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Charlie's Sunday Supplement debut, the soundtrack of a comeback from 2-0 down away from home, the definitive classification of Arsenal’s title chances, the unexpected verb of "goaled", Daniel Farke and the most boring inevitable sacking of all tim…

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Jeanette Bernard: “Talk with Your Loved Ones Who’ve Passed. Ask and Look for Their Signs. They Will Surprise You.” 21:54

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When customer operations manager Jeanette Bernard lost her husband Matt four years ago, the flippant comments from others on her need to rebound fast upset her as much as the grief. “People would say: You’ll be back out there in a couple of months. You’ll be fine,” she recalls of awful comments at her husband’s funeral. “I was so mad. I will never …

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Lashing/dabbing a seed/cherry, moral victories, and why do the Aussies hate Bazball? 1:01:10

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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 56:12

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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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The BrandUp Podcast

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Snake pits and minefields, the shadow follow-on, and catching on camera 58:14

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That Man DCL, heading your granny & clowns in Slough bunkers 41:28

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Domestic shadow-batting, no mugs, and spectator stress 54:54

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Absolute dreamland: The Best of Football Clichés in 2025 1:37:03

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Nick McCullough: "What got me through my first semester at Harvard? Camaraderie with fellow athletes and extreme time management." 14:24

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Glove-spitting goalkeepers & edge-of-the-D drama at five-a-side: The listeners' loves & hates 55:20

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North-east river supremacy, David Moyes' giant duck & Keysey's nutmegs 52:54

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Tricky little sessions, daddy hundreds, and getting hit "amidships" 1:02:30

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Unexpected Clive Tyldesley noises & Gabriel's hypothetical Arsenal own-goal hell 43:39

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Uzbekistan vs Colombia at 3am, the Infantino Shrug & a dubious bagsman 52:18

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Why and How I Pause to Applause. Self Coaching that Brings Peace, Calm, and Results 12:17

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I Wanna Dance With Peter Drury, grinding out a 5-4 & Haaland's League One future 49:44

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Commentator's curse conspiracies, homegrown stewards & Lee Hendrie's "highgevity” 43:03

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Expected leaves, driving "on the up" & absolute Ebony Rainford-Brent 1:00:06

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The Football Cliches Quiz XXII: Cliches vs Career We Go — The Decider 1:26:03

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Arsenal's official title status, Idris Elba's prefix woe & the verb "to goal” 53:14

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Jeanette Bernard: “Talk with Your Loved Ones Who’ve Passed. Ask and Look for Their Signs. They Will Surprise You.” 21:54

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Lashing/dabbing a seed/cherry, moral victories, and why do the Aussies hate Bazball? 1:01:10

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The "Club X til I die" loophole & torn hamstrings at the Battle of Hastings: The listeners' loves & hates 56:12