Football Cliches
Adam Hurrey & Goalhanger
EN589 episodes
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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
Episodes (589)
The 9.75 role, Tom Hiddleston's Champions League mindset & the Faroese Andy Gray
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May 7, 202646:55pending
The fixture pile-up threshold, Sean Dyche playing "Sean Dyche" & under-10s troph...
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May 5, 202649:58pending
Team-talk mythology & the stickers of European toilet cubicles: The listeners' l...
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Apr 30, 202649:34failed
Great adverts for the pyramid, technicians of the sphere & Qatar to Coventry in...
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Apr 27, 202642:45failed
Elite barbers' FPL advantage, the Collins-Tomkins dilemma & doing The Terrestria...
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Apr 22, 202647:01failed
Lee Dixon on toast, “advantage City” & a commentator's Copacabana complex
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Apr 20, 202646:55failed
Unexpected Stevenage, premature hauntings & the Premier League goal caught on CC...
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Apr 15, 202649:32failed
Half-and-half Shakespearean scarves, scouting for Shevchenko & the half-dozen cr...
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Apr 13, 202641:21failed
The Football Cliches Quiz XXIII: Cliches vs Career We Go
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Apr 9, 20261:22:22failed
FA Cup lustre status, Ally McCoist's cliche mashup... and every Premier League g...
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Apr 7, 202645:51failed
The Extinction XI
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Apr 1, 20261:13:34completed
Biggleswade bragging rights, Tanzania 0 Liechtenstein 1 & Keysey's perfect Chris...
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Mar 30, 202657:19failed
Football vs The Dictionary: Susie Dent on bus-parking & bouncebackability
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Mar 26, 20261:08:05failed
The Carabao Supremacy, yodelling commentators & the absolute Joe Hart
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Mar 24, 202643:11failed
GoPro goalkeepers & textbook crossfield-pass apologies: The listeners' loves & h...
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Mar 19, 20261:01:07failed
”My baby looks like Gary Megson", MOTD donking & in dreamland with Bodo/Glimt
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Mar 17, 202653:07failed
BBC live-text sad lads & watching football in the boozer, with Jimmy "Dead Pubs"...
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Mar 12, 20261:09:16failed
FA Cup scares/dumpings/cruises, dark orange cards & Roman gladiator VAR
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Mar 10, 202647:38failed
The freefall threshold, Benjamin Sesko's windows & the streets forgetting Santia...
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Mar 5, 202650:23pending
Co-commentary cues, flopping full-backs & the "one of our own" threshold, with L...
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Mar 3, 20261:02:11pending
The 5-a-side keepers' union & World Cup pub bunting: The listeners' loves & hate...
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Feb 26, 202656:45pending
Literally ghosting, Larry David's Champions League commentary & Sir Alex's 2011/...
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Feb 24, 202653:45pending
Hoddle's Curse strikes again, the world-record fans' favourite & a saucy U-turn
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Feb 19, 202641:35pending
The Forest-Watford Vortex, champagne players & Pep vs Daffy Duck
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Feb 17, 202649:35pending
Generic Spurs punditry, regurgitating possession & ding-dong stalemates: The 500...
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Feb 12, 202649:43pending
Introverted full-backs, radio commentary synchronicity & the Champions League of...
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Feb 10, 202644:12pending
”Absolute wimp", Arsenal's pre-ignited quadruple & a Doha denouement
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Feb 5, 202656:22pending
Scorpion scepticism, 80% ball knowledge & Conor Coady's Football Clubs (2026 edi...
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Feb 3, 202644:38pending
Flats that overlook stadiums & the optimum time for Sky Sports News: The listene...
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Jan 29, 202659:51pending
The "what's eating Erling Haaland?" threshold, FA Cup anthem fears & Gary Weave...
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Jan 27, 202652:25pending
Zohran Mamdani's PL Years & a chat with Éanna Hardwicke on playing Roy Keane in...
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Jan 22, 20261:07:48pending
The moment the AFCON final peaked, Wenger's Law & football gestures at bus stops
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Jan 19, 202644:13pending
Properly getting out, cricketing ASMR, and shadow umpire’s call
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Jan 16, 20261:06:50pending
Shane Todd on post-save goalkeeper emotions & professional footballer-botherer R...
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Jan 15, 202659:51pending
Semenyo's 0.028% return, six nicknames in 15 seconds & Scotland's bottom dogs
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Jan 13, 202644:02pending
41-year-old blokes playing for prime Barca, Ken Barlow's terrace anthem, and the...
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Jan 8, 202648:40pending
Resurgent corner flags, Eddie Howe's onslaught threshold & "the Pound Shop Potte...
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Jan 6, 202650:45pending
Snake pits and minefields, the shadow follow-on, and catching on camera
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Jan 3, 202658:14pending
That Man DCL, heading your granny & clowns in Slough bunkers
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Dec 30, 202541:28pending
Domestic shadow-batting, no mugs, and spectator stress
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Dec 24, 202554:54pending
Absolute dreamland: The Best of Football Clichés in 2025
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Dec 23, 20251:37:03pending
Glove-spitting goalkeepers & edge-of-the-D drama at five-a-side: The listeners'...
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Dec 18, 202555:20pending
North-east river supremacy, David Moyes' giant duck & Keysey's nutmegs
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Dec 16, 202552:54pending
Tricky little sessions, daddy hundreds, and getting hit "amidships"
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Dec 12, 20251:02:30pending
Unexpected Clive Tyldesley noises & Gabriel's hypothetical Arsenal own-goal hell
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Dec 11, 202543:39pending
Uzbekistan vs Colombia at 3am, the Infantino Shrug & a dubious bagsman
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Dec 9, 202552:18pending
I Wanna Dance With Peter Drury, grinding out a 5-4 & Haaland's League One future
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Dec 4, 202549:44pending
Commentator's curse conspiracies, homegrown stewards & Lee Hendrie's "highgevity...
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Dec 2, 202543:03pending
Expected leaves, driving "on the up" & absolute Ebony Rainford-Brent
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Nov 28, 20251:00:06pending
The Football Cliches Quiz XXII: Cliches vs Career We Go — The Decider
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Nov 27, 20251:26:03pending
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