Football Cliches

An unusual Super Sunday anticlimax, Frodo Hargreaves & Harry Kane on bread

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the holding pattern of awkwardness after Liverpool 0 Man City 3, Le

The "Somehow Never Played For Abu Dhabi-Era Manchester City" XI

An immaculate Etihad goalkeeping hierarchy, nearly picking Maicon by accident, an underwhelming Pep Guardiola raid of Bayern Munich, a capable midfield wardrobe, the one

Throwing glass at Man City's window, tinpot national badges & a 10/10 commentator's curse

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: one of the best phone-in callers of the Man City saga so far, Richa

Unimaginative abuse, tactical whistling & circular red cards, with ex-referee Graham Scott

Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker are joined by former Premier League referee Graham Scott, who answers some increasingly obscure questions from the pod an

The non-emergency pod: Tainted vs stained, Polish adverbs & Andy Townsend's pub toilet

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the finer details of the fallout from the Premier League's verdict

Co-commentator voice ID & performatively not interfering with play: The listeners' loves & hates

Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate their niche footballing

35.3% of Earth's land mass, Mourinho's printer & Martin Tyler's five-decade challenge

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller. On the agenda: More Drurian delivery from Australian football commentary, a geograp

The Football Cliches Quiz XXVI: Cliches vs The Listeners

The 26th edition of the Football Clichés Quiz sees Adam, Charlie and Dave take on trivia-savvy listeners Pat Noone, Sam Huxley and Jonny Sharples. The questions include:

Offside contamination, yards of confidence & Drury's Down Under doppelganger

LONDON LIVE QUIZ - TICKETS ON GENERAL SALE WEDNESDAY 16TH - ⁠quiz.footballcliches.com⁠ Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Wa

Late doors, John McGinn's trademark finish & accidental commentary football chants

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Dean Saunders continues his intermittent campaign against modern fo

Cliches Live in the sunshine, the Mike Dean content machine & ASMR in the EFL

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: reflections on a superb afternoon at the Cliches live show, Tom Cru

The washed Sky Sports News, Horlicks FC & the Transfers That Feel So Right XI

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the agonising death of Sky Sports News on deadline day, whether a p

Vomiting footballers & 30 years of the electronic sub board: The listeners' loves & hates

Adam Hurrey, David Walker and Nick Miller entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate their niche footballing fascin

Sarcastic passes, tiny football studio furniture & the most un-booable position in an XI

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: a baffling passing adjective in the EFL Trophy, how a striker would "unloc

Wake-up reality checks, cracked MOTD logos & the ultimate Puskas Award goal

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: Wedding guests with goal-machine names, the rude awakenings/wake-up calls/

Counter-attack calculations, club nickname knowledge and Keys & Gray in 120 seconds

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: how referee match audio will pump up the football news machine in 2

Community Shield coasting, breaking down a "bomba" & how to launch a football podcast

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: some textbook Community Shield takeaways, whether Arsenal are the m

Rhyming clangers, David Seaman chuckles again & Keysey on a Lime bike

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Goalkeeping mistakes that rhyme with the player who pounces on them

Carabao curtain-raising, regrettable stepping stones & FSV Bachmünden

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: whether Charlie's third child in six years counts as a "quickfire h

Fearing for Fulham, goal celebrations in the shower & the Repatriation of Richard Keys

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Jake Farrell. On the agenda: The now-annual breakdown of the Premier League alphabetical distribution