Football Cliches

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

Money-grabbing gargoyles, John Stones' meta-knackered shoulder & Farmer Alan Shearer

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: European superclubs coming over here and stealing our groundsmen, Henry Wi

Free Dreamland episode: The joy of watching football on holiday

A concept impossible to over-romanticise, pinpointing the exact Premier League matchweek to represent its sweet spot, the gentle echoing of Martin Tyler across the pothol

Secondary goal celebrations & the "we talk about" epidemic: The listeners' loves & hates

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

Tom Cruise's FIFA-speak, Messi's grassing & the Pure World Cup 2026 XI

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker, Nick Miller and Jake Farrell. On the agenda: a cultural review of the gruelling watch

(Over)familiar failings, the freshest possible World Cup final & Luis Figo vs T. rex

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a cultural review of England 1 Argentina 2, finding anything remote

A little bit all at sea, gyroscope magnitudes & Joe Cole on the pyramids

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a cultural review of the montage-resistant grind of England 2 Norwa

The Aguirre noise, lungbusting thresholds & the Penalty Miss XI

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the enjoyable chaos of Argentina vs Egypt, the exact noise Javier A

1,114 Dan Burns, retro World Cup controversy & the most unsatisfying noise of the tournament

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and Jake Farrell. On the agenda: an in-depth cultural review of Mexico 2 England 3, the immaculate G

The Boxpark backlash, unfinished Azteca business & the unluckiest World Cup score-avoider

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and James Maw. On the agenda: the big World Cup flag question, England 2 DR Congo 1 and the Kaniest finish

A correct year for every last-32 game, Trumpian co-comms & breakfast with Sean Dyche

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker, James Maw and, eventually, Nick Miller. On the agenda: pathetic TV-channel paranoia clickbait from our be

Fox-mode Fletch, Scottish limbo & Andy Burnham's one-on-one finishing

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the wider ripples of England 0 Ghana 0, Scotland’s slightly excessi

The Vamos epidemic, Lineker on ITV & accidental 90s trance in VAR announcements

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and Screen Rot's Jake Farrell. On the agenda: the England player least likely to shout "Vamos!" duri