56 episodes

The all-new home of the Football Clichés podcast.
Adam Hurrey explores the glorious and unique language of football: the words, the phrases, the mannerisms and, above all, the clichés.

Football Cliches Adam Hurrey & Goalhanger

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    • 4.9 • 63 Ratings

The all-new home of the Football Clichés podcast.
Adam Hurrey explores the glorious and unique language of football: the words, the phrases, the mannerisms and, above all, the clichés.

    The Adjudication Panel: Winning the "hard way" and the Missing Piece of the Jigsaw XI

    The Adjudication Panel: Winning the "hard way" and the Missing Piece of the Jigsaw XI

    Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for the Adjudication Panel. The agenda includes: whether Arsenal won the north London derby "the hard way", when Sarcastic Pep becomes impossible to separate from Normal Pep, commentators answering their own rhetorical questions, teams "sealing" relegation, more footballspeak at the snooker, a footballer-sounding shampoo innovation and Harry Redknapp opening a local supermarket.
    Meanwhile, the panel analyse a listener's Missing Piece of the Jigsaw XI and enjoy some more vintage Andy Gray co-commentary.
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    • 58 min
    The Football Cliches Quiz XII - The Totally Football Show

    The Football Cliches Quiz XII - The Totally Football Show

    The Football Clichés Quiz is back once again and this month the Clichés team welcome their latest podcast challengers in the form of the Totally Football Show's Michael Cox, Jay Harris and Sasha Goryunov.
    The questions include managers who just know their clubs, Monday Night Football hotbeds, Player of the Month merchants, some more A.I. foreign-language dubbing action, 'bit of both' punditry line-ups and, of course, the Happy Hunting Grounds round.
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    • 1 hr 8 min
    The Adjudication Panel: "Some bloke sat in a booth near the M4 with a fancy protractor"

    The Adjudication Panel: "Some bloke sat in a booth near the M4 with a fancy protractor"

    Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for the Adjudication Panel. The agenda includes: some commentary highlights from the FA Cup semi-finals, a classic anti-VAR put-down, a surprise trumpet player on a George Michael album, football chat at the snooker once again, Guardian Football Weekly debating glancing headers and Thomas Muller ending the most tenuous footballing drought of all time.
    Meanwhile, the panel discuss what type of goal is best described as "a peach" and decide the maximum number of players involved in an X-on-Y counter-attack.
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    • 41 min
    All-English European ties & post-goal iPad analysis: The listeners' loves & hates

    All-English European ties & post-goal iPad analysis: The listeners' loves & hates

    Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker field the listeners' April entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate their niche footballing fascinations and irritations.
    Among the selections are the hapless but unifying body language of a player who doesn't know where the ball is, a genuinely worrying peripheral astroturf hang-up, the downsides of teams from the same country being drawn together in Europe and the impact of the iPad on managerial decorum after their team has conceded a very specific type of goal.
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    • 42 min
    The Adjudication Panel: "What a horse he was, by the way"

    The Adjudication Panel: "What a horse he was, by the way"

    Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for the Adjudication Panel. The agenda includes: players forgetting it's a cup game in their post-match interview, notably young referees, Wayne Rooney's childhood Match of the Day dream, Barclays-era referees popping up in The Simpsons and Andy Gray answering his own questions.
    Meanwhile, the panel discuss teams "trying to score the perfect goal" and enjoy Matt Le Tissier being out-weirded for once.
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    • 49 min
    Sizeable hillocks & nightclubbing with McCoist: Jon Champion does Mesut Haaland Dicks

    Sizeable hillocks & nightclubbing with McCoist: Jon Champion does Mesut Haaland Dicks

    The pod welcomes commentator Jon Champion for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as he chooses his six personal fascinations and irritations of football.
    Among Jon's selections are Ally McCoist's sheer enthusiasm for football (and life), the romance of the underdog, overseas fans' fascination with English football, the temptation of recency bias, the grilled shrimp at Minnesota United and the overcomplication of football terminology.
    Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel grill their guest on the art of teasing your co-commentator and enjoy his recorded audio for Pro Evolution Soccer 2013.
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    • 1 hr 2 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
63 Ratings

63 Ratings

Match_Fit ,

Thank goodness it’s back

Every episode has me hoping the passersby on the street see that I have earbuds in because I’m cackling like a madman. Honestly the funniest podcast in my rotation, albeit for a rather niche audience. Highest recommend for all fans of English football.

Diesel442 ,

5 star

No idea how to describe this show to friends

Lukadog ,

Welcome back!

Obviously they was a good servant to the previous lot, and they say they parted ways on good terms. And if I’m being honest, it’ll take ‘em a while to bed-in in this league, and as I said before, they will need game-time to find their feet, and obviously time will tell if they can give hundred and ten percent.

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