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Football Cliches

Adam Hurrey & Goalhanger
Premier League
Football
World Cup
FA Cup
Football Commentary
Arsenal
Football Clichés
Football Cliches
Manchester United
Champions League
Manchester City
VAR
Sean Dyche
Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur
Football Trivia
Club World Cup
Carabao Cup
Cricket
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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 football terminology, tinpot scenes in the Yashin Trophy nominations, a Talksport ... more

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 Cruise deploys the football plural, Gary Cotterill plumbs new press-conference dept... more

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 player can have a “knack” for scoring penalties, Darren Fletcher reviving his Cop... more

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 fascinations and irritations.

Among the selections are how technology will finally co... more

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Recent Guests

Gabriel Clarke
Interviewer on the World Cup adjudication panel
ITV (interviewer/host on the segment)
Episode: A little bit all at sea, gyroscope magnitudes & Joe Cole on the pyramids
Paul Robinson
Football commentator and pundit featured in the episode
BBC/Five Live (as referenced in the show)
Episode: The Aguirre noise, lungbusting thresholds & the Penalty Miss XI
Nick Miller
Football journalist, guest co-host
BBC/Football Daily (as referenced in episode)
Episode: A correct year for every last-32 game, Trumpian co-comms & breakfast with Sean Dyche
Tom Midler
Co-creator and football commentator
The Sweeper
Episode: The Football Cliches Quiz XXIV: Cliches vs The Sweeper - The Rematch
Lee Wingate
Co-creator and football commentator
The Sweeper
Episode: The Football Cliches Quiz XXIV: Cliches vs The Sweeper - The Rematch
Tom Hiddleston
Actor and public figure featured on Beckham & Friends segment
Episode: The 9.75 role, Tom Hiddleston's Champions League mindset & the Faroese Andy Gray
Steve Sidwell
Former professional footballer and pundit
Former footballer, commentator
Episode: Great adverts for the pyramid, technicians of the sphere & Qatar to Coventry in 3 minutes
Joe Cole
Former footballer featured in a clip show on TNT
TNT
Episode: Lee Dixon on toast, “advantage City” & a commentator's Copacabana complex
Bobby Fagiehi
Career We Go member, quiz contestant
Career We Go
Episode: The Football Cliches Quiz XXIII: Cliches vs Career We Go

Hosts

Adam Hurrey
Host of Football Cliches; leads discussions with banter and long-form language analysis.
Charlie Eccleshare
Co-host providing analysis and commentary; anchors panel discussions.
David Walker
Co-host offering observations and context; often the voice of on-ground fan perspective.

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 2.5k ratings
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    United Kingdom7 days ago
  • Listen, fair play

    Best footie podcast ever, if it was called futbol clichevio it’d be worth millions

    Apple Podcasts
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    obviousparsnip
    United Kingdoma month ago
  • Brilliant pod

    My week wouldn’t be complete without football cliches! Witty, funny and genuinely charming podcast

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    joey is coolio
    United Kingdom5 months ago
  • Best football pod out there

    Enough said!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    _SammySmith
    United Kingdom5 months ago
  • Taggart

    Great podcast. Surely the reason a murder is a Taggart is because Taggarts famous catchphrase

    was … “there’s been a murder” in an impossibly strong Glaswegian accent?

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Mike Wildeman
    United Kingdom6 months ago

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Fans praise the sharp wit, deep language analysis, and insider jokes.
Some critique the show for overdoing sponsorship reads and occasional repetition, but many find the humor and quick-fire banter worth sticking around for.
Listeners love the banter and recurring segments that feel like a clubroom chat.

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The Football Cliches Quiz XXIII: Cliches vs Career We Go
Q: Question five: What do Aston Villa at Stoke's 11-12 era goals, the Gardner goal, and the Benteke era share in memory?
Listeners recalled a specific significant goal and its unique context during the Villa period around the Acorn sponsorship era, with Gardner specifically identified in the transcript as the goal in the 11-12 season.
The Football Cliches Quiz XXIII: Cliches vs Career We Go
Q: Question four: Name five foreign Premier League players with the first name Dennis (spelled with one or two Ns).
Examples discussed included Dennis Bergkamp, Dennis Suarez, Dennis Undav, Dennis Zachariah, Dennis Romedale, Dennis Prate, Dennis Zerbeni, Dennis Stracolasi, Dennis O'Doy, with several not being valid due to constraints; the round produced multiple near-correct attempts, with Bergkamp, Erwin Suarez, Zachariah, Romedale among the named ones.
The Football Cliches Quiz XXIII: Cliches vs Career We Go
Q: Question three: Former Everton striker Joe-Max Moore scored the first ever goal to be scored in which specific circumstances at the Nou Camp?
The question ultimately referred to an Olympic-era context; the accurate line in the transcript indicates the goal-related context being Olympic (1992).
The Football Cliches Quiz XXIII: Cliches vs Career We Go
Q: Question one in round one: Which pitch marking was first experimented with in the 1981 Charity Shield?
The 10-yard marker from the corner flag (the quadrant) was not the correct answer; the correct answer was the 10-yard mark from the corner flag.
Co-commentary cues, flopping full-backs & the "one of our own" threshold, with Lucy Ward
Q: Lucy, what fascinated you most about youth development and debut stories?
The emotional energy and the collective pride around a debut, and how everyone from canteen staff to drivers feels connected to a kid stepping onto the pitch.

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What is Football Cliches about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A witty, language-focused football culture show that blends humorous banter with sharp observations about how fans, pundits, and advertisers frame the game. Across episodes, hosts dissect football rhetoric, transfer discourse, matchday narratives, and media branding, often weaving in entertaining historical moments, pop culture references, and running gags. Noteworthy are frequent guest appearances, a rotating “panel” dynamic, and sponsor reads that are embedded in the rhythm rather than treated as interruptions. The format consistently pairs nerdy etymology of football terms with candid banter, making it appealing to fans who enjoy inside jokes and meta-commentary on how language shapes the game. Potential listeners who want tight takes on... more

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Football Cliches launched 3 years ago and published 304 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.

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Recent guests on Football Cliches include:

1. Gabriel Clarke
2. Paul Robinson
3. Nick Miller
4. Tom Midler
5. Lee Wingate
6. Tom Hiddleston
7. Steve Sidwell
8. Joe Cole

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