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Football Cliches

By: Adam Hurrey & Goalhanger
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  • 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.
    Adam Hurrey & Goalhanger
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Episodes
  • The Adjudication Panel: The unifying experience of watching England struggle to play football

    The Adjudication Panel: The unifying experience of watching England struggle to play football
    Jun 27 2024
    Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for the latest Euro 2024 Adjudication Panel. The agenda includes: the Stockholm syndrome of England at their laborious worst, Sir Geoff Hurst's silky-smooth product placement on Sky Sports News, one man's fantasy European competition for second-division clubs, and Keysey's inevitable mid-tournament solution for the Three Lions. Meanwhile, the panel explore the meaning of the physical footballing state of being "leggy", with some help from Clive Tyldesley and Martin O'Neill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • The Adjudication Panel: Martin Keown's GCSEs, Pro Evo Jules Kounde & when nations hold their breath

    The Adjudication Panel: Martin Keown's GCSEs, Pro Evo Jules Kounde & when nations hold their breath
    Jun 24 2024
    Adam Hurrey is joined by David Walker and Ali Maxwell for the latest Euro 2024 Adjudication Panel. The agenda includes: the depths of Euros short-form video content, a curious commentator intonation for a full-back receiving a pass in their own half, a dramatic VAR development in Major League Soccer, why some England managers get referred to by their first names and Messi/Ronaldo sentiment reaching the world of transfer reporting. Meanwhile, the panel also explore the nuanced rules of demonymic footballing adjectives and the mid-tournament trigger point for a nation being described as "holding its breath". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • The Adjudication Panel: The vocabulary of an England group-stage draw & Euro 2024’s Commentator’s Curse

    The Adjudication Panel: The vocabulary of an England group-stage draw & Euro 2024’s Commentator’s Curse
    Jun 21 2024
    Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for the latest Adjudication Panel of Euro 2024. The agenda includes: the inevitable keywords of the latest England group-stage non-event, some eerily good Euros predictions from the pod back in December, the rampant Commentator’s Curse of Euro 2024, whether Arda Guler’s wondergoal met the “a star is born” threshold, some classic Andy Townsend punditry, a Dutch take on football clichés discourse, the textbook host-nation scenario and a surprise guest on a YouTube watchalong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
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