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For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive

Welcome to the back catalogue of Adam Hurrey"s Football Cliches podcast exploring the glorious and unique language of football: the words, the phrases, the mannerisms and, above all, the clichés.Find the new podcast feed by searching for "Football Cliches" wherever you usually listen, or by following this link: https://lnk.to/kdWOMyTA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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52:07

Corrie kit crimes, unplayable strikers and...

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2022/06/21

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker convene for the Adjudication Panel once again. On the agenda: some semi-convincing football small talk on Coronation Street, Frank Lampard's accurate portrayal on Football Manager, the most training-groundy training ground name possible and what we mean when we say a striker is "unplayable on their day." Meanwhile, the panel humour some desperate close-season projects: calculating the precise UK coordinates of the average Premier League

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49:56

Touchline bust-ups, Pro Evo commentary and...

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2022/06/16

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by former Liverpool defender, European Cup winner and long-serving BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson or, as simply everyone knows him, Lawro. Among Lawro's selections for his footballing fascinations and irritations are managerial touchline bust-ups, referees making players walk over to them to get booked and, of course, "players squealing when they get tackled". Meanwhile, Lawro discusses the cultural reach of his now-retired BBC predictions

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58:52

Robo-linos, basement boys England and the future...

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2022/06/14

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker assemble for the latest edition of the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: celebrity baker Paul Hollywood, Rolls-Royce cricketers, The Killers playing Carrow Road, England's Nations League relegation dogfight and a look at the curious annual phenomenon of Soccer Aid. Meanwhile, the panel decide if Liverpool's signing of Darwin Nunez qualifies as "a statement of intent" and what makes a fit-again player "like a new signing". Learn more

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51:49

Flimsy transfer language, the "super sub" threshold...

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2022/06/07

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, David Walker and Nick Miller assemble for the latest edition of the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: football talk creeping into cricket and darts, the flimsiest possible language used for transfer speculation, Thibaut Courtois' ongoing war against the content creators and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg giving his verdict on some Korean food. Meanwhile, the panel define the parameters for a "super sub" and discuss the current state of mid-game Mexican waves. Learn more about

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61:16

The dying art of the stepover, and superficial...

For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive ·

2022/06/01

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by host of the Brazilian Shirt Name Podcast, 5 Live presenter, Charlton Athletic supporter and existential philosophy enthusiast Dotun Adebayo Among Dotun's selections for his footballing fascinations and irritations are the dying art of the stepover, the misunderstood application of 'philosophy' in football, superficial footballing superstitions and the 0-0 draw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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80:40

The evolution of goalkeeper celebrations and "the...

For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive ·

2022/05/31

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by BBC commentator Conor McNamara for the latest instalment of Mesut Haaland Dicks. Among Conor's selections for his footballing fascinations and irritations are the precise techniques of goalkeepers' goal celebrations, the "pause before the roar" that commentators are trained to fill with expert timing and the tricky logistics of pre-match team huddles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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55:50

Great Escapes, double guards of honour and the body...

For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive ·

2022/05/25

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, David Walker and James Maw assemble for this week's Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: the true definition of a "Great Escape" (and why Everton and Leeds don't qualify), Erik ten Hag's rough start at the hands of the UK's only body-language expert, a dubious double guard of honour in Spain and the final Keys & Gray Corner of 2021-22. Meanwhile, the panel establish the two types of footballing "prowess" and examine a Watford coach's very curious end-of-season compilation

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69:09

Muted celebrators and magnanimous managers: The...

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2022/05/19

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker explore the curious coverage of footballers' gestures of humanity by selecting the most traditional "classy touches" on and off the pitch, from goalkeepers refusing to celebrate their freak goals against their opposite numbers to the complex art of muted celebrations. Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel compare some charmingly obscure official club merchandise and one listener gets in touch to vent his fury about the way footballers

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47:18

Going down in instalments, Eurovision's "big five"...

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2022/05/17

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker assemble for this week's Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: Eurovision's football parallels, perhaps the greatest ever real-life case of a goal-shy striker "needing one to go in off his backside", the true definition of "going down in instalments" and an astonishing chant by fans of Bishop's Stortford FC from 2007. Meanwhile, the panel discuss whether it is acceptable for a fan to wear a signed shirt to a match and share their disbelief

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52:32

The Pure FA Cup XI

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2022/05/12

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Jack Pitt-Brooke select the most magical all-time FA Cup line-up of all, with fierce competition in goal, a rollercoaster of Cup fortunes in defence, a truly romantic midfield, a cast-iron choice up front and one very unfortunately-named referee to keep them all in line. Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel decide whether Man City's deal for Erling Haaland is the most last-piece-of-the-jigsawy signing of all time and wonder how much longer Aston Villa

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61:40

Pundits on the beach, pantomime crowd noises & the...

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2022/05/10

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller form this week's Adjudication Panel. On the agenda this time: the Spanish media rattled by an unexpected English voice, the number of departing players needed for a "fire sale" or a "clearout", a spectacular hat-trick of curious penalty punditry, the most pantomime crowd noise of the season, and why Schalke should adopt the Birds of a Feather theme tune as their pre-match anthem.Meanwhile, the panel semi-successfully attempt to establish

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50:58

Swashbuckling centre-backs & mercurial wingers: The...

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2022/05/05

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker select a lineup of the most classic footballer-related adjectives, from "eccentric" goalkeepers to "impish" forwards via "talismanic" midfielders. Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel pick out the classic protagonists of a textbook pitch invasion, cast doubt over the Premier League futures of some emerging transfer-gossip stars and take a deep dive into Richard Keys and Andy Gray's 2002 appearance on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Learn

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50:58

Wine for Jose, premature calm-before-the-storm-ing...

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2022/05/03

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker form the Adjudication Panel once again. On the agenda this time: Snooker players wearing their "scoring boots", the enduring mini-obsession with managers buying Jose Mourinho a bottle of wine, the definition of a footballing "linchpin", positions that footballers can be "by trade" and a concerning instalment of Keys & Gray Corner. Meanwhile, the panel debate when a club is allowed to tweet "The calm before the storm" ahead of a big game

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63:02

Off-duty Peter Drury, Big Sam's call of nature and...

For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive ·

2022/04/28

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by sports broadcaster and author Ned Boulting for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks. Among Ned's selections for his footballing fascinations and irritations are his good friend Peter Drury, the unique tenses used in footballspeak, the misunderstood Jose Mourinho and elite players' obsession with golf. Meanwhile, Ned reveals how he pioneered the divisive art of pre-match TV poetry and the mundane secrets of interviewing

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53:40

Gilt-edged penalties, managers kicking every ball and...

For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive ·

2022/04/27

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker assemble for another Adjudication Panel. On the agenda this time: some wholesome commentator giggling, Netflix dramas getting in on the Clichés act, Channel 4 winning the rights to England games this summer, which Premier League manager "kicks every ball" the most and who Richard Keys thinks should have got the Manchester United job. Meanwhile, the panel ask: can a penalty ever be “a gilt-edged chance”? Learn more about your ad choices

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48:39

The Football Clichés Quiz IV

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2022/04/21

In the fourth instalment of the Clichés quiz, reigning champion Charlie Eccleshare aims to become the first to successfully defend the title as he takes on mandatory challenger James Maw. They battle it out over five rounds, including Players Who Somehow Didn't Play For That Club, Wikipedia “Style of Play” sub-sections and, as tradition dictates, the potentially pivotal football clichés round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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59:13

A voyage into dreamland, hockey commentary gold &...

For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive ·

2022/04/19

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker are back for another Adjudication Panel. On the agenda this week: the precise criteria for a team being in "dreamland", the #classiest football photo ever taken, some surprise commentary from the top table of European hockey and the most Richard Keys tweet ever constructed. Meanwhile, the panel dismantle a very curious depiction of modern football from Sidney Sheldon's 2004 crime thriller Are You Afraid of the Dark? Learn more about

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52:53

The Trademark Goal XI

For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive ·

2022/04/14

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Michael Cox use their vivid footballing imaginations to put together a team of industry-standard goalscorers, from goalkeepers venturing up for last-minute corners to inverted wingers cutting inside to do the inevitable. Among the big decisions to be made in this 4-3-3 lineup are: Why are left-backs more spectacular than right-backs? Just what do managers really mean when they challenge a midfielder to "add goals to his game"? When does a "curler"

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57:25

Combovers, Surname-ball and Andy Gray's Beef Olé

For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive ·

2022/04/12

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker assemble for another Adjudication Panel. On the agenda: a novel new word for a near-post flick-on, examining football's classy new fad of crest-respecting, the most Australian co-commentator of all time, and a bumper instalment of Keys & Gray Corner. Meanwhile, the panel discuss which manager was the first to earn themselves the "Surname-ball" honour, what makes a player an "old warhorse" and what exactly constitute "the basics" in

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58:39

Maracana phoneboxes and "the zone of elaboration",...

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2022/04/07

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by the BBC's South American football correspondent Tim Vickery for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks. Among Tim's selections for his footballing loves and hates are traffic-stopping post-match celebrations, the relentlessness of the Brazilian football calendar and impatient, vertical football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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