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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

Episode Date
Football Clichés has moved! Here’s where to find us…
Oct 12, 2023
The end of an era
May 31, 2023
The Football Clichés Quiz VIII
May 25, 2023
Crosses left on the doorstep, egg all over his shirt & the Phantom Drury Effect
May 22, 2023
Suitcase moods, goalkeepers on fire & VAR eavesdropping
May 18, 2023
The trajectory of a ping, going down with a whimper & the "knows the club" coefficient
May 16, 2023
Base layers, the "WELL IN!" threshold & the language of champions-elect
May 11, 2023
Old-fashioned No 9s, seeing your name in lights and the spice-rack league table
May 09, 2023
Title-race non-twists, ChatGPT does MHD & pinpointing the start of the 'modern era'
May 04, 2023
The greatest moment in football podcasting history
May 02, 2023
'He's got his goal', the 'family club' criteria & ChatGPT's Streets Won't Forget XI
Apr 27, 2023
Sting in the stands, quickfire topical chanting & the velocity of a wounded duck
Apr 25, 2023
The Overmythologised XI
Apr 20, 2023
Beginner-level knee-slides, ChatGPKeys & the Match of the Day seagull
Apr 18, 2023
Pure Cliches: What makes a stadium a cauldron? & mundane FIFA animations
Apr 16, 2023
5-a-side shouters, relentless Continental whistling... and what's the best name for a second division?
Apr 13, 2023
Title race in their hands, the world at their feet & the streets forgetting Teemu Pukki
Apr 11, 2023
Match vs Game and the most 5-a-side Premier League goal ever
Apr 06, 2023
No Context Peter Drury, a spate of sackings & leaving everything out there
Apr 04, 2023
Pure Cliches: the 'on toast' threshold & the great Three Lions mystery uncovered
Apr 02, 2023
International ringers, Messi vs stewards and footballers' home museums, with Max Fosh
Mar 30, 2023
Smashing records, The [Player X] Show & Xerxes' big-game bottlers
Mar 28, 2023
Pure Cliches: Unfinished Business and Kevin Keegan at the Meat Management Industry Awards
Mar 26, 2023
The purest Soccer AM lineup, the Messi of Maths and the tidiest Premier League player
Mar 23, 2023
Fictional football shirts & the most internationally eligible player of all time
Mar 21, 2023
Pure Cliches: Basement boys & the Europa League XI
Mar 19, 2023
Childish stadium nicknames, classy Sunday League touches & the "perfect" goal
Mar 16, 2023
Cracked MOTD badges, natty free kicks and the reigning Voice of Football
Mar 14, 2023
Pure Cliches: Dreamland, solo efforts, and "no disrespect to egg"
Mar 12, 2023
Dion Dublin's Blackpool boasts & the most Premier League club yet to play in the Premier League
Mar 09, 2023
Martin Tyler vs Peter Drury: The Bake-Off
Mar 07, 2023
The Football Clichés Quiz VII
Mar 02, 2023
League Cup champions don't exist & the big upfield/downfield debate
Feb 28, 2023
Pure Cliches: Greater Goalmouth & Elis James' Generic Crowd Noise
Feb 25, 2023
Football through a pub window, "Sign him up!" and transfer-rumour Photoshopping
Feb 23, 2023
Unexpected centre-backs in Frasier and a scandalous football TV quiz question
Feb 21, 2023
Pure Cliches: The Sam Allardyce XI & Cometh The Hour-gate
Feb 19, 2023
Sunday League pre-seasons and how to 'bring the ball under your spell', with Josh Pugh
Feb 16, 2023
Self-appointed visitors, Carlo Ancelotti for England and Match of Day's canned laughter
Feb 14, 2023
Boring on-pitch jobs, late fitness tests and artificial atmospheres, with Nick Hancock
Feb 09, 2023
Thrashing thresholds and the most culturally significant Harry Kane goal of all
Feb 07, 2023
The Pure Serie A XI
Feb 02, 2023
Picking up the pieces in the cathedrals of football
Jan 31, 2023
Interrogating celebrity fans and post-victory highlights binging, with Matt Lucas & Elis James
Jan 26, 2023
Deconstructing (and reassembling) the most "silencing the critics" goal celebration of all time
Jan 24, 2023
FA Cup sex noises, combined XIs and the elegant pointlessness of centre circles
Jan 19, 2023
Lovely little NBA players and outfieldery-looking goalkeepers
Jan 17, 2023
The "dog on pitch" protocol with Duncan Alexander
Jan 12, 2023
Is it better to be a carthorse or a donkey?
Jan 10, 2023
There or thereabouts, how to let your country down and low-key football inventions
Jan 05, 2023
The Best of Football Clichés in 2022 - Part Two
Dec 30, 2022
The Best of Football Clichés in 2022 - Part One
Dec 24, 2022
Argentina's dreamland, Salt Bae the footballer and Keys on Kaka
Dec 20, 2022
Hip-hop Brian Moore and the definitive 2022 World Cup exit descriptions
Dec 16, 2022
Fine margins, the on-toast threshold and England's victorious 2030 World Cup XI
Dec 13, 2022
Armchair fandom, conveyor belts of talent and Roy Keane's kickabout goal celebration
Dec 09, 2022
Three Lions (AI-powered Alan Smith Qatar 2022 Remix)
Dec 06, 2022
Big magicians, AI-powered football commentary and the Pure Qatar 2022 World Cup XI
Dec 02, 2022
Scoring for fun, the big nil-all debate and John Herdman's Premier League destiny
Nov 29, 2022
The World Cup shop window and the worst person possible to watch England vs USA with
Nov 24, 2022
The Three Lions' share of possession, lucky chickens & referee shirt names
Nov 22, 2022
The Pure World Cup XI
Nov 17, 2022
Everton booing in the mirror, World Cup snubbings and Jonathan Pearce's yuletide supremacy
Nov 15, 2022
The Perfect World Cup
Nov 10, 2022
Ally McCoist of Troy, towerous headers and Mick McCarthy's central defenders club
Nov 08, 2022
Tenuous landmarks and angry DMs to Transfermarkt: The myths and realities of Messi vs Ronaldo
Nov 03, 2022
Tunnels of doubt, Carry On Up The Tyler and a proud EFL goals round-up tradition
Nov 01, 2022
The Football Clichés Quiz VI: World Cup Edition
Oct 27, 2022
Stomping grounds, Panenka volley-lobs and premature glimmers of hope
Oct 25, 2022
Managers in sunglasses, pointless punditry and the definition of a disallowed goal, with Geoff Shreeves
Oct 20, 2022
The pinball threshold, MLS linos & kicking football jokes out of politics
Oct 18, 2022
Carbon-copy goals, rounding the keeper & the last five minutes of half-time: The listeners do Mesut Haaland Dicks
Oct 13, 2022
The crossbar crisis, regurgitated corners & a tricky trip to Google Road
Oct 11, 2022
Football in the dictionary, Gareth Southgate's annoying postman and The Timewasting XI
Oct 06, 2022
Toe-plonks, fan extractors and the 'men against boys' threshold
Oct 04, 2022
International talismans, brave battlers and disappointing deflections: The listeners do Mesut Haaland Dicks
Sep 29, 2022
Comic Sans trophies, darts' 12th man and 'acres of time'
Sep 27, 2022
Price-tag placement, England's kit font and the 'What Are YOU Doing Here?' XI
Sep 22, 2022
Goalscoring wildlife, giving the goalkeeper the eyes and lighting the blue touchpaper
Sep 20, 2022
Half-hearted Premier League All-Stars, minimal backlift and flies on dressing-room walls
Sep 15, 2022
San Marino vs Seychelles, seventh-tier ball plinths and a cold, wet night in Buffalo
Sep 13, 2022
Chelsea managers who somehow never happened & the great Champions League pronunciation debate
Sep 08, 2022
Footballers as verbs, the Brazilian Michael Flatley and Sean Dyche meets Keys & Gray
Sep 06, 2022
Rainham Steel, statuesque goalkeepers and fraudulent throw-in appeals, with Rory Smith
Sep 01, 2022
Gloss-adding goals, away fans sucking the ball in and... Nigel, it's Fulham
Aug 30, 2022
Every Premier League Club’s Transfer DNA
Aug 25, 2022
Wazzed corners, four-and-a-half-pointers and EFL abbreviation abominations
Aug 23, 2022
The Welcome to the Premier League XI
Aug 18, 2022
Caught in three minds, EFL saxophones and 28 seconds of Drury deliberation
Aug 16, 2022
Ball-boy dark arts, gaffers and We Are The Champions, with David Goldblatt
Aug 11, 2022
Classified Results 0 Auto-Pilot Hysteria 1, quickfire doubles and thirsty managers
Aug 09, 2022
The Football Clichés Quiz V
Aug 04, 2022
Textbook Lionessing, scandalous kit evoking and school playground crowd sounds
Aug 02, 2022
Breaths of fresh air, managers vs head coaches and Leeds' Korean-language legacy
Jul 26, 2022
Heathrow Ultras, the Butcher of Amsterdam & Every Premier League pre-season friendly ever
Jul 19, 2022
The Pure Team GB Olympic XI
Jul 14, 2022
Taliswomen, the worst miss of all time and the summer World Cup you didn't know about
Jul 12, 2022
Mickey Mouse on a Bosman, QPR's Nick Kyrgios and fishing with David Seaman
Jul 05, 2022
Max Rushden on Sunday League aggro, ex-footballer ice-breakers and the noble art of the target man
Jun 30, 2022
Long-lost commentary, transfer-coup thresholds & the birth of the Cold Night in Stoke
Jun 28, 2022
Corrie kit crimes, unplayable strikers and training-ground naming conventions
Jun 21, 2022
Touchline bust-ups, Pro Evo commentary and "dislocated shoelaces", with Lawro
Jun 16, 2022
Robo-linos, basement boys England and the future stars of Soccer Aid
Jun 14, 2022
Flimsy transfer language, the "super sub" threshold and Hojbjerg vs Egg
Jun 07, 2022
The dying art of the stepover, and superficial footballing superstitions, with Dotun Adebayo
Jun 01, 2022
The evolution of goalkeeper celebrations and "the pause before the roar", with Conor McNamara
May 31, 2022
Great Escapes, double guards of honour and the body language of Erik ten Hag
May 25, 2022
Muted celebrators and magnanimous managers: The Classy Touch XI
May 19, 2022
Going down in instalments, Eurovision's "big five" and a stunning football chant discovery
May 17, 2022
The Pure FA Cup XI
May 12, 2022
Pundits on the beach, pantomime crowd noises & the language of balls vs woodwork
May 10, 2022
Swashbuckling centre-backs & mercurial wingers: The Classic Adjective XI
May 05, 2022
Wine for Jose, premature calm-before-the-storm-ing and Keysey in "Big Saino's"
May 03, 2022
Off-duty Peter Drury, Big Sam's call of nature and mistranslating Mourinho, with Ned Boulting
Apr 28, 2022
Gilt-edged penalties, managers kicking every ball and the proverbial Row G
Apr 27, 2022
The Football Clichés Quiz IV
Apr 21, 2022
A voyage into dreamland, hockey commentary gold & predicting half-time interviews
Apr 19, 2022
The Trademark Goal XI
Apr 14, 2022
Combovers, Surname-ball and Andy Gray's Beef Olé
Apr 12, 2022
Maracana phoneboxes and "the zone of elaboration", with Tim Vickery
Apr 07, 2022
Superman's goalkeeping, Gary Neville's favourite phrases & Brighton's 25.8% urge-to-shoot record
Apr 05, 2022
Tenuous booing reasons, Frasier's football film and the most England-y World Cup draw possible
Mar 31, 2022
Gareth Bale's mantelpiece, Peter Drury at the darts & the Pure Masters Football six-a-side team
Mar 29, 2022
Cup final songs, pre-match TV poetry and Robbie Keane's dreams, with Séamas O'Reilly
Mar 24, 2022
Leyton Orient's staunch stanchions and how to celebrate like you've won the league
Mar 22, 2022
Maisie Adam on vuvuzelas, greasy burgers and managers 'doing a Bunty'
Mar 17, 2022
A certain Mr Tom Brady, Wout Weghorst's scrapbook and a steak dinner with Richard Keys
Mar 15, 2022
The Generic Modern Football XI
Mar 10, 2022
Roy Keane's upper register, technical-area testiculation and allowable olé-ing
Mar 08, 2022
Match of the Day's Robyn Cowen on applauding crossfield passes and footballers who don't look like footballers
Mar 03, 2022
Reggaeton referees, silenced MLS chainsaws and a weekend with Keys & Gray
Mar 01, 2022
Little eels, international breaks and Bum Bum Quagliarella, with James Richardson
Feb 24, 2022
Own goals: the final boss, Armbandmania and Maximum Peter Drury
Feb 22, 2022
Keane vs Souness & The Pure BeIN Sports XI
Feb 17, 2022
Lineker does Lampard, staring down the barrel of a win and the definition of "swazz"
Feb 15, 2022
Rhys James on initiation songs, post-defeat Twitter apologies and the ubiquitous Dion Dublin
Feb 10, 2022
"What is a half-chance?", sleeping with trophies and penalty shootout celebration etiquette
Feb 08, 2022
Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam on metaphorical football matches and Gazza at Boston United
Feb 04, 2022
"In and around the Kremlin", Frank Lampard's Football Clubs & the January Transfer Window XI
Feb 02, 2022
The Future Turkish Super Lig XI
Jan 27, 2022
"Come what February", Pep vs Pat and Lukaku's bangers
Jan 25, 2022
Josh Denzel on fan-hugging etiquette, hapless stadium announcers and Turf Moor trips
Jan 20, 2022
Steve McManaman's iconic hands, silencing the snooker ultras, and the midfielder's union
Jan 18, 2022
Sir Keir Starmer on his matchday rituals, the humanity of 5-a-side and ketchup bans
Jan 14, 2022
21-foot-tall defences, "Desmond 2-2" and wrongly-timed wondergoals
Jan 11, 2022
Injury time subs, Screwfix adverts and begging for players' shirts, with Jonathan Liew
Jan 06, 2022
In and around with Andy Townsend, Booooooodison Park and "famous wins"
Jan 05, 2022
The Best of Football Clichés in 2021 - Part Two
Dec 28, 2021
The Best of Football Clichés in 2021 - Part One
Dec 21, 2021
The Football Clichés Quiz III
Dec 16, 2021
Boris Johnson losing the dressing room & Brendan Rodgers patting Eddie Howe
Dec 14, 2021
Advanced geography, illegal livestreaming & unfashionable football shirts, with Michael Cox
Dec 09, 2021
Chess co-commentary, shop windows and the Purest Essence of Ally McCoist
Dec 07, 2021
Record terrestrial TV scorelines, forbidden zeroes and "taking one for the team"
Dec 02, 2021
The Emirates Screamer, plant-based Bovril & early Christmas presents
Nov 30, 2021
Floodlights, Traktor Stalingrad & Championship Manager 01/02, with Danny Kelly
Nov 25, 2021
Shock archaeological swap deals & the nuances of "You’re just a s*** [Player X]"
Nov 23, 2021
Last-minute winners and ruining the away fans' day, with Nedum Onuoha
Nov 18, 2021
Saying all the right things on the managerial merry-go-round
Nov 16, 2021
Scripting the most regular weekend of Premier League football possible
Nov 11, 2021
Acromioclavicular subluxation and the art of self-deprecatory football chants
Nov 09, 2021
Defining "unfinished business" and a deep dive into non-verbal football communication
Nov 04, 2021
"You don't know what you're doing"
Nov 02, 2021
The “Didn't Play For Sam Allardyce's Bolton But Really Should Have Done” XI
Oct 27, 2021
Harry Maguire looking in the mirror, midfield engine rooms and matches that "have everything"
Oct 25, 2021
Diving headers, warring team-mates and goal music, with David Prutton
Oct 21, 2021
Warnock as Forrest Gump, referees in jeans and the Football Podcast "Big Six"
Oct 19, 2021
Nutmegs, pre-match cheeseburgers and 40-year-old goalkeepers, with Ralph Ineson
Oct 14, 2021
Watching football at the pub and the neverending joy of Ally McCoist
Oct 12, 2021
Crosses into Quality Street, Andy Gray's top drawer and random footballers' names in songs
Oct 07, 2021
Episode 100 with Jamie Carragher
Oct 05, 2021
Raps, Roars and "Roo": How (not) to write a football headline
Sep 30, 2021
The purest co-commentary ever, scontro salvezza and how three teenagers prank-called English football
Sep 28, 2021
Classy touches and second-half capitulations, with Clive Martin
Sep 23, 2021
"Footovers", quaint referee abuse and decoding Roy Keane
Sep 21, 2021
The Pure Europa League XI
Sep 16, 2021
Martin Tyler's Merseyside Reds and barbecuing with Kevin Keegan
Sep 14, 2021
The 12 Stages of a club crisis - PART 2
Sep 09, 2021
The twelve stages of a club crisis - PART 1
Sep 07, 2021
Half-volleys and diving hysteria, with actual footballer Cillian Sheridan
Sep 01, 2021
Physios wearing Predators, Wolves Will Be Fine and the perfect deadline-day deals
Aug 31, 2021
Square pegs in round holes: The Ultimate Makeshift XI
Aug 26, 2021
Inevitable Premier League scorelines, pedantic kit men and niche specialist coaches
Aug 23, 2021
The “Premier League Players We Remember For Precisely One Thing” XI
Aug 19, 2021
Six clichés in 11 seconds and deconstructing the traditional "Welcome to the Premier League"
Aug 17, 2021
Clueless goal celebrations, half-and-half scarves and armchair fandom, with Joel Golby
Aug 12, 2021
Mundane FIFA 22 animations and football's future without towering headers
Aug 10, 2021
Overly detailed 2021-22 season predictions and the smallest transfer fee ever paid
Aug 05, 2021
Porte Anticipate and the language of penalty woe
Jul 13, 2021
Unwallcharted territory
Jul 09, 2021
Tempting fate with the football gods: what if England win Euro 2020?
Jul 05, 2021
A cultural chronology of England 2 Germany 0
Jul 01, 2021
The England-Germany hype machine and the true definition of a solo goal
Jun 27, 2021
How to "crash out" of Euro 2020, tricky demonyms, and solving football's biggest mystery of all
Jun 24, 2021
Dark horseplay, football pundit mercenaries and unleashing Jack Grealish
Jun 20, 2021
Biting techniques, Schick's genre-buster and the language of football fixtures
Jun 17, 2021
Expected chuckles, the Welsh Giroud and "the language of goals"
Jun 14, 2021
How to make the perfect Euros
Jun 10, 2021
The Pure International Football XI
Jun 03, 2021
England's utility men and the perfect Europa Conference League anthem
May 27, 2021
Long-range curlers, voluptuous goalnets and when TV gets football all wrong, with Jonathan Wilson
May 20, 2021
Fortresses and cauldrons: the language of football stadiums
May 13, 2021
Footballers on LinkedIn, and when does a Matt become a Matty?
May 06, 2021
Slide tackles, tiny shinpads and romantic Champions League semi-final dreams, with Shura
Apr 29, 2021
"Super Ridiculo": How we all chewed up the Super League and spat it out
Apr 22, 2021
Half-yards, acres of space and the corridor of uncertainty: mapping the modern football pitch
Apr 15, 2021
Dominik Diamond on match-going priests, training ground bust-ups and the state of footballer's socks
Apr 08, 2021
The Sunday League XI
Apr 01, 2021
Getting "in and around" with Doc Brown
Mar 25, 2021
Pele, Zlatan and the small matter of global thermonuclear war
Mar 18, 2021
Tom Rosenthal on World Cup balls and celebrating goals that didn't actually go in
Mar 11, 2021
Expected goals and the unexpected sounds of empty stadiums
Mar 04, 2021
How to be a Co-Commentator
Feb 25, 2021
The Pure Champions League XI
Feb 18, 2021
The Game's Gone!
Feb 11, 2021
Football Magazines
Feb 04, 2021
The Transfer Rumour XI
Jan 28, 2021
Peter Drury on biased commentary and meaningless stats
Jan 21, 2021
The Foreign Influx
Jan 14, 2021
The Definitive Barclays Premier League XI
Jan 07, 2021
The Best of Football Cliches in 2020
Dec 31, 2020
The weird and wonderful world of mascots
Dec 23, 2020
The Football Clichés Quiz returns!
Dec 17, 2020
Deep Heat and Pyro with Kelly Cates
Dec 10, 2020
Football chants you don't hear any more, with Elis James
Dec 03, 2020
On the beach with Ivo Graham
Nov 26, 2020
The Art of the Penalty Kick
Nov 19, 2020
Textbook pitch invasions with Mark Watson
Nov 12, 2020
Playing with a Pro, Brits Abroad & The Future Language of Football
Nov 05, 2020
How To Talk About Football and Get Away With It
Oct 29, 2020
Violent Conduct
Oct 22, 2020
International Football
Oct 15, 2020
Soccer Cliches U.S.A.
Oct 08, 2020
Money, Money, Money
Oct 01, 2020
The Unwritten Laws of Football
Sep 24, 2020
Watching Soccer Saturday
Sep 17, 2020
PART 2: What Will Happen in the Premier League in 2020-21
Sep 10, 2020
What Will Happen in the Premier League in 2020-21
Sep 03, 2020
The rise & fall of Own Goals and Gaffs
Aug 27, 2020
Football & Music
Aug 20, 2020
The Football Cliches for every position
Aug 13, 2020
European Football, Thursday Nights, Channel 5
Aug 06, 2020
The Football Cliches Awards 2019/20
Jul 30, 2020
The Business End™ of the season
Jul 23, 2020
Football and Twitter
Jul 16, 2020
How to Lose at 5-a-side
Jul 09, 2020
Footballs - why we love to kick them
Jul 02, 2020
Football Punditry featuring 'Box Office' Roy Keane
Jun 25, 2020
#WelcomeBackFootball
Jun 18, 2020
The Football Clichés Quiz
Jun 11, 2020
Football Adverts
Jun 04, 2020
Goalkeepers
May 28, 2020
Football & computer games
May 20, 2020
The Little Joys Of Football
May 14, 2020
The Most Annoying Things About Football
May 07, 2020
The A-Z of Football Cliches - Part Two
Apr 30, 2020
Goal Of The Season
Apr 23, 2020
The A-Z of football clichés - Part One
Apr 16, 2020
The Language of Football Kits
Apr 09, 2020
The Art of the Goal Celebration
Apr 02, 2020
Premier League Years 98/99
Mar 26, 2020
The Anatomy of a Footballer
Mar 19, 2020
The Sounds Of Football
Mar 12, 2020
The Language Of Football Management
Mar 05, 2020
The Art Of Football Commentary
Feb 27, 2020
How We Follow Football
Feb 20, 2020
Football On Film
Feb 13, 2020
Goooals!
Feb 06, 2020
Grassroots Football
Jan 30, 2020
The Transfer Window
Jan 23, 2020