Adam Hurrey
@footballcliches
Writer & editor at The Athletic | Creator & host of the 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦 podcast, for my sins | linktr.ee/footballcliches
Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social on Monday... Let's have your questions, observations, football-linguistic criminalisation, footballers' names in things or anything else at all for the Adjudication Panel. Cheers!
We're recording July's Listeners' Mesut Haaland Dicks on Wednesday... Email me (footballcliches@gmail.com) a ~30-second voicenote about your very specific footballing fascination or irritation — whatever tiny thing gets your goat or floats your boat — and we'll select the best six. Cheers!
Dreamland Episode 24: out tomorrow. dreamland.footballcliches.com
Ep. 23 of DREAMLAND is out now, subscribers! 𝟗𝟔/𝟎𝟔/𝟏𝟔/𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 Les Ferdinand scoring headers you don’t see any more, that Essien goal and the cultural legacy of December 2006 & enjoying Dimitri Payet while we could... Sign up here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ dreamland.footballcliches.com
Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social in a bit... Let's have your questions, observations, football-linguistic revelations, footballers' names in things & anything else at all for the midweek Adjudication Panel Cheers!
Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social & @nickmiller79.bsky.social on Monday... Let's have your questions, observations, official acts of football-linguistic protestation, footballers' names in things & anything else at all for the Adjudication Panel Cheers!
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Right, there were only so many 1am DMs asking for a Level 5 I could take, so... we're very excited to launch the 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐒 daily game... Guess the Premier League scorer at a Premier League away ground and see how far you get! Play it here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ games.footballcliches.com
Dreamland subscribers, you should now have an email with some exciting news...
I loved recording this and realised that Soccer Saturday – for all its various quirks over the last 30 years – is a massively underrated time capsule for huge moments: Aguero, Jimmy Glass, etc. The gradual realisation of Jeff & The Boys here of the Sunderland beach ball is genuinely superb TV.
We're recording February's 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 on Wednesday... Email me (footballcliches@gmail.com) a ~𝟑𝟎-𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — a sight, sound, smell, spectacle, stimulation — and we'll select the best six. Cheers!
𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐩. 𝟏𝟕 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰! 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐨.𝟐: 𝐓𝐲𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 & 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 The real winner on That Night in Barcelona, Andy Townsend on the Foo Fighters as the greatest non-football punditry ever, the vocab-subverting genius of Merse AND MORE ⬇️ dreamland.footballcliches.com
On Wednesday, we're recording episode 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ of the gorgeous little podcast we call FOOTBALL CLICHES... We'll celebrate by doing what we do best: joyfully dismantling all the bits of football you didn't realise you cared about. Get in touch, get involved, we'd love to have you. Cheers!
As a modern manager might put it, Episode 16 of 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 will be through the door, in the building and out on the grass tomorrow... Sign up here ➡️ dreamland.footballcliches.com
𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟏𝟒 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰! Voices of Football #1: Martin Tyler, Glenn Hoddle & Martin Keown The last of the grand old commentators, trademark co-commentary adverbs... and the uniquely earnest energy of a life-addicted nut-allergy vigilante. ⬇️ dreamland.footballcliches.com
Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social on Monday, it's the Adjudication Panel and we want your niche contributions & obscure questions... Cheers!
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐙 𝑳𝑰𝑽𝑬 Join us mid-Xmas for a livestreamed, interactive night of thrillingly niche football trivia! 📅 Sunday December 28th, 8pm UK 🎟️ £6 to enter, with all profits going to @sheltercharity.bsky.social 🏆 £250 top prize + more Sign up ➡️ footballcliches.com/xmas
After bursting onto the sports-linguistics scene last week, the CRICKET CLICHES team are recording Episode 2 soon... Want to get involved? ➡️ cricket.footballcliches.com Catch up with the first episode ➡️ pod.fo/e/356bbf
Yep, CRICKET CLICHES is coming – with regular episodes throughout the Ashes – in the masterful hands of hosts @norcrosscricket.bsky.social, @nickmiller79.bsky.social and many more... To get involved (and please do get involved): cricket.footballcliches.com
We're your @thefsa.bsky.social Podcast of the Year, aren't we? Hope so. 👉 vote.footballcliches.com
Episode 10 of DREAMLAND is out tomorrow... Sign up here ➡️ dreamland.footballcliches.com
Episode 9 of 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 is out tomorrow... Sign up ➡️ dreamland.footballcliches.com
An unforgettable night for the London leg of the Clichés Live tour... Listeners from Brazil, Seattle, Budapest, New York and a flawless cameo from Clichés royalty. Thanks so much to everyone. Birmingham: see you Thursday!