For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and James Maw are joined by comedian, writer and Swindon Town fan Ivo Graham for the latest instalment of 'Mesut Haaland Dicks'. Ivo's eclectic nominations for his loves and hates of modern football include the slippery concept of the 'Group of Death', describing teams as being 'on the beach' and the visceral thrill of a goalkeeper making a double save. Meanwhile, the Ad...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Katie Whyatt dive deep into the complex psychology of penalties, the eternal joy of goalkeepers taking spot kicks and the soap opera of shootouts. They also discuss the recent trend of football goal celebrations on daytime quiz shows and the curious idea of Barnsley trying to sign Mario Balotelli, Katie watches Diana Ross's USA '94 penalty for the...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Nick Miller are joined by comedian, writer and Bristol City fan Mark Watson for the first in a new series we are tentatively calling 'Mesut Haaland Dicks' Mark chooses three things he love about football and three things he palpably dislikes about football and we all have a thoroughly nice time chatting about it. Think of a cross between Desert Island Discs and MOTD'...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Seb Stafford-Bloor gather for episode 42 of the Football Cliches podcast and begin with tales of what it's like to actually play football with a proper professional player. Why are such seemingly average ex-pros so unbelievably good when they enter the mortal realm of the 5-a-side pitch? And why is Nigel Winterburn so bloody difficult to nutmeg? T...

Adam Hurrey, Nick Miller and Neale Rigg explore peculiarities and socially awkward scenarios surrounding football small talk. Why is the opening gambit of asking someone who they support so fraught with peril? Is there any better footballing small talk than with a taxi driver on holiday? How do you chat to a fairweather football fan? And what is the most tedious football trivia question of all? Ho...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare & James Maw to discuss the language of violence in football. What constitutes a football hard man in 2020? Is there such thing as an iconic foul? And what are the vital components of a proper 21-man brawl? Access to The Athletic is just £1 a month - get all our great content on the app and listen to podcasts like this ad-free. Go to ww...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey calls up Charlie Eccleshare and Michael Cox to discuss the quirks and foibles of international football. What actually is international level? Has there ever been a successful wind-up about someone’s call-up to the national team? Who would make the quintessential England B lineup in 2020? And what’s the most “held at Loftus Road on a Tuesday night” international friendly...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Pablo Maurer are joined by the Rory Smith of The New York Times to discuss two nations divided by a common language of soccer. Can we ever accept the word “winningest”, why were we so obsessed with Bob Bradley’s soccer vocabulary, how much damage did Green Street do for US-UK footballing relations, and just what is it about bald American goalkeepers in the Premier Le...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller discuss football's weird relationship with money and the salacious language that surrounds it. What’s the difference between eye-watering and money-spinning? Is the Sky Sports News transfer totaliser the ultimate symbol of modern football? And what does £25m really buy you in 2020?  Access to The Athletic is just £1 a month.. Go to www...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Michael Cox and Dan Barnes discuss the unwritten laws of football. Have we found the worst ever song about referees,? What is the most emphatic refereeing hand gesture of all? And just how famous are the likes of Clattenburg, Poll and Dean allowed to be? Access to The Athletic is just £1 a month. Go to www.theathletic.com/clichespod to sign up Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Jack Pitt-Brooke examine the enduring appeal of Soccer Saturday.  Is it the purest form of football broadcasting? How did pundits suddenly become the headline makers? And we reveal the formula to get your Soccer Saturday roving reporter name... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Hurrey, Nick Miller and Charlie Eccleshare predict how the second half of next season will play out including. Desperate January loan signings, Proper Football Men whinging, and matches earning themselves their own Wikipedia pages...this is what will definitely - probably - happen in the Premier League in TWENTY-TWENTY/TWENTY-ONE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Hurrey, Nick Miller and Charlie Eccleshare  predict the season ahead,..13 degrees on the opening day, the Zaki-Pukki Effect and the annual managerial breath of fresh air..this is what will definitely - probably - happen in the Premier League in TWENTY-TWENTY/TWENTY-ONE Access to The Athletic is currently free for 30 days. Go to www.theathletic.com/clichespod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Jack Pitt-Brooke and Nick Miller dust off the VHS player to reminisce about the glory days of the own goals and gaffs video, before the internet came along and ruined everything forever. Who's the true master of the genre - Danny Baker or Nick Hancock? What are the criteria for the ultimate own goal or missed sitter? What happened to poor old Peter Devine? All this plus...

Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller examine football's complicated relationship with music. What actually is a Farmer’s league, whatever happened to the TV football theme tune, which Canadian hip-hop duo are named after a now-defunct former Football League club and what is the most withering football chant of all? Access to The Athletic is currently free for 30 days. Go to www.theathle...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller talk through the football cliches we are all guilty of using for every position on the pitch. What do Italians call the “terzino sinistro”? Who was the most out-of-position footballer of all time? What actually is “end product?” And can “bagsman” ever be an acceptable word for a striker? Access to The Athletic is currently free for 30...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, James Horncastle and James Maw discuss the particulars of watching European football.   Who were last crack east European outfit? What is the threshold for a gruelling midweek European trip? Who are the most Europa League club of all? And just who are the those children employed to wave a giant Champions League ball on the pitch before kick-off? Access to The Athletic i...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Dan Barnes & Nick Miller bring you the Football Cliches Awards 2019/20. Who was the most beleaguered manager? What was the season’s Game’s Gone moment? Which was the greatest Lampardian Transition of them all? And which of this season’s footballing phrases do we never want to hear again? Access to The Athletic is currently free for 30 days. Go to www.theathletic.com...

As the season draws to a close, Adam Hurrey, David Walker and Nick Miller debate the important questions. When does the business end of the season start? What is the threshold for making a Great Escape from relegation? And what is the definitive Too Good For the Championship, Not Good Enough for the Premier League ELEVEN? Access to The Athletic is currently free for 30 days. Go to www.theathletic....

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Harriet Drudge and Jack Pitt-Brooke join forces for a look at the weird and wonderful relationship football has with Twitter. We travel back to the innocent age of early twitter when football parody accounts ruled the roost, we ponder the perils of being the admin for the official club account and pine for the days where Wayne Rooney asked Rio Ferdinand if he still want...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Dan Barnes discuss the things make playing five-a-side football so great and also very, very strange. What’s the most polite way of kicking people off a 5-a-side pitch when their time is up, how long does it take to judge the seriousness of midweek office football games, why can’t people keep score and what the hell is 7G astroturf. Access to The...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Ecclehare and Sam Lee discuss the most important piece of equipment in the game - the ball. Where does the design of match balls go next? Was the Mitre Mouldmaster the worst football of all time? Are we about to witness the death of knuckleball? And, quite simply, what are microflaps? "Access to The Athletic is currently free for 30 days taking through to the en...

Adam "Football Cliches" Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and Jack Pitt-Brooke to discuss the weird science of football punditry. Where does the real Roy Keane end and the box office Roy Keane begin? As Neil Warnock returns are there any managers left who haven’t managed Middlesbrough? Does Coleman really rhyme with “goal man”, Martin Tyler? And how far back in time would you need to go to cu...

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Jack Pitt-Brooke get reacquainted with the return of football with a little help from Sean Bean. It's a feeling that can't be explained but they are going to spend the pod explaining it and they do not apologise for it.  "To celebrate the return of the Premier League we're offering 40% off a subscription with The Athletic for a limited time only -...

Adam Hurrey hosts a special quiz with contestants George Caulkin & Oliver Kay to lead us out of the darkness of footballing lockdown.. Famous commentary moments played backwards, Premier League shirt sponsors, players who somehow never signed for Turkish clubs, and can you name a single Premier League assistant referee?  To celebrate the return of football you can now enjoy access to The Athle...