Football Cliches

Adam Hurrey & Goalhanger

  • 53 minutes 45 seconds
    Literally ghosting, Larry David's Champions League commentary & Sir Alex's 2011/12 title curse

    Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and, for his 100th appearance, Nick Miller. On the agenda: a cultural review of the North London derby, the threshold for a team "laying a glove" on the opposition, Champions League commentary with an unexpected voice twin, the concept of “losing the dressing room” handily explained by the BBC, the latest superbly-named Brazilian youth player and a classic Richard Keys interview from the late 1980s.


    Meanwhile, the panel reveal the real reason that Manchester City pipped Manchester United to the Premier League title in 2012.


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    24 February 2026, 12:35 am
  • 41 minutes 35 seconds
    Hoddle's Curse strikes again, the world-record fans' favourite & a saucy U-turn

    Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Glenn Hoddle suffers the commentator's curse in the Champions League once again, Tony Dorigo's possible claim to an obscure football record, Coventry 3 Middlesbrough 1 boiled down to its purest Gary Weaver, an unexpected return for Gazzetta Football Italia (sort of), and the news of a football-themed Dutch reality TV show.


    Meanwhile, the panel decide the most acceptable moment and game state for a fanbase to ask their manager to "give them a wave".


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    19 February 2026, 12:00 am
  • 49 minutes 35 seconds
    The Forest-Watford Vortex, champagne players & Pep vs Daffy Duck

    Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: Pep Guardiola vs Daffy Duck in a fight for the soul of the FA Cup, whistling co-commentators, footballers’ names in US cop documentaries, Jamie O’Hara and Jason Cundy exceed themselves on Talksport, Michael Owen vs Ryan Giggs in the "Far East betting company ambassador video" stakes and predicting Richard Keys’ next withering managerial nickname.


    Meanwhile, the panel ponder the most Watfordy Nottingham Forest manager never to manage Watford... and vice versa.


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    17 February 2026, 12:00 am
  • 49 minutes 43 seconds
    Generic Spurs punditry, regurgitating possession & ding-dong stalemates: The 500th episode

    Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for the 500th episode of the podcast. On the agenda: the finer details and ramifications of Thomas Frank being sacked by Spurs, celebrity chefs' names in Premier League goals, superb sponsors in National League clubs’ full-time tweets, Adidas releasing a disgustingly expensive multipack of every World Cup ball ever, the dubious concept of a "ding-dong stalemate", and the least exciting "Winner Stays On" TikTok video football will ever produce.


    Meanwhile, the panel attempt another scaling of the Happy Hunting Grounds Ladder, the ultimate Premier League goalscoring quiz challenge.


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    12 February 2026, 12:07 am
  • 44 minutes 12 seconds
    Introverted full-backs, radio commentary synchronicity & the Champions League of trees

    Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Steve Bruce adds a crucial syllable to Pep Guardiola's legacy, gloriously synchronised radio commentary at Derby County, an unlikely candidate to be the new David Attenborough, an all-conquering UK tree qualifies for Europe, and a new use for the much-maligned Stockley Park.


    Meanwhile, the panel pick apart the confused, "common sense"-obsessed discourse in the aftermath of Liverpool 1 Manchester City 2.


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    10 February 2026, 12:00 am
  • 56 minutes 22 seconds
    ”Absolute wimp", Arsenal's pre-ignited quadruple & a Doha denouement

    Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Carabao Cup curiosities, the exact status of Arsenal's quadruple hopes, a very subtle footballing prefix for a certain level of player, two listeners submit their 1,500-word mini-thesis on what constitutes a “finish”, the January Transfers That Just Feel So Right XI and a first-ever attempt at quiz format Happy Hunting Grounds: The Ladder.


    Meanwhile, the panel react to the bombshell news of Keys & Gray's departure from beIN Sports at the end of this season.


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    5 February 2026, 7:59 am
  • 44 minutes 38 seconds
    Scorpion scepticism, 80% ball knowledge & Conor Coady's Football Clubs (2026 edition)

    Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: subtle podcast references at the darts, goal probabilities with Clinton Morrison, West Brom fans' limited patience with their new manager, football boot manufacturers appearing in Latin epic poems, Conor Coady goes full Conor Coady in his first interview as a Charlton player and selecting the best moment of Ian Holloway's latest outburst.


    Meanwhile, the panel debate the aesthetic and technical merits of scorpion-kick goals and ponder the exact level of their own "ball knowledge".


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    3 February 2026, 12:00 am
  • 59 minutes 51 seconds
    Flats that overlook stadiums & the optimum time for Sky Sports News: The listeners' loves & hates

    Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate their niche footballing fascinations and irritations.


    Among the selections are Gary Neville's preoccupation with a specific touch of the ball before a shot, the best way to really enjoy an uninterrupted hour of Sky Sports News, the awkwardness of fans sat behind corner takers and a staunch defence of pundits’ right to state the obvious.


    Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel try to decipher an Arsene Wenger sample in avant-garde music and enjoy a former Premier League defender's name popping up at the Cyclocross World Cup.


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    29 January 2026, 1:12 am
  • 52 minutes 25 seconds
    The "what's eating Erling Haaland?" threshold, FA Cup anthem fears & Gary Weaver's Circle of Goals

    Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: a quickfire review of Arsenal 2 Manchester United 3, unacceptably-named Premier League top scorers in football-adjacent Danny Dyer film trailers, the prospect of an FA Cup "anthem", 12.1 seconds of a commentator not realising a team have scored and unexpected ex-Prime Ministers in the Kenyan fifth division.


    Meanwhile, the panel speculate on how a mundane, single-goal, mid-table game could get itself first in the Match of the Day running order.


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    27 January 2026, 7:42 am
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Zohran Mamdani's PL Years & a chat with Éanna Hardwicke on playing Roy Keane in Saipan

    Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a familiar name pops up at the Australian Open, Arsene Wenger's "daylight" offside law to be trialled in the Canadian Premier League, what things might be on the curriculum of "Football 101", whether the relentless, scoreline-proof chanting of Bundesliga fans gets too much praise, a charming social-media dispute about the technicalities of hat-tricks and New York mayor Zohran Mamdani shows off his Premier League knowledge once again.


    Meanwhile, the podcast has an extended chat with Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn, directors of new film Saipan, and Éanna Hardwicke, who plays the leading role of Roy Keane.


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    22 January 2026, 12:00 am
  • 44 minutes 13 seconds
    The moment the AFCON final peaked, Wenger's Law & football gestures at bus stops

    Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: the unifying absurdity that was the Africa Cup of Nations final, whether Spurs vs West Ham's "El Dissatisfactico" is the worst of its genre yet, an unexpected Premier League striker's name in a ghost story, the least satisfying FA Cup draw combinations, one Arsene Wenger tweak to the laws of football that might have some appeal, and footballing body language at bus stops.


    Meanwhile, the panel ponder the quickest and easiest way a mere civilian could win a foul in a Premier League match.


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    19 January 2026, 11:39 pm
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