My favourite
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cattalinnaa –
2023-09-08
My absolute favourite podcast - makes me laugh out loud! Hope it is back soon - I’ve resorted to listening to old episodes back again!
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The Athletic's Adam Hurrey explores the glorious and unique language of football: the words, the phrases, the mannerisms and, above all, the clichés.
Featuring 'Mesut Haaland Dicks' interviews with the likes of Jamie Carragher, Nedum Onuoha, Tom Rosenthal and many more too.
Apple Podcasts: Customer Reviews
When is this coming back????
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Fryster –
2023-09-05
Absolutely love this podcast and would be an absolute travesty if it has been cancelled…Athletic can you give an update?
Football Cliches, are you there…
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Alverstokian –
2023-09-05
…or thereabouts?
Come back!!!
No disrespect to Egg...
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lozedmo –
2023-09-03
...but when are you coming back?
Where have you gone?
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mjse88 –
2023-09-02
Fave podcast gone dark 😢
Brilliant.
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JordanHackney –
2023-08-16
Has this podcast ended? I thought it was amazing. Hopefully they do something else similar.
Such a shame that this podcast has been discontinued
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Pete Howarth –
2023-08-12
One of the highlights of my week and a cult classic. What on earth has led the Athletic to cancel this?!
Smug hosts
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gaffer190 –
2023-08-10
Fairly okay in small doses.
The holy grail
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DesmondTiny –
2023-06-09
Unbelievable finds from the podcast - piecing together the puzzle of the century. Love the people, love the pod! But now it’s found, I think it’s bad news for the English pod. Will they be creative enough, will they be positive enough? ❤️
Best podcast out there
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Thomas Will –
2023-04-14
Only just discovered this podcast (for my sins) and listened to over 30 at work since Tuesday, incredible listening all round, dreading the day I’ve caught up and have to wait for 2 a week!
Such good fun
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Conor Tannam –
2023-02-28
A great listen twice a week.
Helps with the morning commute ( for my sins)
scratches a n itch
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dih snuts –
2023-02-15
The conversations you wish it was easy to find people to have with
In and around podcasting royalty
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Arch1e98 –
2023-02-09
I’ve listened to episodes multiple times, for my sins.
In the top one
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Ian_Gardner –
2022-11-11
I’m not saying it’s the best podcast on the language of football. But it is in the top one.
Particularly enjoyed the Euro 2020 coverage as an alternative to the mainstream coverage.
Not for me...because of Geoff
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Goodison1892 –
2022-10-20
This was a great podcast. Then they had a man who only escaped a sacking for gross misconduct as a guest. You went down in my estimation today.
In and around
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Rohan653 –
2022-09-15
the conversation of the best football podcast. Hurrey, Eccleshare and Walker are top notch.
Outsranding
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Rajeev67 –
2022-09-02
Consistently original. One of the best footy pods.
Love it!
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Ksmith123321 –
2022-09-01
Best pod around
Rolls Royce of a Podcast
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TobyT54321 –
2022-08-28
New to this and where has it been all my life!? Top class and consistently funny. Great work
Purest fun
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hannman87 –
2022-07-12
One of the rare football pods which is generally very accurate, clever and always funny.
They keep the content pure and cliche related without falling in to the trap many others do where is becomes a pure and narcissistic ‘banter fest’. Keep it up Adam and the team!
At it right from the start!
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Ben RQB –
2022-06-25
Consistent, funny, perfect.
Podcast of two halves
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ng13131313 –
2022-03-17
The Tuesday podcast is excellent and is a highlight of the week (especially Keys and Gray corner). However, the Thursday interview style podcast is fairly boring and very repetitive. Scrap the chats with z listers & more Tuesday style pods
Reidy is a big fan, nae worries
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DChristie88 –
2022-03-17
After 3 years consuming most the football podcasts out there. Football Ramble got dropped from rotation completely for Cliches to become the most anticipated of the lot. A real burst on the scene podcast
The best podcast out there. Sport or otherwise.
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Notrub1904 –
2022-02-11
The best football podcast out there. I’ve never heard so much drivel in all my life but I can’t get enough of it. 5 stars!!
In and around the best football pods
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Arctic Mooney –
2022-02-03
Equal parts erudite and smug but it just works for me, Clive. Terrific show, great mix of guests. Never miss it.
even Keys and Gray would approve….
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Ellisdinho –
2022-01-21
Literally has me in stitches every week… absolutely spot on…
Top drawer
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rossmac44 –
2022-01-19
What a podcast this is, by the way!
Che giocatore
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esco367 –
2021-12-31
Fast becoming my favorite pod (for my sins)
Great Podcast
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Mon The Fife –
2021-12-09
Just leaving a comment ‘to get in on the act’.
Love this
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Anonymously –
2021-11-02
This podcast is very intelligent at the same time as being completely stupid and silly. Wonderful. I’m a big fan.
Celebration of the irreverent side of football
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Bert White –
2021-10-13
I love it
Just wonderful!
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Sam Eddy –
2021-07-09
Even L’Equipe would give this show 10/10
Perfect
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Carlos Van H –
2021-06-27
Utterly, utterly glorious. 10/10
My favourite
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Robert, UK –
2021-05-11
I love this podcast. My pedantic attitude towards language and vernacular combined with my love of football entwined right here. May you never cease, Adam and gang.
Like an overhead pub conversation (and not in a good way)
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Enganches are people too –
2021-04-25
Been listening since Ep.1 having enjoyed Adam’s book, but the show has never really found it’s niche, unfortunately. Having stuck with it, finally gave up and clicked Unsubscribe after the frequent retreads of the same themes; namely nostalgia for 90s PL football and misguided fawning over Sky’s Sports clickbait style of sports coverage. The unseemly fetishising of Gray and Keys was the final straw. If I wanted to go on my weekly jog with a group of middle aged men who incorrectly believe that I have an interest in their Sunday League side or their Twitter bubble, that Sky is the “pinnacle” of sports broadcasting and football reached it’s peak in the 90s, I could go down the pub and find plenty of parochial fans who think they know something about the global game.
Dominik Diamond episode
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Aallix –
2021-04-19
Getting a Celtic fan on to slag off a player who likes Rangers. Zzzzz and cheap, really cheap
Great pod - Dominik Diamond episode a total dud
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Ludwig's van beefoven –
2021-04-08
This is a brilliantly funny podcast and I’ve recommended it to a few friends and family.
However, only 4 stars instead of 5 because that Dominik Diamond is absolute garbage...
1. Posh boarding school educated guy trying to act all working class ☑️
2. Obviously made up story about priests scalping tickets☑️
3. Lazy stereotypes about Glasgow kids having foetal alcohol disorder☑️
4. Passing off the Alsatian in the car / fire story that has been heard millions of times and attributed to almost every club in the U.K. ☑️
Had to switch off halfway through (no I’m not a rangers fan)
Class
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aggzzx –
2021-03-16
Brilliant
Fresh approach
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Chris13wj –
2021-02-13
Rare in the saturated world of football podcasts to find a fresh take on the beautiful game. The Mesut Haaland Dicks episodes are especially great
10/10
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Fffffttyhhcxzz –
2020-12-18
This show is genuinely a highlight of my week. Amazingly brilliant and an absolute joy to listen and laugh to.
Great Stuff
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frankiespires22 –
2020-11-06
I love this find it really interesting and funny, the main guy has a little bit to much energy for me at times as English is my second language, but I really really think the whole show is great.
So satisfying
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Tray The Blade –
2020-10-28
As a lover of the Football Cliches Twitter account, this is the perfect accompaniment. Always strikes a chord!
To Celebrate...
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bigdeacs –
2020-10-27
their return, please can you get your Athletic colleague Phil Hay on and investigate the cliche of ‘doing a Leeds’. All the info is there on the wiki page. (Should really be Doing a Pompey, shouldn’t it?)
Soccer Saturday Legends
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Youreds589 –
2020-09-18
Simon Yeo
Rodney Jack
Eoin Doyle
Brilliant just brilliant
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JoeMiz –
2020-07-02
Love this podcast. Adam and Charlie are a podcasting Yorke and Cole.
The less said about the quiz episode the better, George made me switch off half way through.
Funny and clever
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philm1942 –
2020-06-23
Adam is a funny man I think Charlie is good too - will he ever get a permanent gig or will there ruin it like when di matteo got the Chelsea job full time?
Hilarious
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PBird90 –
2020-06-15
I have to rewind this podcast cos I spend so much time laughing at it. It’s class. Your Hurreys and your Eccleshares really show their worth.
Love it!
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Chris Martin's foward defence –
2020-06-12
Really great addition to my regular podcast XI.
The quiz episode was a tough listen though. More Charlie!
Pick that one out
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mikejmccarthy –
2020-06-04
Wondered how they would keep this going after the first few episodes, I need not have worried. One of the most refreshing additions to the world of football podcasts in years. Delightfully holding up a mirror to the quirks and absurdities that make football what it is. Keep up the fine work!
Good addition to any football fans arsenal
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glenw1411 –
2020-05-29
Adam and co. offer their critique of football’s foibles in a funny and informative manner. Range of topics keep it fresh and means the episodes are not lost to the context of the week they were recorded in, unlike other football pods.