Football Cliches
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The "Somehow Never Played For Abu Dhabi-Era Manchester City" XI
Oct 8, 20261h 20m
Throwing glass at Man City's window, tinpot national badges & a 10/10 commentator's curse
Oct 5, 20261h 3m
Unimaginative abuse, tactical whistling & circular red cards, with ex-referee Graham Scott
Oct 1, 20261h 18m
The non-emergency pod: Tainted vs stained, Polish adverbs & Andy Townsend's pub toilet
Sep 28, 202659 min
Co-commentator voice ID & performatively not interfering with play: The listeners' loves & hates
Sep 23, 202654 min
35.3% of Earth's land mass, Mourinho's printer & Martin Tyler's five-decade challenge
Sep 21, 202653 min
The Football Cliches Quiz XXVI: Cliches vs The Listeners
Sep 17, 20261h 27m
Offside contamination, yards of confidence & Drury's Down Under doppelganger
Sep 14, 202658 min
Late doors, John McGinn's trademark finish & accidental commentary football chants
Sep 10, 202647 min
Cliches Live in the sunshine, the Mike Dean content machine & ASMR in the EFL
Sep 7, 202643 min
The washed Sky Sports News, Horlicks FC & the Transfers That Feel So Right XI
Sep 3, 202653 min
Vomiting footballers & 30 years of the electronic sub board: The listeners' loves & hates
Aug 31, 202639 min
Sarcastic passes, tiny football studio furniture & the most un-booable position in an XI
Aug 26, 202651 min
Wake-up reality checks, cracked MOTD logos & the ultimate Puskas Award goal
Aug 24, 202659 min
Counter-attack calculations, club nickname knowledge and Keys & Gray in 120 seconds
Aug 20, 202659 min
Community Shield coasting, breaking down a "bomba" & how to launch a football podcast
Aug 18, 202653 min
Rhyming clangers, David Seaman chuckles again & Keysey on a Lime bike
Aug 13, 20261h 2m
Carabao curtain-raising, regrettable stepping stones & FSV Bachmünden
Aug 10, 202651 min
Fearing for Fulham, goal celebrations in the shower & the Repatriation of Richard Keys
Aug 5, 20261h 12m
Money-grabbing gargoyles, John Stones' meta-knackered shoulder & Farmer Alan Shearer
Aug 4, 202654 min
Free Dreamland episode: The joy of watching football on holiday
Jul 29, 20261h 10m
Secondary goal celebrations & the "we talk about" epidemic: The listeners' loves & hates
Jul 23, 202654 min
Tom Cruise's FIFA-speak, Messi's grassing & the Pure World Cup 2026 XI
Jul 20, 20261h 18m
(Over)familiar failings, the freshest possible World Cup final & Luis Figo vs T. rex
Jul 16, 202654 min
A little bit all at sea, gyroscope magnitudes & Joe Cole on the pyramids
Jul 14, 202648 min
The Aguirre noise, lungbusting thresholds & the Penalty Miss XI
Jul 9, 202650 min
1,114 Dan Burns, retro World Cup controversy & the most unsatisfying noise of the tournament
Jul 6, 20261h 7m
The Boxpark backlash, unfinished Azteca business & the unluckiest World Cup score-avoider
Jul 3, 202656 min
A correct year for every last-32 game, Trumpian co-comms & breakfast with Sean Dyche
Jun 30, 202654 min
Fox-mode Fletch, Scottish limbo & Andy Burnham's one-on-one finishing
Jun 26, 202649 min
The Vamos epidemic, Lineker on ITV & accidental 90s trance in VAR announcements
Jun 23, 202659 min
England's beloved scoreline, Messi's scout badges & the hydration-break hand gesture
Jun 19, 202648 min
The BBC/ITV truce, World Cup life-bursting & Tina Turner's spot-kick record
Jun 15, 202647 min
Giant lanyards & England camp mood updates: The listeners' World Cup loves & hates
Jun 11, 20261h 0m
England's Florida scoreboard XI, niche FIFA metrics & watching the World Cup in 4D
Jun 9, 202651 min
The Football Cliches Quiz XXV: Cliches vs The England Pod
Jun 4, 20261h 42m
Stutter steps in Budapest, Switzerland on Saturdays & Keysey's final sign-off
Jun 2, 202645 min
The VAR-monitor jog & fans coming in peace: The listeners' loves & hates
May 27, 202651 min
Spurs circling the drain, European hangover defiance & farmers taking penalties
May 25, 202651 min
Unleash the Arsenal long-reads, Spygate super-schadenfreude & a Bundesliga hoax
May 20, 202646 min
Labour's laboured footballspeak, thumpable scorelines & penalty pop-ups
May 18, 202657 min
The Football Cliches Quiz XXIV: Cliches vs The Sweeper - The Rematch
May 13, 20261h 47m
Corner-kick chaos, a Premier League without a W & Joe Cole at the Ritz
May 11, 202651 min
The 9.75 role, Tom Hiddleston's Champions League mindset & the Faroese Andy Gray
May 7, 202646 min
The fixture pile-up threshold, Sean Dyche playing "Sean Dyche" & under-10s trophy parades
May 5, 202649 min
Team-talk mythology & the stickers of European toilet cubicles: The listeners' loves & hates
Apr 30, 202649 min
Great adverts for the pyramid, technicians of the sphere & Qatar to Coventry in 3 minutes
Apr 27, 202642 min
Elite barbers' FPL advantage, the Collins-Tomkins dilemma & doing The Terrestrial
Apr 22, 202647 min
Lee Dixon on toast, “advantage City” & a commentator's Copacabana complex
Apr 20, 202646 min
Unexpected Stevenage, premature hauntings & the Premier League goal caught on CCTV
Apr 15, 202649 min