𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒕 𝑯𝒂𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝗰: Players whose names sound like they’re being booed, goalkeeper glove-spitting & the layout of 7-goal thrillers on score apps @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

We're recording the final 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 of 2025 on Wednesday... Email me a ~𝟯𝟬-𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 ([email protected]) about your 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — no matter how tiny, irrational or trivial it may be — and we'll pick the best six. Cheers!

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 🔊 North-east river supremacy 🔊 A textbook "passing-out-from-the-back catastrophe" crowd noise 🔊 Harry Wilson & the "human after all" threshold 🔊 David Moyes on Jordan Pickford-sized ducks 🔊 Keys on nutmegs @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

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!

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!

𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃: 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟏𝟑 The origin of Gary Lineker’s “22 men chase the ball for 90 minutes” quote, CRYPTIC Eric Cantona, Shankly 🆚 Dyche, Sacchi’s stolen masterpiece & the UK journalism disgrace of "The Special One" 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞❓ ⬇️⬇️⬇️ dreamland.footballcliches.com

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 Episode 3 🔊 What's a "tricky little session"? 🔊 An official hierarchy of run usefulness 🔊 Getting hit "amidships" 🔊 When does a hundred become a "big hundred"? And much, much more...

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Clive Tyldesley noises in Sky Atlantic trailers 🔊 Unthreatening hooligans in BBC radio drama 🔊 The "famous old club" threshold 🔊 What would happen if Arsenal's Gabriel started scoring one own goal per game? @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

Two more extra-special episodes of FOOTBALL CLICHES every month? You're in dreamland. 👉 dreamland.footballcliches.com

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social on Wednesday... Send in your niche correspondence, your obscure lines of questioning & your podcast-just-getting wisdom — on the Champions League & beyond — for the midweek Adjudication Panel Cheers!

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 🔊 Jonathan, Donald, Rio & Gianni 🔊 Group L is not canon & other World Cup consumption concerns 🔊 Why Salah's outburst came three weeks too early 🔊 Harrywilsinho 🆚 Matteo Peseta 🔊 AND MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social on Monday... Let's have your World Cup draw highlights, niche observations, football-linguistic clarification requests, footballers' names in things and more for the Adjudication Panel. Cheers!

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Richarlison’s claims to a niche world record* 🔊 The latest elite-level mannerism to trickle down to grassroots 🔊 The Haaland/League One scenario 🔊 Some 24-carat Andy Gray co-commentary gold @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Richarlison’s claims to a niche world record* 🔊 The latest elite-level mannerism to trickle down to grassroots 🔊 The Haaland/League One scenario 🔊 Some 24-carat Andy Gray co-commentary gold @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social on Wednesday... Let's have your midweek questions, theories, niche hypotheticals, footballers' names in things — or just anything else at all — for the frankly bang in-form Adjudication Panel. Cheers!

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 🔊 A commentator's curse that meant too much 🔊 Tactically implausible fake football commentary on EastEnders 🔊 Lee Hendrie invents a new word 🔊 Ben Chilwell on Alsatian architecture 🔊 MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social ➡️ pod.fo/e/35df5a

𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 Episode 12 is out now! 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 The various micropleasures of absorbing an episode on an idle weekday, Georgie Thompson's tone switches, over-literal soundtrack moments & an insanely niche quiz ⬇️ dreamland.footballcliches.com

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social on Monday... Let's have your niche observations, curious enquiries, topically-inspired tangents, footballers' names in things — or absolutely anything else at all — for the Adjudication Panel. Cheers!

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐 🔊 The traditional stages of Ashes grief 🔊 Expected leaves 🔊 Driving "on the up" 🔊 Cricket's leading absolutists @norcrosscricket.bsky.social @tickerscricket.bsky.social @danielgallan.bsky.social 🧢 Charlie Reynolds

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

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐙 𝐗𝐗𝐈𝐈 Clichés 🆚 @careerwegopod.bsky.social ❓ Anguilla internationals, chronological club conundrums, Saints that never were, Guess The Player Who Can't Wait To Get Started, foreign-language dubbings — and Happy Hunting Grounds Another quiz episode for the absolute ages...

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

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 The definitive classification of Arsenal’s title chances 🔊 "Goaled" 🔊 The football equivalent of some very specific NFL terminology 🔊 Idris Elba goes for a huge football-club prefix gamble @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social pod.fo/e/3593d7

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 The definitive classification of Arsenal’s title chances 🔊 "Goaled" 🔊 The football equivalent of some very specific NFL terminology 🔊 Idris Elba goes for a huge football-club prefix gamble @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social pod.fo/e/3593d7

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social on Monday... Let's have your football-linguistic weekend material, unprecedented lines of questioning, footballers' names in things — or just anything else at all — for the Adjudication Panel. Cheers!

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social on Monday... Let's have your football-linguistic weekend material, unprecedented lines of questioning, footballers' names in things — or just anything else at all — for the Adjudication Panel. Cheers!

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 🔊 Bazball & why it rattles 🔊 Lashing/dabbing a seed/cherry 🔊 Why don’t Aussies know what a moral victory is? 🔊 What exactly is a "heavy ball"? @norcrosscricket.bsky.social @nickmiller79.bsky.social @tickerscricket.bsky.social @danielgallan.bsky.social ➡️ pod.fo/e/356bbf

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒕 𝑯𝒂𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔: The Listeners Your football fascinations & irritations, inc: The tiny but fundamental loophole in "Club X til I die", refs booking injured players...and hamstrings at the Battle of Hastings @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

Since "X" is down, I must turn to Bluesky to ask for your niche/irrational/highly-specific football fascinations and irritations for tomorrow's recording of the Listeners' Mesut Haaland Dicks. Email a 30-second voicenote to [email protected] and we'll pick the best six!

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 🔊 cricket.footballcliches.com 🔊 Norway’s “grey horses” 🔊 Dion Dublin clarifies the “Diadora pass” 🔊 Unexpected false-nine nostalgia 🔊 The Sheffield Wednesday administrators' in-tray @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social @nickmiller79.bsky.social

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social , @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social & @nickmiller79.bsky.social (🏏) on Monday... Let's have your international impressions, niche questions, footballers' names in things and more for the Adjudication Panel. vote.footballcliches.com Cheers!

𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟏𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰! An industry-endorsed groan of discontent, squad arrival videos, the inevitable Players Who Won’t Be Going To The World Cup XI, #NonLeagueDay & England 3 Argentina 2 (2005) 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 (𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞) 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 ENTER DREAMLAND ⬇️

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 An early contender for semi-accidental footballing portmanteau of the season 🔊 How to (not) "pull up trees" 🔊 The definitive Number & A Half XI 🔊 Keys & Gray on... AI 🔊 vote.footballcliches.com 🔊 AND MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 An early contender for semi-accidental footballing portmanteau of the season 🔊 How to (not) "pull up trees" 🔊 The definitive Number & A Half XI 🔊 Keys & Gray on... AI 🔊 vote.footballcliches.com 🔊 AND MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

We're your @thefsa.bsky.social Podcast of the Year, aren't we? Hope so. 👉 vote.footballcliches.com

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social on Wednesday... Let's have your never-before-considered conundrums, appeals for linguistic resolution, footballers' names in things — or anything else at all — for the midweek Adjudication Panel. Cheers!

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social on Wednesday... Let's have your never-before-considered conundrums, appeals for linguistic resolution, footballers' names in things — or anything else at all — for the midweek Adjudication Panel. Cheers!

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 vote.footballcliches.com 🔊 Head-loss 🆚 Head's gone 🔊 Steve McManaman's Accidentally Patronising Co-Commentary 🔊 Famous footballing brothers in mermaid drama credits 🔊 Piers 🤝 Keysey 🔊 MUCH MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social on Monday... Let's have your curious correspondence, sense-seeking submissions, footballers' names in things — or absolutely anything else at all — for the Adjudication Panel. Cheers!

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST Our 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒕 𝑯𝒂𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔 guest is Berbatov nutmegger, goalkeeper-cap lamenter, front-flip throw-in historian, Premier League career advisor, studio-demanding diva, classical musicman and comedian... 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 pod.fo/e/34c32b

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST Our 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒕 𝑯𝒂𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔 guest is Berbatov nutmegger, goalkeeper-cap lamenter, front-flip throw-in historian, Premier League career advisor, studio-demanding diva, classical musicman and comedian... 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 pod.fo/e/34c32b

We'd love your vote in the FSA Podcast of the Year category. It's the only award we care about, some tremendous fellow pods nominated and, what's more, we're in our absolute pomp at the moment. www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards...

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Niche references in FA Cup penalty shootouts 🔊 The best-ever use of the Elis James Crowd Noise 🔊 The lineal "Great Entertainers" title! 🔊 Could there ever be a sacking-free Premier League season? 🔊 MORE @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social @nickmiller79.bsky.social

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES on Monday... Let's have your obscure observations, niche knowledge, esoteric enquiries, footballers' names in things — or absolutely anything else at all — for the Adjudication Panel. Cheers!

An unexpected culture war, the ominous Doomsday Clock of "ball in play" stats, Graham Taylor's "Can we not knock it?!" & the sexual language of short passes 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟏𝟎: 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 – 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 ENTER DREAMLAND ⬇️ dreamland.footballcliches.com

Episode 10 of DREAMLAND is out tomorrow... Sign up here ➡️ dreamland.footballcliches.com

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST Our 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒕 𝑯𝒂𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔 guest is early-doors reducer fearer, FA Cup trophy-engraving admirer, wondergoal reclassifier, former X Factor auditionee, Screen Rot cult figure, smash-hit imaginary conversationalist & apparent Bluesky refusenik Rob Morgan pod.fo/e/346fc2

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Glorious 5Live synchronicity 🔊 Hugo Ekitike & football's worst hauntings 🔊 One of the swiftest commentator's curses ever 🔊 A tantalising question about the resale value of a footballer's match-worn boots @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social 🎂 @nickmiller79.bsky.social

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Glorious 5Live synchronicity 🔊 Hugo Ekitike & football's worst hauntings 🔊 One of the swiftest commentator's curses ever 🔊 A tantalising question about the resale value of a footballer's match-worn boots @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social 🎂 @nickmiller79.bsky.social