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Gloss-adding goals, away fans sucking the ball in and... Nigel, it's Fulham

Gloss-adding goals, away fans sucking the ball in and... Nigel, it's Fulham

FromFor Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive


Gloss-adding goals, away fans sucking the ball in and... Nigel, it's Fulham

FromFor Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive

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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Aug 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker for the Adjudication Panel. On the agenda this week: Whether or now away ends can "suck the ball into the net", a very curious usage of "rolling back the years", identifying the most "Crisis? What crisis?" team in the Premier League and an analysis of the footballing phrase "Johnny on the spot".
Meanwhile, the panel decide which goal in a thrashing is the one that "adds gloss" and reflect on a big weekend for the complex concepts of Richard Keys, Arsenal and celebrating.
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Released:
Aug 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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.