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Writer & editor at The Athletic | Creator & host of the ๐—™๐—ข๐—ข๐—ง๐—•๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—ฆ podcast, for my sins | linktr.ee/footballcliches

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@footballcliches.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 6:58 AM

THE
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST

๐Ÿ”Š Jon Champion struggles with the Marvel universe

๐Ÿ”Š Why Thomas Frank to Fulham just sounds too perfect

๐Ÿ”Š Towering Czech strikers in news stories about burst water pipes

๐Ÿ”Š AND MUCH MORE

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@footballcliches.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 10:46 PM

No! Biannual means twice a year! Biennial, meanwhile, is every two years

@footballcliches.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 6:51 AM

THE
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST

๐Ÿ”Š Liverpool 0 Man City 3: Zero things we learned

๐Ÿ”Š Jon Champion's bi-annual "on toast" seminar

๐Ÿ”Š Fletch in Ukraine?

๐Ÿ”Š An appeal for a footballing musical gem that perhaps never existed

๐Ÿ”Š AND MUCH MORE

@cdeccleshare.bsky.social
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

@footballcliches.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 5:44 PM

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES on Monday... Let's have your questions, observations, football-linguistic litigation, footballers' names in things or anything else at all for the Adjudication Panel. Cheers!

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@footballcliches.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:35 AM

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST ๐Ÿ”Š An immaculate Etihad goalkeeping hierarchy, nearly picking Maicon by accident, a capable midfield wardrobe, the one turn-of-the-2010s Englishman they didnโ€™t sign... and one charming man to lead them all ๐“๐ก๐ž "๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐›๐ฎ ๐ƒ๐ก๐š๐›๐ข-๐„๐ซ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ" ๐—๐ˆ

@footballcliches.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 1:51 PM

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES on Wednesday... We want your questions and observations for the midweek Adjudication Panel but also your highly detailed, sub-categorised and on-the-money nominations for... the ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐›๐ฎ ๐ƒ๐ก๐š๐›๐ข-๐„๐ซ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐—๐ˆ Cheers!

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@footballcliches.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 6:45 AM

THE
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST

๐Ÿ”Š Keysey vs Oasis

๐Ÿ”Š Englandโ€™s nursery-rhyme back four

๐Ÿ”Š Tinpot football association crests

๐Ÿ”Š The greatest pound-for-pound commentator's curse of all time

๐Ÿ”Š AND MUCH MORE

@cdeccleshare.bsky.social
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

@footballcliches.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 4:28 PM

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES on Monday... Let's have your questions, observations, football-linguistic perspiration, footballers' names in things or anything else at all for the Adjudication Panel. Cheers!

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@footballcliches.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 7:54 AM

Done!

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@footballcliches.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 6:39 AM

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST ๐Ÿ”Š What's the threshold for becoming "card happy"? ๐Ÿ”Š Why have anti-referee chants failed to evolve over the years? ๐Ÿ”Š RefWatch, RefCam ๐Ÿ”Š How long would it take for a flawlessly talented ref to go from Sunday League to Premier League? ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐ฑ-๐๐‹ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐’๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ

@footballcliches.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 6:38 AM

๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐€๐Œ๐‹๐€๐๐ƒ ๐„๐ฉ. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ! ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ.๐Ÿ“: ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ, ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž & ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐‰๐จ๐ซ๐๐š๐ง The best remote-based commentary gig in history, the 7.49-second howl that launched a co-commentary phenomenon, and a belligerent broadcasting banker ๐„๐๐“๐„๐‘ ๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐€๐Œ๐‹๐€๐๐ƒ โฌ‡๏ธ

@footballcliches.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 6:52 AM

THE
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST

๐Ÿ”Š The fallout from the fallout from the Man City verdict

๐Ÿ”Š Accidentally musical commentary from England vs Spain

๐Ÿ”Š A Polish adverb

๐Ÿ”Š Glenn Hoddle's dinner party

๐Ÿ”Š AND MUCH MORE

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@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

@footballcliches.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 5:40 PM

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social on Monday...

Let's have your questions, observations, football-linguistic hyperventilation, footballers' names in things or anything else at all for the Adjudication Panel.

Cheers!

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@footballcliches.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 6:42 AM

THE
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST

Mesut Haaland Dicks: The Listeners

Your fascinations & irritations, inc: The body language of an offside striker performatively not interfering with play & why you can be "on a hat-trick" but not "on a red card"

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@footballcliches.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 9:43 AM

Try again now?

@footballcliches.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 9:16 AM

We're recording September's Listeners' Mesut Haaland Dicks on Wednesday... DM/email me([email protected]) a ~๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ-๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ, ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€” from the tiniest repulsion to the most timeless satisfaction โ€” and we'll pick the best!

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@jonathanliew.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 8:59 AMReposted by @footballcliches.bsky.social

michael deacon continues his valiant quest to be britain's unfunniest man

After Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the co-owner of Manchester United, controversially suggested that mass immigration may have had one or two drawbacks, and that an annual welfare bill of ยฃ353bn may be a touch on the high side, the Man Utd Muslim Supportersโ€™ Club demanded he resign. A dramatic development. Iโ€™ve got just one question.

Why do Man Utd have a Muslim supportersโ€™ club?

Obviously thereโ€™s nothing wrong with Muslims supporting Man Utd. Unlike pork, alcohol and being married to more than four women at once, the 13-time FA Cup winners are not considered haram.

What I donโ€™t understand is the purpose of a Muslim supportersโ€™ club โ€“ and I would say exactly the same about, say, a Man Utd Buddhist Supportersโ€™ Club, or a Man Utd Zoroastrian Supportersโ€™ Club. Because I simply canโ€™t see a link between football and any given religion.

So what is such a club for? Do its members meet up to discuss their teamโ€™s tactics from a theological standpoint?

โ€œThe Koran leaves no room for doubt. It is Allahโ€™s will that we switch to a back three with attacking wing-backs.โ€

โ€œSacrilege! The divine formation is 4-2-3-1, and eternal damnation awaits the infidel who dares propose the use of a false nine instead of a traditional centre-forward!โ€
@footballcliches.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 7:03 AM

THE
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST

๐Ÿ”Š The case closes on the Drury of Down Under

๐Ÿ”Š The most likely current Premier League manager to jokingly pretend to walk into the wrong dressing room

๐Ÿ”Š Martin Tyler's 50-year Pompey challenge

๐Ÿ”Š AND MUCH MORE

@cdeccleshare.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social

@footballcliches.bsky.socialSep 20, 2026, 5:26 PM

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @nickmiller79.bsky.social on Monday...

Let's have your questions, observations, football-linguistic intoxication, footballers' names in things or anything else at all for the Adjudication Panel.

Cheers!

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@footballcliches.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 6:12 PM

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