Deodorant ads, Don(ald) Goodman & "The Deeney Guy": Cliches meets Sky Sports commentator Bill Leslie
The pod welcomes commentator Bill Leslie for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as he chooses his six personal fascinations and irritations of football. Bill and the panel explore stadium arc...
14 Nov 20241h
xG meets crime dramas & the Sunday League to Premier League hat-trick pathway
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the first-ever mention of xG in a mainstream TV drama, cult Spurs strikers plying their trade in ...
12 Nov 202436min
The Vitality Stadium swing state, Noel Gallagher's co-comms & the "big five" of cheese
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: the BBC explains the US electoral system in unexpected football terms, Noel ...
7 Nov 202443min
”Still 0-0, lads!", a man named Hattrick & the mid-2010s throw-in scandal
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: a dubious use of the Sunday League staple of "Still 0-0, lads!", some unprecedented Carabao Cup co-comme...
5 Nov 202443min
Curses vs Hoodoos, journeyman film directors & Keysey's philosophers
Adam Hurrey is joined on the midweek Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a classic footballers' namesake mix-up, whether a goalkeeper's save in a shootout can "se...
30 Okt 202442min
Jack Reacher's Villa 5-a-side team, two Andy Townsends & the most darts-looking PL manager
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the post-Ten Hag news cycle begins in earnest, a brief but tantalising moment of doubt over wheth...
29 Okt 202441min
Styling out fake injuries & "How long ref?!": The listeners' loves & hates (feat. Doc Brown)
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker are joined by returning special guest Doc Brown to entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate th...
23 Okt 20241h 3min
Salah's Sunday 4.30pm supremacy, Fred Again's biscuits & going down like a game of Jenga
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a player going down "like a game of Jenga", a record amount of figurative "freedom" for a Premier...
22 Okt 202443min
