Long-range curlers, voluptuous goalnets and when TV gets football all wrong, with Jonathan Wilson
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Jack Pitt-Brooke are joined by football writer Jonathan Wilson for another edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks.Wilson's selections feature goals curled into the top corner, t...
20 Maj 20211h 20min
Fortresses and cauldrons: the language of football stadiums
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare welcome Vithushan Ehantharajah on loan from the Independent and the Football Ramble to explore football stadiums....or should that be stadia?Is it "st...
13 Maj 20211h 6min
Footballers on LinkedIn, and when does a Matt become a Matty?
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, David Walker and James Maw convene for another extended session of the Adjudication Panel, where they enjoy a strong candidate for the most aurally-pleasing goal of 2021, s...
6 Maj 202154min
Slide tackles, tiny shinpads and romantic Champions League semi-final dreams, with Shura
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and James McNicholas are joined by singer, songwriter, producer and ex-Manchester City youth player Shura for another edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks.Shura's selections inclu...
29 Apr 202151min
"Super Ridiculo": How we all chewed up the Super League and spat it out
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker pick through the rubble of the 48-hour-long European Super League and what it meant for our consumption of modern football.How did Gary ...
22 Apr 20211h 3min
Half-yards, acres of space and the corridor of uncertainty: mapping the modern football pitch
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Michael Cox navigate their way around the language of the football pitch, from the fabled "mixer" to the sovereign state of "James Ward-Prowse territ...
15 Apr 20211h 9min
Dominik Diamond on match-going priests, training ground bust-ups and the state of footballer's socks
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by TV and radio presenter and former GamesMaster host Dominik Diamond for another edition of 'Mesut Haaland Dicks'.Dominik waxes lyrical ab...
8 Apr 20211h 14min
The Sunday League XI
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker celebrate the return of grassroots football by taking a voyage through the classic Sunday League lineup, an XI of precious goalkeepers, ...
1 Apr 20211h 23min
