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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 🏆 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜: Viral World Cup fans, giant FIFA lanyards & the slow death of the phrase “World Cup finals” @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @nickmiller79.bsky.social

Happy 1st birthday to @footballcliches.bsky.social Dreamland, our subscription service which includes two extra episodes a month. Particular highlights for me have been the Premier League Years episode, Soccer Saturday and Keysey's blog... You can subscribe here: dreamland.footballcliches.com

Episode 26 of 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 is out now! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 - 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐰𝐨 A Semi-Definitive List of Things Every World Cup Ensemble-Cast Advert Must Include, the threshold for tweeting “imagine not liking football!”, the very specific commentary device we might not hear in 2026 and much more Sign up here ⬇️⬇️⬇️

We're recording the Listeners' WORLD CUP Mesut Haaland Dicks on Wednesday... 🏆 DM/email me ([email protected]) a message/voicenote about your ultimate World Cup fascination or irritation — a perennial one, a specific one, a one-off, a figment of your imagination from 20 years ago, whatever

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐙 𝐗𝐗𝐕 Football Clichés 🆚 The England Pod 🏆 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐳 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 🏆 ❓ Wikipedia-certified "Battles Of", hat-trick merchants, official match balls, UK-based 2006 Trinidadians, sequences ahoy, ex-Prem managers at this year's tournament & MORE

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 England's Incorrect Florida Scoreboard XI: fully imagined 🔊 The UK's co-commentators get warmed up 🔊 Footballer’s names in scathing reviews of musicals 🔊 Mangled hurling cliches 🔊 AND MUCH MORE @nickmiller79.bsky.social @jamestmaw.bsky.social

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @nickmiller79.bsky.social & @jamestmaw.bsky.social on Monday.... Let's have your questions, observations, football-linguistic disqualifications, footballers' names in things & anything else at all for a pre-World Cup Adjudication Panel. Cheers!

𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐𝟓: out tomorrow. dreamland.footballcliches.com

Episode 25 of 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 is out now! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 - 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐎𝐧𝐞 Why the Olympics cannot compete, which edition we’d delete if we absolutely had to, splitting its glorious history into definitive eras, the magical mid-point of World Cup chronology & the 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐗𝐈... Sign up here ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller entertain the listener entries for a special edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate their niche World Cup fascinations and...

The 25th edition of the Football Clichés Quiz sees Adam, Charlie and Nick take on The England Pod in a World Cup trivia special.The questions include: Wikipedia-verified World Cup "Battles Of", th...

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Nick Miller and James Maw. On the agenda: the BBC's co-commentators show some pre-tournament rustiness, FIFA's new plan for pre-kick-off team line...