The Perfect World Cup

After three years and 262 glorious episodes for The Athletic, the Football Clichés podcast is moving to a new home.The back catalogue will stay right here for you to revisit but Adam, Charlie and David’s exploration of the language of football (and beyond) will continue here: htt ...  Show more

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by Charlie Eccleshare and - in his final appearance - David Walker for the closing Adjudication Panel of the season. On the agenda: the Premier League's "Pure Referee's Name XI", a deep data dive on footballers' appearances on celebrity TV sho ...  Show more

As the World Cup draws to a close so does our World Cup series. In the final episode of this series we reflect on the magic and the quirky moments this World Cup has produced, we also have a number of awards to give out such as the golden shin pad for the best housery of the tour ...  Show more

In this episode, we roundup the World Cup final which had Messi finally lifting the World Cup!<hr>

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Presenter Mani Djazmi is in Qatar as the build-up to the World Cup intensifies. He's joined by World Cup winner Heather O'Reilly, former Scotland player Pat Nevin and Qatar based journalist Ahmed Hashmi. We also hear from Ecuador winger Jeremy Sarmiento who'll be hoping to featur ...  Show more

Joe Devine is joined by Alex Stewart to talk about the evolution of international football tactics at the 1994 & 1998 World Cups. The pair also discuss whether Alex is, as suggested by a listener, a "hipster" for thinking that Johan Cruyff is the "greatest ever".To view our entir ...  Show more