{"podcast":{"title":"Football Cliches","slug":"football-cliches-6646425","podcast_index_feed_id":6646425,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GLT7974369854","website_url":"https://twitter.com/FootballCliches","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3de89ed8-6689-11ee-823b-a3ab0caddb8a/image/1d51febda93bcf29a9322ff8a4c08223.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Tom Whiter","episode_count":288,"summary":"Deconstructing the gloriously unique language of football – the words, the phrases and the tiny things you didn't think you cared about – with Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare & David Walker. Visit nordvpn.com/cliches to get four extra months on a two-year plan with NordVPN","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T12:20:05.530629+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-cliches-6646425"},"episode":{"title":"Half-and-half Shakespearean scarves, scouting for Shevchenko & the half-dozen crisis","slug":"half-and-half-shakespearean-scarves-scouting-for-shevchenko-the-half-dozen-crisis","published_at":"2026-04-13T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-cliches-6646425/half-and-half-shakespearean-scarves-scouting-for-shevchenko-the-half-dozen-crisis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-cliches-6646425","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG4098480015.mp3?updated=1776118448","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG4098480015.mp3?updated=1776118448","summary":"Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: a stand-out candidate for commentator's curse of the season, a worrying statistic for Pep Guardiola, the prospect of the first-ever top-flight season without a six-goal win, a confusing abbrevation of Wolverhampton Wanderers, half-and-half scarves at the theatre, Omar Marmoush’s convoluted claim to footballing supremacy, and Richard Keys takes on the continentals. Meanwhile, the panel discover the formation of choice for non-football fans and ponder the psychology behind it. Play the new Happy Hunting Grounds daily quiz at games.footballcliches.com Sign up for Dreamland, the members-only Football Clichés experience, to access our exclusive new show and much more: https://dreamland.footballcliches.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: a stand-out candidate for commentator's curse of the seaso…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2481,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/football-cliches-6646425/episodes/half-and-half-shakespearean-scarves-scouting-for-shevchenko-the-half-dozen-crisis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-cliches-6646425/half-and-half-shakespearean-scarves-scouting-for-shevchenko-the-half-dozen-crisis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}