Giant lanyards & England camp mood updates: The listeners' World Cup loves & hates

About this episode

The episode features listener entries discussing their unique World Cup loves and hates, alongside commentary from the hosts.

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 irritations. Among the selections are viral World Cup fans, the little-known moment that sparked England’s 60 years of hurt, giant FIFA lanyards, the slow death of the phrase “World Cup finals”, and other home nations' infuriation with TV updates from the England camp. Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel admire the explosion of online football draft games and pinpoint this World Cup's "no mugs" threshold. Play the new Happy Hunting Grounds daily quiz at games.footballcliches.com Sign up for Dreamland, the new members-only Football Clichés experience, to access our exclusive show and much more: https://dreamland.footballcliches.com Visit nordvpn.com/cliches to get four extra months on a two-year plan with NordVPN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Adam Hurrey

Guests: Charlie Eccleshare, Nick Miller

Topics covered

• World Cup
• football culture
• listener interactions
• niche fascinations
• irritations
• online football draft games

Keywords

• World Cup
• football
• listeners
• fascinations
• irritations
• viral fans
• draft games
• England camp

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FIFA, Football Clichés

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