About this episode

The episode discusses England's latest major-tournament exit and various cultural aspects surrounding the World Cup final.

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a cultural review of England 1 Argentina 2, finding anything remotely unfamiliar about England's latest major-tournament exit, gauging the enthusiasm levels for the "FIFA Bronze Final", the valuable freshness of a Spain vs Argentina final, anticipating Tom Cruise's contribution to the half-time show, filthy-sounding World Cup demonym usages, and dinosaur fossil prices finally catch up with football transfer fees. Play the Happy Hunting Grounds daily quiz at games.footballcliches.com Sign up for Dreamland, the members-only Football Clichés experience, to access our exclusive show and much more: 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, David Walker

Topics covered

• World Cup analysis
• football culture
• major tournament exits
• halftime shows
• football transfer fees
• dinosaur fossils

Keywords

• World Cup
• England
• Argentina
• Tom Cruise
• football culture
• transfer fees
• dinosaur fossils

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Organizations: FIFA

Places: Happy Hunting Grounds

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