About this episode

The episode discusses various football topics including the World Cup, Boxpark backlash, and unique football trivia.

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and James Maw. On the agenda: the big World Cup flag question, England 2 DR Congo 1 and the Kaniest finish in the history of Harry Kane, the Big Boxpark Backlash, England's unfinished business at the Azteca, Danny Murphy's cat, the most obscure way anyone has ever accidentally found out the result of a game they were trying to avoid the result for, Emile Heskey on broccoli, football chat in the House of Commons, football podcast theme tunes in Netflix sports comedies and Chelsea push the envelope of Club Statement capitalisation. 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: David Walker, James Maw

Topics covered

• World Cup
• football culture
• Boxpark backlash
• England football
• football trivia
• football in politics
• football podcast themes

Keywords

• World Cup
• Boxpark
• England
• football trivia
• Azteca
• Danny Murphy
• Emile Heskey
• football podcast

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boxpark, Netflix, Chelsea

Places: England, DR Congo, Azteca

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