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  • Jan 23, 2025 | pod.fo | Adam Hurrey

  • Dec 24, 2024 | nytimes.com | Michael Cox |Adam Hurrey

    It's been quite a year in football/soccer circles in 2024. We had the European Championship, Copa America, Olympics - as well as all of the regular domestic leagues - and some fantastic matches along the way. But what do you remember? Try our quiz to test your knowledge - and let us know how you get on in the comments...

  • Nov 21, 2024 | nytimes.com | Richard Amofa |Adam Hurrey

    The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic's daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox. πŸ€• Defining 'an injury crisis'Pole Star: Lewandowski thriving at revitalised BarcaRobert Lewandowski may be 36 years old, but if you thought he was showing signs of slowing down, you're seriously mistaken. What's interesting is the Pole's significant role in a side of precocious talents from the factory that is La Masia, the club's academy.

  • Oct 12, 2024 | nytimes.com | Adam Hurrey

    It's the firmly established anthem for calms before sporting storms - but what's the maximum number of times you'd want to listen to Intro by the xx in a single day? If your answer is "a dozen, easily", I may well be experiencing the Sunday of your dreams. It's two minutes and eight seconds of calm. The storm? More than 300 players from 26 nations descending on the 168th-biggest town in England for the World Cup... of Subbuteo.

  • Sep 30, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | Adam Hurrey

    β€˜Whenever you write, β€œthe heat was stifling” or β€œshe rummaged through her handbag”, this is dead freight,’ Martin Amis once said. β€˜What clichΓ© is,’ he explained, β€˜is herd writing, herd thinking and herd feeling.’ Today it appears that Amis’s crusade against clichΓ© was valiant but doomed (is that a clichΓ©?). You’ll find clichΓ©s galore in everything from acclaimed polycule novels to alt-lit zines, Substack posts and more.

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Adam Hurrey
Adam Hurrey @FootballCliches
8 Jun 25

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @CDEccleshare & @D_C_W on Monday... Let's have your niche footballing questions and observations β€” from the Nations League and very much beyond β€” for the frankly bang-in-form Adjudication Panel. Cheers! https://t.co/0gDZsm3arJ

Adam Hurrey
Adam Hurrey @FootballCliches
7 Jun 25

What tabloid vegetable would Tuchel be?

Adam Hurrey
Adam Hurrey @FootballCliches
7 Jun 25

Andorra shouldn't have more Ians than us, name's gone