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Charlie Eccleshare

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Senior tennis writer at The Athletic. Previously Spurs correspondent. Football Cliches man, also seen/heard on Totally Football Show. Link to first book below geni.us/BeautifulPoetryFC

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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of City case’s many baffling elements is the summer. Broadly seems like their huge spend was because a. They genuinely thought they’d get off; b. They thought acting like business as usual might affect verdict; c. They felt like distorting the market one last time All insane
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Obviously we don’t know what he knew but the eye-narrowing, gaslighty approach Pep/City have taken throughout to difficult questions has been very reminiscent of Lance Armstrong. And similarly helped by many observers being very compliant
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Premier League/Independent Commission have broken their silence, AND HOW!
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 The fallout from the fallout from the Man City verdict 🔊 Accidentally musical commentary from England vs Spain 🔊 A Polish adverb 🔊 Glenn Hoddle's dinner party 🔊 AND MUCH MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
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New: Football Clichés: The non-emergency pod: Tainted vs stained, Polish adverbs & Andy Townsend's pub toilet
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the finer details of the fallout from the Premier League's verdict on Manchester City's charge...
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It is kind of amazing the way City, partly because of rather than in spite of things like the 115 charges, have been the neutral’s choice most of last decade. Almost the more divorced from reality they were, the fewer feelings they invoked - esp compared to original PL Big Four.
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST Mesut Haaland Dicks: The Listeners Your fascinations & irritations, inc: The body language of an offside striker performatively not interfering with play & why you can be "on a hat-trick" but not "on a red card" @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @nickmiller79.bsky.social
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New: Football Clichés: Co-commentator voice ID & performatively not interfering with play: The listeners' loves & hates
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate their niche footballing fascinations and irritatio...
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 The case closes on the Drury of Down Under 🔊 The most likely current Premier League manager to jokingly pretend to walk into the wrong dressing room 🔊 Martin Tyler's 50-year Pompey challenge 🔊 AND MUCH MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @nickmiller79.bsky.social
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New: Football Clichés: 35.3% of Earth's land mass, Mourinho's printer & Martin Tyler's five-decade challenge
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and Nick Miller. On the agenda: More Drurian delivery from Australian football commentary, a geographically earth-shattering ML...
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
First time Arsenal have trailed by more than a goal in the league since May 2025. Carabao Cup final the only other time it's happened since
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐙 𝐗𝐗𝐕𝐈 Football Clichés 🆚 The Listeners ❓ Featuring: Premier League Chrisses, the Oceanian Champions League, football men dubbed into Welsh, various nations' Premier League top scorers and, of course, Happy Hunting Grounds
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New: Football Clichés: The Football Cliches Quiz XXVI: Cliches vs The Listeners
The 26th edition of the Football Clichés Quiz sees Adam, Charlie and Dave take on trivia-savvy listeners Pat Noone, Sam Huxley and Jonny Sharples.The questions include: Premier League Chrisses, ma...
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Pole-vaulting & offside contamination at Old Trafford 🔊 Referees commentating on goals 🔊 An INCREDIBLY familiar-sounding commentator from Down Under 🔊 AND MUCH MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
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New: Football Clichés: Offside contamination, yards of confidence & Drury's Down Under doppelganger
LONDON LIVE QUIZ - TICKETS ON GENERAL SALE WEDNESDAY 16TH - ⁠quiz.footballcliches.com⁠Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the ...
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Jack Draper confirms he'll be out for the rest of the year as he recovers from injury. Says via IG that, "I am taking this time to reset and heal so when I return I am 100% ready to go."
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wrote this after the French Open final about tennis' Zverev problem. And the sport's culture of silence www.nytimes.com/athletic/734...
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Alexander Zverev's Grand Slam wait is over. His uncomfortable status in tennis lingers
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Emergency story while on pat leave... the slow death of the single-handed backhand 😢 www.nytimes.com/athletic/757...
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In tennis, the one-handed backhand’s unwanted Grand Slam milestone is natural selection
For the first time in history, not a single player with a one-handed backhand has reached a major semifinal in a calendar year.
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Emergency story while on pat leave... the slow death of the single-handed backhand 😢 www.nytimes.com/athletic/757...
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In tennis, the one-handed backhand’s unwanted Grand Slam milestone is natural selection
For the first time in history, not a single player with a one-handed backhand has reached a major semifinal in a calendar year.
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Dean Saunders (AGAIN) on the modern terminology of football 🔊 Commentary to the accidental rhythm of football chants 🔊 Keysey’s Top 6 commentators 🔊 AND MUCH MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
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New: Football Clichés: Late doors, John McGinn's trademark finish & accidental commentary football chants
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Dean Saunders continues his intermittent campaign against modern football terminology, tinpot ...
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As much as people try and pigeonhole Sabalenka mentally (and athletes in general), the reality is she’s capable of a complete blowout one tournament, hard as nails the next. Human and fallible, basically
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Tasmania, truck drivers & top-class operators: the inside story of Football Cliches Live 🔊 A new No 1 utterance of Harvey Barnes’s name 🔊 Refs getting too casual on the mic 🔊 EFL ASMR @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social pod.fo/e/5e6ad7
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New: Football Clichés: Cliches Live in the sunshine, the Mike Dean content machine & ASMR in the EFL
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: reflections on a superb afternoon at the Cliches live show, Tom Cruise deploys the football pl...
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Alcaraz has now won 17 straight slam matches, and 30 of his previous 31.
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 The Transfer Window That Didn't Need Sky Sports News 🔊 The Summer 2026 Transfers That Just Sound So Right XI 🔊 Footballers' names in German pet food adverts 🔊 AND MUCH MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
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New: Football Clichés: The washed Sky Sports News, Horlicks FC & the Transfers That Feel So Right XI
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the agonising death of Sky Sports News on deadline day, whether a player can have a “knack�...
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Totally makes sense for Djokovic to be targeting LA 2028 - leaving aside obvious desire to defend, the BO3 set format makes it comfortably his best chance of winning one last big event. But there’s a lot of tennis to be played, to be endured/‘detested’ even between now and then
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Heartily endorse this. Game-changer
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Jack Draper out of the US Open. No great surprise, but yet another tough blow in what’s been an extremely difficult year or so
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Do we really need near-real-time referee audio? 🔊 Three incredible utterings of John Stones’ name 🔊 The meaning of being "Premier League-proven" 🔊 Keys & Gray: Unleashed...in 120 seconds 🔊 AND MUCH MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
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New: Football Clichés: Counter-attack calculations, club nickname knowledge and Keys & Gray in 120 seconds
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: how referee match audio will pump up the football news machine in 2026/27, Chelsea's youth tea...
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Textbook Community Shield takeaways 🔊 Breaking down a "bomba" 🔊 Irish right-backs in Turkish Star Wars knock-offs 🔊 The rollercoaster 72-hour unveiling of Keys & Gray: Unleashed 🔊 MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social pod.fo/e/5547e8
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 Episode 29: out now! 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐤 & 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐭: 𝐀 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 Gruelling Far East tours, the desperate psychology of pre-season friendly results, semi-ironically – but also accurately – blind-ranking sub-genres of pre-season friendly AND MORE Sign up here ⬇️
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Keeper mistakes that rhyme with the player who capitalises 🔊 David Seaman's chuckle rate ticks over at Lord’s 🔊 TEARS of JOY on the Happy Hunting Grounds Ladder 🔊 Keys & Gray making their move 🔊 AND MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
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New: Football Clichés: Rhyming clangers, David Seaman chuckles again & Keysey on a Lime bike
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Goalkeeping mistakes that rhyme with the player who pounces on them, a classic goal-commentati...
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It’s only natural to fear that your life will become more boring as you approach 40. It doesn’t have to be that way though 😎
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Carabao Cup curtain-raising 🔊 Early contender for Clarification of the Season 🔊 Vardy to West Ham OFF because "he’s not London Stadium enough" 🔊 FSV Bachmünden & other Germanified PL clubs 🔊 AND MUCH MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
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New: Football Clichés: Carabao curtain-raising, regrettable stepping stones & FSV Bachmünden
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: whether Charlie's third child in six years counts as a "quickfire hat-trick", weekend Carabao ...
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Something so acutely sad about someone repeatedly being prevented from being able to do the thing they’ve worked their whole life for. Really hope things turn for Jack Draper soon
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Raducanu out of the US Open as she continues recovery from stress fracture in her right leg. Very tough season for her
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒕 𝑯𝒂𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜: The coolest way to hold a football, a ubiquitous three-word punditry prefix and people describing their Sunday League goals @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
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New: Football Clichés: Secondary goal celebrations & the "we talk about" epidemic: The listeners' loves & hates
Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate their niche footballing fascinations and irritati...
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Tom Cruise vs FIFAspeak: a cultural review of the World Cup final 🔊 England's absurd third-place playoff glory 🔊 One listener's highly unnecessary concept of a secondary World Cup plate competition 🔊 The Pure World Cup 2026 XI 🔊 AND MORE
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New: Football Clichés: Tom Cruise's FIFA-speak, Messi's grassing & the Pure World Cup 2026 XI
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker, Nick Miller and Jake Farrell. On the agenda: a cultural review of the gruelling watch that was the World Cup fin...
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 FAMILIAR FAILINGS: A cultural review of England 1 Argentina 2 🔊 Martin Tyler's batteries run out 🔊 Kyle Walker on hotel flooring 🔊 Filthy-sounding World Cup demonym usages 🔊 AND MUCH MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
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New: Football Clichés: (Over)familiar failings, the freshest possible World Cup final & Luis Figo vs T. rex
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...
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Don’t really think the well it worked in other games defence works here. Wasn’t the whole point of Tuchel that he wouldn’t just do the same thing every game?
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Quite funny how the Argentina team is basically a who’s who of Premier League hate figures. And then just to really ram the point home there’s Diego Simeone’s actual son
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 A cultural review of the montage-resistant grind that was England 2 Norway 1 🔊 Thomas Tuchel vs Gabriel Clarke 🔊 Vindaloo (Breathy John Lewis Version) 🔊 Joe Cole on the pyramids 🔊 AND MUCH MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
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New: Football Clichés: A little bit all at sea, gyroscope magnitudes & Joe Cole on the pyramids
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a cultural review of the montage-resistant grind of England 2 Norway 1, Thomas Tuchel vs Gabri...
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Rare you can say something will never happen again, but a Wimbledon Monday final open to the public will never be repeated. Remains one of the greatest, most unique sporting events I’ve ever been to. As Rafter described it: ‘Chaos. Total. Bloody. Chaos’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/743...
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The Wimbledon final that will never be repeated: Pat Rafter, Goran Ivanišević and the rain
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Rare you can say something will never happen again, but a Wimbledon Monday final open to the public will never be repeated. Remains one of the greatest, most unique sporting events I’ve ever been to. As Rafter described it: ‘Chaos. Total. Bloody. Chaos’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/743...
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The Wimbledon final that will never be repeated: Pat Rafter, Goran Ivanišević and the rain
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
That's got to be one of the greatest mental resets in tennis history
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Statistical proof that the World Cup has burst into life 🔊 Just what noise DID Javier Aguirre make to Anthony Gordon? 🔊 The Penalty Miss XI 🔊 Sammarinese stereotypes 🔊 AND MUCH MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social pod.fo/e/4463d9
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New: Football Clichés: The Aguirre noise, lungbusting thresholds & the Penalty Miss XI
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the enjoyable chaos of Argentina vs Egypt, the exact noise Javier Aguirre made to Anthony Gord...
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Whatever happens from here, two of the WTA's biggest names in Gauff and Osaka have absolutely proven this Wimbledon that they can play on grass.
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Muchova and Gauff - contrasts between them everywhere you look, not least in their playing styles and records in the closing stages of tournaments. Should be great ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/743...
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Coco Gauff’s next Wimbledon opponent, Karolína Muchová, might be her most formidable
Gauff and Muchová have never met on grass, and the surface will add new layers to Thursday's compelling matchup.
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Fery tale continues on Centre Court. First wild card into the Wimbledon semis since Goran in 2001. Absolutely unbelievable effort from Arthur Fery, the world No. 114, to destroy Flavio Cobolli in straight sets www.nytimes.com/athletic/743...
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Arthur Féry’s Wimbledon wild card fairy tale continues with Centre Court win over Flavio Cobolli
Féry, 23, is the first men's wild card semifinalist at Wimbledon since Goran Ivanišević in 2001. Ivanišević won the title.
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Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 A cultural review of Mexico 2 England 3, feat. David Bentley & 1,114 Dan Burns 🔊 Retro tinpot World Cup controversies 🔊 Unsatisfying Microsoft Windows noises during France v Paraguay 🔊 Fashioning 🆚 Conjuring 🔊 AND MUCH MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social Jake Farrell
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New: Football Clichés: 1,114 Dan Burns, retro World Cup controversy & the most unsatisfying noise of the tournament
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and Jake Farrell. On the agenda: an in-depth cultural review of Mexico 2 England 3, the immaculate Golden Boot race, Donald Tru...
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Djokovic beats Safiullin to reach Wimbledon QFs, and in so doing post a record 106th match win at Wimbledon, overtaking Roger Federer. I ranked his top 10 - based on combination of significance, quality of performance, and entertainment value ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
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Novak Djokovic’s best Wimbledon wins ranked, as he breaks Roger Federer’s match record
Djokovic, 39, picked up his 106th singles win at the All England Club. But which are his best?
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Djokovic beats Safiullin to reach Wimbledon QFs, and in so doing post a record 106th match win at Wimbledon, overtaking Roger Federer. I ranked his top 10 - based on combination of significance, quality of performance, and entertainment value ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
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Novak Djokovic’s best Wimbledon wins ranked, as he breaks Roger Federer’s match record
Djokovic, 39, picked up his 106th singles win at the All England Club. But which are his best?
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Novak Djokovic has tended to be characterised as the greatest returner and defensive player in the history of the game. Which he is. But at 39, it's his world-class serve that is keeping the prospect of a 25th Grand Slam alive www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
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Novak Djokovic’s serve mastery keeps more tennis history in his sights
Djokovic, 39, has remastered his tennis in his late career as he stays in pursuit of its biggest titles.
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A star is born on Centre Court, as one of the biggest in the sport fades with barely a whimper. Too many missed opportunities from Iga Swiatek, and gifts to her opponent Alex Eala, who was outstanding ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
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Wimbledon champion Iga Świątek falls to Alex Eala in match of missed opportunities
Świątek let the opening set slide off her racket as her search for balance between aggressiveness and patience continues.
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Iva Jovic is a natural on grass, with a 13-2 record on the surface, despite never playing on it growing up Her secret? Youth-team football. “If it was my way, I would have every young player play soccer. For footwork, it’s one of the closest crossovers.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...
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Iva Jović, the rising American tennis star with World Cup soccer fever at Wimbledon (Gift Article)
Jović, a talented soccer player who grew up in Los Angeles, has adapted her skills to the complexities of grass-court tennis.
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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Iva Jovic is a natural on grass, with a 13-2 record on the surface, despite never playing on it growing up Her secret? Youth-team football. “If it was my way, I would have every young player play soccer. For footwork, it’s one of the closest crossovers.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...
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Iva Jović, the rising American tennis star with World Cup soccer fever at Wimbledon (Gift Article)
Jović, a talented soccer player who grew up in Los Angeles, has adapted her skills to the complexities of grass-court tennis.
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