Fa Cup Magic

Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker are joined by returning special guest Chloe Petts to entertain this month's listener entries for Mesut Haaland Dicks, as the Clichés faithful nominate their niche footballing fascinations and irritations. Among the selections are how football improves our basic maths, players' pointless pre-match Instagram content, a half-time dad joke from an Evertonian, the overrated significance of the England manager attending a game, the "portraitification of football" and late substitutes being named man of the match. Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel learn more about the possible origins of the "magic of the FA Cup". Visit nordvpn.com/cliches to get four extra months on a two-year plan with NordVPN Adam's new book, Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football, is available now: https://geni.us/ExtraTimeBeckons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FA CUP WEEKEND O'WONDER: "Arsenal vs Liverpool. The FA Cup may be a sideshow for both of these teams, but playing at home before a long suffering crowd. Arteta had some pressure to deliver a symbol of stabilization after that sourest of holiday periods: 3 losses out of 5, the sense of a rattling plummet felt real… AKA Could their impotent attack turn around their 'platinum bed s***ting'." Rog and Davo breakdown a weekend of FA Cup magic as Liverpool beat Arsenal, Wrexham and Maidstone United defeat higher ranked opposition, and Newcastle are victorious in the Tyne-Wear derby See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s the FA Cup Third Round! One of our favourite weekends of the season, featuring potential Mellon slices for Spurs, players with normal jobs being patronised and, surely, some FA Cup magic from Neil Warlock himself. We also look back at a fine example of the homemade banner, learn of Man United’s sunshine break and hear some pleasing names from yesteryear, like John O’Shea and Rod Wallace. That sort of thing. This show is sponsored by bet365 Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Further reading: Man United are going on a jolly to Dubai: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/man-utd-training-camp-dubai-15622612 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer doesn’t want to leave Man United: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46743240 Man City vs Liverpool in the Premier League final: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/manchester-city-vs-liverpool-fc-preview-fixture-kick-off-latest-analysis-klopp-guardiola-salah-a8708616.html The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.