# Curtain-raising issues, Wycombe's new goal verb & things you cannot be "amid”

An episode of [Football Cliches](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1711046479), 11 Aug 2025, 48 min.

Audio: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG3631308676.mp3?updated=1754957649

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: a cultural mini-review of the Community Shield, some glorious crowd-noise from the Championship, the decline of the word "amid" continues, Dean Saunders reboots his campaign against football jargon, Sunderland's transfer strategy goes back to basics and yet another Lionel Messi landmark. Meanwhile, the panel assess Wycombe's new goalscoring verb amid cricket's fascinating collections of words for batsmen hitting the ball. Sign up for Dreamland, the new members-only Football Clichés experience, to access our exclusive new show and much more: https://dreamland.footballcliches.com Get your ticket for the Football Clichés Live tour this October: https://tickets.footballcliches.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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