Nick Miller
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
Staff writer for The Athletic. Book - Who Owns Football? - out now for purchase https://linktr.ee/NickMillerWhoOwnsFootball
Email: nmiller@theathletic.com
Email: nmiller@theathletic.com
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“Since I started to play football, I did everything to stop goals. Now, people know me because I scored a goal.”
An interview with Anatoliy Trubin, the keeper who scored in the 98th minute to put Benfica through to the Champions League playoffs
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
An interview with Anatoliy Trubin, the keeper who scored in the 98th minute to put Benfica through to the Champions League playoffs
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
Anatoliy Trubin, Benfica’s goalkeeper who scored against Madrid: ‘It was like I was a striker. It was crazy’
His 98th-minute goal sent his team into the Champions League playoffs - he discusses that moment and his hopes for his homeland Ukraine
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:07 AM
“Since I started to play football, I did everything to stop goals. Now, people know me because I scored a goal.”
An interview with Anatoliy Trubin, the keeper who scored in the 98th minute to put Benfica through to the Champions League playoffs
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
An interview with Anatoliy Trubin, the keeper who scored in the 98th minute to put Benfica through to the Champions League playoffs
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
“Since I started to play football, I did everything to stop goals. Now, people know me because I scored a goal.”
An interview with Anatoliy Trubin, the keeper who scored in the 98th minute to put Benfica through to the Champions League playoffs
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
An interview with Anatoliy Trubin, the keeper who scored in the 98th minute to put Benfica through to the Champions League playoffs
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
Anatoliy Trubin, Benfica’s goalkeeper who scored against Madrid: ‘It was like I was a striker. It was crazy’
His 98th-minute goal sent his team into the Champions League playoffs - he discusses that moment and his hopes for his homeland Ukraine
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:07 AM
“Since I started to play football, I did everything to stop goals. Now, people know me because I scored a goal.”
An interview with Anatoliy Trubin, the keeper who scored in the 98th minute to put Benfica through to the Champions League playoffs
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
An interview with Anatoliy Trubin, the keeper who scored in the 98th minute to put Benfica through to the Champions League playoffs
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
Reposted by Nick Miller
Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social & @nickmiller79.bsky.social on Monday...
Let's have your questions, observations, football-linguistic ruminations, footballers' names in things & anything else at all for the Adjudication Panel
Cheers!
Let's have your questions, observations, football-linguistic ruminations, footballers' names in things & anything else at all for the Adjudication Panel
Cheers!
February 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social & @nickmiller79.bsky.social on Monday...
Let's have your questions, observations, football-linguistic ruminations, footballers' names in things & anything else at all for the Adjudication Panel
Cheers!
Let's have your questions, observations, football-linguistic ruminations, footballers' names in things & anything else at all for the Adjudication Panel
Cheers!
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If you were watching on TV, you couldn’t see Lindsey Vonn’s injury close up.
You could hear it, though.
That footage invites the question: what do broadcasters do when an athlete is seriously hurt on live TV?
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
You could hear it, though.
That footage invites the question: what do broadcasters do when an athlete is seriously hurt on live TV?
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
Lindsey Vonn injury footage: How do sports broadcasters cover serious accidents?
When competitors suffer horrific, or even life-threatening, injuries, broadcasters are faced with making difficult ethical choices
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:36 AM
If you were watching on TV, you couldn’t see Lindsey Vonn’s injury close up.
You could hear it, though.
That footage invites the question: what do broadcasters do when an athlete is seriously hurt on live TV?
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
You could hear it, though.
That footage invites the question: what do broadcasters do when an athlete is seriously hurt on live TV?
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
How do broadcasters deal with serious injuries or illness in sport, when they happen on live TV?
I spoke to people who’ve been in that situation, including directors & Jon Champion, who was commentating when Fabrice Muamba collapsed
www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
I spoke to people who’ve been in that situation, including directors & Jon Champion, who was commentating when Fabrice Muamba collapsed
www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
Lindsey Vonn injury footage: How do sports broadcasters cover serious accidents?
When competitors suffer horrific, or even life-threatening, injuries, broadcasters are faced with making difficult ethical choices
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:27 AM
How do broadcasters deal with serious injuries or illness in sport, when they happen on live TV?
I spoke to people who’ve been in that situation, including directors & Jon Champion, who was commentating when Fabrice Muamba collapsed
www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
I spoke to people who’ve been in that situation, including directors & Jon Champion, who was commentating when Fabrice Muamba collapsed
www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
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If you have a curious fascination in football clubs doing weird things when it comes to managers, you’ll enjoy this. Not so fun for Forest heads like @nickmiller79.bsky.social & Paul Taylor though.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
youtu.be/w0aEtQP-oL8?...
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
youtu.be/w0aEtQP-oL8?...
Can a fourth manager save Forest's season?
YouTube video by The Athletic FC Podcast
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
If you have a curious fascination in football clubs doing weird things when it comes to managers, you’ll enjoy this. Not so fun for Forest heads like @nickmiller79.bsky.social & Paul Taylor though.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
youtu.be/w0aEtQP-oL8?...
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
youtu.be/w0aEtQP-oL8?...
There's an instinct to accuse Pep Guardiola of double standards when he talks about Gaza, Sudan or anything else, because of who he works for. It's understandable, but at least he's speaking out about something.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...
In praise of Pep Guardiola for speaking out, regardless of the inevitable ‘Whataboutery’ accusations
For someone in his position to speak on difficult subjects is welcome. The fact he is ultimately employed by Abu Dhabi doesn’t negate that
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM
There's an instinct to accuse Pep Guardiola of double standards when he talks about Gaza, Sudan or anything else, because of who he works for. It's understandable, but at least he's speaking out about something.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...
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THE
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST
🔊 Scorpion scepticism
🔊 Football kit manufacturers in Latin epic poems
🔊 Conor Coady shatters his own Conor Coadying world record
🔊 The sheer perfection of "fair and POXY square"
🔊 MUCH MORE
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST
🔊 Scorpion scepticism
🔊 Football kit manufacturers in Latin epic poems
🔊 Conor Coady shatters his own Conor Coadying world record
🔊 The sheer perfection of "fair and POXY square"
🔊 MUCH MORE
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
New: Football Clichés: Scorpion scepticism, 80% ball knowledge & Conor Coady's Football Clubs (2026 edition)
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: subtle podcast references at the darts, goal probabilities with Clinton Morrison, West Brom fans' lim...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:47 AM
THE
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST
🔊 Scorpion scepticism
🔊 Football kit manufacturers in Latin epic poems
🔊 Conor Coady shatters his own Conor Coadying world record
🔊 The sheer perfection of "fair and POXY square"
🔊 MUCH MORE
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST
🔊 Scorpion scepticism
🔊 Football kit manufacturers in Latin epic poems
🔊 Conor Coady shatters his own Conor Coadying world record
🔊 The sheer perfection of "fair and POXY square"
🔊 MUCH MORE
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
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Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social and @nickmiller79.bsky.social on Monday...
What questions, observations, football-linguistic crimes, commentary gems and/or footballers' names in things do you have for the Adjudication Panel this week?
Cheers!
What questions, observations, football-linguistic crimes, commentary gems and/or footballers' names in things do you have for the Adjudication Panel this week?
Cheers!
February 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social and @nickmiller79.bsky.social on Monday...
What questions, observations, football-linguistic crimes, commentary gems and/or footballers' names in things do you have for the Adjudication Panel this week?
Cheers!
What questions, observations, football-linguistic crimes, commentary gems and/or footballers' names in things do you have for the Adjudication Panel this week?
Cheers!
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Jose Mourinho’s return to Benfica hasn’t gone to plan. 200 ultras showing up at the training ground will tell you that.
But it isn’t all his fault, & maybe THAT moment this week can change things.
A piece on a man we seemingly can’t stop looking at.
But it isn’t all his fault, & maybe THAT moment this week can change things.
A piece on a man we seemingly can’t stop looking at.
Jose Mourinho’s rocky return at Benfica – and that special moment
The dramatic finale against Real Madrid has helped change the tone of an otherwise disappointing first season back in Portugal for Mourinho
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Jose Mourinho’s return to Benfica hasn’t gone to plan. 200 ultras showing up at the training ground will tell you that.
But it isn’t all his fault, & maybe THAT moment this week can change things.
A piece on a man we seemingly can’t stop looking at.
But it isn’t all his fault, & maybe THAT moment this week can change things.
A piece on a man we seemingly can’t stop looking at.
Jose Mourinho’s return to Benfica hasn’t gone to plan. 200 ultras showing up at the training ground will tell you that.
But it isn’t all his fault, & maybe THAT moment this week can change things.
A piece on a man we seemingly can’t stop looking at.
But it isn’t all his fault, & maybe THAT moment this week can change things.
A piece on a man we seemingly can’t stop looking at.
Jose Mourinho’s rocky return at Benfica – and that special moment
The dramatic finale against Real Madrid has helped change the tone of an otherwise disappointing first season back in Portugal for Mourinho
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Jose Mourinho’s return to Benfica hasn’t gone to plan. 200 ultras showing up at the training ground will tell you that.
But it isn’t all his fault, & maybe THAT moment this week can change things.
A piece on a man we seemingly can’t stop looking at.
But it isn’t all his fault, & maybe THAT moment this week can change things.
A piece on a man we seemingly can’t stop looking at.
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I was at Benfica last night for the most astonishing finish to a game I've ever been present for.
A piece on that 98th minute goal, implausibility, Anatoliy Trubin, Jose Mourinho and a season potentially saved.
I still don't quite believe what I saw.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
A piece on that 98th minute goal, implausibility, Anatoliy Trubin, Jose Mourinho and a season potentially saved.
I still don't quite believe what I saw.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
Implausible, astonishing, ludicrous: Anatoliy Trubin and the 98th-minute goal that changed everything
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:16 AM
I was at Benfica last night for the most astonishing finish to a game I've ever been present for.
A piece on that 98th minute goal, implausibility, Anatoliy Trubin, Jose Mourinho and a season potentially saved.
I still don't quite believe what I saw.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
A piece on that 98th minute goal, implausibility, Anatoliy Trubin, Jose Mourinho and a season potentially saved.
I still don't quite believe what I saw.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
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Props to @nickmiller79.bsky.social for finding some actual worlds for what happened last night.
On some level, I am still running around the house screaming.
On some level, I am still running around the house screaming.
January 29, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Props to @nickmiller79.bsky.social for finding some actual worlds for what happened last night.
On some level, I am still running around the house screaming.
On some level, I am still running around the house screaming.
I was at Benfica last night for the most astonishing finish to a game I've ever been present for.
A piece on that 98th minute goal, implausibility, Anatoliy Trubin, Jose Mourinho and a season potentially saved.
I still don't quite believe what I saw.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
A piece on that 98th minute goal, implausibility, Anatoliy Trubin, Jose Mourinho and a season potentially saved.
I still don't quite believe what I saw.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
Implausible, astonishing, ludicrous: Anatoliy Trubin and the 98th-minute goal that changed everything
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:16 AM
I was at Benfica last night for the most astonishing finish to a game I've ever been present for.
A piece on that 98th minute goal, implausibility, Anatoliy Trubin, Jose Mourinho and a season potentially saved.
I still don't quite believe what I saw.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
A piece on that 98th minute goal, implausibility, Anatoliy Trubin, Jose Mourinho and a season potentially saved.
I still don't quite believe what I saw.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
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THE
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST
🔊 Arsenal's Mighty Magic Millimetres
🔊 Finally, we can officially ask "What's eating Erling Haaland?"
🔊 FA Cup anthem, Cotterill's new low, Weaver wonder
🔊 Ex-PMs in Kenyan 5th tier
@cdeccleshare.bsky.social
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST
🔊 Arsenal's Mighty Magic Millimetres
🔊 Finally, we can officially ask "What's eating Erling Haaland?"
🔊 FA Cup anthem, Cotterill's new low, Weaver wonder
🔊 Ex-PMs in Kenyan 5th tier
@cdeccleshare.bsky.social
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
New: Football Clichés: The "what's eating Erling Haaland?" threshold, FA Cup anthem fears & Gary Weaver's Circle of Goals
Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker and Nick Miller. On the agenda: a quickfire review of Arsenal 2 Manchester United 3, unacceptably-named Premier L...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM
THE
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST
🔊 Arsenal's Mighty Magic Millimetres
🔊 Finally, we can officially ask "What's eating Erling Haaland?"
🔊 FA Cup anthem, Cotterill's new low, Weaver wonder
🔊 Ex-PMs in Kenyan 5th tier
@cdeccleshare.bsky.social
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST
🔊 Arsenal's Mighty Magic Millimetres
🔊 Finally, we can officially ask "What's eating Erling Haaland?"
🔊 FA Cup anthem, Cotterill's new low, Weaver wonder
🔊 Ex-PMs in Kenyan 5th tier
@cdeccleshare.bsky.social
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
‘Raw chicken & mouse dropping misery behind them’ is a sensational bullet point.
January 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
‘Raw chicken & mouse dropping misery behind them’ is a sensational bullet point.
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Liam Rosenior is the latest example of a manager using LinkedIn-speak to get his message across.
It is easy to ridicule — but does it work?
📝 @nickmiller79.bsky.social
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
It is easy to ridicule — but does it work?
📝 @nickmiller79.bsky.social
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
January 24, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Liam Rosenior is the latest example of a manager using LinkedIn-speak to get his message across.
It is easy to ridicule — but does it work?
📝 @nickmiller79.bsky.social
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
It is easy to ridicule — but does it work?
📝 @nickmiller79.bsky.social
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
We all enjoyed/cringed our spines out at Liam Rosenior’s ‘man-age/ageing men’ thing, but it was the latest example of the LinkedIn-ification of how some managers speak.
A piece about how managers use language, & whether this stuff does actually work.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
A piece about how managers use language, & whether this stuff does actually work.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
The rise of LinkedIn manager-speak. Yes, it can be cringey. But does it work?
It is easy to ridicule the way some of the new generation of managers talk about the game, but that does not mean it can't be effective
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 AM
We all enjoyed/cringed our spines out at Liam Rosenior’s ‘man-age/ageing men’ thing, but it was the latest example of the LinkedIn-ification of how some managers speak.
A piece about how managers use language, & whether this stuff does actually work.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
A piece about how managers use language, & whether this stuff does actually work.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
"The only way I thought I could beat him was a dink down the middle."
A piece on Panenkas, why players take them, why the numbers back them up, why some think they're actually more logical in high pressure scenarios a little bit of ego & showmanship.
A piece on Panenkas, why players take them, why the numbers back them up, why some think they're actually more logical in high pressure scenarios a little bit of ego & showmanship.
Marginal gains, deception and entertainment: This is why players take Panenkas
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:18 AM
"The only way I thought I could beat him was a dink down the middle."
A piece on Panenkas, why players take them, why the numbers back them up, why some think they're actually more logical in high pressure scenarios a little bit of ego & showmanship.
A piece on Panenkas, why players take them, why the numbers back them up, why some think they're actually more logical in high pressure scenarios a little bit of ego & showmanship.
While I understand ‘this is just how it works’, Crystal Palace losing their best player, captain, manager & the Europa League in the eight months after their greatest day is a brutal reminder that football doesn’t allow smaller clubs to be happy for long.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
The moral of Palace's demise? Smaller clubs can't have nice things
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:20 AM
While I understand ‘this is just how it works’, Crystal Palace losing their best player, captain, manager & the Europa League in the eight months after their greatest day is a brutal reminder that football doesn’t allow smaller clubs to be happy for long.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
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THE
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST
🔊 A hierarchy of AFCON absurdity
🔊 Unexpected Premier League strikers in ghost stories
🔊 Could you get yourself fouled in a Premier League game?
🔊 Footballing body language at bus stops
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
➡️ pod.fo/e/37c2e6
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST
🔊 A hierarchy of AFCON absurdity
🔊 Unexpected Premier League strikers in ghost stories
🔊 Could you get yourself fouled in a Premier League game?
🔊 Footballing body language at bus stops
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
➡️ pod.fo/e/37c2e6
January 20, 2026 at 7:42 AM
THE
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST
🔊 A hierarchy of AFCON absurdity
🔊 Unexpected Premier League strikers in ghost stories
🔊 Could you get yourself fouled in a Premier League game?
🔊 Footballing body language at bus stops
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
➡️ pod.fo/e/37c2e6
FOOTBALL CLICHES
PODCAST
🔊 A hierarchy of AFCON absurdity
🔊 Unexpected Premier League strikers in ghost stories
🔊 Could you get yourself fouled in a Premier League game?
🔊 Footballing body language at bus stops
@davidcameronwalker.bsky.social
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
➡️ pod.fo/e/37c2e6
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I'm Jürgen Klopp, but I had no idea what that meant."
One year into his new job at Red Bull, I went to meet Klopp and talk to him about what that role has been like.
Interview, for @theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
One year into his new job at Red Bull, I went to meet Klopp and talk to him about what that role has been like.
Interview, for @theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
January 19, 2026 at 8:07 AM
I'm Jürgen Klopp, but I had no idea what that meant."
One year into his new job at Red Bull, I went to meet Klopp and talk to him about what that role has been like.
Interview, for @theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
One year into his new job at Red Bull, I went to meet Klopp and talk to him about what that role has been like.
Interview, for @theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
Reposted by Nick Miller
This is the last episode of our run. Threads are tied together.
🎙️NEW CRICKET CLICHES POD
@norcrosscricket.bsky.social, @tickerscricket.bsky.social, Charlie Reynolds, @danielgallan.bsky.social & I on:
🏏Can you ‘hole out’ for a C&B?
🏏The hierarchy of how you get out
🏏Being shadow Mankaded
🏏The greatest sounds in cricket
podfollow.com/new-football...
@norcrosscricket.bsky.social, @tickerscricket.bsky.social, Charlie Reynolds, @danielgallan.bsky.social & I on:
🏏Can you ‘hole out’ for a C&B?
🏏The hierarchy of how you get out
🏏Being shadow Mankaded
🏏The greatest sounds in cricket
podfollow.com/new-football...
New: Football Clichés: Properly getting out, cricketing ASMR, and shadow umpire’s call
It’s the final outing of the winter for Cricket Cliches, the first branch line of the Cliches network, and there’s an end of term feeling as the full team assembles to see us home.We’ve got e...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:43 AM
This is the last episode of our run. Threads are tied together.
That is what you call a one-two punch
January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
That is what you call a one-two punch
🎙️NEW CRICKET CLICHES POD
@norcrosscricket.bsky.social, @tickerscricket.bsky.social, Charlie Reynolds, @danielgallan.bsky.social & I on:
🏏Can you ‘hole out’ for a C&B?
🏏The hierarchy of how you get out
🏏Being shadow Mankaded
🏏The greatest sounds in cricket
podfollow.com/new-football...
@norcrosscricket.bsky.social, @tickerscricket.bsky.social, Charlie Reynolds, @danielgallan.bsky.social & I on:
🏏Can you ‘hole out’ for a C&B?
🏏The hierarchy of how you get out
🏏Being shadow Mankaded
🏏The greatest sounds in cricket
podfollow.com/new-football...
New: Football Clichés: Properly getting out, cricketing ASMR, and shadow umpire’s call
It’s the final outing of the winter for Cricket Cliches, the first branch line of the Cliches network, and there’s an end of term feeling as the full team assembles to see us home.We’ve got e...
podfollow.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:41 AM
🎙️NEW CRICKET CLICHES POD
@norcrosscricket.bsky.social, @tickerscricket.bsky.social, Charlie Reynolds, @danielgallan.bsky.social & I on:
🏏Can you ‘hole out’ for a C&B?
🏏The hierarchy of how you get out
🏏Being shadow Mankaded
🏏The greatest sounds in cricket
podfollow.com/new-football...
@norcrosscricket.bsky.social, @tickerscricket.bsky.social, Charlie Reynolds, @danielgallan.bsky.social & I on:
🏏Can you ‘hole out’ for a C&B?
🏏The hierarchy of how you get out
🏏Being shadow Mankaded
🏏The greatest sounds in cricket
podfollow.com/new-football...