/r/footballcliches/

r/footballcliches

53k members
r/footballcliches is a subreddit with 53k members. The community frequently discusses worst, club, footballer, football, and fascination, and the most common flair used is cliches, daily adjudication panel , niche fascination, meta , and clip .
The official subreddit for the Football Clichés podcast hosted by Adam Hurrey. Exploring the glorious and unique language of football: the words, the phrases, the mannerisms, and above all, the clichés.

Popular Topics in r/footballcliches

#1

Worst

46 posts
#2

Club

43 posts
#3

Footballer

10 posts
#4

Football

8 posts
#5

Fascination

8 posts
#6

Transfer

5 posts
#7

Retired

4 posts
#8

Annoying

3 posts
#9

Premier League

3 posts
#10

Valencia

3 posts

Flair Used in r/footballcliches

#1
cliches
: "Shell-shocked Israel"
32 posts
#2
daily adjudication panel
: "X fan coming in peace taken to a new level"
20 posts
#3
niche fascination
: "Intranational international friendlies"
16 posts
#4
meta
: "The diplomatic corner flag"
6 posts
#5
clip
: "Keys and friends in 1996, eating them up for breakfast"
6 posts
#6
footballers names in things
: "Footballers Name in Circus Performance"
5 posts
#7
niche irritation
: "Ex-City COO Chris Bird uses the phrase "Legal VAR" to describe the appeals process"
5 posts
#8
new episode
: "New episode | The non-emergency pod: Tainted vs stained, Polish adverbs & Andy Townsend's pub toilet"
4 posts

Member Growth in r/footballcliches

Yearly
+21k members(67.1%)

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Last updated: September 30, 2026