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Adam Hurrey (born 1983) is a London-based British journalist, author, and podcaster.


Biography

Hurrey is the author of the book ''Football Clichés'' released in 2014. It was named book of the week in ''
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'' was described as the spiritual heir to fanzines and the gleeful radio shows of
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and Danny Kelly. An excerpt of the book appeared in ''
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''. Hurrey created the "Football Clichés" blog in 2007 while working as a TV listings editor. He has since written for ''
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, ''The Daily Telegraph,'' and The Set Pieces. Hurrey has appeared as a football pundit on
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. Hurrey has been interviewed about football clichés on
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, for
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in Ireland, and with the Total Soccer Show in America. When asked by
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, Hurrey nominated ''He Always Puts It to the Right: A History Of The Penalty Kick'' by Clark Miller (1998) as his favourite ever football book. On 31 October 2018, it was announced that ''Football Cliches'' was nominated in the online media of the year category at the 2018
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Awards.


Football Cliches podcast

Following a move to ''
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'', Hurrey began presenting his own podcast series on Football Cliches in 2020 with guests such as Jack Pitt Brooke and Zonal Marking's Michael Cox,
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, and Charlie Eccleshare & James Maw. Football Cliches was shortlisted for the Podcast of the Year at the
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awards in 2020, 2021 and 2023. In 2022, Football Cliches was nominated in the Sports Podcast Awards ‘Best Sports Comedy’ category.


References

Living people British sports journalists British writers British male writers 1983 births {{England-nonfiction-writer-stub