Adam Hurrey
Born1983
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, and podcaster

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 The Independent,[1] and in The Daily Telegraph was described as the spiritual heir to fanzines and the gleeful radio shows of Danny Baker and Danny Kelly.[2] An excerpt of the book appeared in The Guardian.[3]

Hurrey created the "Football Clichés" blog in 2007 while working as a TV listings editor.[4] He has since written for Eurosport,[5] ESPN,[6] The Daily Mirror,[7] the BBC,[8][9] The Daily Telegraph,[10] and The Set Pieces.[11]

Hurrey has appeared as a football pundit on The Totally Football Show.[12][13] Hurrey has been interviewed about football clichés on BBC Radio 4,[14] for TheJournal.ie in Ireland,[15] and with the Total Soccer Show in America.[16] When asked by FourFourTwo, 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.[17]

On 31 October 2018, it was announced that Football Cliches was nominated in the online media of the year category at the 2018 Football Supporters Federation Awards.[18]

Football Cliches podcast

Football Cliches
Presentation
Hosted by
  • Adam Hurrey
LanguageEnglish
Production
ProductionDavid Walker
Publication
Original release23 January 2020 (2020-01-23)
Related
Websitetheathletic.com/podcast/164-football-cliches/

Following a move to The Athletic, 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, Elis James, Kelly Cates, Keir Starmer,[19] Jamie Carragher, and Charlie Eccleshare & James Maw. Football Cliches was shortlisted for the Podcast of the Year at the Football Supporters' Association awards in 2020, 2021 and 2023.[20][21][22] In 2022, Football Cliches was nominated in the Sports Podcast Awards ‘Best Sports Comedy’ category.[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Book of the week: Football Clichés by Adam Hurrey". The Independent. 18 October 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Tyers, Alan (29 October 2014). "Adam Hurrey's Football Cliches is spiritual heir to best fanzines, Danny Baker and Danny Kelly's shows". Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Adam Hurrey". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Adam Hurrey". Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via www.headline.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Eurosport". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Why Morata is losing the one-on-one battle". ESPN.com. 4 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Hurrey, Adam (16 August 2013). "Your football clichés guide to the new season: From mind games to second season syndrome and X-rated tackles". mirror.
  8. ↑ Hurrey, Adam (8 April 2018). "Paul Pogba's weekend: A drama in three acts". BBC Three. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  9. ↑ Hurrey, Adam (30 April 2018). "So it seems Sir Alex, Mourinho and Wenger are now best buds". BBC Three. Archived from the original on 10 November 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Adam Hurrey". www.telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  11. ↑ Hurrey, Adam. "Adam Hurrey, Author at The Set Pieces". Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "The Soft Middle And The Flabby Bottom The Totally Football Show With James Richardson podcast". player.fm. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "The Totally Football Show with James Richardson by Muddy Knees Media on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Word of Mouth, Are we all speaking football?". BBC. Archived from the original on 10 November 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "At the end of the day, this is LITERALLY the best interview you'll ever read". www.the42.ie. 3 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  16. ↑ "InterWiki with Adam Hurrey of Football Cliches". BlogTalkRadio.
  17. ↑ "FourFourTwo's Best Football Books Ever: The Writers' Choices". FourFourTwo. 26 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "FSF Awards 2018 shortlists announced – Football Supporters' Federation". www.fsf.org.uk. 31 October 2018. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  19. ↑ Jones, Charles (15 January 2022). "Kier Starmer praises Spurs' 'fantastic' new stadium". HITC. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  20. ↑ "FSA Awards 2023: Vote now!". thefsa.org. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  21. ↑ "Vote now: FSA Awards shortlists announced". 12 February 2021.
  22. ↑ "FSA Awards 2021 shortlists announced". 2 November 2021.
  23. ↑ "Sports Podcast Awards".


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