A crusade to analyse, in excruciating depth, the art of the football cliché. The saturation of football coverage has ensured the emergence of a code, to which everyone in football unwittingly adhere.
I seek to dissect this code.
All clichés are italicised and highlighted in gold. When reading in your head or out loud, please consider using an emphatic tone for these words and phrases. They deserve it.
Live cliché-by-cliché coverage of ITV's broadcast of Stevenage vs Tottenham in the FA Cup fifth round. Join in the not-inconsiderable mirth by commenting in the client below or via Twitter to @FootballCliches
