Adam Hurrey
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", and in "The Daily Telegraph" was described as the spiritual heir to fanzines and the gleeful radio shows of Danny Baker and Danny Kelly. An excerpt of the book appeared in "The Guardian". Hurrey created the "Football Clichés" blog in 2007 while working as a TV listings editor. He has since written for "Eurosport", "ESPN", "The Daily Mirror", the BBC, "The Daily  Telegraph," and The Set Pieces. Hurrey has appeared as a football pundit on The Totally Football Show. Hurrey has been interviewed about football clichés on BBC Radio 4, for TheJournal.ie in Ireland, and with the Total Soccer Show in America. 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. On the 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. 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, Jamie Carragher, and Charlie Eccleshare & James Maw. Football Cliches was shortlisted for the Podcast of the Year at the Football Supporters' Association awards in both 2020 and 2021. In 2022, Football Cliches was nominated in the Sports Podcast Awards ‘Best Sports Comedy’ category.