Footballers on LinkedIn, and when does a Matt become a Matty?
For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive
The Athletic
4.8 • 538 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, David Walker and James Maw convene for another extended session of the Adjudication Panel, where they enjoy a strong candidate for the most aurally-pleasing goal of 2021, speculate on how and where Gareth Southgate saves his England squad list, and take a deep dive into just how a footballing "Matt" becomes a "Matty".
There is also the bizarre backstory to one of the greatest football club nicknames of all time, a brief history of footballers on LinkedIn and the definitive discussion on what constitutes a "consolation goal".
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.0 | I'm sorry, you can sit there and look and play with all your silly machines as much as you like. |
| 0:09.0 | Is gas going to have a crack? |
| 0:11.0 | Yes, you know. |
| 0:13.0 | Oh, he's there! |
| 0:14.0 | Brilliant! |
| 0:16.0 | He's ran the goalkeeper! |
| 0:21.1 | He's done it! |
| 0:22.4 | Absolutely incredible! |
| 0:24.4 | He launched himself six feet into the crowd, and Kung Fu kicked a supporter who was eyewit without a shadow of an out giving him lip. |
| 0:35.1 | Oh, I say, it's amazing. |
| 0:38.1 | It does it tame, and tame, and tame again. |
| 0:41.0 | Crank of the music, charge a glass. |
| 0:45.0 | This nation is going to dance all night. |
| 0:49.5 | Referees falling over in empty stadiums, the nicest sounding goal of 2021, the story behind the best |
| 0:55.8 | club nickname of all time, Premier League clubs with the same shirt sponsor playing each other, |
| 1:00.5 | footballers on LinkedIn, and the biggest question of all. What is the crucial footballing |
| 1:04.8 | difference between a mat and a matty? Brought to your ears by The Athletic, this is football |
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