Tempting fate with the football gods: what if England win Euro 2020?
For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive
The Athletic
4.8 • 538 Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, David Walker and James Maw indulge in some extreme fate-tempting as they look at the most inevitable cultural consequences of England - maybe, probably, definitely - winning their first tournament in 55 years. Who's getting an OBE? Would there be a national Three Lions Day? What commemorative tat would you be obliged to buy? And who is going to name their child Jordan Kyle Harry John Luke Kalvin Declan Bukayo Mason Raheem Harry?
Meanwhile, the Adjudication Panel rule on how long a wall chart should stay up after a tournament, why long-sleeve football shirts are dead and how to surround a referee: Italian-style.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | I'm sorry, you can sit there and look and play with all your silly machines as much as you like. |
| 0:09.7 | Is gas going to have a crack? |
| 0:11.4 | He is, you know. |
| 0:12.2 | Oh, he's there! |
| 0:14.8 | Brilliant! |
| 0:18.0 | He's round the goalkeeper! |
| 0:20.7 | He's done it! |
| 0:22.0 | That's a very incredible. |
| 0:24.0 | He launched himself six feet into the crowd, and Kung Fu kicked a supporter who was |
| 0:31.7 | without a shadow of an out giving him lip. |
| 0:34.6 | Oh, I say, it's amazing. |
| 0:37.7 | It does it tame, and tame, it's amazing. It does it tame and tame and tame again. |
| 0:40.6 | Frank of the music, charge a glass. |
| 0:44.6 | This nation is going to dance all night. |
| 0:48.5 | An open top bus parade, OBEs all round, even for Aaron Ramsdale, |
| 0:53.5 | National Three Lions Day, a limited edition |
| 0:56.0 | commemorative coin paid for in 12 equal monthly installments, a child named Jordan, Kyle, Harry, |
| 1:02.4 | Calvin, Declan, Bacchio, Mason Rahim, Harry, and some very angry football gods. |
| 1:07.8 | Brought to your ears by the Athletic, this is football clichés. |
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| 1:19.6 | You'll enjoy great analysis and in-depth features from the very best football writers around, |
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