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Late doors, John McGinn's trademark finish & accidental commentary football chants
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Sep 10, 202647:18
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Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: Dean Saunders continues his intermittent campaign against modern football terminology, tinpot scenes in the Yashin Trophy nominations, a Talksport debate about the threshold for in-game dominance, John McGinn's trademark caressed curler, the growing usage of "late doors", an unacceptably casual word for a headed goal, the least "rounding the goalkeeper" striker in the Premier League, commentary to the accidental rhythm of football chants and Richard Keys's top 6 commentators of all time.
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"Late doors, John McGinn's trademark finish & accidental commentary football chants" is an episode of Football Cliches. Runtime 47 min. Published September 10, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
