Pure Cliches: the 'on toast' threshold & the great Three Lions mystery uncovered
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With well over 200 episodes in our archive we thought we'd raid our back catalogue to bring you some examples of the purest essence of the Football Cliches podcast. This week we head back to episode 216 to discuss the threshold for describing whether Player X has Player Y 'on toast', and from episode 77 we uncover the origins of the famous Alan Hansen and Jimmy Hill clips from the start of Three Lions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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