In the latest Clichés pod, @D_C_W brings up the actually-quite-believable April Fool's story of Adidas bringing out a Predator headband, which was "modelled" in a tabloid newspaper by none other than Neil "Razor" Ruddock... https://podfollow.com/football-cliches/episode/caa2d10ecc786bd1ca1fa7ce2b32630175ed5e4a
Football Cliches - A show about the unique language of football

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey explores the glorious and unique language of football: the words, the phrases, the mannerisms and, above all, the clichés

https://podfollow.com/football-cliches/episode/caa2d10ecc786bd1ca1fa7ce2b32630175ed5e4a
...which feels *slightly* too ridiculous to have been a reality.

OR DOES IT.
In 1998, a chap called Vaughan Lovelock took out a patent for what would become....The Goalband™
In 1998, a chap called Vaughan Lovelock took out a patent for what would become....The Goalband™
In 1998, a chap called Vaughan Lovelock took out a patent for what would become....The Goalband™
In 1998, a chap called Vaughan Lovelock took out a patent for what would become....The Goalband™
And where better to secure funding for The Goalband™ than....Dragon's Den?

Behold, one of the saddest pitches Dragon's Den has ever seen - but also surely the greatest goal ever scored on Dragon's Den.
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