Lots of football news to talk about last week. There was Guti’s ‘Heel of God‘ for Real Madrid, the end of the transfer window – in the news because of how little action there was during it, and Manchester United start to hit real form as the season enters the final stages with Wayne Rooney scoring his hundredth Premier League goal . And it’s the Premier League that is the focus of this week’s show as we take a look at the title contenders and those teams in the battle to avoid relegation. We also have another English for football phrase and predictions. Come along to the site at languagecaster.com to read more.

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PREDICTION

This week’s featured match is Liverpool v Everton

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FOOTBALL EXPRESSION

This week we look at the English for football phrase, ‘to slide towards relegation’. To slide means to skid, to slip, to move uncontrollably -  like a car on ice. Relegation is losing your place in a league and dropping to a lower one. In football, we use this phrase to talk about clubs that are losing a lot of games and are ’sliding’ down the table towards relegation. The feeling is that they cannot escape. So, in the Premier League this weekend, Portsmouth visit Manchester United and will surely lose, and slide further towards relegation. Burnley host West Ham – can the Burnley side halt their slide, stop their slide, which has seen them drop into the relegation zone?

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This week’s QUIZ QUESTION:

West Brom famously avoided relegation from the Premier League in the 2004/05 season despite being bottom at Christmas – the only team to do so – and bottom at the start of play on the last day of the season. They also survived with the lowest number of points ever. How many points did they have?

a. 39

b. 37

c. 34

d. 30

Answer next week.

The answer to last week’s question, ‘Which of the following Spanish teams have not won the league title – Villareal, Sevilla, Real Betis, Deportivo?’ was Villareal. The closest they’ve come is second in the 2007/08 season.
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