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Football Language Glossary
The football language glossary is a page with a huge selection of football words, phrases and vocabulary that are organised in alphabetical order – it is like a football dictionary. You can find all kinds of football cliches, expressions and technical terms, as well as a variety of categories about many football-related subjects: transfers, football nicknames, match-day language, managers and much more.
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In this football phrase of the week we explain the expression, 'to throw away a lead' after Arsenal drew 2-2 with Aston Villa
In this football language podcast we take a look at the phrase 'winning run', and other similar phrases.
This week's football phrase of the week is the verb, 'to rattle' and how it can be used in footbal to talk about shots and also pressure.
In this football phrase of the week we take a look at the phrase, nick a win' which is connected with the match played between Liverpool...
2024 Review (Part 1): In this football language podcast we look back at some of the language that emerged from some of the big stories of...
In this football phrase of the week we explain the expression, 'straight defeat' after Manchester United lost another Premier League match...
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On this week's main listening report we look at relegation and the language used to describe it.
On today's football language listening post we look at some words and phrases connected to when a team is knocked out of a cup competition - the...
On today's football language listening post we look at some words and phrases connected to creating chances in football and in particular the verbs...
5 questions about football derbies: There are many derbies being played around the world this weekend so we thought we'd look at rivalries...
The Language of Postponements and Cancellations: In this football language post we explain some of the language connected to postponements and...
For this week's listening report, we focus on the language of the run in, the end of the season when the title race is decided.
This week's listening report is the language of misses. In football the aim is to score goals, but more often than not, a shot will miss, not find...
Foreign Words in English Football: A brief description of some of the foreign Words in English Football
The Language of Diving: This listening report examines the language used to talk about diving.