Damian

I was born in London but grew up in Ireland and I am a Tottenham Hotspur and Ireland fan. I have been playing, watching and talking about football since I was 5 years old so it kind of makes sense to do something like this.

2019 Women’s World Cup: Day 2 – Germany vs China

June 8, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

2019 Women’s World Cup: Day 2 – Germany vs China: After the opening victory for hosts France yesterday, day 2 of the 2019 Women’s World Cup kicked off with a hard-fought victory for Germany against a very physical Chinese side in Group B and in today’s post we look at language connected to that phrase ‘hard-fought victory’.

2019 Women’s World Cup: Day 1 – France vs South Korea

June 7, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

2019 Women’s World Cup: Day 1 – France vs South Korea: The 2019 Women’s World Cup has kicked off in France today with the hosts facing South Korea in Paris in the opening match. Here at languagecaster.com we will be posting some news, discussing some football language and looking at our predictions every day during the 2019 Women’s World Cup – a great way to not only follow the 2019 World Cup but also to help learners with their football English.

Learn English through Football: 2019 Women’s World Cup Predictions Competition

June 7, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019 Women’s World Cup Predictions Competition: This weekend sees the start of the 2019 Women’s World Cup taking place in France and here at languagecaster.com we have a predictions competition. You can join by clicking here. If you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019 Champions League Final

June 1, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019 Champions League Final: On this week’s podcast we look ahead to the 2019 Champions League final taking place in Madrid between Liverpool and Tottenham; it’s the languagecaster derby…

Football Language Podcast: From the Archive – 2013 Champions League Final Words

May 29, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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Continuing with our Champions League Final week countdown we take a look back at the all-German final from 2013 when Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund at Wembley. In this podcast we looked at five key words from the match…

English Through Football Podcast: 2019 – Cup Finals Across Europe

May 25, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019 Cup Finals Across Europe: On this special extra podcast we take a look at some of the domestic cup finals that have taken place and look ahead to some of the ones still to be played across Europe.

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019 UEFA Women’s Champions League Final

May 18, 2019 by Learn English through Football 1 Comment

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2019 UEFA Women’s Champions League Final: On this special extra podcast we take a look at the 2019 UEFA Women’s Champions League. We look back at some of the highlights from the 2018-19 season and look ahead to the final taking place in Budapest.

Football Language: Substitution

May 5, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

This short football language post explains the meaning of the word, ‘substitution’, which is the noun form of the verb ‘to substitute’

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019 Premier League Title Race

April 28, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019 Premier League Title Race: On this week’s English through football podcast we take a look ahead at the Champions League semi-finals and some key games in the Premier League. We’ve also got some English for football in our football language and football-language quiz sections. And we’ll discuss some of the stories from another week of football stories in our good, bad and ugly sections.

Learn English Through Football Podcast: New Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

April 28, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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New Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: On this extra football-language podcast we look at the new Spurs stadium.

Football Language: UEFA

April 27, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

This short football language post explains the meaning of ‘UEFA’.

Learn English through Football: 2019 Manchester City vs Tottenham

April 21, 2019 by Learn English through Football 1 Comment

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On this week’s English through football podcast we look back at the Champions League quarter-finals and look ahead to the big Premier League games this weekend – Manchester City and Tottenham feature very heavily. We also have another football-language question, we explain the football phrase ‘acute angle’ and offer some predictions from this week’s matches including that Man City vs Spurs game.

Football Language: Acute angle

April 20, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

We explain the football expression ‘acute angle’ in this post, which is used to describe a shot that is taken from a difficult angle.

Football Language Podcast: 2019 Liverpool vs Chelsea

April 13, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019 FA Cup Semi-finals

April 7, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019 FA Cup Semi-finals: On this week’s English through football podcast we look at the 2019 FA Cup competition and in particular the two semi-finals taking place this weekend. We also have a new football-language quiz, explain a new football expression and check out the predictions battle.

Football Language: One-sided affair