This short football language podcast looks at the word 'survival' which is used to describe a team battling to avoid relegation.
In this football language post we explain the football expression 'yo-yo club' which is used to describe a club that is both promoted and...
In this football language post we explain the word 'adrift' which is often used when talking about a team in the relegation zone.
Promotion: When a team moves up a division (the opposite of relegation).
When a team has to move down a division because of poor results. The club is generally occupying the bottom two or three positions.
Avoid the drop: This means to survive or to not be relegated to another division
Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliche for learners of English who love the...
To be sucked in to means to be drawn into, to be pulled into something you don't want to do.
Battling for survival: In this football language post we explain the football expression 'battling for survival' which is often used when...