Learn English Through Football

Each week we publish a podcast for learners of English who love football. The podcasts feature real-life stories from the world of football and follow the same format each week: an introduction, a review of the football week,
a main listening report, an explanation of a football expression, as well as some predictions.

Football Language Podcast: 2019-20 Arsenal vs Everton and Chelsea vs Tottenham

February 23, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019-20 Arsenal vs Everton and Chelsea vs Tottenham: The Premier League returns after its short mid-week break and this week sees some huge fixtures particularly for those fighting for the Champions League places and those teams wishing to avoid relegation. We also explain a football language phrase connected to shooting, look back at some of the good, bad and ugly from the first set of matches from the last-16 in the Champions League, while we also have a football-language quiz question and some predictions.

Football Language Podcast: 2019-20 Champions League Last 16

February 16, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019-20 Champions League Last 16: English Through Football Podcast – 2019-20 Champions League Last 16: The Champions League returns after a two-month break with the first four games from the last 16 being played on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. In this podcast we look ahead to all the matches taking place in the knock-out stage and offer a prediction or two!

Short FootballLanguage Podcast: Half Volley & Daisy Cutter

February 16, 2020 by grell Leave a Comment

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I’ll be talking about two phrases you’ll hear in football – half volley and daisy cutter

Football Language Podcast: 2019-20 – Madrid Derby

February 2, 2020 by grell Leave a Comment

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2019-20 – Madrid Derby: It’s the 2019-20 Madrid derby which should be a cracker! We’ll discuss some of the language that featured in that game along with some of the other big games frm the weekend. We explain the terms, ‘to swoop for’ and to ‘walk the league’ and we’ll also feature a football language quiz question connected with derbies.

Football Language Podcast: 2019-20 – FA Cup 4th Round

January 27, 2020 by grell Leave a Comment

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2019-20 – FA Cup 4th Round: This week, we look at the phrase interfering with play, and we also have a football language quiz question on…

Listening Report: Football in China – Update 2020

January 25, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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It’s Chinese New Year and so on this week’s listening report we take a look at football in China.

Football Language Podcast: 2019-20 – Liverpool vs Manchester United

January 19, 2020 by grell Leave a Comment

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Football Language Podcast: 2019-20 Tottenham vs Liverpool

January 18, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019-20 Tottenham vs Liverpool: The Languagecaster derby took place last Saturday with league leaders Liverpool coming out on top at Tottenham’s new stadium and in this podcast we take a look at some of the language that emerged from the game. We also have a language quiz, an explanation of a football cliche ‘to walk the ball into the net’ and much more.

English Through Football Podcast: 2019 Festive Football Language Review

January 5, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019 Festive Football Language Review: On this additional football-language podcast we look back at some of the language that emerged from the festive football fixtures in England, including words and phrases about injuries, VAR and going unbeaten…

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019 Festive Football

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

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On this week’s football-language podcast, we look back at the 2019 Club World Cup final between Liverpool and Flamengo and review some of the big games from around the world that took place this weekend.

Listening Report: 2019 Club World Cup

December 22, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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The 2019 Club World Cup is currently taking place in Qatar and the competition has already reached the final stage. In this bonus listening report we look at how the tournament is organised, some of the teams taking part and we offer a prediction about possible winners and dark horses.

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019-20 Arsenal vs Manchester City

December 16, 2019 by grell Leave a Comment

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019-20 Arsenal vs Manchester City: On this week’s football-language podcast we look ahead to the big game from the Premier League: Arsenal vs Manchester City. We also review some football language from the week, including sign a new deal and scrappy, we also have another football-language quiz question and of course have some predictions from the big games this week.

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019-20 Champions League Final Group Matches

December 9, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019-20 Champions League Final Group Matches: On this week’s football-language podcast we take a look back at some of the big football-language stories from the week, explain some new football language, offer some predictions and look ahead to the final set of Champions League matches that take place this week.

Football Language Podcast: 2019-20 Manchester City vs Manchester United

December 1, 2019 by grell Leave a Comment

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2019-20 Manchester City vs Manchester United: On this week’s football-language podcast – Manchester City vs Manchester United, Damon reviews the football news – with stories from South America, the Champions League, and north London.

Football Language Podcast: 2019-20 Manchester City vs Chelsea

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

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2019-20 Manchester City vs Chelsea: Domestic football returns this week after the European Championship and World Cup qualifiers that took place over the past few days. We look back at some of those games and the language that emerged form them. We also have a football-language quiz, explain some football language and try and make some predictions from the upcoming Champions League group games.

Listening Report: 2019 Copa Libertadores Final – River Plate vs Flamengo

November 24, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019 Copa Libertadores Final – River Plate vs Flamengo: The biggest game in South American football takes place this weekend – the Copa Libertadores final between Flamengo and River Plate. In this extra listening practice post we take a look at some of the stories surrounding this huge game and of course look at some of the language used to talk about the game.

Learn English Through Football podcast: 2019-20 Ireland vs Denmark

November 19, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019-20 Ireland vs Denmark: On this week’s football-language podcast we review the football news and focus on international games. We also explain two football language phrase – to cushion and to be dropped – in our football language section…

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019 Liverpool vs Manchester City

November 12, 2019 by grell Leave a Comment

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Football Language Podcast: 2019 Aston Villa vs Liverpool

November 4, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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On this week’s football-language podcast we review the football news from the week, explain the phrase, ‘fitness test’, we also look ahead to some of the big games from next week in our predictions – we’ll focus on the big top-of-the-table clash in the Premier League between Liverpool and Manchester City. We also have our weekly football language quiz question which is all about the verb ‘to take’ and how it is used in football.

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019-20 Liverpool vs Tottenham

November 1, 2019 by grell Leave a Comment

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On this week’s football-language podcast, the languagecaster team review the footballing news, explain the words ‘clip’ and ‘trounce’ and see how they are used in football, we also look ahead to some of the big games from next week in our predictions – we’ll focus on the English League Cup 4th Round and some of the big games from next weekend. We also have our weekly football language quiz question which is all about the language of heavy defeats – sorry Southampton fans!