The current champions of a competition or cup (they hold the trophy)
- Example: Spain are the current holders of the World Cup
- Example: Chelsea were the first holders of the Champions League to fail to progress from the group stages the following season (2012-13).
In this short football language post we explain the expression 'to be in the hat' which is often used when describing knockout football.
'Home' and how it used in football is the focus of this short podcast. We explain how it is used as a noun or adjective with other words.
English Through Football Podcast-April 2020 - Hard-Fought Wins: On this week's podcast, we take a look back at a Liverpool match.
I'll be talking about the verb phrase 'to hoof it', which is a phrase we talked about seven years ago in 2012, but I'd like to add...
For this post on football English we explain the adjective phrase 'high octane'. If you have suggestions, questions, comments, let us know!
In this post, we explain the football expression ‘to hit the ground running‘. This is a phrase commonly used at the start of...
