In this football language post we look back at some of the words and phrases from our podcasts in 2020. How many of them do you remember? How might you use them in a sentence? How could you say them in another language that you know? If you have questions or comments about this, or any other football phrase, you can email us at: admin@languagecaster.com.
Football Language Podcast: Review of Football Language 2020
In this end-of-year football-language podcast we are going to look back at some of the words and phrases we posted on our site over the past 12 months.
January
- On toast
- (to be) adrift
- Walk the ball into the net
- Appoint a new manager
- Sloppy
- Wantaway
- Interfering with play
- Shank
February
- Walk the title
- One game at a time
- Set up
- The ‘Everton Cup’
- Half volley/Daisy cutter
- Tie
- Thunderbolt
- Under the cosh
March
April
May
June
July
August
- Road to Wembley
- Top flight
- Sweep past
- Telegraph a past
- Sweep home
- Advance
- Open goal
- A game too far
- Towering header
September
October
November
December
- Good with their feet
- Work the keeper
- Lead a charmed life
- Let fly
- Toy with an opponent
- Pick your spot
- Take the ball to the corner flag
- Shepherd the ball
Goodbye
DF: We hope you enjoyed our review of some of the words and phrases we looked at over the past year. You can drop us a line at admin@languagecaster.com and leave a comment below this post. Check out our glossary of footballing phrases here. If you have any suggestions, contact us at admin@languagecaster.com
This is an amazing concept. My swiss cousins learned English through their love of volleyball (as well as television). This makes perfect sense to take people’s passions and roll them into additional education.
Thank you for the comment Lacy (and apologies for the late reply). We hope you enjoy the show.