Learn English Through Football
Should football continue with the drinks break? After lockdown, football authorities introduced new measures and one of these is the drinks break. The reason that this change has been introduced is to protect players from the large amount of games in … [Continue reading]
In this football language post we explain the phrase 'wayward' when describing a pass in football. Don't forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary and we also have a page full of football cliches. If you … [Continue reading]
Languagecaster Predictions: July 2020 North London Derby: The North London derby takes place this weekend with Arsenal travelling to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first tme to take on their rivals. Neither side has been in good form recently … [Continue reading]
Should football continue with 5 substitutions? When football returned after the lockdown one of the temporary changes to the laws of the game involved the number of substitutions that could be made. Beforehand, teams were allowed to make three … [Continue reading]
Learn English Through Football Podcast: Bayern Hunt Treble - 2020. This week's podcast takes a look at Bayern Munich's hopes of securing a treble and other news from the week of football. The show is full of football language, with a quiz and phrases … [Continue reading]
Football Language - In the News: Manchester City 4-0 Liverpool 2020: In this short football language podcast we discuss some of the football language connected with a match in the news. The match we focus on is Manchester City's 4-0 win against newly … [Continue reading]
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2020 Premier League Champions Liverpool On this week's football-language podcast we congratulate Liverpool on winning this season's Premier League title - the first in 30 years for the club. We also explain … [Continue reading]
Languagecaster Predictions - June 2020 FA Cup Quarter-finals: It's FA Cup quarter-final weekend in England with all four ties featuring Premier League clubs. Holders Manchester City travel to Newcastle, while the third and fourth-placed teams, that's … [Continue reading]
Football Language Quiz Gap Fill - 2020 Premier League Champions Liverpool in Numbers: After Liverpool won their 19th league title this week we have posted a listening report on some of the key numbers surrounding this win and from that report we have … [Continue reading]
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2020 Premier League Champions Liverpool in Numbers: On this short football language podcast we take a look at some of the key numbers from Liverpool's 2020 title winning season. You can listen to the report by … [Continue reading]
In this football language post we introduce the word 'corker' and explain how it is used in football. We have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary and we also have a page full of football cliches. If you have … [Continue reading]
In this football language post we look at the headline, 'Burnley say sorry over plane shame' from the Times newspaper (June 23rd 2020) and this is all about a plane to fly over Manchester City's ground and show a banner saying 'White Lives Matter … [Continue reading]
Football Language Podcast: June 2020 - June 2020 Everton v Liverpool. On this week's football-language podcast we welcome back the Premier League and look back at some of the games that have already been played and of course look ahead to some more … [Continue reading]
Languagecaster Predictions - June 2020 Everton vs Liverpool: The Premier League returns this week and one of the big games this weekend is the Merseyside derby which takes place on Sunday when Everton host Liverpool. We also feature another derby, … [Continue reading]
In this football language post we explain some language connected to the restart of football in the Premier League and in particular around the word 'rusty' as players get used to playing again after 100 days of lockdown. Don't forget we have … [Continue reading]
Learn English Through Football Podcast - Showboat and Play to the Crowd: Welcome everyone to this short football language podcast. My name's Damon and today, I'll be talking about two phrases you might hear in football - to showboat and to play to … [Continue reading]
In this football language post we explain the football cliche, 'nil-nil written all over it' which is used after a scoreless draw. Don't forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary and we also have a page … [Continue reading]
Football Language Podcast: June 2020 - Coppa Italia Final and Manchester City v Arsenal. On this week's football-language podcast we discuss some of the language that has appeared in the football world this week, including the phrases, 'dispatch' and … [Continue reading]
In this football language post we explain how the word 'dispatch' can be used in football. Don't forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary and we also have a page full of football cliches. If you have … [Continue reading]
In this football language post we look at the headline, 'A moment for change' from the Guardian newspaper (June 9th 2020) about the football reaction to the Black Lives Matter campaign. Explanations of some of the vocabulary (in bold) can be found at … [Continue reading]