[print_link] Euro 2009 for the ladies, a mouthwatering clash in the World Cup qualifiers to look forward to, and controversial decisions from footballs governing bodies all feature on this week’s Good, bad and Ugly. Good While most eyes are on the World Cup qualifiers, followers of the women’s game are enjoying a great Euro 2009 […]
Week 39: Predictions (DB 166-176 DF)
[print_link] Damian increases his lead to 10 points in the predictions battle after a ‘Barcelona-esque’ 6-2 mauling of Damon last week. On this week’s show we feature two domestic Cup finals, as well as big games from the Premier League, the Bundesliga, Serie A and a possible title-deciding derby match in Scotland [TABLE=130]
Podcast 38: Barcelona and Real Madrid
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http://media.blubrry.com/footballlanguage/p/languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/pod38.0809.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:41 — 9.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More This week, Barcelona visit their great rivals Real Madrid in La Liga’s El Clasico. Madrid are only four points behind the previously unstoppable Barcelona and […]
Week 38: Predictions (DB 164-170 DF)
[print_link] With only a few weeks remaining the predictions battle between Damon and Damian is still neck and neck. This week, we feature two big games between teams at the top and bottom of the league in England, the Madrid-Barca derby in Spain, as well as important matches from the top of the Bundesliga, Serie […]
Week 36: Predictions (DB 150-156 DF)
[print_link] Another important week in football all around the world as we approach the business end to the season in Europe and South America. The English FA Cup semi-finals, possible title deciders from the Premier League, Ligue 1 in France, the Bundesliga in Germany and Italy’s Serie A, as well as one of the world’s […]
Week 35: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
[print_link] Last-gasp goals, Bayern Munich thrashed, Champions League quarter-finals, international sackings and tension in the Championship all feature in this week’s good, the bad and the ugly section of languagecaster’s football podcast. Click on the links below to find out more on all of these stories. Explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be found […]
Week 35: Predictions (DB 146 – 153 DF)
[print_link] Damon had a great week, amassing 10 points to Damian’s six, but Damian still holds the initiative. This week we look at the Champions League games again – Porto v Manchester United looks the most interesting – and two huge derbies: the Rome derby between Lazio and AS Roma and arguably the biggest derby […]
Week 34: Predictions (DB 136 – 147 DF)
[print_link] Both Damon and Damian did well in predicting the World Cup qualifying games last week, Damon edging out his rival 8-7. This week sees our two ‘experts’ predicting matches from the Premier League, La Liga, the Bundesliga, La Plata derby in Argentina, as well as the quarter-finals of the Champions League. [TABLE=125]
Week 32: Predictions (DB 127 – 139 DF)
[print_link] It looks like it’s in the bag for Damian. Another great week with a 10 point haul means that he has taken a commanding lead in the predictions race. This week, another globe-trotting collection of games including a big derby from Colombia [TABLE=122]
Week 29: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
[print_link] Champions League action this week dominates the news, but there was also a bit of fighting on the football pitches of the world! Click on the links below to find out more on all of these stories. Explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be found at the foot of the page. The Good […]
Week 28: Predictions (DB 118-109 DF)
[print_link] A low-scoring round for the languagecaster ‘experts’ last week means that both Damon and Damian will be looking for some points from this week’s set of matches. Guus Hiddink’s first match in charge for Chelsea, the Catalan derby in la Liga, the Ruhr derby in Germany, as well as four matches from the last […]
Week 28: The good, the bad and the ugly
[print_link] Jose Mourinho, David Beckham, Arsenal and a poor translation all feature in this week’s good, the bad and the ugly – the review of the football week on languagecaster’s football podcast. Click on the links below to find out more on all of these stories. Explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be found […]
Week 26: Vocabulary
[print_link] Learn some of the words and phrases from languagecaster’s Good, Bad and Ugly section of the podcast. For more English practice check out our worksheets, football glossary and English for football phrases. To see (someone) through: to help succeed, to help a team progress in a competition Example: Cris Commons, a former Forest player […]
Week 26 Predictions: DB 114 – 105 DF
[print_link] Damon scored a 5-2 victory last week to stretch his lead to nine points over Damian. This week we have huge derbies from the Premier League and la Liga in Spain, the top game in Portugal and some crucial World Cup qualifiers from Asia and the CONCACAF zone [TABLE=116]
Week 25: Predictions (DB 109 – 103 DF)
[print_link] Damian really closed the gap last week with an eight point haul. It looks as though Damon is in free fall after only obtaining one point. This week, Germany is back on the menu, along with Spain and a derby in England and some unfinished business in the FA Cup – two more derbies! […]
Podcast 24: Derby & Nottingham Forest
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