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Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2020 Premier League Champions Liverpool

June 30, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2020 Premier League Champions Liverpool

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2020 Premier League Champions Liverpool in Numbers

June 27, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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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.

Football Language Podcast: June 2020 Everton v Liverpool

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

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Football Language Podcast: June 2020 – Coppa Italia Final and Manchester City v Arsenal

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

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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 ‘pitch invader’.

Football Language Podcast: June 2020 – Premier League set to restart

June 8, 2020 by grell Leave a Comment

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Football Language Podcast: June 2020 – Premier League set to restart: On this week’s football-language podcast we take a look at some of the news from the football world.

Football Language Podcast: 2020 June – Bayern Munich march on

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

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Bayern Munich March On: On this week’s football-language podcast we review some of the language used to describe the latest Bundesliga matches as Bayern continue to dominate. We also explain a new football phrase ask a football-language quiz and try some predictions.

Football Language Podcast: May 2020 – Bundesliga Week 2

May 25, 2020 by grell Leave a Comment

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Football in the Bundesliga has been back for over a week now and on this show, we take a look at some of the language connected with one of these Bundesliga matches from the week – the Berlin derby between Hertha and Union.

Football Language Podcast: 1990 World Cup Netherlands vs West Germany

May 9, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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Football Language Podcast: April 2020 – Hard-Fought Win

April 27, 2020 by grell Leave a Comment

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English Through Football Podcast-April 2020 – Hard-Fought Wins: On this week’s podcast, we take a look back at a Liverpool match.

Football Language Podcast: The seven stages of being a football manager – revisited

April 24, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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Seven stages of being a football manager: Managers have yet again been in the news this week and so on this week’s football-language podcast we take a look back at one of our 2009 posts that looks at some of the language used to describe the role of the football manager.

Football Language Podcast: April 2020

April 20, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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Football Language Podcast: April 2020 – This week on the football-language podcast we discuss some of the words and phrases from the week and of course we continue with our look back at some of the big moments from football’s history in our series of World Cup matches.

Football Language Podcast: World Cup 1982 Brazil vs Italy

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

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English Through Football Podcast – World Cup 1982 Brazil vs Italy: In this podcast we continue with our reviews of some of the great World Cup matches by looking at the 1982 second round Group C match between Brazil and Italy. This is another game from the #WorldCupAtHome series from FIFA.com in which we review some of the words and phrases used to describe this wonderful match, while we also go over what happened in the rest of the 1982 competition from Spain.

Football Language Podcast: 1986 World Cup Quarter final – France vs Brazil

April 8, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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1986 World Cup Quarter final: France vs Brazil In this podcast we look back at one of the greatest matches in World Cup history…

Football Language Podcast: World Cup 2014 Spain vs Netherlands

March 27, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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World Cup 2014 Spain vs Netherlands: In this short podcast the languagecaster team look back at the 2014 World Cup and in particular the game between Spain and the Netherlands which was recently broadcast on FIFA.com.

Listening Practice Report: From the archives – Johan Cruyff

March 24, 2020 by grell Leave a Comment

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March the 24th 2016 saw the passing of one of the greatest footballers ever – Johan Cruyff. To remember this great player, this week’s listening practice report is an adapted report from our archives. The post was originally published on May 1, 2011 as part of our World Cup Stars series. You can find explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) at the end of the post. You can listen to the podcast by clicking on the file below – you can also subscribe and listen to all our football-language podcasts – there are hundreds of them!

Football Language Podcast: March 2020 Update

March 21, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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March 2020 Update: Currently there is hardly any football being played around the world but the learn English through football team will continue to produce our football language podcast – a great resource for learners and teachers of English who love soccer.

Football Language Podcast: 2020 Manchester Derby

March 8, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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Football Language Podcast – 2020 Manchester Derby: On this podcast we explain some of the football language that emerged from the past week including the word ‘blunder’, while we also have a football-language question about the phrase ‘to rally’ and look ahead to the Manchester derby.

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.

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.