Podcasts: 2017-18 Archives - Learn English Through Football

This is our World Cup 2018 Review. It's one week since the end of the tournament and we take a look at some of the highlights, ask a quiz question, congratulate the winner of our prediction competition and ...

In this World Cup 2018 podcast, we discuss how our predictions went for the matches and before looking forward to the big one!

In this World Cup 2018 podcast, we have a quarter-final review. Eight teams, four games, four winners. Damian and Damon give their thoughts on their quarter-final predictions, the games, and who they think will win the semi-finals. We'll have a short World Cup language section, while we will also take a look at some our listeners' posts and see how the predictions competition is going.

In this podcast we review some of the big stories from the group stages at the 2018 World Cup in Russia - Damian and Damon look back at some of the drama that has taken place so far. We also explain some World Cup language, ask a World Cup quiz question, predict some upcoming games and answer some listeners' questions.

2018 World Cup Podcast: Review of Week 1: The 2018 World Cup is now moving into its second week and teams are starting to play their second games of the tournament and so in this podcast Damian and Damon talk about some of the highs and lows of the tournament so far.

2018 World Cup: Review of Week 1 - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. In this listening report we take a look back at some of the good, the bad and the ugly from the first week of the 2018 World Cup. There is a worksheet, with answers, and a full transcript. The post 2018 World Cup: Review of Week 1 – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly appeared first on Learn English Through Football.

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On today's listening report we take a look at two more of the groups in the 2018 World Cup: Groups C and D. We will also be reminding you about our World Cup predictions competition - there is still time to join!

Groups E and F. The World Cup has started, but not all teams have played yet. On this football-language podcast we preview groups E and F.

2018 World Cup Preview - Groups A and B: Only two days until the 2018 World Cup kicks off in Russia and so on today's football-language podcast we take a look at two of the groups in the tournament: Groups A and B. We will also be looking at our World Cup predictions competition, while there is also a quiz question and some football language explanations. For this audio report there is a transcript and a worksheet, great for learners and teachers of English, which can be freely accessed here. The post Learn English through Football Podcast: 2018 World Cup Preview – Groups A and B appeared first on Learn English Through Football.

2018 World Cup Preview: The 2018 World Cup is about to kick off in Russia and on today's football-language podcast we take a look ahead to some of the language-learning resources we will make available over the tournament, including quizzes, transcripts, worksheets and much more. We also have an interview with a football fan in which we look at his predictions for the tournament, explain a new football phrase - 'to run out winners' - and invite you all to take part in our World Cup predictions competition.

2018 End of Season Review: The 2017-18 football season in Europe is now over and we take a look back at some of the big news at the business end of the seasons around Europe in this report. There is a worksheet and transcript ... The post Learn English through Football Podcast: 2018 End of Season Review appeared first on Learn English Through Football.

2018 Champions League Final: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The 2018 Champions League Final in Kiev saw Real Madrid winning their thirteenth title after a 3-1 victory over Liverpool. In this audio report we look back at some of the good, the bad and the ugly from the final.

Champions League Final 2018: It's the Champions League Final in Kiev this weekend and this is the last podcast for season 2017-18. We will be back in a couple of weeks, however, with our World Cup 2018 podcasts! On the show today, Damian and Damon look back at the seasons for Tottenham and Liverpool and of course give their predictions for the Champions League final. There's some Champions League football phrases explained, too.

The 2017-18 domestic league season is over - congratulations to Manchester City - but this weekend we have the oldest football competition, the FA Cup final, taking place at Wembley. We'll be looking ahead to that game and will also be looking back at some of the big football news from the week including the Europa League final and announcement of World Cup squads. There is also a football quiz question and we explain some football language.

It's the last week and that means the last round of fixtures in the Premier League. The champions of England, Germany, Spain and France have already been crowned, and Juventus are pretty much guaranteed to win Serie A unless Napoli can score a hatful of goals and Juventus slip up in their remaining two fixtures. ON this week's show Damon and Damian discuss the footballing news, including the story of one French team's roller coaster week. There's some football language - this week 50/50, and we'll give our last predictions for Sundays Premier League games. If you'd like the transcript to the show - great for learners and teachers of English - please show your support by becoming a patron (through Patreon) and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected] (Damian=DF, Damon=DB).   Patreon - Support Learning English Through Football Transcript of the show (13th May 2018) Learn English Through Football Podcast: The Last Matches! DB: You are listening to languagecaster.com. Hi there everyone. My name's Damon and this is the podcast for fans of the beautiful game and those wanting to improve their English skills. I hope you are well and that you enjoy today's show. Line Up DB: On the show today we'll be looking at three games from the final weekend of football in the Premier League in our predictions section at the end of the show. Big weekend for... To read the rest of the transcript become a Languagecaster.com patron. Check out our glossary of footballing phrases here If you have any suggestions, contact us at [email protected]

It's Real Madrid v Liverpool! The Champions League finalists were decided this week and it's Real Madrid v Liverpool! A hatful of goals were scored over the semi-finals and there will be more on the 26th May in Kiev when these two teams meet. We look at the semi-finals...

What a week of football we've had! On the show today, Damon and Damian review the footballing news, including Liverpool's demolition job on Roma and semi final blues. In the predictions section we focus on teams struggling to avoid the drop, and we have some football language, too - this week give the keeper the eyes.

The 2018 FA Cup Semis: It's the FA Cup Semis! Damon and Damian discuss these two games, the footballing news from the week, including a title for Manchester City, some new football language and we also manage to throw in a quiz question and some predictions, too!

What a week in the Champions League quarter-final second legs! We take a look at some of the stories from those games in this week's Learn English Through Football Podcast. We have a tricky quiz question, and also introduce some English for football phrases, including 'to suffer a defeat'. We also have some exciting games to look forward to in our predictions section including Tottenham v Manchester City, at the end of the show. For those wishing to improve their English, there's a transcript to the show below and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected] (Damian=DF, Damon=DB). Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Tottenham versus Manchester City DB: You are listening to Languagecaster's football-language podcast. Hi there everyone! Welcome to the show for all those who love football and wish to improve their English skills. My name is Damon and I live in Tokyo where spring has sprung and more importantly, my team's season kicked off this weekend! Football, don't you just love it! Down the line in London is Damian, and I wonder how he is doing? Damian? How are things? DF: Hello Damon and hello to all our listeners. Well done on your first game of the season, how did it go? DB: 2-0 victory! DF: Did you score? DB: I'm a right back! No, I didn't. DF: Well done for the clean sheet though. DB: Yes. DF: Well, finally spring has arrived here in London too with blue skies and sunshine this morning. Ah, finally! What a week of football we have had so far... DB: Indeed. DF: ...the quarter-finals of the two European competitions, that's the Champions League and the Europa League, were amazing. And there are some huge games taking place this weekend too including the Ruhr derby in Germany, the Rome derby in Italy, the Old Firm derby in Scotland, a top-of-the-table clash in Portugal, Man City against Tottenham - wow! Talking of which, Damon, did you watch the Liverpool v Manchester City Champions League second leg? DB: Oh I did - from behind the sofa! It was nail-biting stuff, but I'm bloody well over the moon, the Reds are through to the semis, even if they face a tricky tie against AS Roma. DF: Yes, all games at this stage of the competition are going to be tough but the Roma game will bring back happy memories of the 1984 European Cup final between the two sides when your team won on penalties. DB: They certainly will and of course 1977 too. DF: Of course. Yes, we'll be talking more about the Champions League and Europa League quarter-finals in our review section, which is coming up after this little message. You're listening to languagecaster.com (in Italian) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly DB: Yes you are listening to languagecaster.com. And we'd love more messages in as many different languages as possible, especially with the 2018 World Cup coming up, or if you want to let us know your name, who you support and add 'you are listening to languagecaster.com', do that and send it to us at [email protected]. Right, now time for some news from the footballing week in the good, the bad and the ugly. Damian, what was good? Good DF: OK, I'm going to start with the Champions League and with Roma, who pulled off an amazing come back in the second leg of their quarter-final tie against Barcelona. Down 4-1 from the first leg, Roma overwhelmed Barcelona 3-0 to go through on the away goals rule. Of course, they scored one at the Nou Camp in Barcelona, meaning that although the two result of the two legs finished 4-4, Roma went through. It was simply a remarkable game. DB: Yes. DF: But that wasn't the end of the European comebacks as both Salzburg and Marseille staged amazing comebacks of their own in their Europa League second leg matches. The Austrian team RB Salzburg were 4-2 down from their first leg against Italian team Lazio and then went further behind after the team from Rome scored an away goal but an amazing four-goal blitz in 20 minutes saw the Austrian team qualifying 6-5 on aggregate. French side Marseille also came from behind in their match against RB Leipzig to win 5-2 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate. Amazing stuff indeed. DB: Wow! DF: What about bad, Damon? Bad DB: Well let's stick to the Champions League, and it was a bit bad and sad as Juventus failed to make an even more amazing come back than Roma. The Italian side lost 4-3 on aggregate after getting back into the tie against Real Madrid with three goals, only to see a penalty awarded in injury time against them. Now, the bad was Juve's goalkeeper, Buffon's reaction to the award of the penalty, as he confronted the referee, earning himself a red card - he received his marching orders. And the sad is that it ended that way for such a great player and that a remarkable come back was not to be. Ugly? Ugly DF: Well, for ugly I am going to continue with that Buffon story as his post-match comments were not good at all - he has been a true superstar of the game and to personally attack a referee by saying his 'heart is a dustbin' does tarnish his reputation. Now, it was possibly his last game in the Champions League as well but this was no excuse for the attack on the referee. It was also an ugly end to Pep Guardiola's Champions League for the season after his half-time rant (that's a verbal attack) at the Spanish referee earned him a red card - he received his marching orders - meaning that he had to watch the second half from the stand. Ugly scenes from two of the biggest names in European football. You're listening to languagecaster.com (in Polish) Follow DB: Now, remember that you can get in touch with us in all the usual ways. Our site is languagecaster.com, we are on twitter, we have a Facebook account, and we are on Instagram - and we have posted some photos from both Japan and London this week. So drop us a line and say hello, and please spread the word! Now one of our followers who got in touch was Johannes, who explained how the phrase 'to get his/her marching orders', which we've just heard in our good, the bad and ugly section, has a different meaning when used in German to the meaning it has when used in English. To receive or to get your marching orders in English means to be sent off, to be told to leave the field. But Johannes says in German it means someone is assigned a special task usually requiring skill and bravery. And it's more often used to stress the special skills of someone, qualifying him or her for a special task. Now, thanks for that Johannes! DF: That's really interesting. We'd also like to thank Jose from Brazil who offered some kind words about our podcast and also asked about that Cristiano Ronaldo overhead kick from the first leg of their quarter-final against Juventus. He wondered if the referee had judged that CR7's foot was too high when he bicycle kicked and called it a foul - what kind of foul could it be? He suggested that in Portuguese (Brazil) it's called "pie alto" (high foot) when a player raises his foot to the height of the opponent's head, so it's like dangerous play. Well, in English this would be something similar - 'a high foot' or 'the player's foot was too high' and an indirect free-kick would be awarded. DB: Thanks Jonannes and Jose for the questions and remember if any of our listeners would like to ask a football question then drop us a line at [email protected] Right, next Damian has a tricky quiz question for your about the Champions League. Quiz Question DF: Yes it is. For this week's quiz question we would like to know when was the last time that four different countries made up the semi-finalists in the Champions League? So, when was the last time their were four different countries in the last four? And we'll have the answer at the end of the show. Right, next up we have this week's football language explanation. Football Language: Suffer a defeat DB: OK, I'm going to talk about a verb that goes with the noun 'defeat'; and defeat means a loss, losing to an opponent. You will often hear people say a team suffered a defeat. The verb suffer and the noun defeat collocate - that is they often go together. Suffer has the feeling of pain, so using suffer a defeat emphasises the feeling of a negative result. Another verb that collocates, often goes with, defeat is fall, so fall to a defeat. So, here is an example from the Guardian newspaper (April 2018) this week describing a win for Aston villa and a loss for Leeds United: "Aston Villa moved to within two points of the Championship automatic promotion places with a 1-0 win over Leeds. Lewis Grabban's first-half header was enough to give them victory at Villa Park as Leeds fell to their 10th defeat of 2018. Paul Heckingbottom suffered his seventh defeat in 13 games since taking over as Leeds manager" DB: OK, now next it's our predictions section, and I wonder if Manchester City will suffer a fourth defeat in a row later today? Predictions Crystal Palace v Brighton and Hove Albion DF: Right let's kick off with Crystal Palace versus Brighton and Hove Albion. Although these teams are not geographically close, there is a massive rivalry between them. A must win for both Palace and Brighton if they want to stay in the Premier League. Damon, what do you reckon? DB: Well, in these cases I usually go for home advantage so, 2-1 to Palace. You? DF: I think Palace will have too much for Brighton, so maybe 2-0 for me. How about the next game Tottenham versus Manchester City? Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City DB: Well this game is huge for City - if they lose four on the bounce that will really be news. Tottenham are probably favourites going into this - you might not think that Damian. It's at home, they beat City last year, and City must be shell-shocked after losing to Liverpool twice and their city rivals Manchester United in the past three games. But, I'm going for a 2-2 draw....

2018 Manchester and Merseyside Derbies: This week's football-language podcast looks back at the Champions League quarter-final first legs and the big derbies taking place over the weekend in the Premier League. We also have a quiz question, explain a new football expression - overhead kick...

2018 Chelsea vs Tottenham: The international friendlies have finished and our attention returns to domestic football this weekend with important games at the top and bottom of the table, including a huge London derby between Chelsea and Tottenham.

International friendlies are taking place around the world as many countries have their eyes on the upcoming World Cup. So on this Learn English Through Football Podcast we discuss some of the news from these games. We will also introduce the football phrase...

2018 FA Cup 6th Round and Champions League Draw

On this week' s Learn English Through Football Podcast we've got lots of football language for those who love football and want to improve their English language skills. We'll talk about the good, the bad and the ugly news from last week, including Dulwich, Davide Astori and some women's football, we also feature some English phrases used in football - to arrest the slide - and look ahead to some of the big games in the Premier League including Manchester United versus Liverpool. There is a transcript to the show on the site and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected]

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Manchester City v Chelsea

2018 Carabao Cup Final: On this week' s Learn English Through Football Podcast we look ahead to some big games from the weekend including the Carabao Cup final between Man City and Arsenal and a grudge match between Manchester United and Chelsea.

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 FA Cup 5th Round On this week' s Learn English Through Football Podcast we look back at some of the Champions League games and look ahead to the 2018 FA Cup 5th Round. We'll also be explaining lots of football language in the show and try some predictions as well.

This weekend's big game is the North London derby that takes place on Saturday at Wembley and we'll be featuring this match in our predictions section along with another needle match: Southampton against Liverpool. We'll look back at some of the footballing news from the week in the good, the bad and the ugly and of course we'll be explaining lots of football language in the show as well.

The big match this weekend is Liverpool v Tottenham - not just because of he battle for the top four but it's the languagecaster derby! We will try to predict the score for that game along with Arsenal against Everton and Chelsea v Watford in our predictions battle. We'll also describe some football language and ask a quiz question.

It's the FA Cup fourth round this weekend and so on this week's football-language podcast we take a look at some of the big games and wonder will there be any shocks. We also describe some football language, ask and answer a quiz question and offer some predictions.

This week's podcast looks at the relegation zone in the Premier League. We explain some language connected to relegation and also look ahead to some of the big games involving teams currently in the relegation zone.

2018 Liverpool vs Manchester City: This week's football-language podcast looks ahead to the big game between Liverpool and leaders Manchester City, we also explain some new football language and we have another football quiz.

2018 FA Cup 3rd Round: This week's podcast looks ahead to the FA Cup 3rd round and also looks back at some of the highs and lows for our teams in 2017. We also explain some new football language and have a quiz and some predictions.

It's week 18 in the Premier League and the big game isA The Citizens v The Lilywhites: Manchester City v Tottenham.

Merseyside and Manchester Derbies: Lots of big Premier League games taking place this weekend with three huge derbies in London, Liverpool and Manchester. We look back at those games in our weekly predictions competition and also explain some new words and phrases from the week in football.

The Gunners v Red Devils is the big match this weekend; that's Arsenal v Manchester United. This game features in our predictions section.

Chelsea are on their way to Anfield today and this podcast features that match and others in our weekly predictions section.

It's November international time with friendlies and some huge World Cup qualifiers taking place around the world.

This week's Learn English Through Football Podcast starts off with the good, the bad and the ugly stories from the footballing world, then explains some football phrases, and finishes off with some predictions from the Premier League. This week, the focus is on the Chelsea vs Man United game. For those who wish to practise their English, there is a transcript below to help with reading and listening (Damian = DF, Damon = DB). Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 Chelsea v Man Utd Subscribe to the show and receive automatic downloads every week Subscribe through i-tunes here Click for the latest shows here Podcast FAQ Transcript of the show DB: You are listening to Languagecaster's football-language podcast. Hello everyone. Welcome to the show for all those who love the world's favourite game and who want to improve their English skills. My name's Damon and I'm based in Tokyo, which is enjoying some lovely sunny weather at the moment. Now, Damian is having a short trip to Ireland but has managed to keep in contact and send a few words via the magic of the internet. DF:A Yes, as Damon says I am in Ireland for the weekend and so am unable to join you live but I was able to record some things for this weeka€™s show. Now, the weather here in Ireland has been typical for this time of year a€“ windy, some rain and the temperature is fairly chilly though we have also had some sun and blue skies a€“ pretty much everything in fact! Now, the Premier League is huge here in Ireland and not just because most of the Irish national team play for clubs there, but most football fans here would support an English a€“ or sometimes even a Scottish club before a team from the domestic league - this is called the League of Ireland. Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Celtic have a huge following though you can find fans of most top-flight teams here and many of them will travel to the UK to watch their favourite teams on a fairly regular basis. So many fans here in Ireland will be looking forward to a big weekend of football action with Manchester City hosting Arsenal, Manchester United travelling to London to face Chelsea and Tottenham against Crystal Palace a€“ and these three games all feature in our predictions later on in the show. Now, there are two other big football stories here in Ireland. The first involves the national side as they get ready for their World Cup play-off game against Denmark next weekend and of course wea€™ll be looking at that game and all the other World Cup play-off matches in next weeka€™s podcast. The other big story here is the FAI Cup final (Thata€™s the Football Association of Ireland) which is taking place this weekend a€“ thata€™s the domestic football cup finala€“ between the recently-crowned League of Ireland champions Cork City and Dundalk United who have been the top team in the previous three years or so. It promises to be a big game and if I had to choose a winner I think Ia€™d go for Dundalk, which would of course prevent Cork from completing the league and cup double. DB: Yes a big week next week for Ireland in the World Cup play-off against Denmark. You're listening to languagecaster.com (Hull City fan) Line Up DB: On the show we have three main sections, and this is the same each week: a news section called the good, the bad and the ugly, a football language section, and a predictions section at the end of the show. Now, on this week we have a fairly long football language section, as we discuss some posts and ideas from listeners. Our predictions section has three games from the Premier League, including Chelsea vs Manchester United, or Conte vs Mourinho! So, let's kick off with the good, the bad and the ugly. Here's Damian's good and ugly! Good DF: It has been a busy Champions League week and yet again the English teams have done really well. After the fourth round of matches were completed this week the five teams involved have only lost once in 20 matches a€“ Chelseaa€™s away defeat at Roma last week. There were wins for Manchester United against Benfica, Liverpool, who easily easily brushed aside Slovenian champions Maribor 3-0, Manchester City who won away at Napoli 4-2 and, of course, Tottenham defeated the current holders of the competition Real Madrid 3-1 at Wembley Stadium. Another good week for English teams in the Champions League. Ugly DF:A  Well, I suppose the ugliest story to have emerged from the week was from the Europa League where Marseille veteran defender Patrice Evra was seen kicking out at one of his own fans before the match against Portuguese side Vitoria. Evra received a red card before the game kicked off and has been suspended by his club Olympic Marseille and will surely face a bigger punishment from the governing body UEFA over the coming days. Pretty ugly indeed. Good DB: I'm just going to skip bad and go for another good story. In South America well done to Brazilian side Grêmio and Argentinian outfit Lanús - both through to the final of the Copa Libertadores. The Porto Alegre sideA Grêmio were 4-0 winners over two legs against Barcelona of Ecuador, whileA Lanús overturned a 1-0 first leg deficit to beat River Plate 4-3 on aggregate. The final is also played over two legs, the first of which is the 17th of November at Lanús. Should be cracking match! You are listening to languagecaster.com (in French). Follow us DB: If you want to drop us line, listener, get in touch with us via [email protected] and you can follow us on all the usual places: twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Spread the word and get your friends to check out our show, follow us, and look up our massive football glossary at languagecaster.com - click on the letters at the top of the website. Now here's Damian with an update on a Facebook conversation. DF: Thanks to everyone who has been in contact with us this week including Adam, Tammo, Ahmed, Mark and Will who all offered us some wonderful suggestions about unstoppable shots on goal on our Facebook page. We started off with the phrases, a€˜a crackera€™ and a€˜a pearlera€™ - there is a sense of beauty attached to this one a€“ and then we had a€˜bulleta€™; a€˜thunderbolta€™; a€˜rocketa€™ as well as the verb phrases a€˜fire homea€™; a€˜blast homea€™; a€˜hammer homea€™ and a€˜power homea€™ where of course a€˜homea€™ refers to the goal. If you have any other suggestions for unstoppable shots or indeed any other questions or comments about football words or phrases then let us know and drop us a line at [email protected] or through our Facebook or twitter pages. DB: We also had a suggestion for a new football phrase fromA José in Brazil. He emailed the phrase 'law of the ex' for when a player scores against his old team. José gives us this example in a headline from the Guardian newspaper: "Southampton will have to be wary of falling foul of the Law of the Ex on Sunday a€“ because Gastón Ramírez is on a hot streak." Personally, I haven't heard this phrase, although all supporters know the feeling when an ex-player is an opposing player and you think they are bound to score against your team. And here's a final football phrase we featured this week in one of our languagecaster posts. Football Language: Out-and-out This phrase functions as an adjective modifying a noun. So, you may hear phrases like, an out-and-out striker, and out-and-out defender. basically this adjective means pure or 100%. An out-and-out striker mean a player who is a pure striker, they do not do any defensive work and are not expected to focus on linking up the play. And of course an out-and-out defender is not expected to dribble the ball out of defence, bomb forward, or link up with the midfield in a creative way a€“ their job is 100% defence. It is used in aA fairly positive way, meaning the player is a great example of an attacker or defender doing their main job. Example: Gylfi Sigurdsson was tasked with what at first seemed a a€˜false ninea€™ role but turned out to be an out-and-out target man. (BBC 2 November 2017) DB: Next, and finally, it is predictions. Well, we have joint leaders as Alexrr and Johnny Magicboots have 70 points each, while Damian, you are on 59 and I am still on 51. Now, remember it's three points for the perfect score and one if you get the right result. Come along to the site and join in! Alright, let's take a look at what we thought. Predictions: Tottenham vs Crystal Palace DB: Now this game is being played as we speak, but this is what I thought. I was sure pessimists amongst the Spurs fans would probably think that after a great mid-week performance against the giants of Spain, Real Madrid, that their team will come back to earth with a bump and lose or draw against strugglers Crystal Palace. Palace do seem to have turned a corner a bit, with Zaha making a difference, but the Spurs fans will roar on their team at Wembley and they'll brush the Eagles aside 2-1. Damian, what did you think? DF: Spurs should be too strong for the south London side Palace. However, they have started to find a little form and will be tough opponents. I think Ia€™m going to go for a 2-1 home win. Manchester City vs Arsenal DB: This should probably be a good one to watch for the neutral. Although it could be one way traffic with Manchester City in such good form. Arsenal have the players to compete, withA Lacazette, Sanchez, and Ramsey, but there is something fragile about Arsenal, so I'm going for a 3-1 City win. You? DF:A Is there any team that can stop City right now? I dona€™t think it will be Arsenal a€“ 3-0 for the home side for me. Chelsea vs Manchester United DB: Finally, Chelsea v Manchester United and I think this has got 0-0 written all over it. And this is what Damian thinks. DF:A This one has 0-0 written all over it a€“ a scoreless draw for me. DB: Great minds think alike! Good bye DB: Alright folks,...

Man Utd v Spurs: Learn English Through Football Podcast brings you stories from the footballing world, football phrases, and predictions.

This week on the Learn English Through Football Podcast, we review the footballing news from the week, introduce two new football-language phrases - a curler and queueing up, and we will be looking at some of the games in week 9 of the Premier league. These games include Liverpool's trip to Tottenham, the Languagecaster derby

World Cup Qualifiers and Liverpool vs Man Utd: On this week's football-language podcast we look back at a wonderfully exciting set of World Cup qualifiers that took place over the past ten days. We also introduce two new football-language phrases connected to those World Cup qualifiers including 'results go your way'. We also look ahead to a new round of matches from the Premier League this weekend including the big game between Liverpool and Manchester United which of course will feature in our regular football predictions competition.

Chelsea v Man City: On this week's football-language podcast we take a look at some of the big games in the Premier League including Chelsea against Manchester City...

This week in the Premier League sees another London derby this time West Ham hosting rivals Tottenham at the London Stadium on Saturday morning. We look ahead to that game in our weekly predictions section of the show along with Liverpool's trip to Leicester and leaders Manchester City hosting bottom side Crystal Palace. We also look at some of the good, the bad and the ugly stories from the week including the sacking of the England Women's manager Mark Sampson, while we also explain some new English for football phrases and answer some of your posts. For those who wish to practise their English, there is a transcript...

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017-18 Blues v Gunners: The Champions League and Europa League group stages have kicked off, club football is in full swing in Europe, while in Asia the Asian Champions League reaches the semi-final stage. We look at stories from those competitions on this week's podcast, bring you some English for football phrases...

Club football returns after the World Cup qualifiers and it's Pep v Klopp as Man City host Liverpool in the Premier League.

On this week's show Damon and Damian discuss some of the news related to the Champions League (CL) groups, which were announced last Thursday. There are also some football phrases discussed, related to penalties and the awarding of yellow and red cards - harsh and clear cut. The show finishes with a look at three of the big games in the Premier League in week 3 of the season.

2017-18 Tottenham vs Chelsea: This week both Damon and Damian are in London and they recorded this week's show from a rainy London cafe - complete with background noise! It's Week 2 of the Premier League season and on today's show we look back at some of the big football news from the week featuring Liverpool and Ronaldo and look ahead to some of the games taking place this weekend including a big London derby between Tottenham and Chelsea.

Leagues across Europe kick off and this week's podcast previews the start of the Premier League in England.