Episodes

It's April 1st which in some countries is known as April Fool's Day so on this football language podcast we look at the phrase 'to fool' which can be used in football to describe a situation when a player can deceive another player.

Learn English Through Football Language Podcast: 2024 European Championship Qualifiers in Numbers - The qualifying rounds for...

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Secure This short podcast on the language of football introduces the phrase, 'to secure', and words that this verb is used with in football. Check out the transcript of the show below. You also make sure you check out our huge glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. Teachers of English can use the audio and transcript to provide practice for their students, too. Try a gap-fill activity for exam...

It's St Patrick's Day (March 17th) which, of course, is the Irish national day, so on this week's listening practice report we take a look at some of the best ever Irish footballers.

This short podcast on the language of football introduces the phrase, 'between the sticks', which is a phrase used to talk about goalkeepers.

This short football language podcast looks at the phrases 'to be outclassed' and 'to outclass'.

In this short podcast on the language of football, we talk about a football cliche used to describe a player's actions. The phrase is 'saw their name in lights'.

2022 FIFA Club World Cup: In this football language post for learners of English we look back the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup tournament...

Pick up: we take a look at some football phrases that use the word 'pick', including, 'pick up a caution'; 'pick up some points' and 'pick up a win'.

In this short football language post we explain the expression 'feeder club' and how it is used in football.

In this football language post for learners of English we look at the expression 'points deduction' after the big story from Italy's Serie A saw Juventus being deducted 15 points this week.

In this short podcast on the language of football, we talk about a football phrase that describes a shot. The phrase is 'a sweet strike'.

In this short podcast on the language of football, we talk about a way to describe a shot. The phrase is 'a sighter'.

This podcast series explains the language of football, and this short episode looks at the phrase 'to shine'.

Fightback: In this football language post we look at the football expression 'fightback' which is used when a team comes back to draw or win...

This football language podcast for learners of English, explains the adjective 'tidy, as in a tidy player.'

Today's World Cup language podcast looks back at some of the language from the 2022 World Cup final. We'll be looking at some phrases from The Guardian newspaper report on the extraordinary final including, 'on penalties'; 'unplayable' and 'side-on volley'.

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrases, 'to play in' and 'to go behind' from the sem-finals

Today's World Cup language podcast looks back at the quarter-final match between Argentina and Netherlands which the South American side won on penalties.

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'Panenka' which was used when describing Morocco's penalty shoot-out win against...

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'coast past' which was used to describe the French victory against Poland

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'march into the quarter-finals' which was used after the Dutch victory over the USA

In this World Cup language podcast we look at a football phrase from Day 13 - (to) flick on from the Serbia versus Switzerland match.

This World Cup language podcast focuses on the phrase, 'cut the ball back', which describes the build up to a goal in the Japan vs Spain match.