Episodes

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'a peach of a free kick' which was used to describe the second Mexican goal in their 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia.

Day 10 of the 2022 World Cup and the last games in Groups A and B. We look the phrase 'side footer' and the game between Senegal and Ecuador

Day 9 of the 2022 World Cup and Cameroon and Serbia had a cracker. We look at a football phrase from the game, 'scoop shot'.

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at some language to describe a goal scored by Morocco against Belgium from an inswinging free kick.

This World Cup language podcast looks back at day 7 of the tournament and at the moment of magic from Leo Messi as he helped Argentina to an all-important 2-0 win over Mexico. We look at a description of the goal from a BBC report and explain the words: 'trademark magic'; 'keeps hopes alive' and 'tense encounter'.

Day 6 of the 2022 World Cup and Wales lose 2-0 to Iran. We look at some language describing the result, including the phrase 'first hurdle'.

Scissor kick: Day 5 of the 2022 World Cup and Brazil open their tournament with a win over Serbia and a wonder-goal from Richarlison.

Thumping Strike: Day 4 of World Cup 2022 and explain the language describing the Japanese goal including the words, 'tight angle'; 'thumping'

Day 3 of the World Cup and we've seen one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history as Saudi Arabia came from behind to defeat Argentina...

Day 2 of the World Cup and we explain the classic football cliche, 'a game of two halves' from the USA vs Wales game

On this football language podcast for learners of English, we preview four of the groups from the 2022 World Cup: Groups E-H.

We look back at the opening game of the 2022 World Cup between hosts Qatar and Ecuador to explain the phrases 'totally outplayed' & 'on paper

On this football language podcast for learners of English, we preview four of the groups from the 2022 World Cup: Groups A-D

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

Fitness Concerns: On this football language podcast, we look ahead to the 2022 World Cup and at some of the players who may miss out...

2022 World Cup Mexican Fan: On this football language podcast we hear more predictions for the 2022 World Cup; this time from a Mexican fan...

Football Language Podcast: 2022 World Cup Predictions - Wales and Ecuador Fans: We hear from three fans and their predictions for the 2022 World Cup winners, flops, dark horses and Golden Boot

Do you know what to 'peg back' means? This football language podcast for learners of English, looks at this phrase and other language related to it.

On this football language podcast for learners of English we look at some of the language to describe the winning Irish goal in the 2023 World Cup play-off match against Scotland.

This football language podcast for learners of English, looks at the phrase 'rooted to the spot' and other language related to it.

On this football language podcast for learners of English we look at the phrase 'top corner' after Arsenal's opening goal in the North...

This football language podcast for learners of English, looks at some football language related to goalkeeping, including 'to cough up'.

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: Son Heung-min's Return to Goalscoring (2022-23): We look at some language describing Son Heung-min's return to goalscoring