Episodes

This week saw the retirement of one of the greatest strikers of this generation, O Fenomeno, Ronaldo.

On this football language podcast for learners of English we look at the phrase 'Bring down an opponent' which was used to describe the winning goal in the WSL opening match between Chelsea and Liverpool.

On this football language podcast we look back at some of the shock defeats from the first group matches in this season's Champions League.

2022-23 Champions League Preview: On this football language podcast we look ahead to this season's Champions League by...

On this football language podcast we look at some of the phrases from the recent Chelsea vs Tottenham match: 'touchline ban'; 'needle'...

On this football language podcast for learners of English, we spotlight one of the Premier League games from the weekend and the phrase 'play off the park'.

On this football language podcast for learners of English we look at some of the language from the 2022 Women's Euros final match beween hosts England and Germany

On this football language podcast for learners of English, we kick off the 2022-23 season by looking some language from the curtain raiser in England - The Community Shield

On this football language podcast for learners of English, we look at some of the words and phrases from the 2022 Women's Euros semi finals match between Germany and France. We look at some football phrases used in a Guardian report on the game, including: 'Fire past', 'set up' and 'double'. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, and you can also access our massive glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any ...

On this football language podcast for learners of English, we look at some of the words and phrases from the 2022 Women's Euros quarter-final match between France and the holders the Netherlands. We look at three phrases used in a BBC report on the game: 'break the deadlock'; 'from the spot' and 'set up a meeting with'. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and ...

2022 Women's Euros: we look at some of the words and phrases from the first of the four quarter-finals beween England and Spain and...

In this football language podcast, we use a BBC report to discuss the phrases, 'against the run of play'; 'to edge'; 'to fall short' and...

In this latest football language podcast for learners of English, we look at some of the words and phrases from the recent Finalissima game between South American champions Argentina and European champions Italy at Wembley and in particular we look at the phrases 'pull the strings'; 'turn provider' and 'round off the win'

On this week's football language podcast, we discuss some phrases from the sport of horse racing and how they are used in football, too.

Vocabulary of playing the game: In this post we take a look at some of the words and phrases that players might use while playing a match...

Lift the trophy: We look back at some language from the two FA Cup finals that took place in England over the weekend: The men's final...

FA Cup Learning Resources: In this football language podcast we look back at some of our previous podcasts and posts on the FA Cup.

In this football language podcast for learners of English, we look at some of the words and phrases from the recent North London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal from a report from the Guardian newspaper and in particular how they described the three Spurs goals, including the words, 'flicked header'; 'converted penalty';A 'assured finish' and 'stooping header'.

On this short football language podcast we look at some football language to talk about what match results mean, including 'to sink'.

In this football language podcast we look at the phrase 'to clinch the title' which has been used quite a lot over the past week as...

On this week's main listening report we look at relegation and the language used to describe it.

We look back at some of the words and phrases from the first leg Champions League semi-final between Manchester City and Real Madrid...

This football language podcast looks at the language of football used to describe a goal kin the FA Cup Semi Final last weekend - to dwell on.

In this week's football language podcast we look at the game between Man City and Liverpool and the phrases 'title showdown' and...