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Chelsea vs Manchester City is the big game in the Premier League this week, and it features in ourA predictions at the end of the show. There's news about a remarkable woman footballerA in our review section, the big football derbies in the Premier League and we also had a full set of mid-week fixtures. We've also got a football quiz question and some English for football. If you'd like the transcript to the show - great for learners and teachers of English - please show your support by becoming...

It's the North London Derby and the Merseyside Derby this week! Both those games feature in ourA predictions section.

Spurs vs Chelsea was the stand out fixture in the Premier League this weekend, but Boca vs River in the Copa Libertadores final was probably the biggest football story. We'll have news from that fixture on the show. We also have some football language - to skin - and our look at three games from the weekend, including the London derby between Tottenham and Chelsea, in our predictions section.

What is the meaning of the football phrase 'Find a way to win'?

It's an international break, so on this week's football-language podcast we feature games from the Nation's League, including England v Croatia

Here we explain the football cliche 'add steel to the team' which is used when a team needs to be a litle stronger.

On this week's football-language podcast we look back at the first leg of the 2018 Copa Libertadores final between Boca Juniors and River Plate the superclásico in a continental final! We also look ahead to the Manchester derby which features in our predictions competition along with Chelsea v Everton and Arsenal v Wolves. There is also a football quiz question and we explain some football language, including the phrase 'to set up a goal' and the cliche 'put it in the mixer'.

In this post we explain the football cliche 'put in the mixer' which is used to describe a long-ball game...

The Arsenal vs Liverpool match this weekend was the stand out match in the Premier League, and we'll talk about that game in this week's show. Also on the show, we explain the football phrase 'set up', as well as ask a football news related quiz question. 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: admin@languagecaster.com (Damian=DF, Dam...

The Tottenham vs Manchester City game on Monday night is the big one, and we'll talk about that match in our predictions section. Also on the show, we explain the football phrase 'fringe player', and review some of the stories from the football world, including a nice story on Dulwich Hamlet FC. 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:...

2018-19 - Chelsea v Manchester United: Chelsea v Manchester United is the standout fixture in the Premier League this weekend. Club football returns after the UEFA Nations League and the international break and we'll be looking at three games from the Premier League in our predictions, including the Chelsea v Manchester United game. We will also have some football language, this week 'a banker', and we've got a language-related quiz question too.

2018 UEFA Nations League - Spain v England: It's an international break this weekend as the UEFA Nations League returns with some high-profile matches involving Spain and England as well as Germany and France. So on this week's show we take a look at some football language connected to the UEFA Nations League, explain the term 'spot kick', make some predictions and ask a football-language quiz question involving the phrase 'to get the nod over'.

In the Premier League this weekend Liverpool v Manchester City is the standout fixture: second versus first. On the podcast we also discuss the football phrase 'to carve open' and ask our topical quiz question. At the end of the show, we'll also give our predictions to three games from this week's round of fixtures.A If you'd like the transcriptA 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...

A huge weekend of football sees the two unbeaten sides at the top of the Premier League table face off, the top two in Serie A play each other, the Rome derby and the Madrid derby also take place! We'll talk about the good, the bad and the ugly news from last week, feature some English phrases used in football, including the cliche 'no one is biger than the club' and try to predict some of the games in the Premier League in our predictions competition.

In today's football expression we explain the cliche 'no one is bigger than the club' which can be seen a s a type of warning.

2018-19 Week 7 - West Ham v Chelsea: A London derby features in our predictions this week. Also on the show, we will feature some of the stories from the week's Champions League. There's a quiz question focused on some language used this week in the footballing news, and we also feature the football phrase 'breeze past'.

2018-19 Week 6 - Tottenham vs Liverpool:A It's the languagecaster derby! Damian's Tottenham versus Damon's Liverpool.

We explain the football expressions 'unbeaten record' and 'unbeaten run' which are used to describe a team's performance in a competition.

The UEFA Nations League: On this special extra podcast we take a look at the UEFA Nations League and look at some of the language involved with this tournament and answer questions about the format, the rules and what it may mean for the future of European football internationals.

2018-19 - Week 5: It's the international break and club football takes a week off. On this week's football-language podcast we have some international games in our predictions and a football-language quiz question. We also explain the phrase Cruyff turn and review the footballing news, with one story featuring tiny Clapton FC. 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 que...

2018-19 - Week 4: In this week's football-language podcast we look back at the Manchester United versus Tottenham and look ahead to some of the big games from this weekend. We also look at the phrase 'put the game beyond', review some of the big news from the world of football, ask a football-language quiz and offer some predictions for the big games.

2018-19 Premier League - Week 3: In this week's football-language podcast we look ahead to the Manchester United versus Tottenham match on Monday. We also explain the football phrase 'deadline-day signing', ask a football-language question and attempt some predictions for the big games this weekend.