Episodes

2018-19 Premier League Week 2: The Premier League enters its second week, along with Ligue 1 in France. Serie A and La Liga kick off their seasons too, while the last of the Big 5 leagues in Europe, the Bundesliga, will join the action next weekend.

A spell, is a period of time or a piece of magic. It is the former meaning that is most common in football, and the word is usually combined with the words 'good' or 'bad'.

2018-19 Premier League Preview: In this football-language podcast we preview the 2018-19 Premier League season. Can Manchester City retain their title or will their city rivals United challenge them? How will Liverpool fare with their new signings and what about Chelsea and Arsenal with their new managers in charge? Which teams will face a relegation battle and which teams will turn out to be dark horses? If you'd like the transcript to the show - great for learners and teachers of English - ple...

Season Preview - Tottenham: Damian looks ahead to the new 2018-19 season and wonders what will be in store for his favourite team, Tottenham with a new stadium and lots of 2018 World Cup players in the squad. If you'd like the transcript to the show - great for learners and teachers of English join as a patron...

Season Preview - Liverpool. Damon takes a look at his team, Liverpool, and their chances in the upcoming 2018-19 Premier League season.A

In this football-language podcast we take a look at the second tier of football in England - the Championship. So, in today's show we will be looking at some of the favourites for promotion, possible dark horses, as well as looking at some of the teams that may face a relegation battle in the 2018-19 season.

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.

Last 16 Matches - Day 1: In this post we look back at the first two matches from the last 16: France versus Argentina and Portugal against Uruguay and explain some of the language that emerged from the two matches.

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.

In this post, we explain some football expressions to do with late goals, specifically 'late winners', that have featured in the 2018 World Cup's first week.

Groups G and H are the focus on this Learn English Through Football podcast. If you'd like the transcript to the show please become a patron

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.

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 c...

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 ...

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'...