Episodes

Nov. 19, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: Be Fit

This week's football language phrase is simple but very important; it is 'to be fit'.
Nov. 13, 2015

Learn English Through Football Podcast: The Euro Play Offs

On our main listening practice report for this week's podcast we take a look at the Euro play offs and the teams' chances of getting through
Nov. 11, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: Contenders

What is the meaning of the word 'contenders' in football?
Nov. 11, 2015

Listening Report: 2016 European Championship Play-offs

In this listening practice report we look ahead to the four 2016 European Championship play-off matches and try to offer a prediction!
Nov. 7, 2015

Listening Practice: Back to the Future II: Football in 2045

Back to the Future II: To celebrate Back to the Future day we take a look at what football may look like in 2045!
Nov. 7, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: Off the Mark

Today's football phrase is 'Off the mark'. Find out more about this phrase by reading the transcript below. You can also find many more examples of soccer vocabulary by going to our football cliches page here and our huge football glossary here. [print_link] | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Off the Mark This phrase means to get a first win or a first goal. Mark in this sense, means the start line of a race, so to get off the mark, means to start the race. Every season, strikers especially wan...
Oct. 30, 2015

Listening Practice: What Can Football Learn From Rugby?

Rugby and football have a shared history which goes all the way back to folk football. What can football learn from rugby?
Oct. 29, 2015

Weekly Football Cliche: Old School

The cliche old school is a phrase that means traditional, typical, but also has a nuance which says that something is rare now. So, ...
Oct. 24, 2015

Listening Practice: Back to the Future (Part 1) – Football in 1985

Back to the Future: We are going to take a look back at what football was like 30 years ago in 1985.
Oct. 23, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: First time

First time is used in football to give a pass or hit a shot without having to control the ball beforehand
Oct. 20, 2015

Listening Practice: 2015-16 Champions League Preview (Groups E-H)

2015-16 Champions League Preview: The 2015-16 Champions League group stages reach their third set of matches this week ...
Oct. 16, 2015

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Goalkeepers and LFC v Spurs

On this week's podcast we have a main listening practice report from our 2012 archives on goalkeepers along with English for football.
Oct. 16, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: To Nudge

Today's football phrase came from a question on our Forum page by @Hyuna_27g and is 'nudge'.
Oct. 16, 2015

Listening Practice Report: From the Archives – Goalkeepers

This week's main listening report is from our 2012 Archives. It focuses on an often overlooked position in the team, the goalkeeper.
Oct. 12, 2015

Learn English Through Football Podcast: World Cup and European Championship Qualifiers

On this week's podcast we look back at some of the stories from recent World Cup and European Championship qualifiers, explain a new phrase
Oct. 10, 2015

Listening Practice Report: Farewell Brendan Rogers

Klopp has been appointed LFC manager and Brendan Rogers forgotten. In this report, Damon, an LFC fan gives reflects on Rogers' time at LFC.
Oct. 4, 2015

Learn English Through Football Podcast: The Women’s Game

In this week's podcast we ask 3 male football fans a few questions about the women's game and we explains the phrase to take the lead.
Oct. 2, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: Take the lead

What's the meaning of the phrase ' to take the lead'?
Oct. 2, 2015

Listening Practice Report: Women’s Football

This week we thought it would be a good idea to see how much some male football fans know about women's football.
Sept. 26, 2015

Listening Practice: 2015-16 Champions League Preview (Groups A-D)

2015-16 Champions League Preview (Groups A-D)
Sept. 20, 2015

Football Language: Studs

Studs: What is the meaning of this phrase in football?
Sept. 20, 2015

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Women’s Super League and London Derbies

On this week's podcast we take a look at the English Women's Super League in our listening practice report, while we also feature some big London derbies and huge games from Germany, France and Portugal in our predictions battle
Sept. 18, 2015

Listening Practice: The Women’s Super League

In the last 10 years, Women's football has become very popular. We look at the game in England, focusing on the Women's Super League.