Episodes

On this week's football podcast for learners of English, Damian looks back at the English League Cup, while Damon introduces the phrase 'to hit form' before we finish up with our weekly predictions battle which this week includes the Milan derby, the League Cup final and another clasico.

It is the final of the League Cup this weekend so on this weeka€™s main report we take a look at the third trophy of English football: The League Cup.

What phrase often follows 'to hit form'? Find out with our Weekly Football Phrase.

On this week's football podcast for learners of English, Damon takes a look at the holding midfielder position in football, while Damian introduces the phrase 'bullet header'

[gss-content-box color="gray"] On this weeka€™s main report we continue our look at the various positions on the pitch by focusing on a specialist midfielder, called the holding midfielder. You can listen to the report by clicking on the link below, while vocabulary support (in bold) appears at the foot of the report.[/gss-content-box] Introduction The holding midfielder has now become a fixture of most teams around the world, with some teams even using two holding midfielders. A holding midfie...

A bullet header: a powerful header that flies, like a bullet from a gun, towards the goal.

On this week's football podcast for learners of English, Damian looks ahead to the knock-out stages of the 2013 Champions League while Damon introduces the phrase 'Hang up your boots' before we finish up with our weekly predictions battle which this week includes the final from the African Nations Cup, as well as big games from the Premier League and La Liga.

The 2012-13 Champions League knock-out stage starts next week with 16 teams battling it out to try and reach the final that takes place on 25th May at Wembley Stadium. The two-legged ties promise to be mouth-watering affairs and so on this week's main football report the languagecaster team looks ahead to some top European club action.

What's the meaning of the phrase 'to hang up your boots'? This phrase is used when a player decides to stop playing the game...

On this week's football podcast for learners of English, Damian talks about the language of transfers and also introduces the phrase 'Transfer Window'

A transfer is when a footballer moves from one club to another and this can come about in two ways: either the club decides to sell the player or the player chooses to leave the club. On this week's main listening report we look at language related to football transfers.

This week, languagecaster.com introduces the football phrase 'transfer window'. You can understand more about this phrase by reading the accompanying transcript.

On this week's football podcast for learners of English, we focus on the 'romance of the cup' and look at some of the language associated with the English FA Cup. Damon also introduces the phrase 'to line up a bid for' before we finish up with our weekly predictions battle which this week includes games from the African Nations Cup, England and of course the FA Cup 4th round.

On this week's main listening report we look at some of the language of the FA Cup.

This week, languagecaster.com introduces the football phrase 'to line up a bid for'.

On this week's football podcast for learners of English, we cast our eye over the groups in the African Nations Cup

This weekend sees the start of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations that takes place in South Africa. On this week's main listening report the languagecaster team previews the four groups and even dares to make a prediction.

This week, languagecaster.com introduces the football phrase 'cup replay'

On this week's football podcast for learners of English, we take a look at what constitutes cheating in football.

Is it OK to 'bend the rules' in football; Is it ever OK to cheat? This week's main report discusses what cheating in football.

This week, languagecaster.com introduces the football phrase 'beyond the pale'.

Currently enjoying a long winter break is the Bundesliga: we take a look at which teams are doing well and who should be worried.

Bundesliga - midway: The German Bundesliga is still on its winter break, and on this week's main report we take a look at what's going on in the league

This week, languagecaster.com introduce the football cliche 'it's a funny old game'.