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In this listening report we look back at a podcast from October 2008 when we featured a campaign by the organisation Kick It Out which has set up an anti-racism campaign in England.

This week's podcast features one of the greatest managers in the modern game: Sir Alex Ferguson.

With Manchester United on the verge of a record-breaking 19th league title and a Champions League final to look forward to, this week languagecaster profiles the Red Devils Manager, Sir Alex Ferguson.

We've seen one player this year challenge for the title of best player in the world, Messi, so this week languagecaster takes a look at one of the past greats of the game - Johan Cruyff. As always, on this week's free pod you can also: Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript and vocabulary Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in our good, the bad and the ugly section of the show Check out a new football expression in English for Footbal...

The Champions League has reached the semi-final stage and on this week's show we preview the upcoming games between Schalke and Manchester United and of course the third clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

2011 Champions League Semi-Final: This week languagecaster previews the semi-finals of the Champions League and attempts to predict the finalists at Wembley in May.

The Copa del Rey: The Copa del Rey takes place this week in Valencia between Barcelona and Real Madrid. The languagecaster team takes a look at the second of four...

All you need to know about Real Madrid and Barcelona on this week's languagecaster.com English for football podcast - for learners of English who love soccer

4 Things to Know about Barcelona and Real Madrid

It's the business end of the season so on this week's podcast we take a look at the big European leagues and try to predict which teams will be champions at the end of the season. Remember on this week's podcast you can also: Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript and vocabulary Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in our good, the bad and the ugly section of the show Check out a new football expression in English for Football For lear...

On this week's podcast we offer some suggestions to Fabio Capello, the Italian England manager, to help him increase his 100 vocabulary list. Remember on this week's podcast you can also: Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript and vocabulary Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in our good, the bad and the ugly section of the show Check out a new football expression in English for Football For learners of English check out our Football...

Fabio Capello has been in charge of England for three years yet he feels he only needs 100 words to get his message across. Therefore, this week's main report wonders whether a football manager needs to be able to speak the language of his or her players.

Languagecaster weekly football phrase: Pull the trigger

On this week's podcast we preview the qualifiers for the European Championships in 2012. Remember on this week's podcast you can also: Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript and vocabulary Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in our good, the bad and the ugly section of the show Check out a new football expression in English for Football For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: A page with all our Fo...

[print_link] | Subscribe: Main Listening Report | Complete List Here This week's main report looks at the qualifying groups of the 2012 European Championships that will take place in Ukraine and Poland next summer. There is a transcript below, while explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be found at the foot of the post. Introduction The 2012 European Championship qualifiers resume this weekend and we take a look at how the groups currently stand and offer a tentative prediction on which 1...

Languagecaster Football Phrase of the Week: To Play a Blinder

On this week's podcast we preview the Champions League quarter-final match-ups. Remember on this week's podcast you can also: Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript and vocabulary Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in our good, the bad and the ugly section of the show Check out a new football expression in English for Football For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: A page with all our Football vo...

[print_link] | Subscribe: Main Listening Report | Complete List Here This week's main report previews the quarter-final matches from the Champions League and asks which team can win the trophy in Wembley in May. There is a transcript below, while explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be found at the foot of the post. Transcript All of the second round matches of the Champions League have now been completed leaving three teams from England, two from Spain and one each from Italy, Germany a...

Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliche for learners of English who love the sport. This week is the phrase 'On aggregate'

[print_link] | Subscribe: Main Listening Report | Complete List Here On this week's main report we take a look at the beginning of the season and see how our predictions at that time have panned out. There is a transcript below, while explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be found at the foot of the post. Transcript Ten or less games to go in the Premier League and with the FA Cup taking centre stage this weekend it's a good time to revisit the start of the season and some predictions we ...

On this week's podcast we interview two fans who talk about their first ever game experience. Remember on this week's podcast you can also: Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript and vocabulary Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in our good, the bad and the ugly section of the show Check out a new football expression in English for Football For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: A page with all o...

[print_link] | Subscribe: Main Listening Report | Complete List Here This week's main report asks a couple of fans about their first ever football match experience. There is a transcript below, while explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be found at the foot of the post. Transcript Steve: Fulham-Sunderland 1972 Damian: Right, continuing our series of do you remember the first time you went to a football game we have Steve. He's gonna' tell us about his first football experience. Steve, ho...

This week's phrase is 'an off the ball incident'

On this week's languagecaster podcast find out about planned changes to the FA Cup, listen to a round up of some of the big stories from last week, learn what 'to draw a blank' means and more. Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript and vocabulary Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in our good, the bad and the ugly section of the show Check out a new football expression in English for Football For learners of English check out our Foo...