Episodes

A On this week's show Damon and Damian take a look at the African Nations' Cup in Ghana. Damian also has a new English for Football phrase.Try out ourA worksheetsA orA online quizA to help you practice your listening and vocabulary skills. TranscriptA A This cup keeps getting bigger and bigger in terms of worldwide interest, and even though Africa only has one team, Nigeria, ranked in FIFAa€™s top 20 therea€™s no doubt that Africa producesA some of the best and most exciting players in world foo...

On this week's show we look at the African Cup of nations, and... Review the football week inA the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Have a new Vox Pops topic Introduce a football expression in English for Football And continue their weekly battle in theA predictions competitionFor learners of English there are also Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists Online quizzes and crossword puzzles Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers inA fansa€™ forumA

A On this week's show Damon and Damian ask fans from English Premier League teams, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal how they see their teams performing in the rest of the season. Damon also has a new English for Football phrase. Try out our worksheets or online quiz to help you practice your listening and vocabulary skills. If you click on the audio when it is playing on an iPod you can see the transcript as you listen. Ita€™s a great way to practice listening and fluency! Transcript DF: H...

On this week's show we hear three fans of Premier League teams predict how they will fare in the remainder of this season. Damian and Damon also: Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Have a new Vox Pops topic Introduce a football expression in English for Football And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition For learners of English there are also Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists Online quizzes and crossword puzzles Weekly blogs from our footbal...

On this week's show Damon and Damian focus on the FA Cup Third Round games in England and Wales and introduce another English for football phrase. Try out our worksheets or online quiz to help you practice your listening and vocabulary skills. If you click on the audio when it is playing on an iPod you can see the transcript as you listen. Ita€™s a great way to practice listening and fluency! Transcript The FA Cup. As English as a cup of tea, Stonehenge and red double-decker buses. Draw poker...

The FA Cup is back! The 3rd round is the focus of this week's podcast. Damian and Damon also: Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Have a new Vox Pops topic Introduce a football expression in English for Football And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition For learners of English there are also Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists Online quizzes and crossword puzzles Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fansa€™ forum

On this week's show Damon and Damian look back at some of the highs and lows of the footballing world in 2007. Try out our worksheets or online quiz to help you practice your listening and vocabulary skills. If you click on the audio when it is playing on an iPod you can see the transcript as you listen. Ita€™s a great way to practice listening and fluency! Transcript Kaka has just been named the best player of 2007 for his performances for AC Milan during the past year but in this languagecaste...

Football Language Podcast: Review of 2007 Season

On this week's show Damian and Damon look at the new appointment of Fabio Capello as England coach. Damon also has a new English for Football phrase. Try out our worksheets or online quiz to help you practice your listening and vocabulary skills. If you click on the audio when it is playing on an iPod you can see the transcript as you listen. Ita€™s a great way to practice listening and fluency! Transcript This week the English FA announced the appointment of the new England coach, the Italian C...

The big story this week is the appointment of Fabio Capello as England coach, and on this week's show Damian and Damon discuss this and lots more: They: Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Have a new Vox Pops topic Introduce a football expression in English for Football And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition For learners of English there are also Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists Online quizzes and crossword puzzles Weekly blogs from our ...

A On this week's show Damian and Damon look at the relationship between football, TV and money. Damon also has a new English for Football phrase. Try out our worksheets or online quiz to help you practice your listening and vocabulary skills. If you click on the audio when it is playing on an iPod you can see the transcript as you listen. Ita€™s a great way to practice listening and fluency! Transcript Arsene Wenger: I personally believe that, of course, Man United will be in contention but Chel...

A With the top four in the Premier League playing this weekend, Damian and Damon investigate the role TV has played on shaping modern football and ask whether money is destroying the game. They also: Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Have a new Vox Pops topic Introduce a football expression in English for Football And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition For learners of English there are also Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists Online quizz...

2007 Club World Cup: The Club World Cup kicks off in Japan this week, and it is the third year running that FIFAa€™s club championship has...

Damon and Damian take a look at the Club World Cup in Japan. They also: Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Have a new Vox Pops topic Introduce a football expression in English for Football And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition For learners of English there are also Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists Online quizzes and crossword puzzles Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fansa€™ forum

On this week's show Damian and Damon look at the World Cup Qualifying draw made in South Africa last week. Damon also has a new English for Football phrase. Try out our worksheets or online quiz to help you practice your listening and vocabulary skills. If you click on the audio when it is playing on an iPod you can see the transcript as you listen. Ita€™s a great way to practice listening and fluency! Transcript Last weekend the World Cup Qualifying Draw for countries in Africa, Asia, Central a...

Damon and Damian review the 2010 World Cup qualifying draw held in Durban, South Africa this week. They also: Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Have a new Vox Pops topic Introduce a football expression in English for Football And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition For learners of English there are also Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists Online quizzes and crossword puzzles Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fansa€™ forum

On this week's learners' podcast Damian and Damon look back on the Euro 2008 qualifiers and Damian has another English for Football phrase.

Euro 2008 qualifiers are over and Damon and Damian look back at some of the results. Also they: Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Have a new Vox Pops topic Introduce a football expression in English for Football And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition For learners of English there are also Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists Online quizzes and crossword puzzles Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fansa€™ forum

Here are some of the words and phrases that we used on this week's show. You can practise the vocabulary with our online crosswords here Check out the BBC's football vocabulary page here deserve a pat on the back - deserve praise, you say this when you have done something well We deserve a pat on the back. We've been doing the podcast for a year. sink or swim - left with no help, having to rely on yourself I think players should be left to sink or swim. to drop like flies - quickly collapse, die...

On this week's learners' podcast Damian reports on the England team and David Beckham while Damon has another English for Football phrase. Try out our worksheets or online quiz to help you practice your listening and vocabulary skills. If you click on the audio when it is playing on an iPod you can see the transcript as you listen. Ita€™s a great way to practice listening and fluency! Transcript The final round of European Championship qualifiers take place this week and with England's chances o...

Damian and Damon focus on the England national team, David Beckham and Steve MacClaren in this week's free show. Also they: Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Introduce a new Vox Pops topic Explain a football expression in English for Football And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition For learners of English there are also Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists Online quizzes Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fansa€™ forum

Damian and Damon look at the AFC Champions League in this week's free football show for learners of English. Try out our worksheets or online quiz to help you practice your listening and vocabulary skills. If you click on the audio when it is playing on an iPod you can see the transcript as you listen. Ita€™s a great way to practice listening and fluency! Transcript This year an Iranian side, Sepahan, and a Japanese club, Urawa will contest the AFC Championa€™s League Final over two legs. The fi...

Damian and Damon focus on the AFc Champions League in this week's free show. Also they: Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Introduce a new Vox Pops topic Explain a football cliche And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition For learners of English there are also Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists Online quizzes Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fansa€™ forum

Damian and Damon investigate some of the reasons that managers lose their jobs in this week's free football show for learners of English. On this week's show Damian and Damon: Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Explore why managing a football team is such a tough job. Introduce a new Vox Pops topic Explain a footballing phrase And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition For learners of English there are also Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists ...