Episodes

On this week's main listening report we look at relegation and the language used to describe it.

Football Language Podcast - 2020 Manchester Derby: On this podcast we explain some of the football language that emerged from the past week including the word 'blunder', while we also have a football-language question about the phrase 'to rally' and look ahead to the Manchester derby.

Manchester Derby in Numbers: This listening report focuses on some of the numbers from the history of the Manchester derby

MLS 2020: This weekend sees the start of the 2020 Major League Soccer season - the 25th season - so we thought we'd take a look at how MLS is doing at 25. We also look ahead to the upcoming season and look at the favourites and the dark horses and of course some of the language used to describe Major League Soccer 2020.A

Football Language Podcast - El Clásico 2020: Some huge games this week, with el Clásico in La Liga, Juventus versus Inter in Italy, the League Cup final in England and the 'derby' between Brighton and Hove Albion and Crystal Palace! In this show we discuss the football language phrase 'under the cosh', as well as some of the news from the football world this week, including some of the Champions League games that took place. There's also a football language quiz question and some predictions at ...

I'll be looking at a few phrases from our football glossary of soccer vocabulary in this episode, specifically phrases beginning with 'under' in our 'U' category

2019-20 Arsenal vs Everton and Chelsea vs Tottenham: The Premier League returns after its short mid-week break and this week sees some huge fixtures particularly for those fighting for the Champions League places and those teams wishing to avoid relegation. We also explain a football language phrase connected to shooting, look back at some of the good, bad and ugly from the first set of matches from the last-16 in the Champions League, while we also have a football-language quiz question and som...

2015-16 Clásico: This week we feature the biggest game in La Liga: El Clásico in our listening practice report, following this Damon explains the football expression 'to be fit' and we have some huge games in our predictions battle

Listening Practice: 2015 El Clásico: Three Things to Watch out for

For this week's listening report, we focus on the language of the run in, the end of the season when the title race is decided.

This week's listening report is the language of misses. In football the aim is to score goals, but more often than not, a shot will miss, not find the net.

What does the expression 'schoolboy error' mean? Find out on this week's football language podcast.

The Language of Diving: This listening report examines the language used to talk about diving.

The Language of Predictions: On this report we feature some of the language Damian and Damon use when describing football predictions.

This week's main report discusses some of the language of referees.

Setting up goals: Last week, we looked at the language of scoring goals and this week we continue, but we focus on how to describe setting up the goal.

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.

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

Leo Messi: This weekend sees the first clasico meeting of 2012-13 and so on this week's main report we profile one of the best players in the world: Barcelona's Lionel Messi.

Manchester derby 2012: On this week's main listening report we interview a Manchester United fan and a Manchester City fan and ask them what they think will happen next Monday when their teams clash in the Manchester Derby.

2012 Champions League Semi-Final Preview: On this week's main listening report we preview the 2012 Champions League Semi-final second legs that are both delicately poised: Real Madrid face Bayern Munich while on Tuesday Barcelona host Chelsea

On this week's main listening report we focus on some of the language that is used with one of the most controversial rules of the game: offside.

English Football League Cup: This week's languagecaster main listening report spotlights the Football League Cup in England - it's format, history, some statistics, and cracking matches.

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.