Football Cliches

In this football phrase of the week we look at the cliche, 'too good to go down' after my favourite team Tottenham lost again and are only four points above the drop zone.

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In this football phrase of the week we look at the cliche, 'the sacking season' after two high-profile sackings in the Premier League this week.

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The weekly football phrase we introduce in this podcast is 'man and ball7 which is a phrase used in football to describe tackles.

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The learn English through football podcast explains the language of football: This week, we look at a cliche: If you'd offered me that...

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: Nosebleed In this podcast we talk about a word you wouldn’t expect in football – nosebleed – and how it used to talk about players. Access the transcript of the show below, which is a great way for learners of English to practice. A Make sure you also check out […]

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In this short podcast on the language of football, we talk about a football cliche used to describe a player's actions. The phrase is 'saw their name in lights'.

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Day 2 of the World Cup and we explain the classic football cliche, 'a game of two halves' from the USA vs Wales game

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Vocabulary of playing the game: In this post we take a look at some of the words and phrases that players might use while playing a match...

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FA Cup Learning Resources: In this football language podcast we look back at some of our previous podcasts and posts on the FA Cup.

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

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