A huge weekend of Premier League football is taking place with games at the top and the bottom of the table taking place and we look ahead to some of these games in our predictions competition. We also have some football language from the week including the phrase ‘snapshot‘ and the acronym G.O.A.T. There are also listeners posts and comments as well as our regular weekly football quiz in our football-language podcast. Of course you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 Tottenham vs Arsenal

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DF: You’re listening to Languagecaster’s football-language podcast. Hello everyone, my name is Damian and I am sitting here on my balcony in a sunny London waiting for the North London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal to kick-off later on today – as a Spurs fan I am feeling very nervous indeed! Apologies for the slight delay in this week’s podcast but both Damon and myself have been pretty busy over the past week. In fact Damon, who as regular listeners will know is based in Tokyo Japan, will not be with us this time round but will of course be back next week.

Line up

DF: Now, what do we have on today’s show? Well, we’ve had another another busy week of football with lots of games taking place and we’ll be looking back at some of those games in our review section – that’s the good, the bad, and the ugly. After that we have some more football phrases for you: ‘snapshot‘ and ‘on the road‘, as well as a discussion on some football abbreviations. And after all of that, we’ll finish up with our predictions and we’re going to look at three of the big games taking place today, Sunday, in the Premier League. It really is the business end of the season!

DF: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Thai. If you would like to record the message “You are listening to languagecaster” in your language then just send it on to us here at [email protected].

Good

DF: Right, let’s start with the good, the bad and the ugly. First of all, congratulations to Bayern Munich who won their fifth Bundesliga title in a row after thrashing Wolfsburg 6-0 away from home. Well done also to London sides Chelsea and Arsenal who defeated Tottenham and Manchester City respectively in the FA Cup semi-finals to reach the final. But really the stand-out performance of the week has to be from Leo Messi after his two goals helped Barcelona to a 3-2 victory over Real Madrid in last week’s clasico. He absolutely ran the show and his goal in the last second of the game has ignited the title race in Spain. The greatest of all time?

Bad

DF: After ten seasons in the top flight of English football, north-east side Sunderland were relegated to the Championship...

It’s been another great week of football and we now know who will be competing in the semi-finals of the Champions league, while the race for the top four spots in the Premier League is still on the boil. Teams have secured promotion, while others are still fighting relegation. Stories from this week’s football feature on the show, so click on the audio below and enjoy! Of course you can read the transcript in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).
Languagecaster Football Podcast: 2017 Manchester Derby


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DF: You’re listening to Languagecaster’s football-language podcast. Hello everyone, my name is Damian and I’m here in a grey but dry London and of course we are looking forward to a huge weekend – actually a week of football fixtures as there are games on every day from Saturday until Thursday this week: The FA Cup semi-finals, el clasico, the Old Firm derby, and huge games at the top and bottom of the Premier League, including a Manchester derby. Now, down the line should be Damon in Tokyo. Damon, how are you doing?
DB: Hello Damian, I’m well, despite the grey skies today in Tokyo. I hope you’re well and enjoying the football. What did you think of the Champions League semi-final draw?
DF: Well, in some sense I wanted Atlético to avoid Real but I suppose it’s another chance for Simeone’s men to gain some kind of revenge for two recent final defeats against their city rivals. Juventus must be favourites for the other semi-final against Monaco though I have seen a lot of the French side recently and they score goals – Kylian Mbappe, what a player!
DB: Yes.
DF: Now, what’s on the show this week, Damon?
Line up
DB: Well we’ve got our usual line-up with some of the key events in the footballing news, a couple of football for language phrases – to bow out and on the beach – and some predictions at the end of the show, with the Manchester derby on Thursday being the big one!
DF: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that was, of course, in Spanish. So, send your ‘you are listening to languagecaster.com’ in your language to [email protected].
DB: Right, let’s kick off with the good, the bad and the ugly; what was good this week?
Good
DF: Well Damon, it has been good for teams on the south coast of England this week, as Brighton and Hove Albion, Plymouth Argyle and Portsmouth all won promotion. Brighton, also known as the Seagulls, will be in the Premier League next season, while Plymouth, from Devon, and Portsmouth have been promoted from the fourth tier, League 2, to the third

This week saw Champions League and Europa League quarter-final first legs, but these were overshadowed by the attack on the Dortmund team bus. This news will feature on our review section this week. We also have predictions, with games involving Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham, your posts, football language from the week and of course you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Dortmund

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DB: You’re listening to Languagecaster’s football-language podcast. Hello everyone, my name is Damon and I am here in a lovely sunny Tokyo hoping to talk to Damian down the line in London. Damian, how are you doing? You must be happy with your team, Tottenham, still pushing Chelsea for the title!

DF: Hello Damon, good to hear from you – it’s a little chilly here in London but at least it’s not raining! It’s been another busy week of football with Champions League quarter-finals taking place. Did you manage to see any?

DB: None! I need to work on my satellite subscription! Maybe when Liverpool get back in the Champions League next season? You?

DF: I saw the Dortmund-Monaco game which was high on emotion indeed. By the way, as for Spurs, yes, we are doing well but I am still a little nervous of today’s game against Bournemouth.

Line up

DF: Now, what else Damon do we have on today’s show?

DB: As you’ve already mentioned, we’ve had an eventful week of football in Europe, overshadowed by the attack on the Dortmund bus, more on that in our review section – the good, the bad, and the ugly. After that we have two football phrases for you ‘to sky the ball over the bar‘ and a ‘sweet left foot‘.

DF: And after all of that, we’ll finish up with our predictions and we’re going to look at three of the big games in the Premier League. We’re well and truly in the business end of the season!

DB: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that was in Polish. We’d love to have some more voices and languages in our collection: you can record the message “You are listening to languagecaster” in your language, or “Hi I’m a fan of (whatever your team is), and you’re listening to languagecaster.com’ – this message in English! Just send it on to [email protected].

DF: Right Damon, let’s start the good, the bad and the ugly; what was good this week?

Good

DB: Well the big news this week was the attack on the Dortmund team bus ahead of the quarter-final fixture against Monaco and the cancellation of the game. Some good did come out of this terrible event, though. Football showed its good side,

There are only 6 weeks to go in the Premier League so it’s the business end of the season and on this week’s show we look back at a busy week of football that saw changes at both the top and the bottom of the table. We also have an interview with Marie O’Sullivan from The Language Point who will be telling us about her favourite football cliche as well as trying to predict some of the big games from the weekend including her home team Middlesbrough. We have your posts, lots of football language and of course you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 Business End of the Season

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DF: You’re listening to Languagecaster’s football-language podcast. Hello everyone, my name is Damian and I am here in a very sunny London looking forward to another great weekend of football action. Hopefully Damon is on the other end of the line in Tokyo, Japan. Damon, how are you doing?

DB: Damian! Good to hear you. I’m doing well and looking forward to the football. The cherry blossoms are out here in Japan, and even though today is a bit rainy, it feels like spring is here, which means it must be the final leg of the season.

Line up

DF: Now, it has been a busy week of football here in England with a set of mid-week fixtures also taking place as we reach the business end of the season – Now, I was very happy with Spurs as they managed two away victories. And we’ll be looking back at some of those games and stories in our good, the bad and the ugly section later on. Damon, what else do we have on this week’s show?

DB: Well, we have an interview with Middlesbrough fan Marie O’Sullivan from the Sanako website and she’ll be talking about her favourite football cliche and her team’s chances of staying up this season. We will also have a couple of new football-language phrases from the week: joint bid and slide-rule pass. Of course, we’ll finish up with our predictions which features Marie’s team Middlesbrough (‘Boro) as well as Chelsea and Tottenham.

DF: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that was in Irish. Now, remember, you can record the message “You are listening to languagecaster” in your language and we will play it on our show. Just send it on to [email protected].

DB: Now next up we have our review of the football week in the good,

The international break is over and so on this week’s podcast we take a look back at some of the big news from those World Cup qualifiers – including the introduction of new technology into the game. We also look ahead to a really interesting week of domestic football including the Merseyside derby, a top-four clash and a relegation battle from the Premier League. Read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 Merseyside Derby and Arsenal v Man City

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DF: You’re listening to languagecaster’s football language podcast. Hello everyone, my name is Damian and I am currently here in London looking forward to the football that’s going to take place over the next few days as the domestic game returns after the international break. Now Damon is in Tokyo over there in Japan. I wonder how he’s getting on. Damon, how are things?

DB: Hi Damian. Very good indeed. There are grey skies and there’s a bit of wet weather around here, but I’m looking forward to the Merseyside derby of course. How about you?

DF: Well, it’s a little grey here in east London early Saturday morning but the sun is starting to come out. And yes, I’ll be watching the derby later on today – it’s a great start to a packed week of football fixtures.

Line up

DF: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com. Can you guess what language that message was in? It was actually in Catalan. So drop us a line here at [email protected] if you have the message “You are listening to languagecaster” in your language and we will play it on our show.

DB: Now next up we have our review of the football week in the good, the bad and the ugly.

Good

DB: So, what was good Damian?

DF:  Congratulations to Brazil who became the first team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia as they defeated Paraguay 3-0 with four games to play in the South American tournament. Brazil’s win, along with Uruguay’s surprise defeat in Peru, meant that the five-time winners have maintained their record of being ever-present at all World Cup finals. Brazil have won eight consecutive qualifying matches under new coach Tite pushing them from fifth place a year ago to automatic qualifiers. Well done Brazil. By the way, Damon, Tite I learned that from Tim Vickery, that’s how you pronounce his name.

DB: OK.

DF: How about bad Damon? What was bad from this week’s football?

Bad

DB: Well, yes, first of all good for Brazil and just hearing that they’ve won it five times the World Cup, that’s amazing isn’t it.

It’s international week again, with World Cup 2018 qualifiers being held across the globe. This means we have no Premier League predictions this week, but we will have a few thoughts on who we think will be relegated and who will secure top-four Champions League places. Of course, we have some good, bad and ugly news from the world of football, including a nasty challenge in the Ireland v Wales match. After that, we will talk about two phrases for football, one, the cliche ‘not that kind of player‘ and the other, a daisy cutter. Read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Nasty Challenge

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DB: You’re listening to languagecaster’s football language podcast. My name is Damon and I am talking to you from a grey and wet Tokyo – good for my balcony plants but not great for football. Apologies for no podcast last week, Damian and myself were super busy, but this week I hope Damian can join me. Damian, how are things?

DF: Hello Damon, good to hear from you. I am here in London where my plants are enjoying the sunshine and blue skies as spring finally decides to arrive to the UK.

DB: Brilliant.

DF: As you’ve already mentioned, last week we did not have a podcast but we are back this week and we will be looking at some of the World Cup qualifiers that have taken place this weekend. Damon, what else is on the show today?

Line up

DB: Well Damian, as you said, there are World Cup qualifiers and international friendlies taking place, we don’t have our regular Premier League predictions at the end of the show, but we will finish with a bit of chat about relegation and top four spots. And to start, we’ll have our good, the bad and the ugly section, which includes news about a nasty challenge, an amazing miss, and a milestone for a football legend. We’ve also got our useful football language, too – so let’s get cracking.

DF: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Japanese. Drop us a line here at [email protected] if you have the message “You are listening to languagecaster” in your language.

Now next up we have the good, the bad and the ugly.

Good

DB: So, what was good Damian?

DF: Well, Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made his 1,000th appearance this week as he captained the Azzurri to a 2-0 win over Albania in a World Cup qualifier. The 39-year old has played over 160 times for the national team and has played for two Serie A clubs: Parma and Juventus where he has won seven league titles, a couple of Coppa Italias, a Serie B title. He has, of course, also won a World Cup winners medal in 2006. I wonder how long Buffon will go on for?

Bad

DB: That’s amazing, isn’t it? Well, bad, I’m going to talk about a frantic game between Manchester City and Liverpool, which was played at 100 miles an hour, with both teams going at each each from the whistle. It was great entertainment,

Hull v Swansea features in our predictions spotlight at the end of the show. We also try to guess the results of Bournemouth v West Ham and Liverpool v Burnley. To start, however, we review some of the football stories from this week. We will then introduce some football language including ‘retrospective action’ and ‘long ball game‘. Of course, you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 – Hull vs Swansea

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DB: You’re listening to languagecaster’s football language podcast. My name is Damon and I am here in a slightly cloudy and cool Tokyo. Last week I couldn’t make it to the podcast with Damian, and this week, it’s Damian’s turn! Unfortunately he will not be with us this week as he’s taking a well-earned rest and watching football with friends and family, but fingers crossed, we’ll both be back next week.

Line up

So, today, we will start with the good, the bad and the ugly, which is our short review section looking at some of the football news from the past week – look out for Barcelona featuring! After that, we have a couple of phrases from football to talk about, and this week they are ‘retrospective action‘ and ‘long ball game‘. We finish off with our predictions section with three games from the Premier League: Liverpool taking on Burnley, Bournemouth hosting West Ham, and a relegation six-pointer, Hull against Swansea.

Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Catalan. Drop us a line at [email protected] if you have the message “You are listening to languagecaster” in your language.

Now next up we have the good, the bad and the ugly.

Good

Let’s start with Barcelona’s incredibly come-back against PSG in the Champions League. Trailing 4-0 after the first leg, the Catalan side needed 4 to force extra time. They got three but then the French side scored an away goal, which meant Barcelona had to score another 3 to win with only 30 minutes to go. There were two minutes of the 90 minutes left when Neymar slotted home a fabulous free kick, and in the five minutes of extra time, Barcelona did the impossible and scored two more to record a fantastic come back.

Bad

Staying with the Champions League in Europe, bad again for Arsenal who were thrashed 10-2 over the two legs by Bayern Munich. The Gunners were destroyed 5-1 again, but this time in front of their home fans, many of whom are now calling for their manager, Arsène Wenger, to go. The French manager, who has been at the club for over 20 years, will next have to get past a big banana skin in the FA Cup this weekend, when the London side take on minnows Lincoln.

Controversial

To finish, a little bit ugly and definitely controversial. In Manchester United’s game against Bournemouth last week there were several incident...

On this week’s show we review some of the football stories from this week in the first section of our podcast. We will also highlight some football language including ‘end product‘ and the classic cliche ‘six pointer‘. In our final section, predictions, we spotlight three games: Leicester v Hull (a real six pointer), Liverpool v Arsenal and Sunderland v Manchester City. Of course, you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 – Liverpool vs Arsenal

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DF: You’re listening to languagecaster’s football language podcast. My name is Damian and I am here in a bright and Spring-like London and looking forward to the weekend’s football. Damon, who is of course in Tokyo, will not be with us this week but we’ll hope to have him back next weekend’s games.

Line up

DF: Now, on today’s show we will start with a look back at some of the stories from the world of football. Then we look at a couple of footballing phrases, including ‘end product‘ and a very common football cliche ‘six pointer‘ and we finish off with our predictions section in which we look at three games from the Premier League: Liverpool taking on Arsenal, Hull City travelling to Leicester City in a relegation six pointer and Sunderland facing Manchester City.

DF: Yes indeed, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Irish. Now drop us a line at [email protected] if you have the message “You are listening to languagecaster” in your language.

Now next up we have our review of the football stories from the week.

Good

DF: Now to start with I am going to look at some good news and this story comes from the Asian Champions League. Hong Kong side Eastern won their first ever point in this competition after a 1-1 draw against Japanese team Kawasaki Frontale. Not only was this their first point, it was also the first time a Hong Kong side had participated in the group stage of the tournament and of course they are managed by the first ever woman to lead a team in the Champions League: Chan Yeun-ting. Well done to them.

Sad

DF: Now, this is not so much bad as sad as two big figures from the game passed away this week. French star Raymond Kopa was the first Frenchman to win the Ballon d’Or, while he also starred in the 1958 World Cup in which France finished third. He also played in the great Real Madrid side of the late ’50s and won three European ...

On this week’s show we will start with a review of some of the football stories this week in the good, the bad and the ugly section of our podcast. We will also highlight some football language including ‘new manager bounce’ and ‘to run down the clock‘. In our final section, predictions, we spotlight three games: Leicester v Liverpool, Tottenham v Stoke and Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough. Of course, you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Leicester v Liverpool

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DB: You’re listening to languagecaster’s football language podcast. My name is Damon and I’ve been enjoying a bright and sunny day in Tokyo. I’m hoping the weather is being kind to Damian 6,000 miles away in London. Damian! How are you?

DF: Hello Damon. I’m good. The weather here has calmed down a little bit after storm Doris blew through the UK recently. Good to hear from you. What football have you been watching recently, Damon?

DB: Well, I enjoyed some of the highlights from the Champions League this week – Manchester City versus Monaco was crazy – and a few of the Asian Champions League group games where the Japanese sides started well. You?

DF: I watched some of the FA Cup ties last week and also the Champions League games this week and there were some fantastic matches, as you said. Manchester City vs Monaco was a real cracker. What’s the line up on this week’s show?

Line up

DB: OK, well, we’ll start with some news from the world of football in the good, the bad and the ugly, where we’ll talk about the sacking of Claudio Ranieri from Leicester among other things. After that, we have couple of footballing phrases, including ‘new manager bounce’. And to finish is our predictions section, and we’ve got three games from the Premier League to try to guess the scores for.

DF: Yes indeed. You are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Italian. Drop us a line at [email protected] if you have the message “You are listening to languagecaster.com” in your language. OK, let’s start with some of the good news from the world of football.

Good

DB: We have to mention minnows Lincoln City in this section. Lincoln, a non-league side, that is not in the top four leagues in England, have made it to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup – just one win away from a trip to Wembley. They are the only non-league side to do so for over 100 years! They snatched a dramatic win against Premier League side Burnley with a late headed goal, and then held out for five minutes of injury time to clinch the win. Well done to the Imps! How about bad, Damian?

Bad

DF: Well for bad,

It’s the second languagecaster derby of the season: when Damon’s favourite team Liverpool take on Damian’s team Tottenham and so on this week’s show we focus on the big game from Anfield. We also look at some football words and phrases from the week, including Indomitable Lions and the verb ‘to shrug off a challenge‘, while we also respond to a listener’s questions about punctuation. To start the show, we will review some of the footballing news in our good, the bad and the ugly section and we also have our predictions for the weekend including that Liverpool – Tottenham game.  And of course, you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Languagecaster Derby – Liverpool vs Tottenham

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DF: You’re listening to languagecaster’s football language podcast. My name is Damian and I am here in a cold and snowy London!  Now this week Damon will not be with us – I wonder if it’s snowing in Tokyo? which is a pity, of course, as we have the second languagecaster derby of the season taking place this weekend – that’s Damon’s favourite team, Liverpool, against my favourite team, Tottenham!

Line up

DF: Now, that game will feature in our predictions battle later on in the show along with a relegation six-pointer and Chelsea’s visit to Burnley. Before that we will have our good, the bad and the ugly section that features three stories from the week’s footballing news and we will be congratulating Cameroon, commiserating with a manager and applauding Liverpool. Then we’ll discuss a few phrases from the football world this week including the nickname of that Cameroon side and a reference to a great goal scored by Edin Hazard last weekend. And just before our predictions at the end of the show, we’ll have our weekly quiz question, which this week is connected to the league leaders around the major European leagues.

Yes indeed. You are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Catalan. Drop us a line at [email protected] if you have the message “You are listening to languagecaster.com” in your language. OK, let’s kick off with some of the good news from the world of football.

Good

DF: Well, congratulations to Cameroon on winning their fifth African Cup of Nations after defeating Egypt 2-1 in Gabon last weekend. The Indomitable Lions scored a late winner fro...