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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Transcript of the show

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,