Being a fan: Manchester City - In this teaching ideas post we listen to Manchester City fan Dave explain why he supports the Blues and not the Reds of his hometown

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It's St Patrick's Day (March 17th) which, of course, is the Irish national day, so on this week's listening practice report we take a look at some of the best ever Irish footballers.

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This week saw the retirement of one of the greatest strikers of this generation, O Fenomeno, Ronaldo.

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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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5 Great Wembley FA Cup Finals: On this week's main listening report we preview the FA Cup final by taking a look back at five of the most memorable finals to have taken place at Wembley Stadium.

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It's World Cup year and on this week's Listening Report we have chosen a report from our archives on World Cup stars. This report is on Maradona, arguably one of the best football players ever.

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Main Report: World Cup Stars - This week's podcast is all about Pele - one of the greatest ever.

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Seven stages of being a football manager: Managers have yet again been in the news this week and so on this week's football-language podcast we take a look back at one of our 2009 posts that looks at some of the language used to describe the role of the football manager.

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5 questions about football derbies: There are many derbies being played around the world this weekend so we thought we'd look at rivalries...

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March the 24th 2016 saw the passing of one of the greatest footballers ever - Johan Cruyff. To remember this great player, this week's listening practice report is an adapted report from our archives. The post was originally published on May 1, 2011 as part of our World Cup Stars series. You can find explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) at the end of the post. You can listen to the podcast by clicking on the file below - you can also subscribe and listen to all our football-language podcasts - there are hundreds of them!

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