In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest in the Premier League and focus on a player who has been playing Premier League football for 18 years and has become only the third player to make 600 Premier League appearances. The language focus is on the past continuous and how it can be used to describe long periods in the past as well as to describe something that was happening when a specific action happened. In our pronunciation section, we look again at weak forms and the schwa. We also have news about our Premier Skills Fantasy Football team, your chance to make a prediction on this week's big Premier League match and a new football phrase for you to guess.

You will find interactive grammar and vocabulary activities on the Premier Skills English website to help you with this podcast: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/600-not-out-1617-ep7