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Son Heung-min in Numbers: In this week's football-language podcast we look back at some of the key numbers from the Tottenham career of...

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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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On today's football language listening post we look at some words and phrases connected to when a team is knocked out of a cup competition - the language of elimination.

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On today's football language listening post we look at some words and phrases connected to creating chances in football and in particular the verbs, 'to fashion'; 'to set up' and 'to conjure up'.

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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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The Language of Postponements and Cancellations: In this football language post we explain some of the language connected to postponements and cancellations...

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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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For this week's listening report, we focus on the language of the run in, the end of the season when the title race is decided.

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This week's listening report is the language of misses. In football the aim is to score goals, but more often than not, a shot will miss, not find the net.

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Foreign Words in English Football: A brief description of some of the foreign Words in English Football

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