Learn English Through Football Podcast

In this short podcast on the language of football, we talk about a football cliche used to describe a player's actions. The phrase is 'saw their name in lights'.

2022 FIFA Club World Cup: In this football language post for learners of English we look back the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup tournament...

Pick up: we take a look at some football phrases that use the word 'pick', including, 'pick up a caution'; 'pick up some points' and 'pick up a win'.

In this short football language post we explain the expression 'feeder club' and how it is used in football.

In this football language post for learners of English we look at the expression 'points deduction' after the big story from Italy's Serie A saw Juventus being deducted 15 points this week.

In this short podcast on the language of football, we talk about a football phrase that describes a shot. The phrase is 'a sweet strike'.

In this short podcast on the language of football, we talk about a way to describe a shot. The phrase is 'a sighter'.

This podcast series explains the language of football, and this short episode looks at the phrase 'to shine'.

Fightback: In this football language post we look at the football expression 'fightback' which is used when a team comes back to draw or win...

This football language podcast for learners of English, explains the adjective 'tidy, as in a tidy player.'

Today's World Cup language podcast looks back at some of the language from the 2022 World Cup final. We'll be looking at some phrases from The Guardian newspaper report on the extraordinary final including, 'on penalties'; 'unplayable' and 'side-on volley'.

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrases, 'to play in' and 'to go behind' from the sem-finals

Today's World Cup language podcast looks back at the quarter-final match between Argentina and Netherlands which the South American side won on penalties.

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'Panenka' which was used when describing Morocco's penalty shoot-out win against...

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'coast past' which was used to describe the French victory against Poland

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'march into the quarter-finals' which was used after the Dutch victory over the USA

In this World Cup language podcast we look at a football phrase from Day 13 - (to) flick on from the Serbia versus Switzerland match.

This World Cup language podcast focuses on the phrase, 'cut the ball back', which describes the build up to a goal in the Japan vs Spain match.

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'a peach of a free kick' which was used to describe the second Mexican goal in their 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia.

Day 10 of the 2022 World Cup and the last games in Groups A and B. We look the phrase 'side footer' and the game between Senegal and Ecuador

Day 9 of the 2022 World Cup and Cameroon and Serbia had a cracker. We look at a football phrase from the game, 'scoop shot'.

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at some language to describe a goal scored by Morocco against Belgium from an inswinging free kick.

This World Cup language podcast looks back at day 7 of the tournament and at the moment of magic from Leo Messi as he helped Argentina to an all-important 2-0 win over Mexico. We look at a description of the goal from a BBC report and explain the words: 'trademark magic'; 'keeps hopes alive' and 'tense encounter'.

Day 6 of the 2022 World Cup and Wales lose 2-0 to Iran. We look at some language describing the result, including the phrase 'first hurdle'.

Scissor kick: Day 5 of the 2022 World Cup and Brazil open their tournament with a win over Serbia and a wonder-goal from Richarlison.