Learn English Through Football Podcast

On this football language podcast for learners of English, we look at some of the words and phrases from the 2022 Women's Euros semi finals match between Germany and France. We look at some football phrases used  in a Guardian report on the game, including: 'Fire past', 'set up' and 'double'.  You can read the transcript for this podcast below, and you can also access our massive glossary of footb...

On this football language podcast for learners of English, we look at some of the words and phrases from the 2022 Women's Euros quarter-final match between France and the holders the Netherlands. We look at three phrases used in a BBC report on the game: 'break the deadlock'; 'from the spot' and 'set up a meeting with'. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check o...

2022 Women's Euros: we look at some of the words and phrases from the first of the four quarter-finals beween England and Spain and...

In this football language podcast, we use a BBC report to discuss the phrases, 'against the run of play'; 'to edge'; 'to fall short' and...

In this latest football language podcast for learners of English, we look at some of the words and phrases from the recent Finalissima game between South American champions Argentina and European champions Italy at Wembley and in particular we look at the phrases 'pull the strings'; 'turn provider' and 'round off the win'

On this week's football language podcast, we discuss some phrases from the sport of horse racing and how they are used in football, too.

Vocabulary of playing the game: In this post we take a look at some of the words and phrases that players might use while playing a match...

Lift the trophy: We look back at some language from the two FA Cup finals that took place in England over the weekend: The men's final...

FA Cup Learning Resources: In this football language podcast we look back at some of our previous podcasts and posts on the FA Cup.

In this football language podcast for learners of English, we look at some of the words and phrases from the recent North London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal from a report from the Guardian newspaper and in particular how they described the three Spurs goals, including the words, 'flicked header'; 'converted penalty';A  'assured finish' and 'stooping header'.

On this short football language podcast we look at some football language to talk about what match results mean, including 'to sink'.

In this football language podcast we look at the phrase 'to clinch the title' which has been used quite a lot over the past week as...

On this week's main listening report we look at relegation and the language used to describe it.

We look back at some of the words and phrases from the first leg Champions League semi-final between Manchester City and Real Madrid...

This football language podcast looks at the language of football used to describe a goal kin the FA Cup Semi Final last weekend - to dwell on.

In this week's football language podcast we look at the game between Man City and Liverpool and the phrases 'title showdown' and...

This football language podcast looks at a short part of a match report and some of the football language used - including 'all over the place

We look back at some of the language from the incredible World Cup play-off match between Italy and North Macedonia in which the European champions were knocked out of the World Cup by a side that has never played in a World Cup before.

In this football language podcast we take a look at the upcoming play-off matches in CAF to determine the 5 African qualification spots

We look at language from the Champions League game between Real Madrid and PSG and in particular at language connected to 'collapse'...

In this week's football language podcast for learners of English, we look back at some of the language from the Manchester derby between City and United. In particular, we look at the phrases 'outclass'; 'over-run' and 'restore their lead'.

This football language podcast looks at football language connected with corner kicks - including 'inswinger'.

In this football language podcast for learners of English who love football, we look back at some of the language from two games from the last 16 of the 2022 Champions League. We also look at the phrases 'backheel'; 'get stamped on' and answer some football language questions from our listeners.

In this football language podcast for learners of English who love football, we look back at the final of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations between Egypt and Senegal.

This football language podcast looks at some of the football language connected to Kidderminster's amazing FA Cup run.