Learn English Through Football Podcast

Tap-in: We focus on the the three goals scored by Liverpool, including Mo Salah's 100th goal in the Premier League.

In this football language podcast we look at some of the words and phrases from the Guardian newspaper report on the 2022 World Cup qualifying match between Portugal and Ireland.

Reach an agreement: In this podcast we look at the phrase 'to reach an agreement' after Ronaldo's return to Old Trafford.

Pickpocketing - Football Language: 2021-22 Season: Southampton vs Manchester United: We focus on the own goal scored by Fred, which gave Southampton the lead.

We look at some of the football expressions with the word 'bench', including 'on the bench', 'off the bench', 'strong bench' and 'to bench

We look ahead to the 2021-22 Premier League season which starts this weekend. Who will be champions? Which teams will be relegated?

In this football language podcast we look back at some of the phrases that emerged from the 2020 Men's Olympic Final between Brazil and Spain

We look back at some of the phrases that emerged from the 2020 Women's Olympic Final between Canada and Sweden, including 'sudden-death'

The language of football transfers in 4 easy steps: In this post we take a look at the language of football transfers. There is also a short vocabulary list at the foot of this post.

In this podcast we look at the phrase 'end a drought' which came from the 2021 Copa America final match between Brazil and Argentina

We look at the phrases 'soft penalty' and 'fall behind' from the 2020 European Championship semi-final match between England and Denmark.

This football language podcast looks back at the first semi final of Euro 2020 between Spain and Italy. We focus on the midfield battle with the phrase 'pull the strings'. You can read a transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions t...

In this football language podcast we look at the phrase 'tally' from the UEFA.com report on the quarter-final between Ukraine and England.

Roof of the net - This football language podcast looks back at the first day of the quarter final action at Euro 2020 and a penalty shootout

We look at the phrases 'talisman' and 'steer' from the BBC report on the 2020 European Championship last-16 match between England and Germany.

Goalfest - This football language podcast looks back at the third day of the last 16 action and Spain vs Croatia and France vs Switzerland.

In this football language podcast we look at the phrases 'let fly' and 'dipping' from the 2020 Euros match between Belgium and Portugal...

Stalemate - This football language podcast looks back at the first day of the last 16 and the match between Italy and Austria.

In this football language podcast we look back at the Euro 2020 group stages and focus on the some of the best and worst of the tournament...

Full stretch - This football language podcast looks back at Day 13 of Euro 2020 and football phrases connected with goalkeeping.

In this football language podcast we look at the phrase 'outside of the boot' after Croatian captain Luka Modric's goal against Scotland. You can read a transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at admin@la...

This football language podcast looks back at Day 11 of the 2020 European Championships. We talk abut some football phrases describing Finland after their defeat to Belgium. You can read a transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions...

Send a team home: We look at the phrase 'send a team home' which has been used at the 2020 European Championships to describe when a...

This football language podcast looks back at Day 9 of the 2020 European Championships. We explain some phrases connected with talking about the woodwork. To do this, we focus on the Portugal versus Germany game. You can read a transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If...

In this football language podcast we look at the phrase 'sweet volley' from the England-Scotland game from Group B in the 2020 European Championships.