Learn English Through Football Podcast

Hit their stride - This football language podcast looks back at Day 7 of the 2020 European Championships. We discuss phrases from the action.

Telegraphed Pass & Ballooned Over: We look back at two pieces of language from the Wales-Turkey Group A game on...

Face of goal: This football language podcast looks back at Day 5 of the 2020 European Championships. We discuss some phrases...

Patrik Schick's Goal: We look back at how the Czech Republic's Patrik Schick's goal was described in the press here in the UK...

We look back at some of the language from the Guardian news report on the Spain versus Sweden game on Euro 2020 Day 4

Pull one back - In this football language podcast we look back at the third day of the 2020 European Championships.

We look back at day 2 of the 2020 European Championships and explain 'pounce on a mistake' from the BBC report on the Belgium win over Russia

During Euro 2020, we will be posting each day with a focus on football language from the matches. For Day 1 - Turkey vs Italy, we have three phrases.

Euro 2020 Preview: We look at some of the favourites for the title, as well as the dark horses and outsiders, the group of death and ...

Welcome to the 2020 Euros Predictions Competition. Play against Damon, Damian and lots of football-language fans around the world...

We look at some of the words and phrases used to describe Chelsea's win over Manchester City in the 2021 Champions League final...

In this football language podcast we look at a phrase linked to the 2021 Champions League Final game - a player's name-shaped hole.

2021 Europa League Final: We look at some of the language from the 2021 Europa League Final between Manchester United and Villareal.

2021 Premier League Winners Through Numbers: We look at some of the numbers behind Manchester City's 2021 Premier League title win.

In this football language podcast we look at some of the language from the 2021 Women's Champions League Final between Chelsea and Barcelona.

In this short football language podcast we look at some of the phrases that emerged from the 2021 FA Cup Final, including...

For this week's football language podcast we look at the adjective 'leggy', which is often used to describe a player's fitness or performance.

5 Great Wembley FA Cup Finals: On this week's main listening report we preview the FA Cup final by taking a look back at five of the most memorable finals to have taken place at Wembley Stadium.

Dent their title hopes: This is used when a team loses a game which then affects their chances of winning the league...

In this short football language podcast we take a look at a football language cliche - 'They're like a new signing' with transcript.

In this short football language podcast we look at some football words and phrases from the 2021 Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao.

In this week's football language podcast we look at words and phrases that describe a team suffering from a bad run of results: poor form. A 

Euro 2020 in Numbers: In this football language podcast we start a series of posts on the Euro 2020 competition, which kick off this June.

Football Language: To blow a lead - Much like the phrase 'to blow a chance' which means to miss an easy chance, to blow a lead is to lose...

In today's football language podcast we look at some of the words and phrases that emerged from the 2022 World Cup qualifier between England Poland, in particular we explain the phrases