Learn English Through Football Podcast

Back to the Future II: To celebrate Back to the Future day we take a look at what football may look like in 2045!

Today's football phrase is 'Off the mark'. Find out more about this phrase by reading the transcript below. You can also find many more examples of soccer vocabulary by going to our football cliches page here and our huge football glossary here. [print_link] | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Off the Mark This phrase means to get a first win or a first goal. Mark in this sense, means the start li...

Can the world of rugby teach football?

Rugby and football have a shared history which goes all the way back to folk football. What can football learn from rugby?

The cliche old school is a phrase that means traditional, typical, but also has a nuance which says that something is rare now. So, ...

Back to the Future: We are going to take a look back at what football was like 30 years ago in 1985.

First time is used in football to give a pass or hit a shot without having to control the ball beforehand

2015-16 Champions League Preview: The 2015-16 Champions League group stages reach their third set of matches this week ...

On this week's podcast we have a main listening practice report from our 2012 archives on goalkeepers along with English for football.

Today's football phrase came from a question on our Forum page by @Hyuna_27g and is 'nudge'.

This week's main listening report is from our 2012 Archives. It focuses on an often overlooked position in the team, the goalkeeper.

On this week's podcast we look back at some of the stories from recent World Cup and European Championship qualifiers, explain a new phrase

Klopp has been appointed LFC manager and Brendan Rogers forgotten. In this report, Damon, an LFC fan gives reflects on Rogers' time at LFC.

In this week's podcast we ask 3 male football fans a few questions about the women's game and we explains the phrase to take the lead.

What's the meaning of the phrase ' to take the lead'?

This week we thought it would be a good idea to see how much some male football fans know about women's football.

2015-16 Champions League Preview (Groups A-D)

Studs: What is the meaning of this phrase in football?

On this week's podcast we take a look at the English Women's Super League in our listening practice report, while we also feature some big London derbies and huge games from Germany, France and Portugal in our predictions battle

In the last 10 years, Women's football has become very popular. We look at the game in England, focusing on the Women's Super League.

Languagecaster's weekly podcast: Serie A, the football phrase 'on the back of', and predictions!

Last week we looked at the start of the new Spanish season and this week we turn our focus to Italy and the start of Serie A.

What does 'on the back of' mean and when is it used? Find out at languagecaster.com's football language post.

The 2016 European Championship qualifiers are currently taking place so on this week's show we look at the groups and offer a prediction.

This week's listening report is all about the latest 2016 European Championship qualifiers.