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Episode 62
Weekly Football Phrase: (to) Fizz the Ball
Episode 61
Weekly Football Phrase: No Fluke
Episode 59
Weekly Football Phrase: (to) Sky It
Episode 57
Weekly Football Phrase: Caught Napping
Episode 71
Football Phrase of the Week: Claw Away
Episode 70
Football Phrase of the Week: Draw
Episode 69
Football Phrase of the Week: Find Joy
Episode 67
Football Phrase of the Week: Margin
Episode 47
2018 World Cup Podcast: Review of Week 1
Episode 44
2018 World Cup Preview: Groups C and D
Episode 39
Listening Practice: The Basque Derby
Episode 38
Weekly Football Phrase: First time
Episode 36
Weekly Phrase: To Take On
Episode 32
Languagecaster Podcast: Changes in Argentina
Episode 34
Euro 2012 Football Phrase: Group of Death
Episode 32
Languagecaster Podcast: FA Cup Final 2012
Episode 31
Main Listening Report: The FA Cup In Numbers
Episode 31
World Cup Phrase of the Day: To Step Down
Episode 30
2010 World Cup Podcast 7: Round 2 Review
Episode 28
2010 World Cup Podcast 6: France
Episode 15
Podcast 17: Leo Messi and the World Cup Draw
Episode 14
Main Report – Week 17: Leo Messi
Episode 12
Podcast: Week 7 – The Bundesliga 2009
Episode 11
Podcast 38: 2009 Barcelona vs Real Madrid
Episode 10
Podcast 30: The Madrid Derby
Episode 8
Podcast 24: Derby & Nottingham Forest
Episode 12
Summer Podcast 6 – Euro 2008 Semi finals
Episode 11
Summer Podcast 5 – Euro 2008 quarter finals
Episode 10
2008 Summer Podcast 4 – Euro 2008
Episode 9
2008 Summer Podcast 3 – Euro 2008
Episode 8
2008 Summer Podcast 2 – Euro 2008 Week 1
Episode 25
Podcast 21 – 2007 Review
Episode 23
Podcast – week 23 – The UEFA Cup 2007
Episode 22
Podcast 18 – Football rivals, cliches
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In this week's football-language podcast we look at some phrases connected to the expression, 'business end of the season' as we only have...
In this football phrase of the week we look at the verb phrase 'to fizz the ballt'. This phrase ise used to talk about passing as well as...
In this football phrase of the week we look at the expression, 'no fluke' after Southampton defeated Arsenal in the FA Cup quarter final...
In this week's football-language podcast we look back at some football phrases from the 2026 World Cup play-off finals, including, 'miss...
In this football phrase of the week we look at the pverb phrasehrase 'skied it'. This phrase can be used to describe shooting or a shot.
In this week's football-language podcast we look at some football phrases from the 2026 World Cup play-off games, including, 'reach the...
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On this week's main listening report we look at relegation and the language used to describe it.
On today's football language listening post we look at some words and phrases connected to when a team is knocked out of a cup competition - the...
On today's football language listening post we look at some words and phrases connected to creating chances in football and in particular the verbs...
5 questions about football derbies: There are many derbies being played around the world this weekend so we thought we'd look at rivalries...
The Language of Postponements and Cancellations: In this football language post we explain some of the language connected to postponements and...
For this week's listening report, we focus on the language of the run in, the end of the season when the title race is decided.
This week's listening report is the language of misses. In football the aim is to score goals, but more often than not, a shot will miss, not find...
Foreign Words in English Football: A brief description of some of the foreign Words in English Football
The Language of Diving: This listening report examines the language used to talk about diving.
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