What does clear cut mean? When a penalty is awarded fans and pundits talk about the decision, and this phrase is used in this situation.
Close the gap at the top: What's the meaning of the phrase 'to close the gap at the top' in football?
What's the meaning of the phrase 'to be caught ball watching'?
Comprehensive: This is an adjective that can be used to describe a big defeat or victory - a comprehensive defeat or comprehensive victory
Caretaker Manager: What's the meaning of the football phrase 'caretaker manager'? It is connected to the role of a ...
Clinical finishing: The basic meaning here is related to how efficient a team is with respect to their performance and particularly in...
This week's English for football phrase is 'CONMEBOL', which is the name of the South American football organisation.
Cup upset: When clubs from the lower leagues cause a surprise by beating a team from a higher league such as ...
In football we use the verb to clip to describe a type of pass or shot that raises the ball slightly.
What is the meaning of the word 'contenders' in football?
In this short football language post we take a look at the football phrase 'close range' and how it is used in football.
This week's football phrase is to carve open which in football means to open up a defence
This week's weekly football phrase is all about winning a cup or a championship: To be crowned champions
In this week's football phrase we talk about the phrase to crush.
In our predictions we feature several games from cup competitions, and in our weekly football phrase we explain the phrase cup tied.
It's the 3rd round of the FA Cup so today we introduce the football phrase Cup run
For this week's football phrase we introduce the football phrase 'chip'.
In this week's football phrase we explain the football term 'Club World Cup'
It's the weekend before the Premier league season starts so the traditional pre-season game between last season's FA Cup and Premier League...
Spain feel the weight of the Champions Curse. Languagecaster.com's World Cup Word of the Day
What does the expression 'can't buy a goal' mean?
This week's English for football phrase is the expression crunch game - do you know what this means?
This week's English for football phrase is the expression 'to cut inside' which is often used to describe a player moving infield from wide...
What kind of pass is a cut back?
Which players combine well in your team? Find out ore about this phrase in our Weekly Football Phrase post at languagecaster.com
Weekly Football Phrase: To start the new season, we look at the phrase 'curtain raiser', a phrase which is used to introduce the first...
This week's English for football is come from behind
Confederations Cup: A FIFA-run tournament that started in 1997 and which is held in the year before every World Cup.
This week, languagecaster.com introduces the English for football phrase 'to cause an upset'.
This week, languagecaster.com introduces the English for football phrase 'Centre stage'
Cup draw: To decide which teams play which in a cup competition. Teams are sometimes seeded but usually this decision is random
To Crush an opponent: To beat a team heavily, to thrash another team