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On this week’s podcast, languagecaster looks at the FA Cup in England – its history, format and shocks. Remember, you can also:
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- Listen only to the main report here – complete with transcript and vocabulary
- Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in our good, the bad and the ugly section of the show
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with:
- A page with all our Football vocabulary posts
- Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football phrases)
- Worksheets and transcripts from previous podcasts
Related podcasts
- 2021 FA Cup Final: We discuss some of the language that described Leicester’s first ever FA Cup final victory.
- 5 Great FA Cup Finals: [from 2013] We look at the biggest upsets, The Merseyside final and Ricky Villa’s goal.
- 2017 FA Cup Final: in which we looked ahead to the Arsenal vs Chelsea final and explained the word ‘silveware‘. And here is the 2017 FA Cup Third Round Podcast.
- 1976 FA Cup Final: Damon remembers one of his first ever FA Cup finals on TV
- The FA Cup in Numbers (1): This report from 2011 looks at some of the numbers associated with the FA Cup – there is a worksheet with this report.
- The FA Cup Numbers (2): We look at some more numbers connected to the FA Cup (from 2014)
- The Language of the FA Cup: Back in 2013 we discussed some of the most typical FA Cup phrases, including David and Goliath!
- FA Cup Review: In 2014 we looked back at some of our previous reports on the FA Cup – a nice collection of resources here!
- Changes to the FA Cup: In this 2011 report we made some suggestions on changes to the FA Cup
- The FA Cup: This 2011 report looked at some of the language of the FA Cup (the format and the tradition) – there is also a worksheet.
- FA Cup 3rd Round (2007)
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Learn English Through Football Podcast
Damon Brewster and Damian Fitzpatrick
Learn English Through Football Podcast: A show for football fans to improve their English language skills
