Podcast 2025 Archives - Learn English Through Football

In this week's football-language podcast we look at a phrase that has recently become quite popular in football, 'in and around' and we will have a special guest explaining it for us. We will also have Damon talking about Liverpool's title win, while we'll also have some predictions, which feature derbies from London and Glasgow and the Champions League semi finals.

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In this football phrase of the week we look at the expression, 'Record-equalling 20th league title' after Liverpool were crowned champions of the 2024-25 Premier League season. You can read the transcript for this post below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases

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In this week's football-language podcast we look at some phrases from horse racing used in football, including neck and neck.

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In this football phrase of the week we look at the expression, 'shooting boots' after Arsenal's game at Ipswich Town in the Premier League.

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In this week's football phrase we look at the phrase X-goal thriller, a phrase used to talk about exciting games. We will focus on the second leg tier in the Europa League between Manchester United and Lyon.

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In this football phrase of the week we look at the phrase, 'round the keeper' after Manchester City player James McAtee scored for Manchester City against Crystal Palace at the weekend.

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In this podcast we take a look at language, including roll your studs over,  describing a great goal scored in the CL quarter finals this week.

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In this football phrase of the week we look at the phrase, 'to seal the title' after PSG won their fourth Ligue 1 title in a row

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In this week's football-language podcast we look at the word, 'qualify' and how it has been used this week after some of the World Cup qualifiers.

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For this football phrase of the week we look at a Women's Super League game in England and at the phrase to turn the game on its head.

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In this football phrase of the week we look back at the Nations League quarter-final matches and explain the phrase, 'to force extra time' after some thrilling ties. 

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In this week's football-language podcast we look at the phrase, 'to mark a debut', which we can use to talk about England vs Albania's World Cup qualifier.

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In this football phrase of the week we look back at the Carabao Cup final between Newcastle and Liverpool in which Newcastle ended their trophy drought when they defeated Liverpool 2-1.

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In this week's football-language podcast we have an interview with Mark Bailey from Hatriqa (www.hatriqa.com)

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In this football phrase of the week we look back at Manchester United vs Arsenal game and the phrase, 'cutting edge'

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In this week's football-language podcast we look at the phrase, 'smash and grab' after Liverpool's victory over PSG in the Champions League last-16 first leg

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In this football phrase of the week we look back at the FA Cup fifth round game between Crystal Palace and Millwall and the phrase, 'reckless challenge'

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In this football phrase of the week we look at the phrase, 'to hang on for a win' from the Manchester City win at Tottenham last week.

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In this football phrase of the week we explain the expression, 'to close in on the title' after Liverpool's win at Manchester City at the weekend.

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In this football phrase of the week we explain the expression, 'Foul and abusive language' after Real Madrid player Jude Bellingham was shown the red card against Osasuna in La Liga.

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In this week's football-language podcast we look back at some language from the Champions League play-off games, including 'settle the tie' from the Manchester City versus Real Madrid first leg

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This football language podcast looks at some football language from an FA Cup tie between Man United vs Leicester, including to squeak past.

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In this football phrase of the week we explain the expression, 'to bring down in the box' from the Chelsea versus Arsenal game in the WSL.

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In this football language podcast we look back at some of the language from game seven of the Champions League group stage, including 'goal fest'.

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