Learn English Through Football

In this football language podcast we look back at some of the big moments from the opening weekend of the 2023-24 Premier League season, while we also feature the 2023 Women’s World Cup which is down to the semi-final stage. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at admin@languagecaster.com.
 
Learn English Through Football Podcast: Premier League Opening Weekend and 2023 Women’s World Cup
DF: Hello again everyone and welcome to Languagecaster.com – the football-language podcast for learners and teachers of English. I’m Damian and I’m based here in London where the weather is a little grey but of course that’s perfect weather for playing football! I wonder what the weather is like in Tokyo where the other member of the Learning English Through Football team, Damon, is based? Now apologies for the delay in this podcast – there were a few technical diffculties – but it does mean that there will be a host of podcasts – lots of podcasts – for you to listen to over the next few days!
So, on this week’s football-language podcast, I will be looking back at a phrase from the Women’s World Cup, by the way, who would have thought that a Women’s World Cup quarter- final sage would not include Germany or the USA? I’ll also be explaining a phrase or two from the opening matches from the 2023-24 Premier League season: ‘smash and grab‘ and ‘fresh legs‘.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (from a Japanese fan)
Yes, that message was from a Japanese fan and and yes, you are listening to Languagecaster.com. Now, don’t forget to come along to our site at Languagecaster.com where you can hear more podcasts on the 2023 Women’s World Cup and also you can access all our other football-language podcasts – we have hundreds of them that date back over the last 15 years.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (from Vietnamese fans)
Right, it was the opening day of the 2023-24 Premier League season and the quarter-finals of the 2023 Women’s World Cup over the weekend and here are a couple of phrases from those matches. First of all I explain the phrase, ‘fresh legs‘ from the Liverpool versus Chelsea game and then I look at the expression ‘smash and grab‘ after Fulham defeated Everton before finally explaining why the Swedish coach used the term ‘bumblebee‘ to describe their players.

Chelsea v Liverpool: Fresh Legs
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