Learn English Through Football

In this week’s football language podcast Damon and Damian talk about how they think their favourite teams (Liverpool and Tottenham) will do this season. We also look back at some of the good, bad and ugly from the football week and look ahead to some big games this weekend in our weekly predictions battle, including Tottenham versus Liverpool! Don’t forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary and we also have a page full of football cliches. If you have questions or comments about this or any other phrase then email us at: admin@languagecaster.com.
 
Learn English Through Football Podcast: Liverpool and Tottenham 2023-24 Season Preview
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 bright and a little chilly (a little cold) – typical Autumn weather – and I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying all the football. I must admit I am – especially after last weekend’s North London derby which saw my favourite side Tottenham come from behind twice to earn a draw away at Arsenal and maintain our unbeaten start to the season.
Now, I will be looking at Tottenham’s season so far under their new manager Ange Postecoglou in our main feature later on in the show when we will also have the other member of the Languagecaster team, Damon, talking about his favourite side Liverpool. We’ll also be explaining lots of language from this report. Before then we will review some of the good, the bad and the ugly stories from the football week before finishing off with some predictions when of course we’ll be looking ahead to the Languagecaster derby: Tottenham versus Liverpool.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (from an Arsenal fan)
Yes, that message was from an Arsenal fan and yes, you are listening to Languagecaster.com. Now, don’t forget to come along to our site at Languagecaster.com where you can access all our other previous football-language podcasts – we have hundreds of them that date back over the last 15 years. And of course you can take a look at our glossary which has hundreds of football language expressions. 
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (from Vietnamese fans)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
OK, it’s time to look back at some of the football stories from last week and to explain some of the language that appeared in them. Here are some of the words and phrases that you are going to hear:

* Failed to score: This means that a team has not scored a goal.
* To mock: This means to make fun of someone and is usually seen as being negative. I am not sure that I would be happy if Damon mocked me or my favourite football team, for example!