Learn English Through Football

Do you love football? Do you want to improve your English skills? Well, this is the podcast for you! Languagecaster’s podcast has three sections: a review of some of the news in the footballing world – the good, the bad and the ugly; some football language explained in English for football; and our predictions battle – this week’s games discussed are Hull City versus Chelsea, West Ham hosting Middlesbrough, and the stand out fixture – Tottenham Hotspur taking on unbeaten Manchester City. You can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).
Learn English Through Football Podcast: Spurs v Man City
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Transcript of the show
DB: You’re listening to languagecaster’s football podcast. Hiya! Welcome to this week’s show. My name is Damon and I’ll shortly be joined down the line by Damian from London. Oi Damian, are you there?
DF: Hi Damon. Yes I’m here in a very dark and wet London, actually it is lashing down here – very heavy rain indeed.  How are you and how is Tokyo?
DB: Very well, thank youand Tokyo has finally cooled off a bit and it could be a pleasant weekend over here. But enough about the weather, let’s get down to football and this week’s show. Shall we kick off with a quick review of the football this week?
Line up
DF: Let’s do that, and after the Good, the Bad and the Ugly news section, we’ll have some phrases from football from the news this week and we’ll finish off with our predictions.
DB: So, Damian, what was good in the world of football this week?
Good
DF: Well, Leicester continued their good form in Europe with another victory in the Champions League: this time at home against Portuguese side Porto. That’s a really really good win isn’t it, Damon?
DB: yes it is!
DF: Manchester City’s women’s team wrapped up the Super League in England with a 2-0 defeat of Chelsea. But maybe the best news was that Roma’s Francesco Totti recently turned 40 years old but still playing for the club he loves and scoring last Sunday against Torino. 24 years at one club; 250 goals scored for that club; a captain for the club; and a hero for the supporters of the club. Happy birthday Francesco Totti!
DB: Happy birthday.
DF: How about bad Damon?
Bad
DB: Indeed, an amazing career and he’s still going strong. Now for bad, well it is getting pretty bad at Stamford Bridge, as Chelsea lost again against their big rivals in London and in the league, Arsenal. It looked all too easy for the Gunners (the nickname of Arsenal) as their slick passing carved a creaking defence open and went on to win the game 3-1. What is worrying for the Blues is there doesn’t seem to be any fight in the majority of their players. They really need something this weekend. Damian,