Learn English Through Football

This week’s Learn English Through Football Podcast starts off with the good, the bad and the ugly stories from the footballing world, then explains some football phrases, and finishes off with some predictions from the Premier League. This week, the focus is on the Man United v Spurs game. For those who wish to practise their English, there is a transcript below to help with reading and listening (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 Man Utd v Spurs


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Transcript of the show
DF: You are listening to Languagecaster’s football-language podcast. Hello everyone. Welcome to the show for all those who love the world’s favourite game and who want to improve their English skills. My name’s Damian and I’m based in London where the clocks have gone back an hour which means not only that winter is definitely upon us here but that Damon is an hour further away in Tokyo! Hi Damon, how are things there? I remember you said there was a typhoon on its way. How about this weekend?
DB: Hi there Damian. Well, yes, another typhoon is just south of Tokyo as we speak. So that’s another wet and windy weekend. Last weekend there was so much rain the river next to the football grounds, where I play, flooded and the pitches were covered in water. You could just see the goalposts!
DF: Wow! A waterlogged pitch. Well, I hope the rain isn’t as bad this time. Did you watch any football last week?
DB: Damian, you know very well that I did. Unfortunately…
DF: …oh sorry!
DB: … I saw your team Spurs destroy my team Liverpool in the ‘Languagecaster Derby’ 4-1. A total embarrassment. You must have enjoyed it!
DF: A good win indeed for Spurs but at the start Liverpool made it easier for them.
DB: Yes. I want to forget it as quickly as possible. Let’s move on. And what’s on the show?
Line Up
DF: Well, Damon, we’ll start with the good, the bad and the ugly and this is the part of the show where we talk about some news stories from the week of football. We’ll have news of England’s win in the under-17s World Cup, another manager losing his job in the Premier League and some very distasteful scenes in Italy. Then, we’ll have a quiz question to test listeners’ footballing knowledge, and we’ll also explain a football cliche that is very relevant from the week. Anything else, Damon?
DB: Well, we will also talk about some football phrases from our archives – we have hundreds of football phrases explained in our football glossary which can be found on our homepage. For those who don’t know about the glossary come along to languagecaster.com and click on the letters at the top of the page. For example, last week we explained the phrase ‘curler‘, so if you hear or read this phrase and want to know what it means come to the site and click on the letter ‘C‘ and it will take you to a list of footballing phrases beginning with ‘C’.
DF: It’s well worth checking out. And if you, the listener,