Learn English Through Football

On this week’ s Learn English Through Football Podcast we’ve got lots of football language for those who love football and want to improve their English language skills. We’ll talk about the good, the bad and the ugly news from last week, feature some English phrases used in football, and look ahead to some of the big games in the Premier League. There is a transcript to the show below and if you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com (Damon= DB; Damian  DF).
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Manchester City v Chelsea


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Transcript of the show
DF: You are listening to Languagecaster’s football-language podcast. Hello and welcome to the show for all those who love the game of football and who want to improve their English skills too. My name’s Damian and I am here in a very cold London – we’ve had lots of snow which meant that a lot of matches have been snowed off or postponed although none of the Premier League games have been affected – they have not been snowed off or cancelled because of the snow. Now, normally I would ask our co-presenter Damon what the weather is like in Japan as regular listeners know that he lives in Tokyo but unfortunately he is not on the show this weekend but we will be hearing from him later on in the show when we talk about some predictions. And of course he’ll be back for next week’s show.
Line up
DF: So, what’s on this week’s show? Well, first of all, I’ll be looking back at some footballing news in our section called the good, the bad, and the ugly. Second, we have a quiz question and this week it is connected with the Champions League. Thirdly, we’ll talk about an English for football phrase and this week I explain the expression ‘to gift‘. And finally, we’ve got predictions, where we look at some of the Premier League games taking place including Manchester City hosting Chelsea.
You’re listening to languagecaster.com (Palermo fan) 
DB: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com. Right, next up is the good, the bad and the ugly where we look back at some of the big football news from the week and don’t forget that the transcript from the show can be found at our website at languagecaster.com.
Good
DF: Right, let’s start with the good, and yet again it has been a good week for Premier League leaders Manchester City as they won the Carabao Cup – the League Cup – after an easy 3-0 win over Arsenal last Sunday. This is the first piece of silverware for Pep Guardiola and he, and the club, will be hoping for more trophies this season. The Blues then followed that win up with another 3-0 win over the same opposition, Arsenal, in the Premier League to