Learn English Through Football

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2020-21 Season – Premier League Kick Off: It’s languagecaster’s first podcast of the new season. This season we will focus more on the language of football. We hope teachers of English and learners of English, and of course lovers of football, will find these podcasts and all our other posts useful. Spread the word and support us via patreon.com/languagecaster. And, if you have questions or comments then you can email us at: admin@languagecaster.com (Damon=DB).
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2020-21 Season – Premier League Kick Off
Introduction
DB: You are listening to languagecaster.com’s football language podcast. Welcome everyone to our first podcast for the brand new 2020-21 season of football. We focus here on the Premier League but also keep an eye on all football taking place around the world. My name is Damon, one of the languagecaster team. The other half of this team is Damian, who is based in London, while I’m speaking to you from Tokyo. And this show it is just me.
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And on today’s show, we’re going to spotlight some of the football language connected with games that kicked off last weekend in the Premier League! It was good to see the league start again, but having no fans is a bit weird, isn’t it? I’m not sure I like the fake crowd noises, but I’m also not sure just the live sound of players and coaches shouting in an empty stadium is good either. Oh well, it looks like coronavirus is going to keep fans away for several months longer.
But TV fans anyway had some great matches to watch in the first weekend of action.
Cracker; See-Saw Game; Sweet strike – Liverpool 4-3 Leeds United
DB: I’m going to start with some football language that is connected with the match between Liverpool and Leeds United: cracker, see-saw game, and sweet strike. First, a cracker. This is a great word to use to describe an exciting game. And this 4-3 thriller was certainly a cracker. Newly promoted Leeds United, the Champions of the Championship, took on the Champions of England and a hatful of goals were scored.
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What made this game a cracker, very exciting, was because it was a see-saw game. This is our second phrase,