Learn English Through Football

In this short football language post the languagecaster team get together to talk about their teams’ start to the season. Damon is a Liverpool fan and Damian supports Tottenham, and, for a while, they were both top of the league divided only by goal difference. We will also take a look at some language of football too, including the phrase ‘benefit of the doubt‘. Check out our football glossary  and  football cliches pages for hundreds more explanations of the language of soccer. If you have questions or comments about this or any other phrase then email us at: admin@languagecaster.com.
Tottenham & Liverpool – Top of the League
DF: Hello everyone, this is Damian from the Learning English Through Football team – we hope you are all well. And down the line from Japan is Damon. Damon, it’s been a long time since we did a podcast together, how are you?
DB: Hi Damian, I’m well and it’s good to talk to you. As you said, it’s been a long time since we’ve done a show together.
DF: It is indeed. Now, the biggest football news this week, you could probably say the year in fact, was the passing of Diego Maradona, the Argentinian superstar that many, in fact  if not most, pundits believe is the greatest footballer of all time.
DB: Rest In Peace Diego. And Damian has done a short post on a headline about this story this week, so check that out for more about the this amazing man.
Tottenham and Liverpool’s Start to the Season
DF: OK, Damon, well, on this show we’re going to focus on our teams, Tottenham and Liverpool and their good starts to the Premier League season. But first here’s a message.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Italian).
DB: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Spanish. Send in your message in your language to admin@languagecaster.com along with any questions or suggestions you have. We’ll be answering a question we received from Raphael later in the show, but first Liverpool and Tottenham joint top of the league, which must be a first in languagecaster history. Damian, what’s been Spurs’ best game so far this season in the league?
Best game
DF: Well, after a terrible start to the season we have now remained unbeaten in the league for the last nine games and have played well in many of them. The 5-2 away win at Southampton; 2-0 at home against Manchester City and a scoreless draw away at Chelsea have been great performances but the best game of our season so far was the 6-1 thrashing of Manchester United in which both Kane and Son scored braces in our biggest win at Old Trafford for over 80 years. And you, Damon?
DB: For me,