Learn English Through Football

[From our archives – 2021] In this football language podcast for learners of English who love the beautiful game, of football, we look back at some of our previous podcasts and posts on the FA Cup. You can read a transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at admin@languagecaster.com.
Learning English Through Football Podcast: FA Cup Learning Resources
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DF: Hello everyone, this is Damian from the Languagecaster.com team and we hope you are all well. Now, on this short football language podcast we review some of the FA Cup podcast and posts we have created over the past decade here at Languagecaster – hopefully a nice collection of resources for learning and teaching English. We have lots of listening activities such as podcasts with transcripts, as well as vocabulary expressions and quizzes all connected to the men’s FA Cup competition.
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Podcasts
OK, let’s start by looking at some of the podcasts we have done over the past decade that have featured the FA Cup. Remember all of these shows have a transcript and can be found by clicking on the links in this post here at languagecaster.com.

2021 FA Cup Final: We discuss some of the language that described Leicester’s first ever FA Cup final victory.
* 5 Great FA Cup Finals: [from 2013] We look at the biggest upsets, The Merseyside final and Ricky Villa’s goal.
* 2017 FA Cup Final: in which we looked ahead to the Arsenal vs Chelsea final and explained the word ‘silveware‘. And here is the 2017 FA Cup Third Round Podcast.
* 1976 FA Cup Final: Damon remembers one of his first ever FA Cup finals on TV
* The FA Cup in Numbers (1): This report from 2011 looks at some of the numbers associated with the FA Cup – there is a worksheet with this report.
* The FA Cup Numbers (2): We look at some more numbers connected to the FA Cup (from 2014)
* The Language of the FA Cup: Back in 2013 we discussed some of the most typical FA Cup phrases, including David and Goliath!