Learning English Through Football
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Learning English through Football - for all students of the beautiful game. Soccer language, football cliches and phrases for English language learners. And we have a weekly football-language podcast ⚽️
Latest Football Language Forum Post: To squeeze past #FootballLanguage #LearningEnglish #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #FootballPhrases #AFCON25 #nigeriavstanzania #FootballLanguage learnenglishthroughfootball.com/community/af...
Nigeria squeeze past Tanzania
If a team squeezes past another team in a game it means that they have won but maybe had some trouble winning the game. To squeeze past someone mea...
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December 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Latest Football Language Forum Post: To squeeze past #FootballLanguage #LearningEnglish #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #FootballPhrases #AFCON25 #nigeriavstanzania #FootballLanguage learnenglishthroughfootball.com/community/af...
Latest Football Language Podcast: To latch on to learnenglishthroughfootball.com/weekly-footb... #FootballLanguage #LearningEnglish #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #FootballPhrases #TeachEnglish #ListeningPractice #AFCON2025 #FootballLanguage
Weekly Football Phrase: (to) Latch on to - Learn English Through Footbal
This podcast's weekly football phrase is a verb phrase' to latch on to'. This is used to describe a player controlling the ball.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Latest Football Language Podcast: To latch on to learnenglishthroughfootball.com/weekly-footb... #FootballLanguage #LearningEnglish #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #FootballPhrases #TeachEnglish #ListeningPractice #AFCON2025 #FootballLanguage
New Football language forum post: To reckon - how do we use this verb when making predictions? learnenglishthroughfootball.com/community/la... #FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #LanguageofFootball #ESL #LearningEnglish #teachingEnglish #ELT #ESOL #EFL #SoccerVocabulary #LearnEnglishThroughFootball
To reckon
To reckon means that someone has an opinion on something or they feel that something will happen. It is like an informal way of saying 'I think'. We...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Learn English Through Football Podcast: AFCON 2025 Preview - Learn English Through Football
In this week's football-language podcast we look forward to AFCON 2025 which starts this weekend in Morocco. We will look at...
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December 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This podcast’s weekly football phrase is to throw under the bus. which is a phrase used by Mohamed Salah in comments this week. learnenglishthroughfootball.com/weekly-footb...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This podcast’s weekly football phrase is to throw under the bus. which is a phrase used by Mohamed Salah in comments this week. learnenglishthroughfootball.com/weekly-footb...
In this week’s #LearnEnglishThroughFootballPodcast we look at language from the 2026 World Cup draw and the phrase, ‘to be drawn‘. learnenglishthroughfootball.com/learn-englis...
#FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #LanguageofFootball #futbol #2026WorldCup #LearningEnglish
#EnglishForFootball
#FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #LanguageofFootball #futbol #2026WorldCup #LearningEnglish
#EnglishForFootball
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In this week’s #LearnEnglishThroughFootballPodcast we look at language from the 2026 World Cup draw and the phrase, ‘to be drawn‘. learnenglishthroughfootball.com/learn-englis...
#FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #LanguageofFootball #futbol #2026WorldCup #LearningEnglish
#EnglishForFootball
#FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #LanguageofFootball #futbol #2026WorldCup #LearningEnglish
#EnglishForFootball
In this week’s #FootballLanguage podcast we look at language from Copa Libertadores Flamengo and Palmeiras: ‘flying header‘. #FootballPhrase #LanguageofFootball #CopaLibertadores #Flamengo #FlamengoPalmeiras #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #LearnEnglish learnenglishthroughfootball.com/learn-englis...
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2025 Copa Libertadores Final - Flying Header - Learn English Through Football
In this week's football-language podcast we look at some language from the Copa Libertadores final between Flamengo and Palmeiras.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In this week’s #FootballLanguage podcast we look at language from Copa Libertadores Flamengo and Palmeiras: ‘flying header‘. #FootballPhrase #LanguageofFootball #CopaLibertadores #Flamengo #FlamengoPalmeiras #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #LearnEnglish learnenglishthroughfootball.com/learn-englis...
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Weekly Football Phrase: At the Death - Learn English Through Football
In this football phrase of the week we look at some language from the recent 2026 World Cup qualifier between Hungary and Ireland...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Check out the latest episode of Learn English Through Football - Group Decider Listen to the full podcast here play.headliner.app/episode/3012...
#FootballLanguage #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #FootballLanguagePodcast #groupdecider #HungaryvIreland #2026WorldCup #Ronaldo
#FootballLanguage #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #FootballLanguagePodcast #groupdecider #HungaryvIreland #2026WorldCup #Ronaldo
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November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Check out the latest episode of Learn English Through Football - Group Decider Listen to the full podcast here play.headliner.app/episode/3012...
#FootballLanguage #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #FootballLanguagePodcast #groupdecider #HungaryvIreland #2026WorldCup #Ronaldo
#FootballLanguage #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #FootballLanguagePodcast #groupdecider #HungaryvIreland #2026WorldCup #Ronaldo
#FootballLanguagePodcast: Claim a spot learnenglishthroughfootball.com/weekly-footb... We look at expressions connected to 'qualify' after the recent 2026 World Cup qualifiers #FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #LanguageofFootball #LearningEnglish #FootballPhrase #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #ELT
Weekly Football Phrase: Claim a spot - Learn English Through Football
In this football phrase of the week we look at expressions connected to the word 'qualify', including 'claim a spot' after the recent 2026...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
#FootballLanguagePodcast: Claim a spot learnenglishthroughfootball.com/weekly-footb... We look at expressions connected to 'qualify' after the recent 2026 World Cup qualifiers #FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #LanguageofFootball #LearningEnglish #FootballPhrase #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #ELT
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Vairāk par vārdu un tā izrunu meklējiet livonian.tech/meklesanas-r..., ierakstot vārdu “sūomli”.
To learn more about this word and hear its pronunciation go to livonian.tech/en/search-re... and search for “sūomli”.
#līvõkēļ
To learn more about this word and hear its pronunciation go to livonian.tech/en/search-re... and search for “sūomli”.
#līvõkēļ
September 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Vairāk par vārdu un tā izrunu meklējiet livonian.tech/meklesanas-r..., ierakstot vārdu “sūomli”.
To learn more about this word and hear its pronunciation go to livonian.tech/en/search-re... and search for “sūomli”.
#līvõkēļ
To learn more about this word and hear its pronunciation go to livonian.tech/en/search-re... and search for “sūomli”.
#līvõkēļ
In this 2021 #FootballLanguagePodcast for learners of English we looked at language from the Ballon d’Or #FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #LanguageofFootball #LearningEnglish #FootballPhrase #FIFA #TeachingEnglish #LearnEnglishThroughFootball
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Learning English Through Football Podcast: 2021 Ballon d'Or - Learn English Through Football
In this football language podcast, we look at some of the language used to describe the winners from the 2021 Ballon d'Or awards.
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September 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
In this 2021 #FootballLanguagePodcast for learners of English we looked at language from the Ballon d’Or #FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #LanguageofFootball #LearningEnglish #FootballPhrase #FIFA #TeachingEnglish #LearnEnglishThroughFootball
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Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
September 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
This week we look at the phrase 'stoppage time goal' after the Champions League kicked off this week. learnenglishthroughfootball.com/learn-englis... #stoppagetimegoal #footballlanguage #learnenglishthroughfootballpodcast #learnEnglish #footballphrase #Englishlearning #ChampionsLeague
Learn English Through Football Podcast: Stoppage Time Goal - Learn English Through Football
In this week's football-language podcast we look at the phrase, 'stoppage time goal' after some late goals in the Champions League this week
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September 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This week we look at the phrase 'stoppage time goal' after the Champions League kicked off this week. learnenglishthroughfootball.com/learn-englis... #stoppagetimegoal #footballlanguage #learnenglishthroughfootballpodcast #learnEnglish #footballphrase #Englishlearning #ChampionsLeague
learnenglishthroughfootball.com/learn-englis... sine big goalkeeping mistakes in this week’s #ChampionsLeaugue: errors, gaffes and blunders! Here’s our football language podcast on the language of goalkeeping errors! #learnenglishthroughfootball
Learn English Through Football Podcast: Goalkeeping Gaffes and an Olimpico - Learn English Through Football
In this football language podcast we are looking at 'goalkeeping gaffes', as well as the term to describe scoring directly from a corner
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September 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
learnenglishthroughfootball.com/learn-englis... sine big goalkeeping mistakes in this week’s #ChampionsLeaugue: errors, gaffes and blunders! Here’s our football language podcast on the language of goalkeeping errors! #learnenglishthroughfootball
learnenglishthroughfootball.com/weekly-footb... This week’s #FootballPhrase is 'to sweep aside' from the Manchester derby #FootballLanguage #LanguageofFootball #futbol #LearningEnglish #FootballPhrase #teachingEnglish #ELT #ESOL #EFL #Soccer #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #sweepaside #ManCityvManUtd ⚽️
Weekly Football Phrase: (to) Sweep Aside - Learn English Through Football
This week's football phrase is the verb phrase to sweep aside. This phrase describes the Manchester derby played on Sunday.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
learnenglishthroughfootball.com/weekly-footb... This week’s #FootballPhrase is 'to sweep aside' from the Manchester derby #FootballLanguage #LanguageofFootball #futbol #LearningEnglish #FootballPhrase #teachingEnglish #ELT #ESOL #EFL #Soccer #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #sweepaside #ManCityvManUtd ⚽️
The latest Learn English Through Football podcast is out - learnenglishthroughfootball.com/learn-englis... #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #FootballLanguage
Learn English Through Football Podcast: Selection Dilemma - Learn English Through Football
In this week's football-language podcast we look at the phrase, 'selection dilemma' from the 2026 World Cup qualifiers...
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September 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The latest Learn English Through Football podcast is out - learnenglishthroughfootball.com/learn-englis... #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #FootballLanguage
This week's football phrase looks at ‘straight red‘ from #2026worldcup qualifier between #SerbiavEngland #FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #FootballPodcast #LanguageofFootball #futbol #LearningEnglish #TeachingEnglish #ELT #LearnEnglishThroughFootball
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Football Phrase of the Week: Straight Red - Learn English Through Football
In this football phrase of the week we look at the phrase, 'straight red' from the 2026 World Cup qualifier between Serbia and England.
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September 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This week's football phrase looks at ‘straight red‘ from #2026worldcup qualifier between #SerbiavEngland #FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #FootballPodcast #LanguageofFootball #futbol #LearningEnglish #TeachingEnglish #ELT #LearnEnglishThroughFootball
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This week's football phrase is ‘straight red‘ from the #2026worldcup qualifier #SerbiavEngland #FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #FootballPodcast #LanguageofFootball #futbol #LearningEnglish #TeachingEnglish #ELT #LearnEnglishThroughFootball learnenglishthroughfootball.com/football-phr...
Football Phrase of the Week: Straight Red - Learn English Through Football
In this football phrase of the week we look at the phrase, 'straight red' from the 2026 World Cup qualifier between Serbia and England.
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September 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This week's football phrase is ‘straight red‘ from the #2026worldcup qualifier #SerbiavEngland #FootballPhrase #FootballLanguage #FootballPodcast #LanguageofFootball #futbol #LearningEnglish #TeachingEnglish #ELT #LearnEnglishThroughFootball learnenglishthroughfootball.com/football-phr...
Football Phrase of the Week: Transfer Window Slams Shut learnenglishthroughfootball.com/football-phr... #Slamshut #FootballLanguage #Languageoffootball #Transferwindow #LearnEnglishThroughFootball
Football Phrase of the Week: Transfer Window Slams Shut - Learn English Through Football
In this football phrase of the week we look at the phrase, 'slam shut' as the transfer window finally closes in many European countries.
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September 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Football Phrase of the Week: Transfer Window Slams Shut learnenglishthroughfootball.com/football-phr... #Slamshut #FootballLanguage #Languageoffootball #Transferwindow #LearnEnglishThroughFootball
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The Power and the Glory: a new history of the World Cup, out on September 4.
'Epic in scope, awesomely rich in detail, and compulsively entertaining' TOM HOLLAND
Order here www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Histo...
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'Epic in scope, awesomely rich in detail, and compulsively entertaining' TOM HOLLAND
Order here www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Histo...
or here uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
August 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Power and the Glory: a new history of the World Cup, out on September 4.
'Epic in scope, awesomely rich in detail, and compulsively entertaining' TOM HOLLAND
Order here www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Histo...
or here uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
'Epic in scope, awesomely rich in detail, and compulsively entertaining' TOM HOLLAND
Order here www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Histo...
or here uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2024-25: Spursy languagecaster.com/learn-englis... A good time to revisit this football phrase! #Football #FootballLanguage #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #THFC
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2024-25: Spursy - Learn English Through Football
In this football language podcast we will talk about a word which is used in English football only; the word is 'Spursy'...
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May 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2024-25: Spursy languagecaster.com/learn-englis... A good time to revisit this football phrase! #Football #FootballLanguage #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #THFC
Latest Football Language Podcast: To Head Out #IntervBarcelona #ChampionsLeague #FootballLanguage #LearningEnglish #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #Journeyman #HeadOut #SoccerVocabulary #Listeningpractice #EAL #ESL #EFL #FootballPodcast #SoccerLanguage languagecaster.com/learn-englis...
Learn English Through Football Podcast: To Head Out - Learn English Through Football
In this week's football-language podcast we look at language from the Champions League semi-final, including the phrase, 'to head out'.
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May 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Latest Football Language Podcast: To Head Out #IntervBarcelona #ChampionsLeague #FootballLanguage #LearningEnglish #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #Journeyman #HeadOut #SoccerVocabulary #Listeningpractice #EAL #ESL #EFL #FootballPodcast #SoccerLanguage languagecaster.com/learn-englis...
In this football phrase of the week we look at the verb, 'to convert' #FootballLanguage #EnglishGoals #FootballLanguagePodcast #EnglishListening #FootballFans #FootballEducation #FootballExpression #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #英語学習 #学习英语 #AprenderInglés languagecaster.com/football-phr...
Football Phrase of the Week: (to) Convert - Learn English Through Football
In this football phrase of the week we look at the verb, 'to convert' after some improtant penalties were scored in the race for CL places.
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May 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
In this football phrase of the week we look at the verb, 'to convert' #FootballLanguage #EnglishGoals #FootballLanguagePodcast #EnglishListening #FootballFans #FootballEducation #FootballExpression #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #英語学習 #学习英语 #AprenderInglés languagecaster.com/football-phr...
Latest Football Language Podcast: In and around / 3 words to describe Liverpool's title win #Liverpool #FootballLanguage #LearnEnglish #FootballExpression #LearnEnglishThroughFootballPodcast #In&around languagecaster.com/learn-englis...
Learn English Through Football Podcast: In and Around and Liverpool's Title Win - Learn English Through Football
In this week's football-language podcast we look at a phrase that has recently become quite popular in football 'in and around' and we...
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May 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Latest Football Language Podcast: In and around / 3 words to describe Liverpool's title win #Liverpool #FootballLanguage #LearnEnglish #FootballExpression #LearnEnglishThroughFootballPodcast #In&around languagecaster.com/learn-englis...