This weekend sees one of the big rivalries in English football renewed: Liverpool v Manchester United. – Liverpool travel to Manchester United for the North-West derby hoping to open up an eight point lead over the Red Devils. We try to predict the score for this game and others on this week's show. We also have some English for football, and this week we explain the phrase ‘to sit up nicely‘ and one or two other phrases. To start the show, however, we’ll review some of the footballing news in our good, the bad and the ugly section, and the African Cup of Nations will feature. Don't forget you can read the transcript for the show by coming along to our site at www.languagecaster.com.

A series of listening reports (with answers) on the 2014 World Cup for students who want to practice their English.

A worksheet with all the teams (and their adjective forms) competing in the UEFA zone for the European Championship.

This week’s listening report takes a look back at the Ballon d’Or 2013 award.

This Learn English through Football Podcast has three main sections: In the main report section, Damon looks ahead to this season‘s Champions League group stages, while in our regular English for football section, we introduce the football phrase ‘top drawer‘. In the last section of the show, we feature several games from the Premier League, Serie A as well as some of the big games from the Champions League

Here, Damon focuses on the Bundesliga. Which teams are in the frame to win? And who is tipped for the drop? This listening report is a shortened version of the regular weekly podcast. You can listen to the report by clicking on the link above.

This week, the Champions League group stages get under way, so we take a look at some of the talking points in Europe’s premier competition.

Each week we publish a podcast for learners of English who love football. The podcasts feature real-life stories from the world of football and follow the same format each week: an introduction, a review of the football week, an explanation of a football expression, as well as some predictions. The weekly Podcast lasts between 10 and 15 minutes and includes some of the following features: - Authentic listening: the podcast is delivered at natural speed and feature real-life stories from the world of football. - The show focuses on a particular theme each week – usually something that is in the news at that time, for example, about a famous player or a competition that is taking place. - By downloading the Podcast each week, students are also able to read the transcript while listening to the show.

This Learn English Football Podcast has three main sections: In the main report section, Damian takes a look at the French top league, Ligue 1 and the favourites and dark horses this season. Then, he continues, with our regular weekly football phrase – this week it is ‘scramble’., We wrap up with predictions where we will be trying to guess the results of six games from around Europe including 3 derbies.

Until recently when discussing the top teams and leagues in Europe it was common to mention the ‘big 4' of Germany, Spain, Italy and England but now we can most definitely include France in that list as Ligue 1 starts to attract some of the best players in the world. In this report we preview the French 2013-14 season and ask which teams will challenge for the title.

This Learn English through Football Podcast has three main sections: In the main report section, Damon takes a look at the 2013-14 Bundesliga season. Then, he continues, with our regular weekly football phrase – this week it is the word ‘sack’ after the first managerial casualty of the season in England. We wrap up with predictions where we will be trying to guess the results of six games from including 3 derbies and 3 games from the Champions League.

Happy 2014 from the Learn English Through Football Podcast team. On this week’s show we have a main report that focuses on the FA Cup.

This free weekly football-language podcast is for those students who love football and wish to improve their English-language skills. This week’s Learn English Through Football Podcast starts off with the good, the bad and the ugly stories from the footballing world, then explains some football phrases, and finishes off with some predictions from the Premier League. This week, the focus is on the Man United v Spurs game. For those who wish to practise their English, there is a transcript to help with reading and listening.

A free weekly football-language podcast for learners of English who love the beautiful game of football. On this week’s football-language podcast we look back at a wonderfully exciting set of World Cup qualifiers that took place over the past ten days. We also introduce two new football-language phrases connected to those World Cup qualifiers including ‘results go your way‘. We also look ahead to a new round of matches from the Premier League this weekend including the big game between Liverpool and Manchester United which of course will feature in our regular football predictions competition. For those who wish to practise their English, there is a transcript below to help with reading and listening

What a week in the Champions League quarter-final second legs! We take a look at some of the stories from those games in this week’s Learn English Through Football Podcast. We have a tricky quiz question, and also introduce some English for football phrases, including ‘to suffer a defeat’. We also have some exciting games to look forward to in our predictions section including Tottenham v Manchester City, at the end of the show. This week’s podcast has a worksheet (with answers) and a transcript for learners and teachers to improve their language skills.

Welcome back to the new season of football language podcasts from Languagecaster – this is our 11th year. This weekend sees the start of some of the European football leagues, the Community Shield in England and of course the final of the Women’s European Championship in the Netherlands and we’ll be looking ahead to those games in this week’s show. We’ll also be explaining some football words and phrases – the verb to fancy, the phrase financial fair play and the nickname the Lionesses – asking a quiz question and of course talking about our predictions for the big games from this weekend. There is also a transcript for those who wish to practise their reading and listening skills

The latest football language podcast looks back at Man City vs Tottenham and also explains the football phrases 'first choice' and 'non league', while we also look back at how we did with our predictions!

This week's football language podcast features the game between Man City and Chelsea, an explanation of some football expressions including the phrase 'to sit out', another football quiz and a tribute to Chapecoense.

Welcome everyone to the football podcast for learners of English. On this week’s show we’ll be looking ahead to the North London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal and also looking back at some of the big Champions League stories from the week. We also have some new football language to explain, including ‘to pepper the goal‘ , while we finish off with some predictions. The idea behind this podcast is simple. By listening, reading and writing about something you enjoy – football – you can improve your English language skills. Follow the Premier League in England, and the big football stories from around the world while learning English. This podcast (with transcript) is a great resource for those students who wish to improve both their listening skills and their vocabulary as many of the words and phrases that are used in the transcript are linked to explanations from our football language glossary.

It’s FA Cup 3rd round weekend and so on this week’s show we will be taking a look at some of the big games. Maybe there will be a cup shock as a minnow defeats a favourite as form goes out the window? On this week’s show we feature three of the games from the FA Cup – Chelsea v Peterborough, Tottenham v Aston Villa, and Liverpool v Plymouth, while we also introduce an English for football phrase ‘scorpion kick’.

This week’s football-language podcast looks back at some of the big stories from the football week and also looks ahead to some of the big games taking place in the Premier League this weekend. We also explain some words and phrases from the past week including bomb forward and to kill off the game. The show also features three big games from the Premier League in our predictions battle – Bournemouth v Southampton, Manchester City v Arsenal and Everton v Liverpool, while we also answer your football-language questions.