2015-16 archives - learn english through football by Damian Fitzpatrick

It's St Patrick's Day (March 17th) which, of course, is the Irish national day, so on this week's listening practice report we take a look at some of the best ever Irish footballers.

March the 24th 2016 saw the passing of one of the greatest footballers ever - Johan Cruyff. To remember this great player, this week's listening practice report is an adapted report from our archives. The post was originally published on May 1, 2011 as part of our World Cup Stars series. You can find explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) at the end of the post. You can listen to the podcast by clicking on the file below - you can also subscribe and listen to all our football-language podcasts - there are hundreds of them!

The Euro 2016 competition is well underway and it is time to take a look at the last of the groups. Group F. In this group areA Austria,A Hungary,A Iceland, andA Portugal,A and ita€™s hard to pick a clear favourite. Listen to the report by clicking below, while explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be found at the bottom […]

The European Championships have finally startedA and we continueA our series of previews, spotlightingA Group E, may pundits’ group of death.A This group has Belgium, Sweden, the Republic of Ireland, and Italy. Listen to the report by clicking below, while explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be found at the bottom of the post. Euro 2016 Preview – […]

The European Championships are about to start and so today in our series of previews we focus on Group D which includes current holders Spain, dark horses Turkey and Croatia as well as the Czech Republic.

We continue with our preview of the European Championship taking place in France by looking at Group C which includes favourites Germany, dark horses Poland, Ukraine and outsiders Northern Ireland.

Euro 2016 Preview - Group B: With the 2016 European Championships about to start we continue with our preview by focusing on Group B which includes England, Russia, Slovakia and Wales.

Today's listening practice looks at group A with hosts France, Romania, Albania and Switzerland.

2016 Copa América Centenario: It's 100 years since the founding of the South American football federation CONMEBOL and so to celebrate this...

2016 Champions League Preview: This weekend in Milan sees the final of the Champions League between two rivals from Madrid: Atlético and Real

On this week's listening report we preview all seven matches and even offer a prediction or two!

For languagecaster’s main listening report this week we take a look at the two big European cup competitions: the Champions League and the Europa League. For the finale of the European football season in May, the two EUFA competitions are held in the same week, and we compare the money, the format, the winners and […]

[print_link] | Subscribe: Main Listening Report It’s Champions League semi final second legs this week, and on this listening report we take a look at the history and design of the four teams’ crests or shirt badges. The four teams are Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich. Listening Report: CL Football Crests […]

[print_link] | Subscribe: Main Listening Report | Follow @languagecaster For this week’s listening report we take a look at the race for the PL (premier League) title. This season has been a topsy turvy one and a shock is on the cards as Leicester lead the pack going into the final five games. You can […]

The four first leg matches of this season’s 2016 Champions League quarter-finals have all taken place and so on this week’s listening practice report we take a look back at what happened and a look forward to next week’s second leg games. You can listen to the report by clicking on the link above, and […]

This week's listening practice report looks at the 2016 FA Cup quarter-finals that are taking place this weekend.

2016 Europa League Last 16 Previews: This week's listening practice report looks ahead to some of the big games from the Europa League...

This weeka€™s listening practice report looks at this yeara€™s Capital One League Cup final between Liverpool and Manchester City.

This week's listening practice report focuses on one of the big games in Spanish football - the Basque derby between Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad.

Subscribe This week’s listening practice report focuses on the big games taking place this weekend in Italy and in England. The top four teams in both leagues face off in possible title showdowns. You can listen to the report by clicking on the link above, and you can also read the transcript of the report […]

[print_link] | Subscribe This week’s listening practice report spotlights a new league in England aimed at helping overweight men lose weight, which is part of an initiative called Man v Fat. You can listen to the report by clicking on the link above, and you can also read the transcript of the report (below). There […]

In this weekends FA Cup round games Portsmouth take on Bournemouth. Both are on the south coast of England, and along with Southampton, they make up three big south coast teams. We take a look at their history, nicknames and crests in this week's listening practice report.

Last week we looked at the Premier League title race and as the Bundesliga has returned after its winter break we thought we'd take a look at the German title race on this week's listening practice report.

On this week's listening practice report we wonder which team will win this season's Premier League title.

FA Cup 1976: On this week's listening practice report, Damon takes a trip down memory lane and describes the 1976 FA Cup final - played...

[print_link] | Subscribe Our main listening practice report this week sees Damon give his thoughts on Liverpool’s first half of the season. Damon is a Liverpool fan and talks about the manager, best players, flops, highlights and more. You can listen to the report by clicking on the link above, and you can also read […]

Our main listening practice report this week focuses on the FIFA Club World Cup, taking place in Japan starting this week.

[print_link] | Subscribe In this week’s main listening report, we feature a post from 2011 from our archive. We asked the question, who are the best ever foreign imports to have played in the Premier League? Of course, there are plenty of talented overseas stars playing now, but this report focuses on those who stayed […]

A month ago, we took a look at the Champions League groups after two games. Now, all teams have played five or the six group games and we review the current situation.

Listening Practice: 2015 El Clásico: Three Things to Watch out for

In this listening practice report we look ahead to the four 2016 European Championship play-off matches and try to offer a prediction!

Back to the Future II: To celebrate Back to the Future day we take a look at what football may look like in 2045!

Rugby and football have a shared history which goes all the way back to folk football. What can football learn from rugby?

Back to the Future: We are going to take a look back at what football was like 30 years ago in 1985.

2015-16 Champions League Preview: The 2015-16 Champions League group stages reach their third set of matches this week ...

This week's main listening report is from our 2012 Archives. It focuses on an often overlooked position in the team, the goalkeeper.

Klopp has been appointed LFC manager and Brendan Rogers forgotten. In this report, Damon, an LFC fan gives reflects on Rogers' time at LFC.

This week we thought it would be a good idea to see how much some male football fans know about women's football.

2015-16 Champions League Preview (Groups A-D)

In the last 10 years, Women's football has become very popular. We look at the game in England, focusing on the Women's Super League.

Last week we looked at the start of the new Spanish season and this week we turn our focus to Italy and the start of Serie A.

This week's listening report is all about the latest 2016 European Championship qualifiers.

On this week's listening report we take a look at the bug three teams in Holland, also known as De Grote Drie.

The 2015-2016 Bundesliga kicks off this weekend and on this listening practice report we take a look at the favourites, the dark horses as well as some of the teams that may struggle.

The 2015-16 English Premier League starts again this weekend and in this Premier League Preview we look at some of the favourites, the possible dark horses and teams that may struggle in this the 24th version of the league.