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Soccer news from The Premiership and around the world brought to you Damian and Damon' football podcast. Interviews, match reviews, predictions and more. EFL, ESL English language learners can check out the worksheets and transcripts - learn English through football. Primary Format : Unknown Language : Unknown Also Listed as: City : Tokyo State/Province : Unknown Country : Japan Region : AS User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of languagecaster Podcasts Methings.com listings of languagecaster Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of languagecaster Podcast 15: World Cup Preview The World Cup dominates this week’s show as we take a look back at the dramatic play-offs and we also have two England fans looking forward to the finals in South Africa next summer. You can also: Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast 14: Can Ireland make it? World cup play-offs take place this weekend and fans around the world will be crossing their fingers hoping for the result to go their way. On this week’s show we listen to an Irish fan give his opinion on what might happen when Ireland play France over two legs. You can also: VS Read our [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Main Report 14: Ireland vs France This week’s main report looks at the World Cup play-off match between Ireland and France. Listen to our Irish football correspondent, Brendan, discussing whether Ireland can cause a huge upset and make it to South Africa 2010. The transcript can be found below, while vocabulary support can be found for the words in bold at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video Worksheet: Folk Football In this video worksheet post we use a clip from the excellent The History Of Football [2002] [DVD]on the topic of Folk Football. There is also a worksheet, transcript and answer sheet below. The report lasts for 2 minutes 10 seconds. Folk Football Worksheet | Transcript (for audio only, click here) Transcript The legend, whether true or [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video Worksheet: Folk Football In this video worksheet post we use a clip from the excellent The History Of Football [2002] [DVD]on the topic of Folk Football. There is also a worksheet, transcript and answer sheet below. The report lasts for 2 minutes 10 seconds. Folk Football Worksheet | Worksheet Answers | Transcript Transcript The legend, whether true or not, is still [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Week 13 Main report: Folk Football This week’s main report looks at the earliest version of the Beautiful Game, Folk Football, which emerged during the Middle Ages in England. The transcript can be found below, while vocabulary support can be found for the words in bold at the foot of the post. Listen to the report here Introduction Football has often been described [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast 13: Folk Football On this week’s show we take a look at Folk Football and discuss its influence on the Beautiful Game. In addition: Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions competition For learners [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Week 12: Main Report – Honduran Football On this main report, languagecaster takes a look at a team from the CONCACAF region that has qualified for the 2010 World Cup – Honduras. The transcript of the report is below. Listen to the main report here Transcript First a few facts and stats about Honduras. The capital is Tegucigalpa and the country has a population of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast 12 – Honduras On this week’s show we put the spotlight on Honduran football as we continue to take a look at the countries that will be competing in next year’s World Cup. Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Main Report: FIFA On this week’s main report we take a look at the world football governing body FIFA. Main Report 11 Transcript ‘It is an institution that … has taken on a social, cultural, political and sporting dimension in the struggle to educate children and defeat poverty. At the same time it has also become a powerful economic [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast 11: FIFA On this week’s show we take a look at the world governing body of football FIFA Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions competition For learners of English check out [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Main Report: Week 9 World Cup Qualifiers Listen to the report here Transcript Footballing superstars Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have much in common: known throughout the world as skillful players that can win a game single-handedly. Yet they also share the possibility that they may not appear in next year’s World Cup finals. In addition, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andre Arshavin, Luca Modric, Thierry Henry, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast 10: World Cup Greats – Lev Yashin The dust from the World Cup qualifiers has settled, and this week we have Part III in our series on the World Cup greats – the Russian, Lev Yashin. Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle between [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Main Report – World Cup Stars – Lev Yashin Listen to the report here Transcript Goalkeepers can often be overlooked when talking about the best football players, but a great goalkeeper can inspire the rest of the side to play with confidence and help them perform better than they look on paper. this was surely the case with Lev Yashin, quite arguably the best goalkeeper [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Week 9 – World Cup Qualifiers The final set of World Cup qualifiers takes place in Europe, South America and Africa this week and so on this week’s podcast we feature some of the major stars who might not make it to the finals in South Africa next June. Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Latest Football Clichés This post gives explanations of two more footballing clichés. You can find many more examples by going to our football cliché page here.To run your socks off | Listen to the cliché hereThis cliché is used when a team or an individual player is seen to work very hard during a game. The expression is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Week 8: Main Report – Paraguayan Football This week’s main report looks at one of the countries that has already qualified for the 2010 World Cup – Paraguay. The transcript of the report is below. Try our online  listening quiz. Listen to the report here Transcript Bigger than Japan but smaller than Spain, a population slightly larger than Denmark, but smaller than Hong Kong, and looking [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Week 8 – Paraguay During the build up to the World Cup in South Africa, languagecaster will take a look at some of the countries taking part as well as taking a look back at some of the great players in World Cup history. This week we turn the spotlight on one of the less famous South American countries, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Latest Football Clichés This post gives explanations of two more footballing clichés. You can find many more examples by going to our football cliché page here. To run your socks off | Listen to the cliché here This cliché is used when a team or an individual player is seen to work very hard during a game. The expression is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Week 7: Main Report – the Bundesliga 2009/10 This week’s main report looks at the Bundesliga with Hans guiding us through the German league. The transcript of the report is below and includes vocabulary in bold which is explained at the foot of the post. Listen to the report here Transcript Hans: Hello and welcome to the Bundesliga. My name is Hans and I’m [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website