Learn English Through Football Podcast: Finisher

In this week's football-language podcast we look at some meanings around the word 'finish' in football including finishing and finishers. We also look ahead to this weekend's football with the Madrid derby. You can read the 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 about the phrase or our podcast then you can contact us here.

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Hello

DF: You are listening to the Learn English Through Football Podcast.



DF: Hello everyone and welcome to this week's football language podcast for learners of English who love football. My name is Damian and I am here in London where the weather has become quite chilly; it's a little colder than last week and some people are even wearing coats and scarves already! What is the weather like where you are? And I wonder what the weather is like in Tokyo where the other member of the Learn English through Football team Damon is based? Now, Damon is not with us today but in his recent weekly football language post on Monday he suggested that it was finally starting to cool down in Tokyo. He also looked at the phrases, 'low block' and 'sit deep' - two very interesting terms that describe rather defensive teams.



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DF: And, before we start with some football language, remember that we continue to make some changes to our site. The domain name is now learnengishthroughfootball.com as we think it better reflects who we are and what we do; it's a place for people to learn English through football! You can still find us with the old address of languagecaster.com and you will hear stingers with that name, so don't worry. We'd also love it if you can share or like our podcast or maybe tell your friends about us!



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DF: Yes, that message was in Greek and, as always, we will have some more stingers or messages throughout the show in different languages. How many will you be able to recognise? And we'll let you know the languages at the end of the show. And please send us a message in your own language - just tell us that, 'You are listening to the Learn English through football podcast'. Or, you can tell us in English your name, where you are from, and the team you support, plus 'you are listening to the Learn English through football podcast'. And we have a new stinger which we will play later on at the end of the show It would be great to hear from you and to get as many messages in different languages as possible!



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Football Language: 'Poker'

DF: OK, let's have a look at some football language and on today's show we are going to look at the word 'finish' and explain some of the different meanings that are used with this word in football. But before that, let's take a look at a phrase I only heard about this week for the first time: 'poker'.



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