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Going to the match: In this football language podcast we have a short report of Damian’s trip to a Premier League match. He went to see Fulham v Leicester. 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 then you can contact us at admin@languagecaster.com.

Going to the Match

DF: You’re listening to Languagecaster.com’s football language podcast. Welcome to the show for all those who love the beautiful game and who want to improve their English. I hope you are all doing well. My name’s Damian and I am in a rather hot and humid London; it seems that this week summer has returned to the UK! What’s the weather like where you are?

I wonder what the weather is like in Tokyo? Hello Damon, how are you doing? And more importantly, how are you feeling about Liverpool’s start to the new season?

DB: Hi Damian. I’m well. As for the weather, the south of Japan has been battered by a typhoon this past week, and in Tokyo it has been humid and very very wet most of the time. The start to the season for Liverpool has been much better than the weather! Six points from six and both comfortable wins. But as the coach says, those wins were against teams not expected to be top six, so the big challenge comes this weekend when we go away to our big regional rivals Manchester United. How are you doing? And what about your team Tottenham?

DF: I’m good – quite happy with four points from the first two games for Spurs and that three of our new young players have started to get minutes or to get game time. But as I said in last week’s podcast I am still a little upset at dropping two points at Leicester! Talking of Leicester I went to see some football at the weekend – not my beloved Tottenham but instead I went to west London to see Fulham take on Leicester City down by the River Thames and I’ll be talking a little more about that later on in the show.

On the Show

DB: Well, on the show today, we are focused on the match day, or going to the match. This means watching a live football game and this week Damian went to a Premier League match. So, he’ll talk a little bit about his match day experience. After that, we’ve got some football language from the games our two teams played last week: Tottenham v Everton and Liverpool v Brentford. Following that is predictions, and we will look at last week’s results and look ahead to some big games to come this weekend. This week’s guest predictor is Phoebe, who lives in Denmark – thanks Phoebe!

Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Danish)

DB: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster. Thanks for that message – listener, can you guess what language it was? Right, time to kick off and here’s Damian talking about his trip to the match, where he saw Fulham take on Leicester.

The Match: Fulham 2-1 Leicester City



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