Learn English Through Football Podcast: Silence the Crowd

In this football language podcast we take a look at the phrase, ‘silence the crowd‘ and how it is used in football. We also look ahead to next weekend’s football with our predictions competition. 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.

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DF: Right, so this week is an international break which means that there are no domestic club matches taking place but instead we have Nations League and [2026] World Cup qualifiers. We’re going to look at a phrase that emerged from one of those Nations League matches and we will also take a look at some predictions from some of the other big international matches.

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Silence the Crowd

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DF: We have already mentioned that it is an international break and so I am going to explain a phrase that I heard from the Nations League game between Greece and England: ‘to silence the crowd‘. When a team plays at home they tend to have advantages such as they don’t have to travel too far, they know their surroundings well and of course the crowd or home support is going to be mostly cheering them on. The influence of the home crowd is often an important factor and sometimes they can affect how the away team performs; the home fans often try to intimidate the away team, for example.