Learn English Through Football Podcast: To down a team

In this week's football-language podcast we look at some meanings around the phrase, 'to down a team/an opponent'. We also look ahead to this weekend's football with the Newcastle versus Nottingham Forest game in the Premier League. 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 we have just had a storm pass over the country so the weather has been very wet and really windy! What is the weather like where you are? I think the weather in Tokyo, where of course the other member of the team Damon is living, is getting a little cooler, which is good. Now Damon won't be with us this week as he is a little busy and I am sure it is definitely nothing to do with his favourite team Liverpool losing three games this week (sorry Liverpool fans!). Also apologies for the delay in this week's podcast as it is the start of term here in the UK and things are also a little busy for me!



Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (a Besiktas fan)



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DF: Now, how did your favourite football team get on this week? I went to see my team Tottenham play last Saturday in the Premier League against bottom side Wolves and we drew 1-1. Not a great result but the equaliser came in the last minute - a stoppage-time goal - so at least that was good! We then came back to draw against Bodø/Glimt in Norway in the Champions League after being two goals down - we were very lucky indeed! This means we have come back after going behind to draw three times in our last three games. So, three times we have scored late equalisers to earn a point. This shows good fighting spirit but maybe we should try and find a way to keep the goals out first!



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



DF: And, before we start with some football language, just a reminder that 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 throughout the show just like that one which was in Korean. We'd also love it if you can share or like our podcast and maybe tell your friends all about us!



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



DF: Yes, that message was in Dutch 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 t...