What does 'not a fluke' mean in football? "This is not a fluke," said former Saints striker Alan Shearer on BBC One What does 'no fluke' mean in football?

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: Stripped of their title - Learn English Through Football In this week's football-language podcast we look at a football phrase that has come out of AFCON 2025: 'stripped of their title'...

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What does “defend the title” mean in football? ⚽ What does “defend the title” mean in football? Here’s an example:'PSG will try to defend their title this season.' Can you write a senten...

What does “defend the title” mean in football?
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Learn English Through Football: Goalkeeping Gaffe - Learn English Through Football In this week's football-language podcast we look at football phrases to talk about goalkeeping mistakes, including 'goalkeeping gaffe'.

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What does 'To be into the next round' mean? What does 'To be into the next round' mean? This phrase was used to describe Port Vale's win against Sunderland in the FA Cup.

What does 'To be into the next round' mean? This phrase was used to describe Port Vale's win against Sunderland in the FA Cup. learnenglishthroughfootball.com/community/fo...

In this football phrase we look at the cliche 'too good to go down'. Listen here: learnenglishthroughfootball.com/weekly-footb... #FootballPhrase #FootballLanguagePodcast #LanguageofFootball #FootballLanguage #LearningEnglish #TeachingEnglish #SoccerVocabulary #LearnEnglishThroughFootball

Weekly Football Phrase: One for the team - Learn English Through Football In this football phrase of the week we look at the cliche, 'one for the team', a phrase used alongside yellow cards.

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In this #FootballLanguage podcast we look at language from #Juventus v #Galatasaray. We explain the phrase, ‘hold off a fightback‘ & ‘3-0 on the night; 5-5 on aggregate‘ #FootballPhrase #FootballLanguagePodcast #LanguageofFootball #LearningEnglish #TeachingEnglish #ELT #LearnEnglishThroughFootball

Learn English Through Football Podcast: The Language of Getting the Sack - Learn English Through Football In this week's football-language podcast we look at some language around manager sackings after some high-profile managers lost their jobs...

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Weekly Football Phrase: Penalty Shootout - Learn English Through Football In this football phrase of the week we look at the phrase, 'penalty shootout' after the FA Cup 4th Round tie between Birmingham and Leeds was

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Weekly Football Phrase: (to) Dwell on - Learn English Through Football This podcast's weekly football phrase is the verb phrase 'to dwell on'. This is used to describe talk about a player in control of the ball.

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Weekly Football Phrase: Scorpion Kick - Learn English Through Football This podcast's weekly football phrase is the noun 'a scorpion kick'. This is used to describe a particular kind of shot.

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: Bullet Header - Learn English Through Footbal In this week's football-language podcast we look back at some of the language from the final round of games from the 2025-26 Champions League

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: Missed Penalty (AFCON 2025) - Learn English Through Footbal In this week's football-language podcast we look back at the AFCON final between Morocco and Senegal and discuss missed penalties

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To sweep into the quarter final Nigeria swept into the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) with a commanding 4-0 victory over Mozambique in Fes (BBC.co.uk 2026) ...

What does 'sweep into the quarter-finals' mean? Nigeria swept into the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon)... #FootballLanguage #AFCON2025 #LearnEnglishThroughFootball #nigeriavsmozambique

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Football Language Podcast: The seven stages of being a football manager - revisited - Learn English Through Footbal Seven stages of being a football manager: On this week's language podcast we look at language to describe the role of a football manager

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Football glossary: managerial merry-go-round Managerial Merry-go-roundWhen managers lose their jobs or resign and move to other clubs. This can start a process where one manager...

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Ride their luck Ten-man Mali rode their luck to beat Tunisia 3-2 on penalties and reach the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (BBC.co.uk Jan 4 2026) ...

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What does the phrase 'clinical finishing' mean? What does the phrase 'clinical finishing' mean? You can find the answer below.

What does the phrase 'clinical finishing' mean?
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Nigeria squeeze past Tanzania If a team squeezes past another team in a game it means that they have won but maybe had some trouble winning the game. To squeeze past someone mea...

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Weekly Football Phrase: (to) Latch on to - Learn English Through Footbal This podcast's weekly football phrase is a verb phrase' to latch on to'. This is used to describe a player controlling the ball.

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To reckon To reckon means that someone has an opinion on something or they feel that something will happen. It is like an informal way of saying 'I think'. We...

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: AFCON 2025 Preview - Learn English Through Football In this week's football-language podcast we look forward to AFCON 2025 which starts this weekend in Morocco. We will look at...

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This podcast’s weekly football phrase is to throw under the bus. which is a phrase used by Mohamed Salah in comments this week. learnenglishthroughfootball.com/weekly-footb...

In this week’s #LearnEnglishThroughFootballPodcast we look at language from the 2026 World Cup draw and the phrase, ‘to be drawn‘. learnenglishthroughfootball.com/learn-englis...
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Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2025 Copa Libertadores Final - Flying Header - Learn English Through Football In this week's football-language podcast we look at some language from the Copa Libertadores final between Flamengo and Palmeiras.

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Weekly Football Phrase: At the Death - Learn English Through Football In this football phrase of the week we look at some language from the recent 2026 World Cup qualifier between Hungary and Ireland...

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Check out the latest episode of Learn English Through Football - Group Decider Listen to the full podcast here play.headliner.app/episode/3012...
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