Football Language Podcast: June 2020 – Premier League set to restart: On this week’s football-language podcast we take a look at some of the news from the football world. We also visit our archives and pick a phrase from this time 5 years ago. There’s a football language quiz question and some predictions too, and Damian and Damon give their thoughts on the Premier League’s decision to restart the football season. Listen to the podcast by clicking on the file below – you can also subscribe and listen to all our football-language podcasts – there are hundreds of them dating from way back in 2006! You can improve your English by reading the transcript as you listen, or if you are a teacher of English you can use the transcript to make several listening and/or reading activities for your learners. If you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com (Damon=DB; Damian=DF).
Football Language Podcast: June 2020 – Premier League set to restart
Introduction
DB: You are listening to languagecaster.com. Hello everyone and welcome. You’ve reached languagecaster.com, the podcast and website for football fans wishing to improve their English. Good to have you with us. My name’s Damon, and as regular listeners know I’m based in Tokyo, which is baking under the sun this weekend. Down the line in London is Damian. Damian, how are things over there?
DF: Hello Damon and hello to all our listeners. We hope all is well with you wherever you may be listening to the podcast. The weather here in London is a mixture of wind, rain and some sunshine – a typical London ‘summer’s’ day! There is, however, a bit of sunlight in store for Premier League football fans with the news that matches will restart on the 17th of June.
Line up
DB: Yes, that’s right. We’ll talk a little more about that later. We’ve also got a few stories from the world of football, our focus on the language of the game, some predictions, and a quiz question, too – this week it is connected with passing.
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DF: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Mandarin. Remember that you can send on a message in your own language to us here at admin@languagecaster.com – we have almost 50 messages in different languages but would love to hear more.
OK, let’s start the show with some football news. What was good for you in the news this week Damon?
Football News
DB: OK, I’m going to mention Chelsea winning the title in the Women’s Super League. The league was cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak, but the Blues won it on points per game. The London team were  a point behind Manchester City when the league was stopped, but had a game in hand. They were winning 2.6 points per game. On the other hand, Man City were on a slightly lower points haul of 2.5. So Manchester City’s women’s team will have to settle for second again, after finishing behind Arsenal last year, while Chelsea go on to win their third WSL title, joint top in this competition with Arsenal. Arsenal of course had also won 12 top flight titles before the introduction of the WSL in 2010, so Chelsea have a long way to go to knock them off their perch.
DF: Well done to Chelsea although finishing the season like this has its problems because of two reasons: First, many fans think the league can’t be completed without all teams playing each other home and away and with th...