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Teaching Ideas
In this teaching ideas post we listen to Manchester City fan Dave explain why he supports the
Blues and not the Reds from his hometown of Manchester. Vocabulary in bold is
explained at the end of the post
- Download the worksheet here
- Listen to the interview here
Why Manchester City?
This post gives explanations of two more footballing clichés. You can find many more examples
by going to our football cliché page here.
Can't win the title in August but you can certainly lose it | Listen here
This cliché is a classic example of stating the complete obvious to make a point.
In this video worksheet post we use a clip from the excellent The History Of Football [2002]
[DVD]on the topic of Folk Football. There is also a worksheet, transcript and answer sheet below.
The report lasts for 2 minutes 10 seconds.
Folk Football Worksheet | Worksheet Answers | Transcript
Transcript
The legend, whether true or not, is still enacted year in, year out by the people
of Kirkwall, Scotland, making it one of the last strongholds of the game, which for hundreds of
years dominated Britain.
This week's main report looks ahead to the group stages of the Champions League. In this
interview Damian asks Manchester United fan Brendan about this season's competition. The transcript
of the report is below and includes vocabulary in bold which is explained at the
foot of the post.
This post gives explanations of two more footballing clichés. You can find many more examples
by going to our football cliché page here.
To run your socks off | Listen to the cliché here
This cliché is used when a team or an individual player is seen to work very hard during a
game.
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Teaching Ideas
In this teaching ideas post we have an interview with Arsenal fan Andy who tells us about some
of his memories while supporting the Gunners. Vocabulary in bold is explained at
the end of the post
- Download the worksheet here
- Listen to the interview here
Damian: Right, today we have got an Arsenal season ticket holder giving us his
views on all things Gunners.
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Teaching Ideas
Though it's hard to believe not everyone is a fan of football. In the first of our series of
interviews with people who just don't like the game, Alan from Scotland tells us why a 5-4
'thriller' left him completely bored.
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to the report here
La Liga kicks off this weekend and on this week's main report we ask whether the Spanish League
is now better than the Premier League. Explanations of key terms are explained in
bold at the end of the transcript below.
