On this week's podcast we focus on the history of the game and in particular folk football. Damon and I have had to endure a tough week as both Liverpool and Tottenham continue to struggle. All these stories and more feature in this week's podcast. Come along to the site at languagecaster.com to read more.

Happy Holidays to all our subscribers. Most football leagues are taking a winter break but not in England or in Scotland as the games come thick and fast. In this week's newsletter we look at all the big upcoming matches, feature the team of the year, wonder why the Premier League has become so exciting all of a sudden, review the fortunes of languagecaster's favourite teams in 2009, we also look back at the football news of the past week, offer a new English for Football phrase, as well as the answers to our huge end-of-the-year bumper quiz (below).