Premier Skills English Podcast 11
Premier Skills English Podcast 11
In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich talk about the three teams that won promotion to the Premier League last season. What do you know about Bournemouth, Watford and Norwich City? We also take a look at some difficult football words and give you a chance to win a Premier League club shirt in our fantastic competition!
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Rich: Hello my name’s Rich and welcome to this week’s Premier Skills English podcast.
Jack: Hi everyone. I’m Jack and every week we talk about football and help you with your English.
Rich: So, what’s happening this week, Jack? Are you getting excited about the start of the new season?
Jack: Yes, I am. I can’t wait for the season to kick off. There are new players, some new managers and new teams.
Rich: And in this week’s podcast we’re going to talk about the new teams: Bournemouth, Watford and Norwich City.
Jack: Yes, and we also have a little competition for you too, but we’ll tell you about that later. Who’s new this season Rich?
Rich: I think the big story is Bournemouth who will play in the top division for the first time.
Jack: Yes, Bournemouth was founded 125 years ago, so their fans have had to wait a long time for this! What do you know about the team?
Rich: They play fast attacking football and scored nearly 100 goals to get promoted last season. They have a young manager too. Eddie Howe became manager when he was only 32!
Jack: What else do you know about them?
Rich: Well, they play in the smallest stadium in the Premier League - it’s capacity is only 11,000. And their nickname is The Cherries!
Jack: The what? Like the fruit.
Rich: Yes, like the fruit.
Jack: I think I’ll be supporting Bournemouth this season. I always love an underdog to do well.
Rich: Underdog? Can you tell us more about this word?
Jack: An underdog is a team that is weaker than others and who most people think will lose.
Rich: Yes, it’s great when an underdog surprises one of the bigger teams. Do you remember Leicester beating Man Utd 5-2 last season?
Jack: Yes, any team can beat any other if they have a good day.
Rich: Watford are also back in the Premier League after eight years in the Championship. What do you know about Watford Jack?
Jack: I know that Elton John is a massive fan.
Rich: Who?... the singer?
Jack: Yes, he’s president of the club and I also know that Watford’s nickname is the Hornets.
Rich: Hornets? What are they?
Jack: They’re black and yellow insects. Like a wasp but bigger and with a bigger sting.
Rich: Did you know that in the 1980s Watford were also famous for establishing a new style of football in England?
Jack: Yes,they won promotion in three consecutive seasons and then finished second in the top division. Only Liverpool stopped them from winning the title.
Rich: The style of football was often called the direct approach.
Jack: What did it involve?
Rich: It involved lots of long passes into the other team’s penalty box where the other team would make mistakes.
Jack: So the idea was to get the ball near to the other team’s goal as quickly as possible.
Rich: Exactly. Watford’s strikers would also close down or press defenders very quickly.
Jack: So they had no time or space to pass the ball.
Rich: Yes, and make more mistakes. The long ball game is used less these days, but you often see it in the last few minutes of a match when a team needs a goal.
Jack: Sometimes you even see the goalkeeper in the other team’s penalty area.
Rich: Maybe we’ll see Watford with some new types of tactics this season?
Jack: Maybe. Who was the other team to win promotion, Rich?
Rich: It was Norwich City.
Jack: Of course, they were only recently relegated...
Rich: And they’ve bounced straight back, haven’t they?
Jack: What do you mean ‘bounced back’?
Rich: It’s a phrasal verb which means to be successful again after some problems.
Jack: So Norwich were relegated in 2013/14 but bounced back in 2014/15.
Rich: Yes, they’ve only been away from the Premier League for one season.
Jack: And Norwich have an interesting nickname too, don’t they?
Rich: Yes, they’re called the Canaries which is a small yellow bird. Norwich have a picture of a canary on their badge and they also play in Canary Yellow!
Jack: And that brings us to our competition! There are three other teams in the Premier League who have birds as nicknames. Can you name the clubs and the birds?
Rich: If you can, write your answers in the comments section below and you could be our lucky winner!
Jack: Yes, you can win a Premier League shirt of your choice. So good luck and get your answers in before midnight in the 5th of August. We'll select a winner from the correct answers at random and announce the lucky winner in next week's premier Skills English podcast.
Rich: Well that’s all for now. Thanks for listening.
Jack: If you’re listening to this on itunes or elsewhere, come back to Premier Skills English for some language activities, a quiz and lots more. You can find us at www.britishcouncil.org/premierskillsenglish.
Rich: Don’t forget if you sign in, you can score points to see if you can get your club, your country and your name to the top of our leaderboard.
Jack: Bye for now and enjoy your football.
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30/12/2020
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Some of the football teams in my country have nicknames too. I only know some of them, like Persib FC, which is based in Bandung, the capital city of West Java Province. It has the nickname "Maung Bandung". It's a Sundanese language which means "the tiger of Bandung".
Newcastle = the Magpies
Bristol City = the Robins
Crystal Palace = Eagles
30/12/2020 22:38
Arsenal
124
Some of the football teams in my country have nicknames too. I only know some of them, like Persib FC, which is based in Bandung, the capital city of West Java Province. It has the nickname "Maung Bandung". It's a Sundanese language which means "the tiger of Bandung".
Newcastle = the Magpies
Bristol City = the Robins
Crystal Palace = Eagles
03/05/2020
points
The Three Clubs are
1. Crystal Palace as The Eagles
2. Leeds United as The Peacocks
3. Swansea City as The Swans
03/05/2020 22:50
Manchester United
6539
The Three Clubs are
1. Crystal Palace as The Eagles
2. Leeds United as The Peacocks
3. Swansea City as The Swans
03/05/2020
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We do have nicknames for the famous teams here in Turkey like Besiktas are the eagles for example :)
03/05/2020 22:47
Manchester United
6539
We do have nicknames for the famous teams here in Turkey like Besiktas are the eagles for example :)
24/03/2020
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In Turkey three top teams of the super league nicknames are "Canary", "Black Eagle" "Lions"
Bye.
24/03/2020 17:39
Tottenham Hotspur
5560
In Turkey three top teams of the super league nicknames are "Canary", "Black Eagle" "Lions"
Bye.
08/03/2019
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Yes, my team is called 'Los Diablos Rojos' the Red Devils.
08/03/2019 00:18
Arsenal
112
Yes, my team is called 'Los Diablos Rojos' the Red Devils.
27/01/2017
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1. Crystal Palace - The Eagles,
2. Swansea City - The Swans,
3. Newcastle United - The Magpies.
27/01/2017 08:59
Manchester United
684
1. Crystal Palace - The Eagles,
2. Swansea City - The Swans,
3. Newcastle United - The Magpies.
27/01/2017
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not bad
27/01/2017 08:56
Manchester United
684
not bad
25/01/2017
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Of course they do, Zeljeznicar is Zeljo and Blue maschine and Sarajevo is Pitari :D
25/01/2017 21:29
Manchester United
22
Of course they do, Zeljeznicar is Zeljo and Blue maschine and Sarajevo is Pitari :D
28/06/2016
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yes they do
28/06/2016 15:56
Manchester City
1734
yes they do
07/06/2016
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Yes Accra Hearts of Oak is called Phobia and Kumasi Asante Kotoko is called Fabulous
07/06/2016 08:50
Manchester United
4779
Yes Accra Hearts of Oak is called Phobia and Kumasi Asante Kotoko is called Fabulous
07/06/2016
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The red devils
07/06/2016 08:46
Manchester United
4779
The red devils
05/04/2016
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The nickname of Liverpool is the reds.
05/04/2016 15:21
Liverpool
3705
The nickname of Liverpool is the reds.
05/04/2016
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Yes they do.
05/04/2016 15:20
Liverpool
3705
Yes they do.
08/03/2016
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Yes,not of all,some of them have nicknames.
08/03/2016 04:56
Leicester City
1761
Yes,not of all,some of them have nicknames.
05/02/2016
points
In my country football teams have nicknames.For example:
Fenerbahce- The Canary
Galatasaray - Cim Bom
05/02/2016 13:16
Arsenal
358
In my country football teams have nicknames.For example:
Fenerbahce- The Canary
Galatasaray - Cim Bom
31/01/2016
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My comment
Sorry for my absence.
The nickname of the Tunisian national team is “Eagles of Cartage”, but when they loose, and they often did in last years, we call them “chickens, or chicks of Cartage”!
This podcast contains some information which is useful to answer questions of competitions (What's my Team?). I wish I had followed you from the beginning!
Why the noun ‘information’ has no plural in English: when we add ‘s’ to ‘information’, the dictionary doesn’t accept it !
31/01/2016 16:19
Newcastle United
3189
My comment
Sorry for my absence.
The nickname of the Tunisian national team is “Eagles of Cartage”, but when they loose, and they often did in last years, we call them “chickens, or chicks of Cartage”!
This podcast contains some information which is useful to answer questions of competitions (What's my Team?). I wish I had followed you from the beginning!
Why the noun ‘information’ has no plural in English: when we add ‘s’ to ‘information’, the dictionary doesn’t accept it !
10/05/2016
points
when they 'lose' , not 'loose'! 'advice' is uncountable word too! When we get better level, we can correct ourselves. What a beautiful feeling!
10/05/2016 18:44
Newcastle United
3189
when they 'lose' , not 'loose'! 'advice' is uncountable word too! When we get better level, we can correct ourselves. What a beautiful feeling!
31/01/2016
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Hi Haydi
The noun 'information' is uncountable. We can say 'a piece of information' or 'a few pieces of information'. I'm not sure why information is uncountable - I read that it is a tricky noun and that it is countable in many languages. Other trick uncountable Englishg nouns are advice, news, work and trouble.
Thanks
Jack - the Premier Skills English Team
31/01/2016 19:00
Arsenal
560
Hi Haydi
The noun 'information' is uncountable. We can say 'a piece of information' or 'a few pieces of information'. I'm not sure why information is uncountable - I read that it is a tricky noun and that it is countable in many languages. Other trick uncountable Englishg nouns are advice, news, work and trouble.
Thanks
Jack - the Premier Skills English Team
31/01/2016
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Hi Jack, how are you, I hope you're fine. Thank you for the information, yes it's countable in French and arabic.
I forget some rules about countable and uncountable nouns. It seems that when I catch a new rule, I miss the old! But I'm keeping learning English.
31/01/2016 22:44
Newcastle United
3189
Hi Jack, how are you, I hope you're fine. Thank you for the information, yes it's countable in French and arabic.
I forget some rules about countable and uncountable nouns. It seems that when I catch a new rule, I miss the old! But I'm keeping learning English.
01/02/2016
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Hi Haydi
I'm well thanks. I hope you are well, too. Countable and uncountable nouns are tricky. They don't always make sense to me.
Thanks
Jack
01/02/2016 10:04
Arsenal
560
Hi Haydi
I'm well thanks. I hope you are well, too. Countable and uncountable nouns are tricky. They don't always make sense to me.
Thanks
Jack
02/02/2016
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Thanks you Jack, I'm fine if the flu goes away from me! So, it's a question of practice and more practice.
02/02/2016 14:09
Newcastle United
3189
Thanks you Jack, I'm fine if the flu goes away from me! So, it's a question of practice and more practice.
16/11/2015
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Interesting session, thanks for the upload. No nickname for teams in my country
16/11/2015 14:28
Arsenal
2320
Interesting session, thanks for the upload. No nickname for teams in my country
09/11/2015
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There is no big tradition of nicknaming FCs in my country, unfortunately(( I hope it will change
09/11/2015 18:59
Arsenal
2453
There is no big tradition of nicknaming FCs in my country, unfortunately(( I hope it will change
08/11/2015
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I'm so happy for Bournemouth because one of mentor is from there. He's also supports our English Language teachers here in Uzbekistan. There are a huge number of EFL teachers who like him.
I hope Bournemouth football club will stay in Premier League for a long time!
08/11/2015 12:47
Manchester City
813
I'm so happy for Bournemouth because one of mentor is from there. He's also supports our English Language teachers here in Uzbekistan. There are a huge number of EFL teachers who like him.
I hope Bournemouth football club will stay in Premier League for a long time!
08/11/2015
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I hope so too, but I am a bit worried about their survival prospects!
08/11/2015 22:58
Liverpool
594
I hope so too, but I am a bit worried about their survival prospects!
23/10/2015
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Swansea - Swans, Newcastle - Magpies and Crystal Palace - Eagles.
23/10/2015 16:27
Arsenal
3557
Swansea - Swans, Newcastle - Magpies and Crystal Palace - Eagles.
20/09/2015
points
Crystal palace , Newcastle the and Swansea
20/09/2015 14:06
Manchester City
8
Crystal palace , Newcastle the and Swansea
20/09/2015
points
i would like to participate with you and to tell you that i like the prmier league
20/09/2015 14:05
Manchester City
8
i would like to participate with you and to tell you that i like the prmier league
19/09/2015
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Crystal palace , Newcastle the and Swansea
19/09/2015 16:01
Chelsea
1814
Crystal palace , Newcastle the and Swansea
19/09/2015
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Crystal Palace/The Eagles Swansea City/Swans Cardiff City/bluebirds
19/09/2015 13:58
Chelsea
8
Crystal Palace/The Eagles Swansea City/Swans Cardiff City/bluebirds
19/09/2015
points
Ess the black eagls
19/09/2015 13:57
Chelsea
8
Ess the black eagls
19/09/2015
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1.2.3.viva algeri
19/09/2015 13:57
Chelsea
8
1.2.3.viva algeri
19/09/2015
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the three other Premier League teams who have birds as nicknames are: Crystal Palace - "Eagles" Newcastle United - "The Magpies" Swansea City - "The Swans"
19/09/2015 13:55
Chelsea
15
the three other Premier League teams who have birds as nicknames are: Crystal Palace - "Eagles" Newcastle United - "The Magpies" Swansea City - "The Swans"
19/09/2015
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Hi , I'm zineb rebbih from Algeria, in our country people are crazy about football, we eat breath and sleep football, Jack and Rich were talking about premier league football teams along with there nicknames Bournemouth as cherries, Wotford as hornets and Norwish city as the canarries .In Algeria our national team is nicknamed the greens! !!
19/09/2015 13:47
Chelsea
8
Hi , I'm zineb rebbih from Algeria, in our country people are crazy about football, we eat breath and sleep football, Jack and Rich were talking about premier league football teams along with there nicknames Bournemouth as cherries, Wotford as hornets and Norwish city as the canarries .In Algeria our national team is nicknamed the greens! !!
19/09/2015
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Yes. football teams in my country have nicknames; I can mention some. one of the teams is nicknames as " South Deer" and that team is Adaherya. Another is called " the Knights". In England, I know the nicknames of many great team as Arsenal who have the nickname of " Gunners" ; Liverpool " the Reds", Chelsea " the Blues", Man City " The Rich or the Citizens" and Man United " The red Devils".
19/09/2015 13:45
Arsenal
254
Yes. football teams in my country have nicknames; I can mention some. one of the teams is nicknames as " South Deer" and that team is Adaherya. Another is called " the Knights". In England, I know the nicknames of many great team as Arsenal who have the nickname of " Gunners" ; Liverpool " the Reds", Chelsea " the Blues", Man City " The Rich or the Citizens" and Man United " The red Devils".
18/09/2015
points
They said Crystal Palace called Eagles, Newcastle United called The Magpies and Swansea City called The Swans and I know every EPL team nickname.
We here in Palestine have nicknames for every team, for example Bueij team called The BraveHeart
18/09/2015 18:05
Manchester United
7
They said Crystal Palace called Eagles, Newcastle United called The Magpies and Swansea City called The Swans and I know every EPL team nickname.
We here in Palestine have nicknames for every team, for example Bueij team called The BraveHeart
18/09/2015
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Jack and Rich were talking about some Premier League nicknames
18/09/2015 15:21
Chelsea
160
Jack and Rich were talking about some Premier League nicknames
18/09/2015
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there is a nick names here in algeria
18/09/2015 15:02
Tottenham Hotspur
241
there is a nick names here in algeria
18/09/2015
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yes there were talking about some Premier League nicknames
yes ther is a nicknames im my country
18/09/2015 13:45
Tottenham Hotspur
241
yes there were talking about some Premier League nicknames
yes ther is a nicknames im my country
12/09/2015
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Crystal Palace, The Eagles!
12/09/2015 20:25
Chelsea
44
Crystal Palace, The Eagles!
09/08/2015
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Yes, some of football teams in my country have nicknames.
09/08/2015 09:20
Chelsea
0
Yes, some of football teams in my country have nicknames.
03/08/2015
points
Comp answer. Newcastle(Magpies) Swansea(Swans) Crystal Palace(Eagles)
03/08/2015 17:15
Everton
0
Comp answer. Newcastle(Magpies) Swansea(Swans) Crystal Palace(Eagles)
03/08/2015
points
In Serbia we have nicknames for our clubs: for FC Partizan nickname is black and white (because they have black and white stripes), for FC Red Star nickname is red and white (because they have red and white stripes), for FC Rad(work) nickname is builders, for OFK Belgrade nickname is romatics, for Vojvodina nickname is slaninari (i can't find the right word, but I can explain, slaninari is people who liked bacon), for Radnički Niš nickname is meraklije (something similar with hedonist)...
That's some of ours football teams nicknames, footbal fans have diferent nicknames.
03/08/2015 11:17
West Ham United
538
In Serbia we have nicknames for our clubs: for FC Partizan nickname is black and white (because they have black and white stripes), for FC Red Star nickname is red and white (because they have red and white stripes), for FC Rad(work) nickname is builders, for OFK Belgrade nickname is romatics, for Vojvodina nickname is slaninari (i can't find the right word, but I can explain, slaninari is people who liked bacon), for Radnički Niš nickname is meraklije (something similar with hedonist)...
That's some of ours football teams nicknames, footbal fans have diferent nicknames.
03/08/2015
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I love nicknames, most of the time Italian's club have their nickname strictly related to the team's colours. In spite of, my team's nickname is "La vecchia signora", "The old lady" of Italian football.
team - bird
Swansea - swan
Crystal Palace - eagle
Newcastle United - magpie
03/08/2015 08:02
Sunderland
178
I love nicknames, most of the time Italian's club have their nickname strictly related to the team's colours. In spite of, my team's nickname is "La vecchia signora", "The old lady" of Italian football.
team - bird
Swansea - swan
Crystal Palace - eagle
Newcastle United - magpie
02/08/2015
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Crystal Palace - Eagles , Newcastle United - The Magpies ,Swansea City - The Swans
02/08/2015 21:36
Chelsea
0
Crystal Palace - Eagles , Newcastle United - The Magpies ,Swansea City - The Swans
02/08/2015
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yes.
sky blues.
02/08/2015 21:30
Chelsea
0
yes.
sky blues.
02/08/2015
points
In my country, in Poland, some football teams have nicknames.
For example: Wisła Kraków - white star
Lech Poznań - Kolejorz - railwayman.
But I am fan of Arka Gdynia. Their nickname is "Yellow-blues".
02/08/2015 21:25
Leicester City
44
In my country, in Poland, some football teams have nicknames.
For example: Wisła Kraków - white star
Lech Poznań - Kolejorz - railwayman.
But I am fan of Arka Gdynia. Their nickname is "Yellow-blues".
02/08/2015
points
There are three other teams in the Premier League who have birds as nicknames:
- Crystal Palace - the Eagles
- Swansea City - the Swans
- Tottenham Hotspur - the Cockerels
02/08/2015 20:59
Leicester City
44
There are three other teams in the Premier League who have birds as nicknames:
- Crystal Palace - the Eagles
- Swansea City - the Swans
- Tottenham Hotspur - the Cockerels
02/08/2015
points
Swansea : Swans
Newcastle : Magpies
Crystal Palace : Eagles
02/08/2015 15:44
West Bromwich Albion
0
Swansea : Swans
Newcastle : Magpies
Crystal Palace : Eagles
02/08/2015
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1. Yes, of course. For example the FC of Tashkent "Bunyodkor" has a nickname as 'the Swallows', others have 'the Railwaymen', 'the oilmen'.
2. My favourite team is FC Arsenal, its nickname is "Gunners".
The other nicknames that contains birds' names are Newcastle United "Magpies", Cardiff City "Bluebirds" and Crystal Palace "Eagles".
02/08/2015 15:22
Arsenal
0
1. Yes, of course. For example the FC of Tashkent "Bunyodkor" has a nickname as 'the Swallows', others have 'the Railwaymen', 'the oilmen'.
2. My favourite team is FC Arsenal, its nickname is "Gunners".
The other nicknames that contains birds' names are Newcastle United "Magpies", Cardiff City "Bluebirds" and Crystal Palace "Eagles".