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You're listening to LanguageCaster's

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learning English through football podcast.

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Hello, everyone. Welcome to the show. My name's

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Damon, and I live in Tokyo, Japan, which

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at the moment is cold but sunny. Perfect

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winter weather. What's the weather like where you

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are?

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Now as a Liverpool fan, I enjoyed the

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European football action this week, which saw my

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team win 1 nil away at Girona and

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stay top of the new Champions League league.

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How did the team use support too?

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I'm sure Damien, the other member of the

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language caster team, was not too happy with

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Spurs' draw in the Europa League against Rangers,

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although they did come from behind.

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I'm Noli.

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I live in Liverpool,

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and I'm a Japanese Evatunian,

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not

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Lolly, thank you for that message.

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I hope you're looking forward to the rescheduled

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Merseyside Derby.

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Of course, I'll be hoping for a Liverpool

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win,

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different languages throughout the show.

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Okay. On today's show, we are looking at

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a phrase

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that comes from farming. Yes. That's right. A

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football phrase

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using the language of farming,

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which is to shepherd.

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We then will hear from Damien who will

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give his predictions for this weekend's big games

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in the Premier League.

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Okay. The word we are looking at today

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is the verb to shepherd.

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Now in farming, this means to look after

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sheep. A person who

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looks after sheep is called a shepherd and

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their work is

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shepherding

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sheep,

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caring for them, protecting them, etcetera.

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If we add an object

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and the direction,

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the meaning is to guide something to a

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specific

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place. So to shepherd a sheep into a

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field,

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to move a sheep into a field.

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In football,

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the object is usually the ball

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or a player,

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and the direction is often out of play

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or wide or away from goal.

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Here are some examples.

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First,

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Palmer was played through again minutes later

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running onto a pass from Rice,

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but the attacker was shepherded

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wide of the target

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by the onrushing,

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and that's from englandfootball.com.

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So Palmer,

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an attacking player,

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was pushed wide,

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shepherded

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wide away from the goal by the defender.

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In this example,

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a run out wide from Bowman saw him

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latch on a kena pass with just 3

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minutes on the clock,

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and his center had to be shepherded behind

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by Lavelle.

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That's Carlisle United's home page match report.

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In this example, the centre, the cross,

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was shepherded behind, so

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out of play across the byline.

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We could say Lavelle

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shepherded the ball over the byline.

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This means the defender didn't touch the ball

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as that would give a corner away.

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The defender instead put his body in the

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way of an opposing player

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as the ball rolled over the line. He

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protected the ball without touching it.

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And finally,

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the first chance fell to Dundee as Zac

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Robinson

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went through on goal.

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But the Falkirk defense shepherded him wide,

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and his effort was held by Nicky Hogarth.

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That's Volker FC's homepage match report.

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Again, this is a player being moved,

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forced wide of the goal so that the

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attacker's shot is weak or less dangerous.

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So to shepherd is used with a ball

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or player and usually

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involves a defender

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protecting the ball as it rolls out of

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play or

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a defender

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forcing an attacker

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away from goal

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or wide of the goal.

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Languagecaster.com.

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And before we finish this section, there are

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other words from farming sheep used in football.

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The verbs to hook and to pen in.

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Come along to our site to check these

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out. Just search for hook,

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pen in, and language cast, and you'll find

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a link to the post and podcast.

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Atlanguagecaster.com

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As well as those phrases, you can find

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out more about 100 more words and phrases

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used in football including cliches

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by coming along to our football language glossary.

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And if there's a word you think we

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should add, let us know.

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Right. Next, we're going to hear from Damien

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who is based in London. I wonder how

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he is and how the weather is over

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there.

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Languagecaster.com.

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Hi, everyone. Yep. This is Damien from a

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very cold London.

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Right. Let's take a look at, this week's

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predictions in which our main focus will be

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on the Premier League.

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Let's start with a big derby between Manchester

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United and Manchester City.

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Two teams that are not in the best

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of form. They are out of form in

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fact.

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City will look to bounce back

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after a bad defeat

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away at Juventus in the Champions League this

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week. While United

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will be hoping to put their home defeat

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to Nottingham Forest last weekend

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behind them.

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I think City will have too much

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for their city rivals.

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I'm going for a 2 nil Manchester City

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win. Another

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derby

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this time in West London

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sees Chelsea take on Brentford.

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Chelsea are in great form

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having won their last 4 league matches

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while as we mentioned in this week's football

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Brentford

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have an amazing home record

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but really struggle away.

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So, on paper, this should be a home

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win. A home banker.

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But I think Brentford could cause an upset

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and surprise Chelsea.

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1 nil to the bees.

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That's the nickname of Brentford, of course.

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Another game filled with rivalry

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also takes place on Sunday

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when Brighton faced Crystal Palace.

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And although Palace have improved recently,

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I think Brighton will win this one. A

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home win. 2 1.

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I also think there will be another

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home win in the game which features Arsenal

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and Everton.

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The Toffees, that's Everton,

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are not so strong on the road and

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Arsenal

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seem to be hitting form

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maybe 3 or 4 nil to the Gunners.

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And finally, Damon's favorite side Liverpool host Fulham

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on Saturday.

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Liverpool

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have just won their 6th

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Champions League game in a row

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to top the Champions League standings

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and will be favorites to defeat Fulham.

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But the West London side have hit form

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and will be a tricky opponent.

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They might

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scrape a draw here

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11.

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Sorry, Damon.

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What about you? What do you think will

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happen in this week's games?

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Right. Just before we go,

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Hello, everybody. My name is Omid. I am

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from Tashkent.

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I will tell you now you are listening

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to languagekastr.com

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in my Uzbek language.

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It says language customer.com

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site in the podcast.

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Thanks for that, Damien, and thank you for

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that final message, which was in Uzbek. We

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Spanish.

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Today, we looked at how farming is connected

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with football with the phrase to shepherd.

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Remember to also check out our podcast on

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to Peninn and to Hook.

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Let us know if you hear these expressions

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in any language during this week's football.

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Enjoy all the football this weekend and we'll

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be back early next week with our weekly

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football language expression.