1. Vocabulary: English 6.

Vocabulary: English
Stadium: commentary Stadium: ground
box
Example: The commentary box is where the commentators Example: The ground is the pitch, stadium, car park and
sit. These are the people who describe the action any other buildings attached to a football club.
for people watching on TV or listening to the
radio.

2. Vocabulary: English 7. Vocabulary: English

Stadium: club shop Stadium: dressing
room
Example: The club shop is the place to go if you want to Example: The dressing room is where the players get
buy a football shirt or other merchandise from a changed before and after the match. At half-time,
football club. the players go back to the dressing room and
talk to the manager.

3. Vocabulary: English 8. Vocabulary: English

Stadium: gate Stadium: tunnel

Example: Stadiums are very large and so they have lots of Example: The tunnel is the passage onto the pitch from the
gates. You have to go in the right gate to find dressing room.
your seat in the stadium.

4. Vocabulary: English 9. Vocabulary: English

Stadium: terrace Stadium: bench

Example: Terraces are rows of concrete steps where people Example: The bench is where the manager, coaches and
can stand to watch a football match. There are no substitutes sit during the match. If a player is ‘on
terraces in UK stadiums anymore, but they are the bench’, it means that they are not playing.
still common around the world.

5. Vocabulary: English 10. Vocabulary: English

Stadium: scoreboard Stadium: end

Example: The scoreboard is a where important information Example: Supporters from different clubs sit at opposite
about the match is displayed. Sometimes ends of the stadium. Stadiums have a home end
scoreboards have big televisions that show for their own supporters and an away end for the
replays as well as the score. visiting team’s supporters.

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