Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to quickly tell you about some others.

My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland.

It's a job I really love because we get to tell the stories that really matter to people here,

but which also resonate and apply to listeners around the world.

And because the team is such a diverse

range of skills and strengths, we have trained journalists, people who love digging through

archives, we've got drama and even comedy experts. We really can do those stories justice. So if

you like this podcast, head to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories

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The Commentator's View with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis.

Hello and welcome to a Best Bits episode of The Commentator's View, a new podcast on the Football

Daily Feed. I'm Alastair Bruce Ball and each week I pick up the lip mic along with Ian Dennis

and our correspondent John Murray to tell you some of the stories behind the commentaries.

Your questions are always welcome. The email address is TCV at BBC.co.

com.

And one of the things we get asked about a lot is how we prepare for games and what research we do.

It turns out that Ian Dennis has a big red hardback book with every squad written down in there and every single result.

You're right.

I carry around this seasons as well as last seasons because it's sometimes just as a point

of reference you can then go back and look at a corresponding fixture.

So I also keep a hard book of England stats as well, which actually last time out when

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