Episode 849 - Conor McNamara
Arseblog Arsecast, The Arsenal Podcast
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4.8 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
In this episode I'm joined BBC commentator Conor McNamara. We chat about how got into the world of commentary as a teenager, his first game being one of the most profile fixtures in the football calendar, and how work on radio and TV in Ireland led him to join the BBC in 2002. We discuss the differences between commentating on games on both those mediums, what a typical match day is like for him in terms of preparation, post-game interviews with managers, awkward moments, how things like VAR and the changing media landscape have impacted his work, advice for any aspiring commentators, and lots more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. I'm off this week. |
| 0:04.6 | Apparently we're more productive at work after a good holiday. |
| 0:12.1 | So I'm counting this Caribbean rum distillery tour as professional development. |
| 0:22.4 | Yours calling. |
| 0:24.2 | Take your holiday as seriously |
| 0:26.0 | as British Airways holidays take your holiday. |
| 0:29.0 | Atoll protected. |
| 0:32.3 | Music Hello and welcome to a brand new ArsBlog, arsecast, right here on arseblog.com. |
| 1:02.2 | How are you? Hope you're well. Thank you very much indeed, as always, for being here. |
| 1:06.0 | You have done it, my friends, you have survived another interlull, and thankfully it appears as if our players have survived another interlull, and thankfully, it appears as if our players have |
| 1:13.1 | survived another interlull as well. No big problems to report, certainly as yet. And a few of them |
| 1:20.4 | have been on the score sheet, Gabrielle Martinelli scoring for Brazil. Leandro Trossard scored for |
| 1:27.3 | Belgium. Eberace Ereuse on the mark for England, |
| 1:29.3 | scoring the fifth in a big win over Latvia. |
| 1:32.3 | Max Dowman, of course, |
| 1:34.3 | scoring for England under 19s. |
| 1:36.3 | And the goal machine himself. |
| 1:38.3 | Michael Goliador Merino. |
| 1:40.3 | Michael Goliador Marino |
| 1:42.3 | on the double for Spain as they beat Bulgaria 4-0. |
| 1:45.4 | That's six goals in his last three games for Spain. |
| 1:49.8 | He got a hat-trick away to Turkey and he scored in the previous game as well. |
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