The Commentators’ View: Arctic Ali & owls vs bats

Football Daily

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball talk football, travel & language. Ali reveals what life is like in the Arctic as he watches Tottenham in Bodø. The panel react to Arsenal crashing out of the Champions League. Will John end his losing run in Clash of the Commentators? And which football commentary terms will be added or removed from the Great Glossary of Football Commentary?

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00:55 Ali in the Arctic 11:30 Arsenal knocked out by PSG 18:15 Looking ahead to PSG-Inter UCL final 21:05 Commentary terms for selling a dummy 23:00 5 Live commentaries this weekend 26:20 Arteta: ‘We have two Premier League titles’ 29:20 Clash of the Commentators goes Norwegian 35:35 Plot thickens on ‘where the owl sleeps’ 40:00 Ian uses ‘stanchion’ in Man Utd commentary 41:15 Ali uses ‘thrown his cap on it’ in Tottenham commentary 43:00 Will anything be added to the Great Glossary?

BBC Sounds / 5 Live Premier League weekend commentaries: Sat 1500 Southampton v Man City, Sat 1730 Bournemouth v Aston Villa, Sun 1415 Nottingham Forest v Leicester, Sun 1415 Man Utd v West Ham on Radio 5 Sports Extra, Sun 1415 Tottenham v Crystal Palace on BBC Sport website, Sun 1630 Liverpool v Arsenal.

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0:41.3	The Commentator's View with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis on the Football Daily.
0:49.1	Welcome to the Football Daily. I'm John Murray, and this is the commentator's view where we take you behind
0:54.7	the microphone and talk about our love of football, travel and crucially, our love of language
1:01.8	as well. And it is full house this week and we've gone international haven't we? Because Ian Dennis, our
1:08.9	senior football reporter, is in the UK, Ian. I'm in Paris.
1:15.2	Bonjour, monsieur and madame and indeed mademoiselle. And joining us live from the Arctic Circle.
1:25.9	It's Alistair Bruce Ball.
1:28.5	Can you hear us?
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