The Commentators' View: Bellingham left out & commentary tattoos

Football Daily

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🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball talk football, travel & language. They hear from Thomas Tuchel after leaving Bellingham, Foden & Grealish out of his England squad. Plus, John is ‘humbled’ by a commentary tattoo, and will anything join the ‘Cruyff Turn’ in Division One of the Great Glossary of Football Commentary? Get your suggestions in with WhatsApp voicenotes to 08000 289 369 & emails to [email protected]

02:45 Ali has his car back! 06:05 Thomas Tuchel announces England squad, 13:50 Detailed beard analysis, 18:10 5 Live commentaries this weekend, 19:00 Forest fans turn on Ange Postecoglou, 21:05 Selhurst Park adorned with 5 Live quotes, 22:30 John ‘humbled’ by commentary tattoo, 23:35 Can Crystal Palace win the Premier League? 26:20 Ali vs Ian in Clash of the Commentators, 33:00 The Great Glossary of Football Commentary.

BBC Sounds / 5 Live Premier League commentaries: Sat 1500 Arsenal v West Ham, Sat 1500 Man Utd v Sunderland on Sports Extra, Sat 1730 Chelsea v Liverpool, Sun 1400 Newcastle v Forest, Sun 1400 Everton v Palace on Sports Extra Sun 1400 Aston Villa v Burnley on BBC Sport website & app, Sun 1400 Wolves v Brighton on BBC Sport website & app, Sun 1630 Brentford v Man City.

Glossary so far:

DIVISION ONE Bosman, Cruyff Turn, Onion bag, Panenka, Rabona, Where the kookaburra sleeps, Where the owl sleeps, Where the spiders sleep.

DIVISION TWO Daisycutter, Howler, One for the cameras, Played us off the park, Purple patch, Root and branch review, Row Z, Taking one for the team, That’s great… (football), Thunderous strike.

UNSORTED 2-0 is a dangerous score, After you Claude, All-Premier League affair, Aplomb, Bag/box of tricks, Brace, Brandished, Breaking the deadlock, Bundled over the line, Champions elect / champions apparent, Clinical finish, Commentator’s curse, Coupon buster, Cultured/Educated left foot, Denied by the woodwork, Draught excluder, Elimination line, Fellow countryman, Foot race, Formerly of this parish, Fox in the box, Free hit, Goalkeepers’ Union, Goalmouth scramble, Good touch for a big man, Honeymoon Period, In and around, In the shop window, Keeping ball under their spell, Keystone Cops defending, Languishing, Loitering with intent, Marching orders, Nestle in the bottom corner, Numbered derbies, Nutmeg, Opposite number, Park the bus, PK for penalty-kick, Postage stamp, Put it in the mixer, Put their laces through it, Rasping shot, Red wine not white wine, Relegation six-pointer, Rooted at the bottom, Route One, Roy of the Rovers stuff, Sending the goalkeeper the wrong way, Shooting boots, Sleeping giants, Slide rule pass, Small matter of, Spiders web, Stayed hit, Steepling, Stinging the palms, Stonewall penalty, Straight off the training ground, Stramash, Taking one for the team, Team that likes to play football, Throw their cap on it, Thruppenny bit head / 50p head, Towering header, Two good feet, Turning into a basketball match, Turning into a cricket score, Usher/Shepherd the ball out of play, Walking a disciplinary tightrope, Wand of a left foot, We’ve got a cup tie on our hands, Winger in their pocket, Wrap foot around it, Your De Bruynes, your Gundogans etc.

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0:42.1	The Commentator's View on the Football Daily with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis.
0:49.8	Hello, welcome to the Football Daily.
0:51.6	I'm Ian Dennis, and this is the commentators view where we five live commentators talk about football, our travels and the language of the beautiful game. And we're all back together, fresh from the States, John Murray and Ali Bruce Ball from their Rider Cup duty. Yes, it's nice to be back and it's nice that you're here, particularly since last week. I said I said you wouldn't be here. It was that wishful thinking. To be honest, you've missed so many. I just thought he must be missing next week as well. But I was wrong. I admit I put my hands on. I'm sure now you'll be on a long run, won't you? No, I won't. Oh, will you not? Can I just say I only missed one? Okay. Because last week I wasn't selected because it was a Rider Cup special. So you'd miss two? Yeah, but you'll be here next week. Sorry? So you'll be on next week as well then. Ali, how are you? I'm not here next week, Ali. I'm not here next week either. No, no. So a bit like John McEnroe, I was talking to myself. Yeah, I'll tell you what they're going to have to do, John. What they're going to have to do is on the imaging for the pod, the commentator's view, they're going to have to move the apostrophe. If you're the only one on, it's going have to be commentator apostrophe S rather than commentators apostrophe next week.
2:04.9	It's going to be like an audience with Peter Eustinoff, isn't it, next week?
2:09.8	I take it, though, the two of you had a thoroughly enjoyable time.
2:13.2	It was amazing, Ian. I don't know whether, I'm sure there will be some crossover between listeners of this podcast
2:19.6	and listeners of our golf coverage and our coverage full stop.
2:23.8	But I think I would put that week down in New York
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