The Commentators’ View: BIG NEWS, UCL Final & biscuits vs cookies
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball talk football, travel & language. Ali reflects on his whirlwind trip to Wrocław to see Chelsea win the UEFA Conference League. John is in Munich for the Champions League Final between PSG and Inter Milan. Will John salvage some pride in Clash of the Commentators? And which terms will be added or removed from the Great Glossary of Football Commentary?
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00:45 Ali’s whistlestop visit to Wrocław, 07:10 Should English clubs be in the Conference League? 11:20 Ali emulates Alan Green 14:05 John in Munich for Champions League Final 15:10 BIG NEWS 27:00 Champions League Final preview 33:45 Clash of the Commentators 40:47 Great Glossary of Football Commentary
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| 0:00.0 | Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.1 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
| 0:08.7 | It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, |
| 0:13.5 | moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous. |
| 0:19.1 | And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music |
| 0:21.7 | means we can tell those stories like no one else. |
| 0:24.5 | We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative. |
| 0:28.6 | So whether you want an insightful take on music right now |
| 0:31.3 | or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music, |
| 0:36.1 | check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:40.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:44.3 | The Commentator's View with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis. |
| 0:52.2 | Hello, welcome to the Football Daily. I'm Ian Dennis. |
| 0:55.0 | This is the commentators' view where we take you behind the microphone, |
| 0:58.1 | discuss the language of football and reveal what life is like for us five live commentators. |
| 1:03.9 | And ahead of the UEFA Champions League final, we have our correspondent John Murray, |
| 1:08.4 | and fresh from doing the UEFa Conference League final, |
| 1:11.7 | Alistair Bruce Ball. Good and tag. |
| 1:14.2 | Good and Trag. |
| 1:15.3 | I was expecting Ali to come in with the Polish, which would be Jin Dobry. |
| 1:20.1 | That's good, Ian. Yeah. |
| 1:21.4 | I was expecting Ali to come in with the Polish, not yet. |
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