The Commentators’ View: Bowls drama, stanchions & worldies
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball have their weekly catch-up to talk about their love of football, travel and language. Ian reflects on his commentary of Liverpool winning the Premier League title. Ali is packing his bags for the Arctic. Will John be packing his bags in Clash of the Commentators? Which football terms will be added to the Great Glossary of Football Commentary? And an announcement of sorts…
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01:15 John enjoys lawn bowls ‘drama’ 03:50 Correspondent vs senior reporter 08:10 Ian’s Liverpool title reflections 15:05 Champions League semis finely poised 19:50 5 Live commentaries this weekend 22:35 Ali preparing for the Arctic circle 28:30 Tense low-scoring Clash of the Commentators 35:25 More disputed terms in the Great Glossary 44:15 Potentially very exciting news
BBC Sounds / 5 Live Premier League weekend commentaries: Sat 1500 Everton v Ipswich, Sat 1730 Arsenal v Bournemouth, Sun 1200 Man Utd v Man City in the WSL on Radio 5 Sports Extra, Sun 1400 Brighton v Newcastle, Sun 1400 Brentford v Man Utd on Radio 5 Sports Extra, Sun 1400 West Ham v Tottenham on BBC Sport website, Sun 1630 Chelsea v Liverpool.
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| 0:54.4 | This is the commentator's view, where we take you behind the microphone and talk about a love of football, |
| 1:00.7 | travel and crucially our love of language. So Buenos Aires, John Murray, a correspondent and Ali Bruce Ball. As I record ahead of Athletic Bilbao against Manchester United back in Spain. |
| 1:07.6 | So they're definitely Athletic Bill Bow. We're not calling them athletic club or |
| 1:12.5 | athletic or they're athletic bill bow. Here in bill bow, they want to be known as athletic club, |
| 1:18.5 | but of course we know them as athletic bill bow. So that's why I'll be referring to them as |
| 1:24.3 | athletic bill bow. Okay. Not the athletic club what would you do that's that's |
| 1:30.9 | that's mischief right at the start at the pot is it look at his face just look at his face |
| 1:34.8 | no surprise that's why we call him mr mischief i'd be the same as you i'd call them athletic |
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