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Football Daily

The Commentators' View: England scrabble & The Hopping Rodon

Football Daily

BBC

Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News, Sport

4.34.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball talk football, travel & language. They reflect on their trip to Serbia and look ahead to the return of the Premier League. Can John strike lucky again in Clash of the Commentators? What will be added to the Great Glossary of Football Commentary? And there’s a brand new feature… Get your suggestions in with WhatsApp voicenotes to 08000 289 369 & emails to [email protected]

01:00 Ian’s journey down the tunnel in Serbia 07:00 ‘Memorable’ trip as England perform 10:15 How do Bellingham, Saka & Palmer get back in? 13:25 Scrabble boards at the ready! 16:30 5 Live commentaries as the Premier League returns 19:00 Do Liverpool start Isak over Ekitike? 22:40 Most surprising managerial exits? 29:00 Clash of the Commentators 37:40 Great Glossary of Football Commentary 46:25 A new feature… but will it catch on?

BBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries: Sat 1500 Everton v Aston Villa, Sat 1500 Newcastle v Wolves on Radio 5 Sports Extra, Sat 1730 West Ham v Tottenham, Sun 1400 Burnley v Liverpool, Sun 1630 Man City v Man Utd.

Glossary so far: 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, Where the kookaburra sleeps, Where the owl sleeps, Winger in their pocket, Wrap foot around it, Your De Bruynes, your Gundogans etc.

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0:00.0

He scored goals, lifted trophies and broken records along the way.

0:05.4

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0:07.2

Welcome to the Wayne Rooney show.

0:09.2

Twice a week, Wayne Rooney, Kay Kerd and me, Kelly Summers,

0:12.6

break down the biggest stories in the Premier League and beyond.

0:15.6

As much as you'd like to say,

0:16.7

loyalty in football now is no existence, whether that's fun players or managers.

0:20.5

Plus, we'll hear the funniest, wildest and most outrageous stories from Wayne's career.

0:25.2

The Wayne Rooney Show.

0:26.2

It's what everybody's talking about.

0:28.2

Watch an eye player, listen on Sounds.

0:31.6

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:34.8

The commentators view on the Football Daily with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis.

0:42.5

Hello, welcome to the Football Daily. I'm John Murray, and this is The Commentator's View,

0:47.3

the podcast where we talk about our travels as five live commentators, the football, and the words

0:53.0

we use to describe it.

0:54.9

Alastair Bruce Ball and the BBC senior football reporter Ian Dennis are with us.

1:00.2

Hello to you too.

1:01.4

Hello again.

1:02.5

I say hello to you, Ian.

1:03.7

It's not long since I said goodbye to you.

1:06.4

No.

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