The Commentators' View: Ian’s floppy disk & ‘Kevin Dalglish’
Football Daily
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4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
John Murray and Ian Dennis join Alistair Bruce-Ball to lift the lid on life as 5 Live commentators. From Ian’s floppy disk of research to pre-interview smalltalk with Steven Gerrard, they reveal stories you don’t normally get to hear. And as it’s an Ali Bruce-Ball podcast, of course there’s some fun and games as well.
02:00 No rest for the commentator! 06:05 Ian’s floppy disk 09:05 Encounters with new Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim 13:50 ‘Kevin Dalglish’ 15:20 Pre-interview smalltalk 18:10 The ‘Wheel of Spiel’ 24:30 Difficulties of commentating on Man City 29:30 Ian Holloway’s spooky interview 31:30 ‘Clash of the commentators’ quiz 36:10 What’s it like commentating at 3pm on Saturday? 39:30 The Great Dictionary of Football Commentary
BBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries this weekend: Arsenal v Nottingham Forest – Premier League – 15:00 – Saturday 23 November Man City v Tottenham – Premier League – 17:30 – Saturday 23 November Southampton v Liverpool – Premier League – 14:00 – Sunday 24 November Ipswich v Man Utd – Premier League – 16:30 – Sunday 24 November
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| 0:00.0 | Calling all music buffs. |
| 0:03.6 | Hey, hey, turn the volume up, yeah. |
| 0:05.0 | Make me a mixtape is back. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Jordan Stevens. |
| 0:08.2 | I'm Clara Anfo and this is our weekly music show. |
| 0:12.1 | A celebrity guest picks the theme. |
| 0:13.7 | We select the tunes. |
| 0:14.7 | And we battle it out to create the ultimate mixtape. |
| 0:17.7 | May the best music lover win. |
| 0:19.8 | Oh, it's about to go. |
| 0:20.8 | Let's go. Mix tape. May the best music lover win. Oh, it's about to go down. |
| 0:22.1 | Let's go! |
| 0:26.9 | Make me a mixtape. |
| 0:28.9 | Listen only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.4 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:41.3 | The Commentator's View with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis. |
| 0:47.8 | Hello everyone, I'm Alastair Bruce Ball and welcome to a brand new podcast on the Football Daily Feed called The Commentator's View. |
| 0:50.7 | Now, like all good podcast, the title tells you exactly what you're going to get. |
| 0:54.8 | It's a look at all the football we cover on Five Live, Sports Extra and BBC Sounds, |
| 0:59.7 | but through the eyes of the commentators, namely myself, John Murray and Ian Dennis, |
| 1:05.5 | who I will introduce shortly. We hope to be able to give you a little insight |
| 1:09.1 | into what our working weeks are like, |
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