The Commentators’ View: Moscow cops & Tuchel’s tailoring
Football Daily
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🗓️ 20 December 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
John Murray returns with Ian Dennis and Ali Bruce-Ball to lift the lid on life as a commentator. From being pulled over by police in Moscow to talking tailoring with Thomas Tuchel, they reveal the stories they don’t normally get to hear. Plus, Steve Bunce drops in from Riyadh ahead of #UsykFury2 to talk boxing commentary. And Clash of the Commentators takes on an Asian feel.
01:20 Interviewing Thomas Tuchel 02:55 27-hour journey back from Moscow 08:10 Don’t speak to Pep on the golf course 11:10 How are commentary games chosen? 13:55 Commentating with Clinton Morrison 18:10 Steve Bunce talks boxing commentary 28:25 Best goal scored by a European player this year? 33:30 Clash of the Commentators goes Asian 38:05 Looking ahead to the weekend’s fixtures 42:00 The Great Glossary of Football Commentary
BBC Sounds / 5 Live Premier League commentaries this weekend: Sat 21 Dec, 1500: West Ham v Brighton on 5 Live Sat 21 Dec, 1730: Crystal Palace v Arsenal on 5 Live Sun 22 Dec, 1400: Everton v Chelsea on 5 Live Sun 22 Dec, 1400: Man Utd v Bournemouth on 5 Sports Extra Sun 22 Dec, 1400: Fulham v Southampton on BBC Sport website Sun 22 Dec, 1400: Leicester v Wolves on BBC Sport website Sun 22 Dec, 1630: Tottenham v Liverpool on 5 Live
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| 0:48.0 | The Commentator's View with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis. |
| 0:58.3 | Hello there, I'm Ali Bruce Ball and welcome to the commentator's view once again as we continue to tell some of the stories behind the five live commentaries. |
| 1:01.8 | A big thank you again to Connor McNamara for his star turned last week. |
| 1:06.0 | I get the feeling we only very slightly scratched the surface with some of Connor's stories. |
| 1:08.7 | So I think we're going to have to have him back on the podcast soon. |
| 1:13.0 | But I'm delighted to say, Ian Dennis and John Murray are here again. |
| 1:17.8 | John, you are fresh from Tottenham's thrilling four-three win over Manchester United last night. |
| 1:19.4 | We're recording this on Friday morning. |
| 1:21.5 | Fresh from the Manchester Derby at the weekend. And fresh also from speaking to the New England manager, Thomas Tuchel, in Zurich last week. |
| 1:28.1 | Are you not entertained, John? |
| 1:29.7 | Well, treble fresh, although I'm not sure that's necessarily the word that I were to use, |
| 1:34.8 | because I had one of my travel epics on the way last week. |
| 1:40.2 | What a surprise. |
| 1:40.9 | Yeah, I knew you would say that. |
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