The Commentators' View: Postman Pat, Shaggy & Chunky Porro

Football Daily

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball talk football, travel & language. They discuss a high-scoring week in the UEFA Champions League, what jobs they would do if they weren’t commentators & the unintended pub crawl just gets longer! Suggestions welcome for our Great Glossary of Football Commentary and unintended pub names from football commentary - WhatsApp voicenotes to 08000 289 369 & emails to [email protected]

00:40 Ian gets destroyed by Herr Chapman 04:25 Champions League reflections 11:10 5 Live commentaries this weekend 13:00 What job would they do if not commentary? 17:20 Unintended pub names from football commentary 22:10 Top vs bottom in Clash of the Commentators 34:40 Great Glossary of Football Commentary

BBC Sounds / 5 Live Premier League commentaries: Sat 1500 Chelsea v Sunderland, Sat 1500 Newcastle v Fulham on Sports Extra, Sat 1730 Man Utd v Brighton, Sun 1400 Arsenal v Crystal Palace, Sun 1400 Aston Villa v Man City on Sports Extra, Sun 1400 Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest on BBC Sport website & app, Sun 1400 Wolves v Burnley on BBC Sport website & app, Sun 1630 Everton v Tottenham.

Glossary so far:

DIVISION ONE Bosman, Cruyff Turn, Giving the goalkeeper the eyes, Hibs it, The Maradona, Onion bag, Panenka, Rabona, Tiki-taka, Where the kookaburra sleeps, Where the owl sleeps, Where the spiders sleep.

DIVISION TWO Ball stays hit, Coat is on a shoogly peg, Daisycutter, Has that in his locker, Howler, One for the cameras, Played us off the park, Purple patch, Root and branch review, Row Z, Stramash, Taking one for the team, That’s great… (football), Thunderous strike.

UNSORTED 2-0 is a dangerous score, After you Claude, All-Premier League affair, Aplomb, Bag/box of tricks, Brace, Brandished, Bread and butter, 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, 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, Winger in their pocket, Wrap foot around it, Your De Bruynes, your Gundogans etc.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.2	The Traitors is back, and this time with celebrities.
0:11.4	Hang on, why wasn't I asked?
0:13.3	Betrayals and mind games.
0:15.0	Behaviour that's usually reserved for backstage is now on national telly.
0:18.7	I hope someone's told them.
0:20.3	And once you've watched the latest
0:21.2	action, join me, Ed Gamble for the official visualised podcast. We'll spill secrets and get to
0:26.8	see the celebs react to discovering who the traitors really were. And this time, I was in the
0:32.5	castle too. The Celebrity Traitors Uncloaked. Watch on EyePlayer, listen for more on BBC Sounds.
0:39.8	The Commentator's View on the Football Daily with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis.
0:47.4	Hello, welcome to the Football Daily.
0:49.5	I'm Ian Dennis and this is The Commentator's View where we five live commentators discuss our travels, the football
0:54.9	and the language of football commentary. With us as ever, old golden face, John Murray and Ali Bruce
1:02.2	Paul. Hello. Hey Ian. You're still glowing as ever. Well I've had a few days off. I've had a few days
1:07.8	off this week, this midweek. So I'm actually glowing in everything. I'm glowing on the outside and on the inside. Well, that's good to know. And you, Ali? Yes. No, good form, thanks, Ian. Obviously, burning issue of the day. First question that's got to come you away. How was the golf? Well, I heard you say last week, that will take 10 minutes of the pod for this week,
1:29.0	and I'm thinking, no, it won't.
1:31.2	It won't even do 10 seconds because Hare Chapman beat me.
1:34.7	Oh.
1:35.5	I've got to say, Andrew Murray is my new golfing guru.
1:41.9	I was three up through six holes. Where are you? And, who'd been walking me through the course. So for instance, I think on the third, he said, trust me, get your nine-nine out. I hit it within a foot of the pin. I was actually giggling. And Chappas was chuntering. And if I tell a lie, that was the six, because after that, Andrew said, I've got to go now.
2:02.2	And then I shot 20 in the next two holes. And my game nosedived and chappas won convincingly.
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