The Commentators’ View: Stonewall penalties & Skjoldar/Vats/Vik/Vind

Football Daily

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball talk commentary life. From Ian’s penchant for pies at Celtic to whether the ‘dull’ Premier League should have play-offs to make it more interesting. One listener sets a new record for clubs with a slash in their names, and there’s a whole heap of controversy in a Clash of the Commentators basement battle. Plus, BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty joins for the Great Glossary of Football Commentary.

02:55 Who ate all the pies? 05:40 Would Arsenal fans rather have Saka or Gabriel? 11:35 5 Live’s weekend commentaries 14:10 Should the ‘dull’ Premier League have play-offs? 20:35 A new record for clubs with a slash in their names 28:10 Controversy in Clash of the Commentators 37:20 Phil McNulty joins for the Great Glossary

BBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries this weekend: Fri 2000 England women v Belgium in the UEFA Women's Nations League, Fri 1915 Wales women v Denmark on the BBC Sport website, Sat 1500 Crystal Palace v Brighton in the Premier League, Sat 1730 Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, Sun 1400 Fulham v Liverpool in the Premier League, Sun 1400 Brentford v Chelsea on Radio 5 Sports Extra, Sun 1400 Tottenham v Southampton on the BBC Sport website, Sun 1630 Man Utd v Man City in the Premier League.

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0:05.4	My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.
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0:49.4	The Commentator's View with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis on the Football Daily.
0:55.9	Hello again, this is the commentator's view where we take you with us on our journey as five live commentators.
0:57.1	I'm Alastair Bruce Ball.
1:02.1	We have a full house again this week because joining me today are our correspondent,
1:07.8	the BBC's football correspondent John Murray and the senior football reporter Ian Dennis,
1:14.0	all present and correct and all with Mike muffs applied to lit mics. And actually, John, I saw you this morning. So I better explain what a mic muff is very quickly. So it's this sort of
1:18.4	protective, spongy covering that we've put over our lip mics that we use to broadcast, which
1:24.4	basically allow us to promote the Football Daily podcast, so they're light
1:27.6	blue and they surround the mouthpiece of the microphone, and they've got that little Football
1:31.2	Daily emblem on them.
1:33.4	Mine sat on my desk for two weeks.
1:35.2	I couldn't work how to actually get it onto the lip mic, so I'm now too afraid to take it off,
1:38.9	but I saw you very casually, John, almost arrogantly, just slipping yours on this morning
1:43.3	before the pod, so you're clearly using it only what you want.
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