The Commentators' View: The Easy Tap Inn & unmentionables
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball talk football, travel & language. They look ahead to the Premier League weekend and tell the stories behind the commentaries. Who will lift themselves off the bottom of the table in Clash of the Commentators? 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]
00:45 Liverpool lose again 03:15 Ian & John get commentator-spotted! 07:25 5 Live commentaries this weekend 11:35 John on his first visit to Everton’s new stadium 15:40 FA Cup first round weekend 19:20 More unintended pub names 26:35 Clash of the Commentators 33:35 How to mention the unmentionables 35:55 Great Glossary of Football Commentary 47:20 Commentators ‘missing a sitter’
5 Live / BBC Sounds Premier League commentaries: Sat 1500 Nottingham Forest v Man Utd, Sat 1500 Burnley v Arsenal on Sports Extra, Sat 1730 Tottenham v Chelsea, Sun 1400 West Ham v Newcastle, Sun 1630 Man City v Bournemouth.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 IPlayer, listen for more on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.6 | The Commentator's View on the Football Daily with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis. |
| 0:47.2 | Hello, welcome to The Football Daily. |
| 0:49.4 | I'm John Murray and this is the commentator's view where we five live commentators discuss the football, |
| 0:56.8 | our travels and the language of football commentary. |
| 1:00.3 | And Ali Bruce Ball and the BBC senior football reporter Ian Dennis are here. |
| 1:06.3 | Hello to you. |
| 1:07.3 | Hello, hello. |
| 1:08.1 | Good morning. |
| 1:08.8 | And you and I, Ian, have had a midweek off, haven't we? |
| 1:11.2 | While Ali was off to Anfield for another shock result for Liverpool, |
| 1:16.0 | and this was in the aftermath of another birthday for you. |
| 1:19.7 | I know, yeah. |
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