The Commentators' View: TikTok sensation & The Extra Touch
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball talk football, travel & language. Hear an interview with Thomas Tuchel as he recalls Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden for England. The guys look ahead to the Premier League weekend and hear from young reporter Jacob Culshaw who’s been going viral on social media. There’s another tight Clash of the Commentators. And suggestions always 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]
01:10 Ali’s trip to Prague 06:25 The Tap Inn exists! 07:45 Tuchel recalls Bellingham & Foden 15:40 Premier League commentaries 20:15 Unintended pub names 27:30 TikTok sensation Jacob Culshaw joins the pod 36:50 Clash of the Commentators 44:20 Great Glossary of Football Commentary
5 Live / BBC Sounds Premier League commentaries: Sat 1500 West Ham v Burnley, Sat 1500 Everton v Fulham on Sports Extra, Sat 1730 Sunderland v Arsenal, Sun 1400 Nottingham Forest v Leeds, Sun 1400 Brentford v Newcastle on Sports Extra, Sun 1400 Aston Villa v Bournemouth on BBC Sport, Sun 1400 Crystal Palace v Brighton on BBC Sport, Sun 1630 Man City v Liverpool.
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| 0:37.9 | The commentator's view on the Football Daily with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis. |
| 0:45.5 | Hello, welcome to the Football Daily. |
| 0:47.6 | I'm Alastair Bruce Ball and this is the commentators view where we five live commentators gather to discuss where we've been, what we've seen, |
| 0:55.4 | and with your help, add to our great glossary of football commentary. |
| 0:59.6 | Now, I'm very excited to announce this week. |
| 1:01.3 | We're going to be joined by a young football reporter who's a bit of a TikTok sensation on the pod later on. |
| 1:07.4 | But that does come later after we've said hello to our two other TikTok sensations. |
| 1:13.1 | John Murray and Ian Dennis, our football correspondent and senior football reporter, who we both |
| 1:17.9 | find at Wembley, because an England squad has been announced more on that anon. |
| 1:21.9 | How are you, chaps? |
| 1:22.8 | Actually, you know, we are TikTok sensations because we do unknowingly appear on TikTok on the Five Live BBC Sport TikTok. |
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