The Commentators’ View: Wasp in the mouth & Conor’s printer
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Conor McNamara joins Ian Dennis and Alistair Bruce-Ball to reveal the stories behind the 5 Live commentaries. From Conor taking a printer to games, to using the facilities on the Anfield roof! They tell the tales you don’t normally get to hear. And ‘Clash of the Commentators’ is back!
02:05 Upsetting football fans 06:00 Conor’s portable printer 09:20 Using Championship Manager to help prep 11:20 Getting the overnight sleeper train 15:00 What do commentators do at half-time? 18:05 The Anfield commode 22:30 Best derby to commentate on? 28:20 Commentating at late notice/without notes! 31:40 Most difficult pronunciations 35:45 Clash of the Commentators 41:50 Great Dictionary of Football Commentary
BBC Sounds / 5 Live Premier League / Women’s Super League commentaries this weekend: Sat 14 Dec, 15:00 – Liverpool v Fulham – 5 Live Sat 14 Dec, 17:30 – Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa – 5 Live Sun 15 Dec, 14:00 – Brighton v Crystal Palace – 5 Live Sun 15 Dec, 14:30 – Liverpool Women v Arsenal Women – 5 Sports Extra Sun 15 Dec, 16:30 – Man City v Man Utd – 5 Live
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| 0:06.5 | probably find this kind of thing. |
| 0:08.2 | Nigel Farage, got into a punch-up with a wumble. |
| 0:10.1 | On the moon. |
| 0:10.8 | Don't be ridiculous, Duncan, there are no wumbles on the moon. |
| 0:13.4 | And this sort of thing. |
| 0:14.6 | You, Les, it's made Sadiq Khan, London's most unpopular mayor since Dick Whittington |
| 0:18.7 | charged his cat 12 quid to enter its own litter tray. |
| 0:22.6 | So join me as we go behind the headlines with unexpected guests and much satirical silliness. |
| 0:27.9 | The Naked Week. Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:31.7 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcast. |
| 0:35.8 | The Commentator's View with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis on the Football Daily. |
| 0:44.0 | Hello, I'm Ian Dennis, and welcome to The Commentator's View. |
| 0:47.2 | Episode 4, as we try and give you a glimpse of life behind the microphone as a 5 Live football commentator |
| 0:52.4 | alongside Alistair Bruce Ball and John Murray. |
| 0:55.5 | However, those who listened at the end of last week will be aware we have a special guest, Alley. |
| 1:00.8 | We do. Are we doing a sort of build-up giving clue, surprise reveal, big sort of dry ice, open the curtain and here he is? |
| 1:07.6 | I mean, Ian, we were talking right at the start of this series, the very first episode we did in terms of trying to work out the amount of games that we've |
| 1:14.0 | commentated on for the BBC, and there's plenty of them. The chap who's coming on today will have |
| 1:19.6 | commentated on easily as many, if not more, and not just for the BBC either. Good friend, |
| 1:26.0 | great commentator. And his little giggle in the |
| 1:28.2 | background almost gave it away. A warm welcome to Connor McNamara. It's great to be here, |
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