Football Daily

John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball talk football, travel & language. There’s breaking news on how to pronounce Taty Castellanos, hear from the voice of the 'corpsing classifieds' and TCV goes musical. Plus ‘Unintended Pub Names’ maybe reaches its peak; Clash of the Commentators goes to Scandinavia and how you can use the pod to impress your mates. Messages and voicenotes on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369 & emails to [email protected]
00:30 Chocolate is good for you?
02:00 John recovered from Newcastle- Qarabağ,
03:40 5 Live commentaries this weekend,
08:50 Castellanos pronunciation news,
11:50 The voice of the corpsing classifieds!
17:10 Lawn mowers & palm trees,
21:40 TCV goes musical,
25:20 Unintended pub names,
35:30 Clash of the Commentators,
44:45 Great Glossary of Football Commentary,
49:40 A final message from Luke in Norway.
5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Sat 1500 Liverpool v West Ham with Ian Dennis & Stephen Warnock,
Sat 1500 Newcastle v Everton on Sports Extra with Eilidh Barbour & James McFadden,
Sat 1730 Leeds v Man City with John Murray & Paul Robinson,
Sun 1200 Rangers v Celtic with Alasdair Lamond & Pat Nevin,
Sun 1400 Man Utd v Crystal Palace with John Murray & Dion Dublin,
Sun 1400 Fulham v Tottenham on Sports Extra with John Acres & Mark Schwarzer,
Sun 1400 Brighton v Forest on Sports Extra 2 with Chris Wise & Luke Chambers,
Sun 1630 Arsenal v Chelsea with Ali Bruce-Ball & Matt Upson.
Great Glossary of Football Commentary:
DIVISION ONE
Agricultural challenge,
Back of the net,
Back to square one,
Booked,
Bosman,
Bullet header,
Coupon buster,
Cruyff Turn,
Cultured/educated left foot,
Dead-ball specialist,
Draught excluder,
Elastico/flip-flap,
False nine,
Fox in the box,
Giving the goalkeeper the eyes,
Grub hunter,
Head tennis,
Hibs it,
In a good moment,
In behind,
Magic of the FA Cup,
The Maradona,
Off their line,
Olimpico,
Onion bag,
Panenka,
Park the bus,
Perfect hat-trick,
Rabona,
Roy of the Rovers stuff,
Schmeichel-style,
Scorpion kick,
Spursy,
Stick it in the mixer,
Sweeper keeper,
Target man,
Tiki-taka,
Towering header,
Trivela,
Where the kookaburra sleeps,
Where the owl sleeps,
Where the spiders sleep.

DIVISION TWO
2-0 can be a dangerous score,
Back on the grass,
Ball stays hit,
Beaten all ends up,
Blaze over the bar,
Business end,
Came down with snow on it,
Catching practice,
Camped in the opposition half,
Cauldron atmosphere
Coat is on a shoogly peg,
Come back to haunt them,
Corridor of uncertainty,
Couldn’t sort their feet out,
Easy tap-in,
Daisy-cutter,
First cab off the rank,
Giant-killing,
Good leave,
Good touch for a big man,
Half-turn,
Has that in his locker,
High wide and not very handsome,
Hospital pass,
Howler,
In the dugout,
In the hat,
In their pocket,
Johnny on the spot,
Leading the line,
Leather a shot,
Middle of the park,
Needed no second invitation,
Nice headache to have,
Nutmeg,
On their bike,
One for the cameras,
One for the purists,
Played us off the park,
Points to the spot,
Prawn sandwich brigade,
Purple patch,
Put their laces through it,
Reaches for their pocket,
Rolls Royce,
Root and branch review,
Row Z,
Screamer,
Seats on the plane,
Show across the bows,
Slide-rule pass,
Steal a march,
Straight in the bread basket,
Stramash,
Taking one for the team,
Telegraphed that pass,
Tired legs,
That’s great… (football),
Thunderous strike,
Turns on a sixpence,
Walk it in,
We’ve got a cup tie on our hands.

UNSORTED
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,
Denied by the woodwork,
Draught excluder,
Elimination line,
Fellow countryman,
Foot race,
Formerly of this parish,
Free hit,
Goalkeepers’ Union,
Goalmouth scramble,
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,
Opposite number,
PK for penalty-kick,
Postage stamp,
Rasping shot,
Red wine not white wine,
Relegation six-pointer,
Rooted at the bottom,
Route One,
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,
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,
Wrap foot around it,
Your De Bruynes, your Gundogans etc.

In this week’s edition of the Football Interview, Kelly Somers speaks to England captain Leah Williamson. They discuss her early memories of getting into football, the impact her family have had on her, and how she nearly dropped out of the Arsenal academy at the age of 15. She relives captaining England to back-to-back European titles and reveals to Kelly the one thing that's missing that would complete her career.
0’40 - First memories of football and not being very good.
2’20 - How she nearly dropped out of the academy at Arsenal at 15.
3’50 - Has there been a turning point?
4’55 - What match from her career would she relive?
6’00 - Did she realise what she’d done [winning Euro 2022]?
7’42 - How has it changed her life?
8’09 - The fuel to do win it again in 2025.
8’40 - What was she like growing up and her family dynamic.
10’26 - How she escapes from football and love of fashion.
12’53 - What else does she want to achieve?
5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Sat 1500 Liverpool v West Ham,
Sat 1500 Newcastle v Everton on Sports Extra,
Sat 1730 Leeds v Man City,
Sun 1200 Rangers v Celtic,
Sun 1400 Man Utd v Crystal Palace,
Sun 1400 Fulham v Tottenham on Sports Extra,
Sun 1400 Brighton & Hove v Nottingham Forest on Sports Extra 2,
Sun 1630 Arsenal v Chelsea.

Steve Crossman and the panel react to an action packed couple of nights in the Champions League. Julien Laurens, Mina Rzouki &, Guillem Ballagué give their reaction to a busy week for Italian clubs including Juventus’ near comeback, Atalanta’s late win over Borussia Dortmund and, Inter Milan’s shock defeat to Bodø/Glimt.
In Spain, Real Madrid survived an early scare against Benfica to progress to the next round. Benfica had a plethora of chances. This doesn’t feel like a particularly strong Real Madrid side like the ones of old.
Atletico Madrid are through to an eighth Champions League Round of 16 stage under Diego Simeone, but will it be his last? Had they gone out could it have been a different story for the Argentine.
TIME CODES
00:00 Intro
01:00 Inter Milan fall to Bodø/Glimt
12:30 Juventus knocked out
14:00 Is there an Italian football crisis?
24:30 Atalanta’s late drama to go through
31:02 Real Madrid scrape past Benfica
34:35 The Kylian Mbappe situation
43:33 Atletico Madrid & Diego Simeone’s future
5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Sat 1500 Liverpool v West Ham,
Sat 1500 Newcastle v Everton on Sports Extra,
Sat 1730 Leeds v Man City,
Sun 1200 Rangers v Celtic,
Sun 1400 Man Utd v Crystal Palace,
Sun 1400 Fulham v Tottenham on Sports Extra,
Sun 1400 Brighton & Hove v Nottingham Forest on Sports Extra 2,
Sun 1630 Arsenal v Chelsea.

Aaron Paul, Jobi McAnuff & Tommy Smith discuss the top stories from the EFL. Hear from Kim Hellberg as Middlesbrough drop points again in the Championship title race. Chris Hall from the Albion Analysis Podcast joins the pod after West Brom sacked Eric Ramsay. Catch up with Bradford boss Graham Alexander, BBC WM’s Mike Taylor drops in to talk about Walsall’s slide from top to 10th, and hear from Joe Hart after he joined the Shrewsbury coaching staff! Messages and voicenotes always welcome on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369.
00:45 Jobi has Winter Olympic fever,
03:45 Kim Hellberg as Middlesbrough drop points again!
06:50 Jobi tips Ipswich for second place,
09:25 West Brom sack Eric Ramsay,
18:35 Lincoln & Bradford impressing in League One,
25:05 Tight race for League Two promotion,
26:40 Déjà vu for Walsall?
33:15 Joe Hart in a Shrewsbury tracksuit…
36:25 Redemption for Aaron in 72PLUS 72MINUS,
40:15 Shoutout to Snoop Dogg.
5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Sat 1500 Liverpool v West Ham,
Sat 1500 Newcastle v Everton on Sports Extra,
Sat 1730 Leeds v Man City,
Sun 1200 Rangers v Celtic,
Sun 1400 Man Utd v Crystal Palace,
Sun 1400 Fulham v Tottenham on Sports Extra,
Sun 1400 Brighton & Hove v Nottingham Forest on Sports Extra 2,
Sun 1630 Arsenal v Chelsea.

Bodo/Glimt claimed another big Champions League scalp, beating Inter Milan 5-2 on aggregate to reach the last 16, with Newcastle also through after a 9-3 win over Qarabag.
Julien Laurens and Dwight Gayle are with Kelly Cates for reaction to all the night’s action. We’re at St James’ Park where John Muray and Chris Sutton watched Eddie Howe’s side secure their passage to the knockout stage, and Norwegian Journalist Marius Guttormsen joins us from the San Siro on another famous night for Bodo.
We ask what this means for Italian football as well with the very real possibility there will be no Italian team in the last 16 after Inter Milan’s exit and with Juventus and Atalanta trailing going in the second legs of their respective ties.
Plus, there’s reaction to Middlesbrough missing the chance to go level on points with Coventry at the top of the Championship, and Snoop Dogg stealing the show at Swansea.
TIMECODES:
00:40 – A famous night for Bodo/Glimt
08:38 – What does Inter’s exit mean for Italian football?
16:09 – Newcastle wrap up their place in the last 16
23:12 – Eddie Howe reaction
24:40 – Can defending champions PSG progress?
27:40 – Championship reaction