John Murray, Ian Dennis, and Ali Bruce-Ball recap the European triumphs of Arsenal, Aston Villa, and Crystal Palace. The “Clash of the Commentators” returns as Ian closes in on the league title. A humorous segment features an “unintended food kiosk” from sports commentary. Listeners are encouraged to send messages, questions, and voicenotes for the Great Glossary of Football Commentary via WhatsApp at 08000 289 369 or email [email protected].
00:45 – Aston Villa beats Nottingham Forest to secure a spot in the Europa League final.
04:10 – The Scottish title race intensifies.
06:40 – John uses his “mini Arsenal season-ticket” once more.
15:05 – Commentary previews for Manchester City and Arsenal this weekend.
18:45 – The show goes snooker crazy.
24:05 – Unintended pub names emerge from sports commentary.
31:20 – The “Clash of the Commentators” segment.
40:20 – Breaking news regarding Reece.
42:05 – The Great Glossary of Football Commentary.
47:20 – The debate: Rachel Riley or Carol Vorderman?
**Upcoming Commentaries (5 Live / BBC Sounds):**
Sat 12:00 – Aston Villa vs Arsenal (WSL) on Sports Extra
Sat 15:00 – Sunderland vs Man Utd
Sat 17:30 – Man City vs Brentford
Sun 12:00 – Celtic vs Rangers
Sun 14:00 – Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle United
Sun 14:00 – Burnley vs Aston Villa (Sports Extra)
Sun 14:00 – Crystal Palace vs Everton (Sports Extra 2)
Sun 16:30 – West Ham vs Arsenal
**Great Glossary of Football Commentary – Division One:**
50p head, agricultural challenge, back of the net, back to square one, backside and elbows, booked, Bosman, bullet header, channel of joy, 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, lollipop, magic of the FA Cup, managerless X, the Maradona, off their line, Olimpico, onion bag, Panenka, parachute payment, park the bus, perfect hat-trick, postage stamp, put his cap on it, Rabona, Roy of the Rovers stuff, Schmeichel-style, scorpion kick, Spursy, stick it in the mixer, sweeper keeper, taking it to the corner flag, 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, asterisk, back on the grass, ball stays hit, banana skin, 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, champagne is on ice, 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, drop zone, drubbing, first cab off the rank, giant-killing, Goalkeepers’ Union, good leave, good touch for a big man, half-time in the tie, 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, lackadaisical, leading the line, leather a shot, mazy run, middle of the park, needed no second invitation, needing snookers, nice headache to have, no-look pass, nutmeg, on the beach, on their bike, one for the cameras, one for the purists, piledriver*, played us off the park, points on the board, points to the spot, prawn sandwich brigade, purple patch, put their laces through it, Queensbury rules, reaches for their pocket, relegation six-pointer, Rolls Royce, root and branch review, Row Z, screamer, seats on the plane, sent into raptures, show across the bows, sleeping giant, slide-rule pass, staving off relegation, steal a march, sting the palms, straight in the bread basket, stramash, taking one for the team, telegraphed that pass, tired legs, that’s great… (football), thunderous strike, tricky winger, turning into a cricket score, turns on a sixpence, twisted blood, walk it in, we’ve got a cup tie on our hands, we were right behind that, yo-yo club.