Radio Football Commentators and Reporters 2012/13

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  • The DifferenceThe Difference Posts: 21,038
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    Sorry it has taken me a while to post Irish station Newstalk's coverage details from the weekend, I've just grabbed them before they disappear from the Newstalk Listen Back Player...

    Saturday 9th February - Newstalk 106-108FM

    Ger Gilroy presented Newstalk Sport Saturday alongside Joe Molloy

    Premier League (as IRN)
    Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United - Nigel Bidmead
    Chelsea v Wigan Athletic - Andrew Cheal
    Norwich City v Fulham - Guy Swindells
    Stoke City v Reading - Clive Edwards
    Sunderland v Arsenal - Al Ross
    Swansea City v Queens Park Rangers - Sam Fleet


    Sunday 10th February - Newstalk 106-108FM

    Ger Gilroy presented Newstalk Sport Sunday alongside Joe Molloy

    Premier League
    Aston Villa v West Ham United - Ken Early and Gary Breen (1.30pm commentary)
    Manchester United v Everton - Dave McIntyre and Kenny Cunningham (4pm commentary)

    Rugby Union: Six Nations
    Ireland v England - Reggie Corrigan
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    BBC Radio Scotland, 15/2/13

    Richard Gordon presenting Sportsound online, and on 810MW from around 9.15pm.

    Aberdeen v Dundee (7.45pm) - Scott Davie, Willie Miller and Billy Dodds (commentary) with Jim Spence pitchside
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    Saturday 16 February

    BBC Radio Cumbria Sport 2.00-6.00pm Presented by Paul Newton (studio)

    Portsmouth v Carlisle United James Phillips and Chris Lumsdon (commentary)
    Barrow v Nuneaton Andy Wood and John Goodwin (commentary)
    Workington Reds v Altrincham John Walsh
    Kendal Town v Worksop Garry Woodworth
    Lymm v Kendal RU James Clarke
    Dalton ARL v Leigh East John Cox
  • connor the judgconnor the judg Posts: 8,961
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    Saturday 16th February 2013

    BBC WM 95.6

    Championship
    Mark Regan and Paul Franks: Derby v Wolves (Live on 95.6 FM with Paul Franks the Presenter)
    Rob Gurney: Blues v Watford (just updates today but Jimmy Walker the former Walsall goalkeeper was there and joined Rob,Rego and Franksy in Daz Hale's show at about 13:30)

    League One
    Andrew Dawkins: Walsall v Notts County (Richie Anderson is outside the ground with the fans)

    British grand prix
    Live Athletics from the national indoor arena with Commentary from Mike Taylor and Birmingham Double Olympian Kate Dennison and Tom Marlow is trackside with interviews from the people involved
  • The DifferenceThe Difference Posts: 21,038
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    Saturday 16th February 2013

    BBC WM 95.6

    Championship
    Mark Regan and Paul Franks: Derby v Wolves (Live on 95.6 FM with Paul Franks the Presenter)
    Rob Gurney: Blues v Watford (just updates today but Jimmy Walker the former Walsall goalkeeper was there and joined Rob,Rego and Franksy in Daz Hale's show at about 13:30)

    League One
    Andrew Dawkins: Walsall v Notts County (Richie Anderson is outside the ground with the fans)

    British grand prix
    Live Athletics from the national indoor arena with Commentary from Mike Taylor and Birmingham Double Olympian Kate Dennison and Tom Marlow is trackside with interviews from the people involved

    Going by Twitter, Jimmy Walker will be doing punditry with Rob Gurney throughout WM Sport as well. Jimmy announced his retirement from playing last week, having spent 13 and a half seasons at Walsall over two different spells with the club, and I would not be surprised if he is looking to get into the media on a regular basis after doing bits for West Ham United's programme and website during his time at Upton Park. He is one of Midlands football's real characters as well as one of the best players to have turned out for the Saddlers down the years so I wish him all the best and hope we get to hear plenty of him on WM.

    WM's coverage of the British Grand Prix athletics from the Alexander Stadium has been broadcast live on the station's DAB and online platforms from 1.30pm today, hence why the Birmingham game isn't on DAB in Birmingham. Wacka isn't the only new member of the WM Sport team this afternoon, it's a debut too for Kate Dennison.
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    BBC Radio Manchester presented by Jimmy Wagg from Bury

    Nottingham Forest v Bolton Wanderers - Jack Dearden and Phil Brown - 3.0 commentary

    Bury v Coventry City - Phil Kinsella - reports

    Rochdale v Torquay United - John Gilder - reports

    Oldham Athletic v Everton - Ian Cheeseman and Andy Ritchie - 6.0 commentary
  • The DifferenceThe Difference Posts: 21,038
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    Saturday 16th February - talkSPORT

    Adrian Durham presenting Matchday Live from Stadium:MK, followed by Georgie Bingham presenting FA Cup Exclusive and Call Collymore from Boundary Park

    FA Cup Fifth Round
    Luton Town v Millwall - Sam Matterface and Ray Houghton (12.45pm commentary), with George Cummins producing
    Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers - Nigel Pearson and Ray Parlour (3pm commentary), with Ian Abrahams at pitchside
    Milton Keynes Dons v Barnsley - Dave Rowe and Adrian Durham
    Oldham Athletic v Everton - Nigel Adderley and Stan Collymore (6pm commentary), with Simon Humphreys at pitchside and Carl Ralley producing

    Championship
    Cardiff City v Bristol City - Roger Hughes
    Birmingham City v Watford - Kev Lawrence
    Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough - Elliot Cook
    Derby County v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Tony Incenzo
    Hull City v Charlton Athletic - Graham Courtney

    Going by the talkSPORT.co.uk schedule, Adrian Durham (welcome back) is presenting Matchday Live until the later time of 5.30pm before Georgie Bingham takes over to present coverage of the later-than-usual evening kick-off of Oldham v Everton (at least that's what Sam said in commentary earlier, although she is at Ipswich today so if he's correct I'm not sure how that's going to work). Due to the later kick-off, Call Collymore will be truncated to just an hour long phone-in, with Ian Danter's return to Football First beginning at that show's usual time of 9pm. There was no pitchside reporter at the early game from Kenilworth Road.

    talkSPORT Live are only doing four commentaries this week, Oldham v Everton this evening, Manchester City v Leeds United and Liverpool v Swansea City tomorrow and Manchester United v Reading on Monday.
  • Ian CleverlyIan Cleverly Posts: 10,684
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    BBC Radio Wales

    Simon Davies (studio host)

    Cardiff City (1899-2012 RIP) V Bristol City (1300GMT KO) - Ian Hunt and Kevin Ratcliffe (SE FM / SW FM)
    Wrexham V Gainsborough Trinity (FA Trophy Semi Final 1st leg) (1245GMT KO) - James Pontin and Mickey Thomas (North FM / Online)
    Woking V Newport County - Mark Poyser and Jason Perry (SE FM / Online)
    Bargoed V Bridgend (SWALEC Cup RU 2nd round) - Phil Steele
    Cardiff V Ebbw Vale (SWALEC Cup RU 2nd round) - Alun Jenkins
    Welsh Open Snooker Semi finals, Newport - John Ifans

    BBC Radio Cymru

    Eleri Siôn (studio host)

    Cardiff City (1899-2012 RIP) V Bristol City (1300GMT KO) - John Hardy and Osian Roberts (commentary)
    Wrexham V Gainsborough Trinity (FA Trophy Semi Final 1st leg) (1245GMT KO) - Marc Lloyd Williams
    Woking V Newport County - Gareth Blainey (turned 50 on Wednesday) and Iwan Roberts (commentary - via phone)
    Newtown V Llanelli - Alun Williams
    Cardiff V Ebbw Vale (SWALEC Cup RU 2nd round) - Alun Jenkins
    Neath V Cross Keys (SWALEC Cup RU 2nd round) - Ion Thomas
    Welsh Open Snooker Semi finals, Newport - John Ifans

    BBC Bristol / Somerset

    Geoff Twentyman (studio host)

    Cardiff City (1899-2012 RIP) V Bristol City (1300GMT KO) - Ed Hadwin and Adam Baker (94.9FM / 95.5FM / 1548MW / 1566MW / DAB)
    Yeovil Town V Scunthorpe United - Brendon Mitchell and Chris Spittles (95.5FM)
    Bristol Rovers V Wycombe Wanderers - Richard Hoskin and Keith Brookman (94.9FM / 95.5FM / 1548MW / 1566MW / DAB)
    Clevedown Town V Taunton Town - Mike Kay
    Bath V London Irish (Aviva Premiership RU) - Andrew Sheridan and Sam Vesty (104.6FM / Online)

    BBC 5LSX

    Milton Keynes Dons V Barnsley (FA Cup 5th round) - Alistair Bruce-Ball (calling the cup the 'greatest domestic cup in the World') and Steve 'If you don't like the cup, you don't like football' Claridge
  • ShrewnShrewn Posts: 6,824
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    Saturday 16th February 2013

    BBC WM 95.6

    Championship
    Mark Regan and Paul Franks: Derby v Wolves (Live on 95.6 FM with Paul Franks the Presenter)
    Rob Gurney: Blues v Watford (just updates today but Jimmy Walker the former Walsall goalkeeper was there and joined Rob,Rego and Franksy in Daz Hale's show at about 13:30)

    League One
    Andrew Dawkins: Walsall v Notts County (Richie Anderson is outside the ground with the fans)

    British grand prix
    Live Athletics from the national indoor arena with Commentary from Mike Taylor and Birmingham Double Olympian Kate Dennison and Tom Marlow is trackside with interviews from the people involved

    I've always been impressed with the coverage WM gives the GP, it's a great meeting (I've been a couple of times), I am glad they still give it good billing post DQF
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    BBC Newcastle - Saturday 16th February 2012

    North East Sport presented by Dave Andrew

    95.4FM, 1458MW, DAB, and online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_newcastle

    Forest Green Rovers v Gateshead - Matthew Raisbeck and Paul Dixon (15.00 commentary)
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    BBC Radio Leeds FM*, and official Bradford City Website
    host: Gareth Jones
    commentator: Dave Fletcher
    summariser: Mike Harrison


    The Pulse
    host and commentator: Tim Thornton
    summariser: Ian Ormondroyd

    *the rugby union was on DAB and online, and the rugby league was on AM and online. DAB joined AM when the rugby union finished. Reaction to the Huddersfield Giants and Leeds Carnegie matches was on FM.
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    BBC London
    Luton v Millwall Nick Godwin and Clive Walker (DAB commentary)
    Arsenal v Blackburn Emma Jones
    Birmingham v Watford Mark Taylor
    Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough Alan Seabrook
    Hull v Charlton Phil Parry (also host) and Bradley Allen (commentary)
    Hartlepool v Leyton Orient Dave Victor
    AFC Wimbledon v Bradford Ibrahim Mustafa
    Gillingham v Dagenham and Redbridge Jamie Hill
    York v Barnet Karl Bates
    R/U: Harlequins v Leicester Sara Orchard and John Dawson (commentary)

    BBC Radio Five Live
    Host Mark Pougatch at Luton
    Luton v Millwall Mike Ingham and David Pleat (commentary)
    Arsenal v Blackburn John Murray and Martin Keown (commentary)
    MK Dons v Barnsley John Southall (with Alistair Bruce-Ball and Steve Claridge commentating on Sports Extra)
    Oldham v Everton Ian Dennis and Pat Nevin (commentary)
    Celtic v Dundee United Roddy Forsyth
    Birmingham v Watford Ian Brown
    Cardiff v Bristol City Andy Gillies
    Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough Mike Sewell
    Hull v Charlton Alistair Yeomans
    Nottm Forest v Bolton Pat Murphy
    Derby v Wolves Dave Woods
    Sheff Utd v Colchester ?
    Preston v Bournemouth Steve Wyeth
    AFC Wimbledon v Bradford Steve May
    Port Vale v Morecambe Naz Premji
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    Adam Pope was on 5Live so I think he was at Sheff Utd
  • bwfcolbwfcol Posts: 13,673
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    David Oates funeral was held on Thursday with over 500 people turning up include Sir Alex.

    A charity page (Just Giving) has been setup in his honour, I hope no one minds me posting it:

    https://t.co/rRlHKNTS

    After today's game, Arsene Wenger sought out Oates' widow to give a donation, great gesture.
  • The DifferenceThe Difference Posts: 21,038
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    Saturday 16th February - talkSPORT

    Adrian Durham presenting Matchday Live from Stadium:MK, followed by Georgie Bingham presenting FA Cup Exclusive and Call Collymore from Boundary Park.

    Georgie Bingham didn't present talkSPORT's Oldham Athletic v Everton coverage after all, instead Adrian Durham stuck around at Stadium:MK for the near hour between the end of the 3pm kick-offs and the 6pm late game. It was then just a case of commentator Nigel Adderley doing the links at half-time and that bit at full-time before Call Collymore.

    I should mention that although there was still 10 of the 12 minutes of stoppage time remaining in the MK Dons v Barnsley game when Arsenal v Blackburn ended, talkSPORT didn't then cross over for commentary at Stadium:MK but instead chose to do the usual Around the Grounds thing of taking full-time reports from elsewhere before Dave Rowe did his final update from Milton Keynes.

    As to how talkSPORT filled the 5-6pm hour, not only did they preview the late game (both with Nigel and Stan talking about it and with pitchside man Simon Humphreys talking to fans outside the ground), but Adrian had interviews with Barnsley manager David Flitcroft and (over the phone) Blackburn manager Michael Appleton while Ian Abrahams interviewed Blackburn's Scott Dann. Adrian and Ray Parlour also took a few calls from disgruntled Arsenal fans and Ade had a chat with Alvin Martin, who was at the ground not in a working capacity but to watch his son, MK Dons keeper David Martin. For those of you who have noticed that Alvin is not co-commentating this weekend and are wondering why this is, I presume this is because he is presenting the Weekend Sports Breakfast with Mark Saggers as cover for usual co-host Micky Quinn, who is on holiday. It's a shame they didn't give Alvin Monday night's match to make up for this, but then Monday night's Kick Off is Stan Collymore's usual gig.
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    Saturday 16th February - Free Radio 80s

    Tom Ross presented The Goalzone from St Andrew's

    Championship
    Birmingham City v Watford - Tom Ross and Kevan Broadhurst (3pm commentary in Birmingham)
    Derby County v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Steve Hermon and Matt Murray (3pm commentary in the Black Country and Shropshire)

    League One
    Bury v Coventry City - Chris Coles and Dave Bennett (3pm commentary in Coventry & Warwickshire)


    Newstalk 106-108FM

    Ger Gilroy presented Newstalk Sport Saturday alongside Joe Molloy

    FA Cup Fifth Round (as IRN)
    Luton Town v Millwall - Laurence Mora
    Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers - Lee Stott

    GAA Football: All-Ireland Senior Football Championships Semi-Finals
    Crossmaglen Rangers v St Brigid's - Oisin Langan
    Dr. Crokes v Ballymun Kickhams - Dave McIntyre

    Newstalk didn't take updates the MK Dons v Barnsley game as far as I heard. I'm guessing IRN didn't send a reporter to Stadium:MK as I feel it is unlikely that Newstalk wouldn't have taken updates from a 3pm game they had access too. Oldham v Everton kicked off after Newstalk Sport Saturday went off-air.

    I believe talkSPORT Live carried the talkSPORT UK commentary with Nigel Adderley and Stan Collymore on Oldham Athletic v Everton last night. Kevin Hatchard has tweeted to say he'll be commentating on Liverpool v Swansea City for them later today so it'll be interesting to see how they handle Manchester City v Leeds United.
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    Sunday 17th February - talkSPORT

    Georgie Bingham presenting Sunday Exclusive

    FA Cup Fourth Round Replay
    Chelsea v Brentford - John Roder and Matt Holland (12noon commentary), with Mike Bovill at pitchside

    FA Cup Fifth Round
    Manchester City v Leeds United - Nigel Pearson and Ray Parlour (2pm commentary), with Dom McGuinness at pitchside and James Dodd producing
    Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic - Ian Danter and Stan Collymore (3.55pm commentary), with John Temple at pitchside and Carl Ralley producing

    Premier League
    Liverpool v Swansea City - Graham Beecroft

    FA Cup Sixth Round Draw
    Wembley Stadium - Mark Pougatch presenting with Graham Taylor and Simon Davey drawing the teams

    Earlier today:

    Cricket: First One-Day International
    New Zealand v England - Jack Bannister

    Boxing: WBC World Lightweight Championship
    Adrien Broner v Gavin Rees - Sohail Sahi

    We heard Sam Matterface interviewing Uwe Rosler and a few of the Brentford players in the week during talkSPORT's build-up from 11.30am, but rather than being on radio duty today he's commentating on their match for ITV.
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    Liverpool V Jackland

    BBC Radio Wales - ?
    BBC Radio Cymru - John Hardy and Meilir Owen (SW Wales commentary)
    Swansea Sound - Antony O'Connell (commentary) (his son is the mascot for today)
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    BBC Radio Manchester - Sunday

    Manchester City v Leeds United - Ian Cheeseman and Nigel Glelhorn - 2.0 commentary
    Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic - Paul Rowley - reports

    Monday

    Manchester United v Reading - Bill Rice and Arthur Albiston - commentary
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    BBC London
    Host Nick Godwin
    Chelsea v Brentford Emma Jones and Billy Reeves ( I assume DAB commentary)
    R/U: Wasps v Gloucester Nigel Bardon
    R/U: London Welsh v Sale Andy Rowley and Martin Purdey (commentary)
    R/L: London v Wakefield Jamie Hill


    BBC Radio Five Live
    Host Ian Payne
    Chelsea v Brentford Conor McNamara and Mark Bright (commentary)
    Man City v Leeds Alan Green and Danny Mills (commentary)
    Huddersfield v Wigan Darren Fletcher and Robbie Savage (commentary)
    Liverpool v Swansea Ian Brown
    R/U: Wasps v Gloucester Ian Robertson
    R/U: London Welsh v Sale Chris Jones
    R/L: HKR v Widnes Dave Woods
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    Sunday 17th February - talkSPORT Live

    Tom Rennie presented from 11.30am

    FA Cup Fourth Round Replay/Fifth Round
    As talkSPORT UK

    Premier League
    Liverpool v Swansea City - Kevin Hatchard

    talkSPORT Live took all three of today's FA Cup commentaries after all, all of which were taken directly from the main station, with Tom linking between each half barring of course the gap between the games at Manchester City and Hudderfield, which barely lasted a minute. At the end of the first half at Huddersfield, Tom handed straight over to commentary on stoppage time in Liverpool v Swansea City - this game went out in full on talkSPORT.com and talkSPORT Live 2 on TuneIn for listeners outside the EEC. I assume Tom, as talkSPORT Live's English language editor, also hosted their coverage of the late game yesterday. I'm not sure if they carried the Sixth Round Draw.


    Newstalk 106-108FM

    Ger Gilroy presented Newstalk Sport Sunday alongside Joe Molloy

    Premier League
    Liverpool v Swansea City - Dave McIntyre and Graeme Sharp (3pm commentary)

    FA Cup Fourth Round Replay (as IRN)
    Brentford v Chelsea - Lee Stott

    FA Cup Fifth Round (as IRN)
    Manchester City v Leeds United - Peter Smith

    I don't think Newstalk carried any reports from Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic.
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    BBC Radio Leeds FM and online*
    host: Gareth Jones at the City of Manchester Stadium
    Manchester City versus Leeds United
    commentator: Adam Pope
    summariser: Simon Walton
    reporter: Katherine Hanah
    Huddersfield Town versus Wigan Athletic
    commentator: Paul Ogden
    summariser: Kieran O'Regan


    Yorkshire Radio (DAB), Minster FM and official Leeds United website
    host: Michael Weadock
    Manchester City versus Leeds United
    commentator: Thom Kirwin
    summariser: Eddy Gray
    reporter: Johnny Buchan


    *West Yorkshire Brass and the rugby league were on AM, DAB and online. West Yorkshire Sport finished at 6 PM.
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    Monday 18th February - talkSPORT

    Mark Saggers presenting Kick Off: FA Cup Special from Old Trafford alongside Stan Collymore

    FA Cup Fifth Round
    Manchester United v Reading - Nigel Adderley and Stan Collymore (8pm commentary), with Dom McGuinness at pitchside and James Dodd producing

    Has it been mentioned who talkSPORT's commentary team on the Capital One Cup Final will be yet? It's less than a week away but I haven't heard or seen it announced either on-air or on social media. It will be an interesting appointment given that in previous seasons this fixture has been the biggest of the live finals that Sam Matterface and Stan Collymore haven't covered for the station.
  • ShrewnShrewn Posts: 6,824
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    bwfcol wrote: »
    David Oates funeral was held on Thursday with over 500 people turning up include Sir Alex.

    A charity page (Just Giving) has been setup in his honour, I hope no one minds me posting it:

    https://t.co/rRlHKNTS

    After today's game, Arsene Wenger sought out Oates' widow to give a donation, great gesture.

    Lovely gesture from Arsene Wenger. I think Sir Alex would have known David from his Radio Manchester days, he was the United reporter when SAF joined the club I believe
  • LanarkianLanarkian Posts: 7,535
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    I hadn't realised that SAF attended the funeral. I read somewhere that there was a recorded tribute by SAF which included references to David Oates's time as BBC Radio Manchester's Man Utd correspondent.
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