BBC WM Sport with Daz Hale Live from St Andrews at 12:00 then at 14:20 Paul Franks live from Bloomfield Road and then at 17:20 Mike Taylor Live from Anfield.
Premier League
Steve Hermon & Mike Taylor: Liverpool v Aston Villa (Live FM Commentary at 5:30pm)
Rob Gurney: West Brom v Everton (Live 3pm Commentary on DAB)
Championship
Richard Wilford & Daz Hale: Birmingham City v Leeds Untied (Live FM Commentary from 12:15pm)
Mark Regan & Paul Franks: Blackpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Live FM Commentary from 3pm)
League One
Tom Marlow: Walsall v Preston (3pm Updates)
Adrian Durham presenting Matchday Live from the Stadium of Light with Ray Parlour at Stamford Bridge, followed by Call Collymore from Anfield
Premier League
Arsenal v Manchester City - Mike Bovill
Chelsea v Swansea City - Ian Abrahams and Ray Parlour
Crystal Palace v Burnley - Andrew McKenna
Southampton v Newcastle United - Tony Incenzo
Stoke City v Leicester City - Simon Humphreys
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Graham Courtney and Adrian Durham
West Bromwich Albion v Everton - Dave Rowe
Liverpool v Aston Villa - Sam Matterface and Stan Collymore (5.30pm commentary), with Graham Beecroft at pitchside and Jon Norman producing
Championship
Birmingham City v Leeds United - Geoff Peters
Blackpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Dom McGuinness
Brentford v Brighton & Hove Albion - Elliot Cook
Cardiff City v Norwich City - Sam Fleet
Reading v Fulham - Olly Wilson
Rugby Union: Premiership
Bath v London Welsh - Ian Williams
talkSPORT Live
Premier League
Arsenal v Manchester City - Adam Bridge and Bobby Gould
Chelsea v Swansea City - Alex Crook and Chris Perry (featured 3pm commentary on international radio stations)
Crystal Palace v Burnley - Dan Windle
Southampton v Newcastle United - Dan Wheeler
Stoke City v Leicester City - Chris Parrott
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Paul Sarahs
West Bromwich Albion v Everton - Jon Howick
Liverpool v Aston Villa - TBA
Bundesliga
Borussia Monchengladbach v Schalke 04 - Kevin Hatchard
A couple of new voices on talkSPORT Live today. Paul Sarahs is the European football expert on Radio 5 Live's World Football Phone-In among other things, while Jon Howick is a completely new name to me. A Google of his Twitter account tells me he freelances for BBC Surrey and Sussex, Sky News Radio and IRN among others.
Absolute Radio
Russ Williams presenting Rock 'N' Roll Football Live alongside Alan Curbishley, followed by Ian Wright and Ian Stone on the phone-in
Premier League
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Jon Champion and Clarke Carlisle (3pm commentary), with Carl Ralley producing
Today FM
Michael McMullan presenting Premier League Live, joined by Mark Lawrenson between the commentary games, followed by Fanzone hosted by Johnny Lyons with Brian Kerr at the Hawthorns
Premier League
Arsenal v Manchester City - Ron Jones and Chris Hughton (12.45pm commentary)
Chelsea v Swansea City - Alan Tolley
Crystal Palace v Burnley - Graham Miller
Southampton v Newcastle United - Russell Hargreaves
Stoke City v Leicester City - Phil Kinsella
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Roger Tames
West Bromwich Albion v Everton - Ian Beach and Brian Kerr (3pm commentary)
Liverpool v Aston Villa - TBA
Newstalk 106-108FM
Adrian Barry presenting Off The Ball alongside Dave McIntyre and Roddy Collins
Premier League (as IRN)
Arsenal v Manchester City - Nigel Bidmead
Chelsea v Swansea City - Andrew Cheal
Crystal Palace v Burnley - Adam Lindsay
Southampton v Newcastle United - Alan Lewis
Stoke City v Leicester City - Paul Anthony
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Nick Walsh
West Bromwich Albion v Everton - Clive Edwards
Liverpool v Aston Villa - Shane Pinnington
Rugby Union: Pro12
Leinster v Scarlets - Cian Murtagh
BBC London 94.9FM Arsenal v Man City Alan Seabrook Chelsea v Swansea Ankur Desai Crystal Palace v Burnley Emma Jones Sunderland v Tottenham Andy Rowley and Steve Froggatt (FM commentary) Brentford v Brighton Billy Reeves Charlton v Watford Phil Parry (host) and Paul Mortimore Ipswich v Millwall Nick Godwin and Bradley Allen (DAB commentary) Reading v Fulham Jamie Hill Leyton Orient v Colchester Dave Victor Accrington Stanley v AFC Wimbledon Mark Taylor Dagenham and Redbridge v Cambridge United Stuart Smith
BBC Three Counties Radio Charlton v Watford Jon Marks and Derek Payne (98.0 and 103.8FM commentary) Barnsley v MK Dons Paul Dixon and Lee Scrivens (104.5FM commentary) Luton v Cheltenham Geoff Doyle (host) and Luke Ashmead (AM commentary) Stevenage v Shrewsbury Steve Watkins and Simon Oxley (95.5FM commentary) Wycombe v Mansfield Phil Catchpole
BBC Essex Host Glen Speller Leyton Orient v Colchester Neil Kelly and ? (commentary) Southend v Portsmouth Nick Aliker and ? (commentary) Braintree v Kidderminster Matt Barker
BBC Radio Kent Oldham v Gillingham Roland Sully (?) and Peter Lloyd (commentary) Gateshead v Dartford Dave Andrews Dover v Macclesfield matt Cole (host) and Tony Hudd Folkestone v Margate Matt Gerrard Tonbridge v Herne Bay Alex Stanovicz ?
BBC Radio Surrey / Sussex Brentford v Brighton Johnny Cantor and ? (Sussex commentary) Crawley v Fleetwood John Barnet Nuneaton v Aldershot Gavin Denison and Ron Wilds (Surrey commentary) Woking v Chester Gary Smith Bromley v Farnborough Clive Howse
Radio City Sport WBA v Everton Alan Irwin and Graeme Sharpe (commentary) Liverpool v Aston Villa Steve Hothersal and John Aldridge (commentary)
Radio Clyde 1 Super Scoreboard Host Jim Delahunt with Fraser Wishart and Gordon Dalziel Celtic v Aberdeen Alison Robbie Dundee United v Hamilton Iain King Kilmarnock v St Mirren Mark Guidi Partick v ICT Ian McCall Ross County v Motherwell Bob Smith
Central FM Partick v Inverness CT Peter Martin, Gordon Smith and Alan Rough (commentary) Kilmarnock v St Mirren Craig Turnbull
BBC Radio Leeds
11:30-1800, split between th two commentaries, with Leeds United post-match on FM only
Leeds United - commentary - Katherine Hannah, Adam Pope and Ian Baird
Huddersfield Town - commentary also on the official Huddersfield Town website - Gareth Jones, Paul Ogden and Kieran O'Regan
Bradford City - Dave Fletcher
Nobody reported on Halifax Town, the Bradford Bulls or Batley, and there was no commentary on Castleford's match despite the importance of it.
Pulse 1 and official Bradford City website
Bradford City - commentary - Tim Thornton and Ian Ormondroyd
BBC Radio York
York City - commentary - David Ward, Tim Steere an Chris Jones
Harrogate Town - AM commentary - Rob Wilson rugby union: Malton and Norton - reports - David Payne
BBC Radio Humberside
Scunthorpe United - commentary - Matt Dean, Mike White and George Kerr
Grimsby Town - AM, DAB and online commentary - John Tondeur and Gary Croft
BBC Radio Sheffield
Jamie Campbell in the studio
Sheffield Wednesday - commentary - Rob Staton and Peter Shirtliff
Rotherham United - AM and DAB commentary - Andy Giddings
Shefffield United - Jonathan Buchan
Doncaster Roverrs - Murray Burnell
Barnsley - Alan Bigs
Chesterfield - Phil Tooley
BBC Radio Manchester presented by Jimmy Wagg from Bolton
Arsenal v Manchester City - Ian Cheeseman and Fred Eyre - 12.45 commentary
Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday - Jack Dearden and Simon Charlton - 3.0 commentary
Blackburn Rovers v Wigan Athletic - Paul Rowley - reports
Oldham Athletic v Gillingham - John Gilder - reports
Sheffield United v Rochdale - Joe Townsend - reports
Carlisle United v Bury - Andy Wood - reports
Chelsea v Swansea City - Ian Hunt (host - updater on MW / Digital TV) Simon Davies and Mickey Thomas (SW FM & SW Wales DAB)
Vincent Tan FC v Norwich City - Rob Phillips and Ian Walsh (SE FM & SE Wales DAB)
Newport County v Northampton Town - Mark Poyser and Jason Perry (MW / Digital TV part commentary)
Wrexham v Welling United - Carl Roberts and Kevin Ratcliffe (North FM & NE Wales DAB / Online)
Leinster v Scarlets (Guinness Pro12) - Claire Glancy
Ebbw Vale v Llandovery (Principality Premiership RU) - Phil Steele
BBC Radio Cymru
Chelsea v Swansea City - Owain Llyr (part host) and Iwan Roberts (nationwide commentary)
Vincent Tan FC v Norwich City - Eleri Siôn (host) with Dylan Griffiths (updates)
Newport County v Northampton Town - Alun Williams
Wrexham v Welling United - Malcolm Allen
The New Saints v Port Talbot Town - Marc Lloyd Williams
Leinster v Scarlets - Cennydd Davies (sounding as though he was in a studio booth )
Cardiff v Bridgend (Principality Premiership RU) - Alun Jenkins
Malcolm sounded very thrilled by the fact that the surname of Welling United's scorer was called 'Beautyman'
BBC Bristol / Somerset
Geoff Twentyman (studio host)
Bristol City v Doncaster Rovers - Ed Hadwin and Adam Baker (1548MW)
Coventry City v Yeovil Town - Chris Spittles and Chris Sweet (95.5FM)
Lincoln City v Bristol Rovers - Ian Randall and Keith Brookman (94.9FM / DAB)
Bath v London Welsh (Aviva Premiership RU) - Andrew Sheridan and Ross Batty (104.6FM / 1566MW / Online)
BFBS Radio
Bath v London Welsh (Aviva Premiership RU) - Ian Williams
Dougie Vipond presenting Sportsound from Stark's Park on 810MW.
Scottish Championship Raith Rovers v The Rangers (7.45pm) - Rob Maclean and Craig Paterson (commentary) with Chick Young pitchside BBC Radio Scotland, 13/9/14
Richard Gordon presenting Sportsound.
Scottish Premiership Celtic v Aberdeen (12.45) - Liam McLeod, Willie Miller and Pat Bonner (commentary) with Al Lamont pitchside Dundee Utd v Hamilton Accies - Jim Spence Kilmarnock v St Mirren - Derek Ferguson Partick Thistle v Inverness CT - Chick Young Ross County v Motherwell - John Robertson St Johnstone v Dundee - Allan Preston
Scottish Championship Dumbarton v Hearts - Rob Maclean Falkirk v Queen of the South - Charlie Mann
FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier Scotland v Faroe Islands (5.30pm) - Paul Mitchell, Shelley Kerr and Willie Miller (commentary) with Heather Dewar pitchside
Adrian Durham presenting Matchday Live from the Stadium of Light with Ray Parlour at Stamford Bridge, followed by Call Collymore from Anfield
Premier League
Liverpool v Aston Villa - Sam Matterface and Stan Collymore (5.30pm commentary), with Graham Beecroft at pitchside and Jon Norman producing
I didn't listen to the game live, but going by talkSPORT Listen Again it doesn't appear as if Graham Beecroft was on pitchside reporting duty, with Sam Matterface updating things like substitutions instead. However, Beeky did conduct their post-match interviews from Anfield - as other talkSPORT reporters at previous Saturday late games who have otherwise not been involved in the actual live match commentary have done in previous weeks. Given that on other games they've used reporters in an in-game reporting capacity as was commonplace in past seasons, they seem to be mixing things up a bit this term.
Looking ahead to talkSPORT's coverage of European club competitions this week, I've heard it confirmed that Nigel Adderley will be commentating on both Liverpool v Ludogorets (with Danny Murphy) on Tuesday and Partizan Belgrade v Tottenham Hotspur (with Ray Houghton) on Thursday. It'll be Jim Proudfoot and Michael Gray on Bayern v Manchester City on Wednesday. These two games will be Adderley's first commentaries on talkSPORT since the Champions League Final in May. I had been wondering how likely it would be for Adderley to return to the station's airwaves given that he wasn't part of their World Cup team and that the likes of Andrew McKenna, Gary Taphouse and Alan Parry as well as the returning Proudfoot have all done commentaries during the intervening period.
Also, Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest will be talkSPORT's live Capital One Cup Third Round commentary game a week on Wednesday (24th September).
Michael McMullan presenting Premier League Live, joined by Mark Lawrenson between the commentary games, followed by Fanzone hosted by Johnny Lyons with Brian Kerr at the Hawthorns
Premier League
Liverpool v Aston Villa - TBA
Today FM's reporter at Anfield for Liverpool v Aston Villa was Stuart Arrowsmith.
BBC London 94.9FM Crystal Palace v Burnley Emma Jones Charlton v Watford Phil Parry (host) and Paul Mortimore
Paul Mortimer - who usually co-commentates on the 5.30pm Premier League game for talkSPORT Live most Saturday afternoons - tweeted that he was with Emma Jones at Crystal Palace v Burnley to do commentary on the match for the BBC London website.
Premier League
Pat Heard & Ian Taylor: Liverpool v Aston Villa (5:30pm Updates)
Tony Brown: West Brom v Everton (3pm Updates)
Championship
Tom Ross & Kevan Broadhurst: Birmingham City v Leeds Untied (12:15 Updates)
Mikey Burrows & Steve Delay: Blackpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Live 3pm Commentary)
I know Richard Shepherd was Radio Wales's commentator for the WC 94 qualifyers, when they were, I believe, a penalty kick away from qualification. I don't know how long he was working for radio Wales for.
for anyone who is interested, he now commentates on Cardiff city matches for their 'Cardiff Player' internet service.
Here's where my pile of Welsh Radio Times back issues from the early eighties comes in handy, because Richard Shepherd appears to have been their principal football commentator around 1982-3, alongside Ron Jones.
Why Radio 5 Live seemingly can't justify doing off-tube updates on such games, perhaps complimented by on-site pre-match, half-time and full-time reports and interviews taken from other BBC networks, is completely beyond me.
Well, no argument from me about this, it's ridiculous not to at least have some reports from a home nation in a qualifer. It would be too much to expect full commentary on all games from all the home nations - Germany vs Scotland is an obvious one that deserves it, Andorra vs Wales isn't - but surely a reporter is the minimum we should be expecting. I remember back at the turn of the century sometimes you would get Angus Loughran doing brief reports on all-foreign Champions League matches via phone, even that would do. As you say, they don't even need a regular Five Live voice, someone from BBC Wales would do just as well.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Stoke City v Leicester City - Jason Bourne presenting from the Britannia Stadium, with Ian Stringer and Matt Elliott (FM commentary)
PREMIERSHIP
Exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers – Mike McCarthy presenting from Sandy Park, with Bleddyn Jones and Steve Johnson (DAB and online commentary)
Mark Saggers presenting Kick Off: Monday Night Feist Night alongside Stan Collymore
Premier League
Hull City v West Ham United - Graham Courtney
talkSPORT Live
Premier League
Hull City v West Ham United - Tom Rennie and Alan McLoughlin
I don't normally mention sports coverage sponsorship deals on here, but I caught a trailer for talkSPORT's commentary of Partizan Belgrade v Tottenham Hotspur noting that coverage would be sponsored by Fray Bentos. Presumably they'll be hoping for a few goals from Erik Lamela!
I've just heard it mentioned on their 8pm news bulletin that talkSPORT will be broadcasting "live, exclusive commentaries of every single Liverpool game in this season's European campaign" (to quote newsreader Ben Fletcher verbatim using the rewind button on TuneIn).
This is a bit of a departure for talkSPORT upon what we've heard in the last few seasons when they've generally opted to pick up rights to away matches for the British clubs involved on a game-by-game basis. However, during the 2000s they would sign up rights to usually two different English clubs playing in the Champions League on different days during the group stages - indeed I remember them covering Liverpool's 2009/10 European campaign, with them dropping into the Europa League after finishing third in their Champions League group that year, so I think the wording of their news bulletin indicates that they'll have the ability to follow Pool in the EL should that happen again.
I'd also be interested to know what they mean when they say their commentaries will be "exclusive" and "the only place to hear Liverpool" - are we talking exclusive national coverage as per their Premier League commentaries, meaning BBC Radio Merseyside and Radio City will still be able to provide commentary locally, or do they have fully exclusive UK radio rights (as I believe they had with Manchester United's home European games in the late 1990s)? I also imagine that BBC Radio 5 Live and the two local radio stations I mention will be able to gain commentary rights to Liverpool's away European games given that they are not LFCs to sell.
I've just heard it mentioned on their 8pm news bulletin that talkSPORT will be broadcasting "live, exclusive commentaries of every single Liverpool game in this season's European campaign" (to quote newsreader Ben Fletcher verbatim using the rewind button on TuneIn).
This is a bit of a departure for talkSPORT upon what we've heard in the last few seasons when they've generally opted to pick up rights to away matches for the British clubs involved on a game-by-game basis. However, during the 2000s they would sign up rights to usually two different English clubs playing in the Champions League on different days during the group stages - indeed I remember them covering Liverpool's 2009/10 European campaign, with them dropping into the Europa League after finishing third in their Champions League group that year, so I think the wording of their news bulletin indicates that they'll have the ability to follow Pool in the EL should that happen again.
I'd also be interested to know what they mean when they say their commentaries will be "exclusive" and "the only place to hear Liverpool" - are we talking exclusive national coverage as per their Premier League commentaries, meaning BBC Radio Merseyside and Radio City will still be able to provide commentary locally, or do they have fully exclusive UK radio rights (as I believe they had with Manchester United's home European games in the late 1990s)? I also imagine that BBC Radio 5 Live and the two local radio stations I mention will be able to gain commentary rights to Liverpool's away European games given that they are not LFCs to sell.
I don't think they are being covered locally so yes I expect it's a sole exclusive right for them. Merseyside Sport tomorrow promises coverage of Tranmere v Newport & Chester v Southport without mentioning the Liverpool match. To be fair it's not a massive surprise as they both dropped out of Europa League commentary last time they were in.
Ps looks like Everton's Europa League games won't be covered locally either.
I've just heard it mentioned on their 8pm news bulletin that talkSPORT will be broadcasting "live, exclusive commentaries of every single Liverpool game in this season's European campaign" (to quote newsreader Ben Fletcher verbatim using the rewind button on TuneIn).
This is a bit of a departure for talkSPORT upon what we've heard in the last few seasons when they've generally opted to pick up rights to away matches for the British clubs involved on a game-by-game basis. However, during the 2000s they would sign up rights to usually two different English clubs playing in the Champions League on different days during the group stages - indeed I remember them covering Liverpool's 2009/10 European campaign, with them dropping into the Europa League after finishing third in their Champions League group that year, so I think the wording of their news bulletin indicates that they'll have the ability to follow Pool in the EL should that happen again.
I'd also be interested to know what they mean when they say their commentaries will be "exclusive" and "the only place to hear Liverpool" - are we talking exclusive national coverage as per their Premier League commentaries, meaning BBC Radio Merseyside and Radio City will still be able to provide commentary locally, or do they have fully exclusive UK radio rights (as I believe they had with Manchester United's home European games in the late 1990s)? I also imagine that BBC Radio 5 Live and the two local radio stations I mention will be able to gain commentary rights to Liverpool's away European games given that they are not LFCs to sell.
Interesting news that, surprised it hasn't been picked up by the Media Guardian, or in fact or any other news website,
If Radio Merseyside will have the rights, could the BBC not broadcast that online nationally, I think they do this for Premiership matches broadcast by BBC Radio London.
talkSPORT confirm worldwide commentary deal for Liverpool's Champions League matches:
In a new partnership announced today talkSPORT, the world's biggest sports radio station, becomes official radio broadcaster of all of Liverpool FC's Champions League fixtures.
Kicking off with the group match against Bulgarian side Ludogorets on 16th September, talkSPORT will bring Liverpool fans full coverage including the matches against Champions League holders Real Madrid and Swiss side Basel as well as all of the side's matches in the knockout stages with former midfielder Danny Murphy part of the commentary team.
Internationally, the station will also broadcast the commentaries to fans around the world via talkSPORT.com.
Liam Fisher, talkSPORT Programme Director said: “Liverpool has an enormous heritage in European competitions and it's fantastic to bring the club's return to the Champions League to listeners. Balotelli v Bale is just one of the several thrilling encounters we've got to look forward to and with Danny Murphy behind the microphone we'll have expert analysis of every moment.”
Matthew Baxter, Chief Media Officer at Liverpool FC said: “Teaming up with a global sports radio station, like talkSPORT means that our fans get to follow all of our upcoming Champions League games in real time no matter where in the world they live. This season marks a big moment for the Club, as we return to the UEFA Champions League after a five year absence.”
Upcoming Liverpool Champions League matches:
Tue 16 Sep - Liverpool v Ludogorets Razgrad
Wed 1 Oct - FC Basel v Liverpool
Wed 22 Oct - Liverpool v Real Madrid
Tue 4 Nov - Real Madrid v Liverpool
Wed 26 Nov - Ludogorets Razgrad v Liverpool
Tue 9 Dec - Liverpool v FC Basel
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BBC WM
BBC WM Sport with Daz Hale Live from St Andrews at 12:00 then at 14:20 Paul Franks live from Bloomfield Road and then at 17:20 Mike Taylor Live from Anfield.
Premier League
Steve Hermon & Mike Taylor: Liverpool v Aston Villa (Live FM Commentary at 5:30pm)
Rob Gurney: West Brom v Everton (Live 3pm Commentary on DAB)
Championship
Richard Wilford & Daz Hale: Birmingham City v Leeds Untied (Live FM Commentary from 12:15pm)
Mark Regan & Paul Franks: Blackpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Live FM Commentary from 3pm)
League One
Tom Marlow: Walsall v Preston (3pm Updates)
Adrian Durham presenting Matchday Live from the Stadium of Light with Ray Parlour at Stamford Bridge, followed by Call Collymore from Anfield
Premier League
Arsenal v Manchester City - Mike Bovill
Chelsea v Swansea City - Ian Abrahams and Ray Parlour
Crystal Palace v Burnley - Andrew McKenna
Southampton v Newcastle United - Tony Incenzo
Stoke City v Leicester City - Simon Humphreys
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Graham Courtney and Adrian Durham
West Bromwich Albion v Everton - Dave Rowe
Liverpool v Aston Villa - Sam Matterface and Stan Collymore (5.30pm commentary), with Graham Beecroft at pitchside and Jon Norman producing
Championship
Birmingham City v Leeds United - Geoff Peters
Blackpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Dom McGuinness
Brentford v Brighton & Hove Albion - Elliot Cook
Cardiff City v Norwich City - Sam Fleet
Reading v Fulham - Olly Wilson
Rugby Union: Premiership
Bath v London Welsh - Ian Williams
talkSPORT Live
Premier League
Arsenal v Manchester City - Adam Bridge and Bobby Gould
Chelsea v Swansea City - Alex Crook and Chris Perry (featured 3pm commentary on international radio stations)
Crystal Palace v Burnley - Dan Windle
Southampton v Newcastle United - Dan Wheeler
Stoke City v Leicester City - Chris Parrott
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Paul Sarahs
West Bromwich Albion v Everton - Jon Howick
Liverpool v Aston Villa - TBA
Bundesliga
Borussia Monchengladbach v Schalke 04 - Kevin Hatchard
A couple of new voices on talkSPORT Live today. Paul Sarahs is the European football expert on Radio 5 Live's World Football Phone-In among other things, while Jon Howick is a completely new name to me. A Google of his Twitter account tells me he freelances for BBC Surrey and Sussex, Sky News Radio and IRN among others.
Absolute Radio
Russ Williams presenting Rock 'N' Roll Football Live alongside Alan Curbishley, followed by Ian Wright and Ian Stone on the phone-in
Premier League
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Jon Champion and Clarke Carlisle (3pm commentary), with Carl Ralley producing
Today FM
Michael McMullan presenting Premier League Live, joined by Mark Lawrenson between the commentary games, followed by Fanzone hosted by Johnny Lyons with Brian Kerr at the Hawthorns
Premier League
Arsenal v Manchester City - Ron Jones and Chris Hughton (12.45pm commentary)
Chelsea v Swansea City - Alan Tolley
Crystal Palace v Burnley - Graham Miller
Southampton v Newcastle United - Russell Hargreaves
Stoke City v Leicester City - Phil Kinsella
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Roger Tames
West Bromwich Albion v Everton - Ian Beach and Brian Kerr (3pm commentary)
Liverpool v Aston Villa - TBA
Newstalk 106-108FM
Adrian Barry presenting Off The Ball alongside Dave McIntyre and Roddy Collins
Premier League (as IRN)
Arsenal v Manchester City - Nigel Bidmead
Chelsea v Swansea City - Andrew Cheal
Crystal Palace v Burnley - Adam Lindsay
Southampton v Newcastle United - Alan Lewis
Stoke City v Leicester City - Paul Anthony
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Nick Walsh
West Bromwich Albion v Everton - Clive Edwards
Liverpool v Aston Villa - Shane Pinnington
Rugby Union: Pro12
Leinster v Scarlets - Cian Murtagh
Arsenal v Man City Alan Seabrook
Chelsea v Swansea Ankur Desai
Crystal Palace v Burnley Emma Jones
Sunderland v Tottenham Andy Rowley and Steve Froggatt (FM commentary)
Brentford v Brighton Billy Reeves
Charlton v Watford Phil Parry (host) and Paul Mortimore
Ipswich v Millwall Nick Godwin and Bradley Allen (DAB commentary)
Reading v Fulham Jamie Hill
Leyton Orient v Colchester Dave Victor
Accrington Stanley v AFC Wimbledon Mark Taylor
Dagenham and Redbridge v Cambridge United Stuart Smith
BBC Three Counties Radio
Charlton v Watford Jon Marks and Derek Payne (98.0 and 103.8FM commentary)
Barnsley v MK Dons Paul Dixon and Lee Scrivens (104.5FM commentary)
Luton v Cheltenham Geoff Doyle (host) and Luke Ashmead (AM commentary)
Stevenage v Shrewsbury Steve Watkins and Simon Oxley (95.5FM commentary)
Wycombe v Mansfield Phil Catchpole
BBC Essex
Host Glen Speller
Leyton Orient v Colchester Neil Kelly and ? (commentary)
Southend v Portsmouth Nick Aliker and ? (commentary)
Braintree v Kidderminster Matt Barker
Oldham v Gillingham Roland Sully (?) and Peter Lloyd (commentary)
Gateshead v Dartford Dave Andrews
Dover v Macclesfield matt Cole (host) and Tony Hudd
Folkestone v Margate Matt Gerrard
Tonbridge v Herne Bay Alex Stanovicz ?
BBC Radio Surrey / Sussex
Brentford v Brighton Johnny Cantor and ? (Sussex commentary)
Crawley v Fleetwood John Barnet
Nuneaton v Aldershot Gavin Denison and Ron Wilds (Surrey commentary)
Woking v Chester Gary Smith
Bromley v Farnborough Clive Howse
Radio City Sport
WBA v Everton Alan Irwin and Graeme Sharpe (commentary)
Liverpool v Aston Villa Steve Hothersal and John Aldridge (commentary)
Radio Clyde 1 Super Scoreboard
Host Jim Delahunt with Fraser Wishart and Gordon Dalziel
Celtic v Aberdeen Alison Robbie
Dundee United v Hamilton Iain King
Kilmarnock v St Mirren Mark Guidi
Partick v ICT Ian McCall
Ross County v Motherwell Bob Smith
Central FM
Partick v Inverness CT Peter Martin, Gordon Smith and Alan Rough (commentary)
Kilmarnock v St Mirren Craig Turnbull
11:30-1800, split between th two commentaries, with Leeds United post-match on FM only
Leeds United - commentary - Katherine Hannah, Adam Pope and Ian Baird
Huddersfield Town - commentary also on the official Huddersfield Town website - Gareth Jones, Paul Ogden and Kieran O'Regan
Bradford City - Dave Fletcher
Nobody reported on Halifax Town, the Bradford Bulls or Batley, and there was no commentary on Castleford's match despite the importance of it.
Pulse 1 and official Bradford City website
Bradford City - commentary - Tim Thornton and Ian Ormondroyd
BBC Radio York
York City - commentary - David Ward, Tim Steere an Chris Jones
Harrogate Town - AM commentary - Rob Wilson
rugby union: Malton and Norton - reports - David Payne
BBC Radio Humberside
Scunthorpe United - commentary - Matt Dean, Mike White and George Kerr
Grimsby Town - AM, DAB and online commentary - John Tondeur and Gary Croft
BBC Radio Sheffield
Jamie Campbell in the studio
Sheffield Wednesday - commentary - Rob Staton and Peter Shirtliff
Rotherham United - AM and DAB commentary - Andy Giddings
Shefffield United - Jonathan Buchan
Doncaster Roverrs - Murray Burnell
Barnsley - Alan Bigs
Chesterfield - Phil Tooley
Arsenal v Manchester City - Ian Cheeseman and Fred Eyre - 12.45 commentary
Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday - Jack Dearden and Simon Charlton - 3.0 commentary
Blackburn Rovers v Wigan Athletic - Paul Rowley - reports
Oldham Athletic v Gillingham - John Gilder - reports
Sheffield United v Rochdale - Joe Townsend - reports
Carlisle United v Bury - Andy Wood - reports
Was also on 5LSX.
Chelsea v Swansea City - Ian Hunt (host - updater on MW / Digital TV) Simon Davies and Mickey Thomas (SW FM & SW Wales DAB)
Vincent Tan FC v Norwich City - Rob Phillips and Ian Walsh (SE FM & SE Wales DAB)
Newport County v Northampton Town - Mark Poyser and Jason Perry (MW / Digital TV part commentary)
Wrexham v Welling United - Carl Roberts and Kevin Ratcliffe (North FM & NE Wales DAB / Online)
Leinster v Scarlets (Guinness Pro12) - Claire Glancy
Ebbw Vale v Llandovery (Principality Premiership RU) - Phil Steele
BBC Radio Cymru
Chelsea v Swansea City - Owain Llyr (part host) and Iwan Roberts (nationwide commentary)
Vincent Tan FC v Norwich City - Eleri Siôn (host) with Dylan Griffiths (updates)
Newport County v Northampton Town - Alun Williams
Wrexham v Welling United - Malcolm Allen
The New Saints v Port Talbot Town - Marc Lloyd Williams
Leinster v Scarlets - Cennydd Davies (sounding as though he was in a studio booth
Cardiff v Bridgend (Principality Premiership RU) - Alun Jenkins
Malcolm sounded very thrilled by the fact that the surname of Welling United's scorer was called 'Beautyman'
BBC Bristol / Somerset
Geoff Twentyman (studio host)
Bristol City v Doncaster Rovers - Ed Hadwin and Adam Baker (1548MW)
Coventry City v Yeovil Town - Chris Spittles and Chris Sweet (95.5FM)
Lincoln City v Bristol Rovers - Ian Randall and Keith Brookman (94.9FM / DAB)
Bath v London Welsh (Aviva Premiership RU) - Andrew Sheridan and Ross Batty (104.6FM / 1566MW / Online)
BFBS Radio
Bath v London Welsh (Aviva Premiership RU) - Ian Williams
Dougie Vipond presenting Sportsound from Stark's Park on 810MW.
Scottish Championship
Raith Rovers v The Rangers (7.45pm) - Rob Maclean and Craig Paterson (commentary) with Chick Young pitchside
BBC Radio Scotland, 13/9/14
Richard Gordon presenting Sportsound.
Scottish Premiership
Celtic v Aberdeen (12.45) - Liam McLeod, Willie Miller and Pat Bonner (commentary) with Al Lamont pitchside
Dundee Utd v Hamilton Accies - Jim Spence
Kilmarnock v St Mirren - Derek Ferguson
Partick Thistle v Inverness CT - Chick Young
Ross County v Motherwell - John Robertson
St Johnstone v Dundee - Allan Preston
Scottish Championship
Dumbarton v Hearts - Rob Maclean
Falkirk v Queen of the South - Charlie Mann
FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier
Scotland v Faroe Islands (5.30pm) - Paul Mitchell, Shelley Kerr and Willie Miller (commentary) with Heather Dewar pitchside
I didn't listen to the game live, but going by talkSPORT Listen Again it doesn't appear as if Graham Beecroft was on pitchside reporting duty, with Sam Matterface updating things like substitutions instead. However, Beeky did conduct their post-match interviews from Anfield - as other talkSPORT reporters at previous Saturday late games who have otherwise not been involved in the actual live match commentary have done in previous weeks. Given that on other games they've used reporters in an in-game reporting capacity as was commonplace in past seasons, they seem to be mixing things up a bit this term.
Looking ahead to talkSPORT's coverage of European club competitions this week, I've heard it confirmed that Nigel Adderley will be commentating on both Liverpool v Ludogorets (with Danny Murphy) on Tuesday and Partizan Belgrade v Tottenham Hotspur (with Ray Houghton) on Thursday. It'll be Jim Proudfoot and Michael Gray on Bayern v Manchester City on Wednesday. These two games will be Adderley's first commentaries on talkSPORT since the Champions League Final in May. I had been wondering how likely it would be for Adderley to return to the station's airwaves given that he wasn't part of their World Cup team and that the likes of Andrew McKenna, Gary Taphouse and Alan Parry as well as the returning Proudfoot have all done commentaries during the intervening period.
Also, Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest will be talkSPORT's live Capital One Cup Third Round commentary game a week on Wednesday (24th September).
talkSPORT Live's commentary team on Liverpool v Aston Villa was Toby Gilles and Paul McVeigh.
Today FM's reporter at Anfield for Liverpool v Aston Villa was Stuart Arrowsmith.
Paul Mortimer - who usually co-commentates on the 5.30pm Premier League game for talkSPORT Live most Saturday afternoons - tweeted that he was with Emma Jones at Crystal Palace v Burnley to do commentary on the match for the BBC London website.
He's Ronan Sully.
Free Radio 80s
Tom Ross's Goalzone with Tom Ross
Premier League
Pat Heard & Ian Taylor: Liverpool v Aston Villa (5:30pm Updates)
Tony Brown: West Brom v Everton (3pm Updates)
Championship
Tom Ross & Kevan Broadhurst: Birmingham City v Leeds Untied (12:15 Updates)
Mikey Burrows & Steve Delay: Blackpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Live 3pm Commentary)
PREMIER LEAGUE
Manchester United v QPR - Jonathan Overend presenting from Old Trafford, with Alan Green and Robbie Savage (16:00 commentary)
CHAMPIONSHIP
Nottingham Forest v Derby - Connor McNamara and Neil Lennon (13:15 commentary)
Robin Chipperfield presenting Matchday from the City Ground
Championship
Nottingham Forest v Derby County - Colin Fray and Steve Hodge (1.15pm commentary)
BBC Radio Derby
Owen Bradley presenting Sportscene from the City Ground
Championship
Nottingham Forest v Derby County - Ed Dawes and Craig Ramage (1.15pm commentary)
Ian Danter presenting Sunday Exclusive alongside Alan Curbishley and Steve Lomas, followed by Call Collymore with Jason Cundy
Premier League
Manchester United v Queens Park Rangers - Dom McGuinness and Michael Gray
Championship
Nottingham Forest v Derby County - Geoff Peters
talkSPORT Live
Premier League
Manchester United v Queens Park Rangers - Richard Connelly and Paul Hall
Bundesliga
Hannover 96 v Hamburger SV - Tim Long
Newstalk 106-108FM
Joe Molloy presenting Off The Ball alongside Adrian Barry
Premier League
Manchester United v Queens Park Rangers - Dave McIntyre and Steven Reid (4pm commentary)
Here's where my pile of Welsh Radio Times back issues from the early eighties comes in handy, because Richard Shepherd appears to have been their principal football commentator around 1982-3, alongside Ron Jones.
Well, no argument from me about this, it's ridiculous not to at least have some reports from a home nation in a qualifer. It would be too much to expect full commentary on all games from all the home nations - Germany vs Scotland is an obvious one that deserves it, Andorra vs Wales isn't - but surely a reporter is the minimum we should be expecting. I remember back at the turn of the century sometimes you would get Angus Loughran doing brief reports on all-foreign Champions League matches via phone, even that would do. As you say, they don't even need a regular Five Live voice, someone from BBC Wales would do just as well.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Stoke City v Leicester City - Jason Bourne presenting from the Britannia Stadium, with Ian Stringer and Matt Elliott (FM commentary)
PREMIERSHIP
Exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers – Mike McCarthy presenting from Sandy Park, with Bleddyn Jones and Steve Johnson (DAB and online commentary)
Mark Saggers presenting Kick Off: Monday Night Feist Night alongside Stan Collymore
Premier League
Hull City v West Ham United - Graham Courtney
talkSPORT Live
Premier League
Hull City v West Ham United - Tom Rennie and Alan McLoughlin
I don't normally mention sports coverage sponsorship deals on here, but I caught a trailer for talkSPORT's commentary of Partizan Belgrade v Tottenham Hotspur noting that coverage would be sponsored by Fray Bentos. Presumably they'll be hoping for a few goals from Erik Lamela!
Mark Chapman presenting
Hull City vs West Ham - Steve Bower & Kevin Kilbane
Juliette Ferrington producing
This is a bit of a departure for talkSPORT upon what we've heard in the last few seasons when they've generally opted to pick up rights to away matches for the British clubs involved on a game-by-game basis. However, during the 2000s they would sign up rights to usually two different English clubs playing in the Champions League on different days during the group stages - indeed I remember them covering Liverpool's 2009/10 European campaign, with them dropping into the Europa League after finishing third in their Champions League group that year, so I think the wording of their news bulletin indicates that they'll have the ability to follow Pool in the EL should that happen again.
I'd also be interested to know what they mean when they say their commentaries will be "exclusive" and "the only place to hear Liverpool" - are we talking exclusive national coverage as per their Premier League commentaries, meaning BBC Radio Merseyside and Radio City will still be able to provide commentary locally, or do they have fully exclusive UK radio rights (as I believe they had with Manchester United's home European games in the late 1990s)? I also imagine that BBC Radio 5 Live and the two local radio stations I mention will be able to gain commentary rights to Liverpool's away European games given that they are not LFCs to sell.
I don't think they are being covered locally so yes I expect it's a sole exclusive right for them. Merseyside Sport tomorrow promises coverage of Tranmere v Newport & Chester v Southport without mentioning the Liverpool match. To be fair it's not a massive surprise as they both dropped out of Europa League commentary last time they were in.
Ps looks like Everton's Europa League games won't be covered locally either.
Interesting news that, surprised it hasn't been picked up by the Media Guardian, or in fact or any other news website,
If Radio Merseyside will have the rights, could the BBC not broadcast that online nationally, I think they do this for Premiership matches broadcast by BBC Radio London.
One would imagine that the BBC will still be able to secure rights to Liverpool's away games in Europe if they so wish?
This deal would mean that 5 Live won't be able to broadcast Liverpool v Real Madrid or any of their other home games?
Imagine if they get into the knockout stages and 5 Live can't broadcast commentary of a decisive second leg at Anfield.