Is Karl Harrison, some ex-rugby guy, would prefer Phil Hay from YEP. Though listening to full match comm on Bates Radio.

Thom Kirwin off Bates Radio referred to speaking to Accrington media as a colleague can't see how as prob works for BBC Lancs.

5 Live

With Arlo White at The Reebok Stadium

Birmingham v Blackburn - Mike Sewell
Bolton v West Ham - Conor McNamara
Man Utd v Wolves - John Murray, Jimmy Armfield & Alan Green
Sunderland v Aston Villa - Peter Slater (David Oates & Dean Kiely on Sports Extra)

Dundee Utd v Rangers - Roddy Forsyth

Add Cardiff to that list (unfortunately).

BBC Radio Five Live

Birmingham v Blackburn Mike Sewell
Bolton v West Ham Arlo White (host) and Conor McNamara
Man Utd v Wolves John Murray, Alan Green and Jimmy Armfield (commentary)
Sunderland v Aston Villa Peter Slater
Dundee United v Rangers Roddy Forsyth


BBC London 94.9

Bolton v West Ham Nick Godwin and Clive Walker (commentary)
(Phil Parry and Clive Walker commentated on Monday for WBA v QPR)

With regard to London coverage, BBC London 94.9 seems to offer coverage of London football concentrating on Chelsea and West Ham with occasional coverage of Tottenham and (slightly) Fulham. There seems to be no local radio coverage anywhere of Arsenal. The Capital Gold and LBC coverage seems a long time ago sadly. (BBC London does a great job of local football coverage here in the capital.)

EDIT Sorry, shaun_d, just noticed your Five Live details.
Last edited by IanFergus : 15-12-2009 at 22:16

Additional information for BBC London 94.9

Basel v Fulham is one of three commentary games tomorrow night. Unfortunately I am out (damned Christmas parties) so I shall not be able to report until Thurday at latest (without any details of the Wednesday matches).

Altrincham V Wrexham (FA Trophy 1st round replay) - Ian Beddow and Waynne Phillips (North FM / Online) for BBC Radio Wales

Meilir Owen (and probably Dylan Griffiths) did Middlesbrough V Cardiff City for BBC Radio Cymru on Sunday. Meilir mentioned he was there whilst on Sgorio on Monday.

TalkSPORT

Danny Kelly presenting

Birmingham v Blackburn Geoff Peters & Stan Collymore
Bolton v West Ham Graham Beecroft
Man Utd v Wolves Dom McGuinness
Sunderland v Aston Villa Graeme Courtney
Dundee United v Rangers Mark Donaldson



Kevin Gallagher may have been working for 5 Live at the Birmingham - Blackburn game

It says on the main page that bbisaddictive is the last person to post something on this thread but on the thread itself, his post isn't there. Hmmm.

EDIT: I can see it now.

Have you been drinking, 4-4-2 ??

Your post wasn't showing until I posted.

But.... yes, I have.

Wednesday 16th December 2009

City Sport
Liverpool v Wigan: Stuart Arrowsmith & John Aldridge

BBC Merseyside - Host: Alan Jackson
Liverpool v Wigan: Gary Flintoff & Jimmy Case

BBC Lancashire - Host: Phil Cunliffe
Burnley v Arsenal: Scott Reid & Mickey Mellon

BBC Manchester
Tottenham v Man City: Ian Cheeseman & Fred Eyre (Commentary)
Liverpool v Wigan: Jack Dearden (Updates)

Key 103 FM
Tottenham v Man City: Hugh Ferris & Andy Hinchcliffe*

*4th game in 5 days for the Chinch taking into account his tv and radio commitments. Hugh introduced him on air tonight as "on tv more than Michael McIntyre and HD does nothing for his massive chin."

Tottenham Hotspur V Manchester City

BBC Radio Five Live Sports Xtra - Nigel Adderley and Steve Claridge (whom mefinks has a cold)
Five Live - Mike Sewell

Wednesday 16th December - talkSPORT

Danny Kelly presenting Kick-Off: Wednesday Night Football alongside Stan Collymore (at Turf Moor)

UEFA Europa League Group E
FC Basel v Fulham - Nigel Pearson

Premier League
Burnley v Arsenal - Simon Humphreys and Stan Collymore
Chelsea v Portsmouth - Ian Abrahams
Liverpool v Wigan Athletic - Dom McGuinness
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City - Andy Clarke

BBC WM


Monday 14th December

Mark Regan presenting The Football Phone-In, followed by Gurney & Wheeler

Championship
West Bromwich Albion v Queens Park Rangers - Dan Wheeler

(Nigel Pearson was reporting on this game for talkSPORT)


Tuesday 15th December

Mark Regan presenting The Football Phone-In and WM Sport from St Andrews

Premier League
Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers - Terry Goodwin and Mark Regan (commentary on DAB in Birmingham)
Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Rob Gurney and Dan Wheeler (commentary on DAB in Wolverhampton)
Sunderland v Aston Villa - Mike Taylor and Richard Wilford (commentary on 95.6FM)


I take it no-one listened in for the Orion commentaries earlier in the week.

Tom Ross and Tony Brown most likely did the West Brom game on Beacon and Gold but I have no idea who would have done Tuesday's games. The podcasts haven't been uploaded yet, but I will post the commentary details if I can once they are.

We've got Five Live Sports Extra, but has anyone got the full Five Live details? I didn't listen myself.

Wednesday 16th December - BBC Five Live

Mark Chapman presenting Five Live Sport from Stamford Bridge

UEFA Europa League Group E
FC Basel v Fulham - Jacqui Oatley

Premier League
Burnley v Arsenal - Conor McNamara, Darren Fletcher and Matt Jackson (commentary)
Chelsea v Portsmouth - Alistair Bruce-Ball
Liverpool v Wigan Athletic - Peter Slater
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City - Mike Sewell


I didn't listen either, so the details are courtesy of the IPlayer which archives Five Live Sport, commetaries included, it appears.

Orion Media Midlands


Monday 14th December - Beacon 97.2FM and Gold 1152AM (Birmingham)

Tom Ross presenting The Black Country Goalzone from the Hawthorns

Championship
West Bromwich Albion v Queens Park Rangers - Tom Ross and Tony Brown (commentary)


Tuesday 15th December - BRMB/Beacon 97.2FM/Gold 1152AM (Birmingham)

Tom Ross presenting The Goalzone from the Stadium of Light

Premier League
Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers - Mikey Burrows and Jon McCarthy (Gold commentary)
Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Bill Hatton and Robbie Dennison (Beacon commentary)
Sunderland v Aston Villa - Tom Ross and Pat Heard (BRMB commentary)


Information courtesy of the podcasts on the BRMB and Beacon websites, who now upload separate podcasts for each match (rather than just rounding up midweek games in weekly podcasts after the Saturday action).

Thursday 17th December - talkSPORT

Danny Kelly presenting Kick-Off alongside Alvin Martin

UEFA Europa League Group C
Rapid Vienna v Celtic - Mark Donaldson

UEFA Europa League Group I
Everton v BATE Borisov - Dom McGuinness

Thursday 17th December 2009

BBC Merseyside - Host: Gary Flintoff
Everton v Bate Borisov (Europa League): Mike Hughes & Ronnie Goodlass

City Sport
Everton v Bate Borisov (Europa League): Alan Irwin & Derek Mountfield

Friday 18th December - UEFA Champions League & UEFA Europa League Knockout Stage Draw

talkSPORT - Mike Bovill
BBC Five Live - Nigel Adderley (from Nyon apparently)



talkSPORT will be pleased with Chelsea's tie with Inter Milan in the Champions League, perhaps less so with Liverpool v Unirea in the Europa League (should they have rights to it).

It's interesting to note that, due to Inter and AC Milan both playing at home first in their second round ties, Inter v Chelsea will be played a week later than the other first leg games. This means both talkSPORT and Five Live could potentially offer commentaries on all three first leg matches of the Champions League ties involving the English teams should they secure the rights to them.

The games were always due to be held over 2 weeks per leg, so the English sides will always play on different days in this round.

Thanks for posting that Richard - I must admit that change to the Champions League format slipped beneath my radar.

Also, thanks to everyone who filled me in with the details of the football commentary situation in London.

BBC London do a fine job from the little I've heard, but even so it's a shame the capital doesn't have any kind of commercial alternative.


Moving onto today, and have you heard from commentators/reporters who were intended to be at games which have been postponed on the stations you listen to?

So far on talkSPORT they crossed over to Roger Hughes, who was investigating into why the Cardiff v Leicester game he was due to report on was called off.

BBC Radio Leicester

Ian Stringer presenting Sportstime.

With City's game at Cardiff postponed and Hinckley's home game against Southport also called-off, the show is now a studio based with callers, interviews, updates from the day's sport and music tracks followed by commentary of Tigers this evening.

Championship
Cardiff P-P Leicester

Conference North
Hinckley P-P Southport
Non League Round-Up - Russell Hobbs

Heineken Cup
Leicester v Clermont Auvergne - Bleddyn Jones and Steve Johnson (commentary)

Saturday 19th December


talkSPORT

Adrian Durham presenting Matchday Live, followed by Call Collymore with Stan Collymore at Ewood Park

Premier League
Portsmouth v Liverpool - Dan Freeman and Bobby Gould
Aston Villa v Stoke City - Ian Abrahams
Blackburn Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur - Nigel Pearson and Stan Collymore (commentary), with Simon Humphreys at pitchside
Fulham v Manchester United - Andy Clarke
Manchester City v Sunderland - Dom McGuinness
Arsenal v Hull City - Mike Bovill

Championship
Bristol City v Reading - Dave Rowe
Cardiff City P-P Leicester City - Roger Hughes
Derby County v Doncaster Rovers - Ian Danter
Peterborough United v Watford - Kev Lawrence
Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United - Tony Incenzo
Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City - Graham Courtney
Nottingham Forest v Preston North End - Will Perry

League One and Two
Postponement round-up - Mike Bovill

Cricket: First Test Match
South Africa v England - Jack Bannister

Darts: PDC World Championship
Alexandra Palace - Dan Dawson



BBC WM

Paul Franks presenting WM Sport from Villa Park

Premier League
Aston Villa v Stoke City - Richard Wilford and Paul Franks (commentary), with Jane France interviewing the fans outside Villa Park

Championship
Blackpool P-P West Bromwich Albion - Phil Cartwright

League One
Walsall v Leyton Orient - Mike Taylor, with Mick Kearns providing analysis



BRMB/Mercia FM/Gold 1152AM (Birmingham)

Tom Ross presenting The Goalzone from Villa Park

Premier League
Aston Villa v Stoke City - Tom Ross and Pat Heard (BRMB and Gold commentary)

Championship
Blackpool P-P West Bromwich Albion - ?*
Plymouth Argyle v Coventry City - Mikey Burrows and Dave Bennett (Mercia commentary)


*With Blackpool v West Brom frozen off, Beacon are airing a music show instead. Gold was also scheduled to take the game at Bloomfield Road but with the postponement opted for Aston Villa commentary over networked programmes.

BBC Radio Wales

Simon Davies hosting

Cardiff City P-P Leicester City - Rob Phillips
Sheffield United V Jackland - Iain Gwyn Hughes and Kevin Ratcliffe (SE FM / SW FM / North FM)

BBC Radio Cymru

Eleri Sion and Dylan Ebenezer (was due to be at the Cardiff City stadium) hosting

Sheffield Wednesday V Jackland - Nic Parry and Meilir Owen (commentary from the 16th minute)
Fulham V Manchester United - Alwyn Parry Griffiths

BBC Bristol / Somerset

Geoff Twentymann hosting

Bristol City V Reading - Ed Hadwin and Adam Baker (1548MW / DAB)
Tranmere Rovers V Bristol Rovers - Pete Simson and Keith Brookman (94.9FM / 1566MW)
Hartlepool V Yeovil Town - Richard Hoskin and Chris Spittles (95.5FM)
Bridgwater Town V Andover - Mike Kay

Real Radio South Wales

Sheffield Wednesday V Jackland - Mark Poyser

Swansea Sound

Sheffield Wednesday V Jackland - Steve Crossman