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Radio Football Commentators and Reporters 2010/11
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The Difference
05-05-2011
Originally Posted by bwfcol:
“5Live have West Ham vs Blackburn on Saturday
Sports Extra has Aston Villa vs Wigan

I presume Absoloute have gone for Everton vs Man City”

Correct.

A quick note on the Sports Extra Saturday 3pm games. Some people might have noticed these matches as being unusual, given that 5 Live technically only have rights to one first pick game at that time. I'm guessing 5 Live are picking up secondary matches to cover on Sports Extra as shortfall due to them otherwise not being close to fulfilling their total of 128 Premier League commentaries per season. Shaun_D posted a few pages back that 5 Live were short of meeting their 32-match quota in a couple of their bundles of matches, so I guess the Premier League have been flexible and are allowing them to pick up these to make up the numbers.

I'd imagine these games are third pick matches too, obviously Absolute Radio has the second choice of fixtures at 3pm on Saturdays and that should not be affected by this arrangement.
The Difference
05-05-2011
Matches that matter in each division on the final day of the Football League season this Saturday (clubs with something to play for are emboldened - ones with play-off positional implications only are in a second paragraph):

Championship

Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest
Queens Park Rangers v Leeds United

Burnley v Cardiff City
Reading v Derby County
Swansea City v Sheffield United

League One

Huddersfield Town v Brentford
Notts County v Brighton & Hove Albion
Peterborough United v Dagenham & Redbridge
Southampton v Walsall

AFC Bournemouth v Rochdale
Oldham Athletic v Milton Keynes Dons

League Two

Barnet v Port Vale
Chesterfield v Gillingham
Rotherham v Torquay United
Lincoln City v Aldershot Town
Shrewsbury Town v Oxford United
Stevenage v Bury
Wycombe Wanderers v Southend United

It will be interesting to see how many of these matches will have a reporter present from both of our sports-based national radio stations.

If I remember rightly, Radio 5 Live had a reporter at every match that mattered on the final day of the League One and Two season last year. However this kind of service is less likely to be possible this year, as the final knockings of the Championship take place on the same day rather than on the Sunday as was the case in 2010, and there is also the small matter of a full programme of Premier League games too. I'd be seriously impressed if they have a presence at ten or more games from the lower leagues on Saturday given their other commitments.

If I was running talkSPORT, I'd perhaps take less of a focus on the Championship - only the matches involving Leeds and Forest really need to be covered in terms of play-off implications - and, at the very least, have reporters at St Mary's, London Road, Underhill, Sincil Bank, the New Meadow and Adams Park.

You'd think talkSPORT are in a more advantageous position when it comes to coverage seeing as they do Around the Grounds rather than commentary between 12-5pm on Saturdays, but then they only tend to have between 12 to 15 reporters across all sporting events over the course of any single day. Once you factor in the six Premier League games they'll be covering, and at at least two in the Championship, you're looking at about four to seven lower leagues games being covered in terms of match reports.
Ian Cleverly
05-05-2011
Wrexham V Luton Town (Blue Square Premier Playoff Semi Final 1st Leg)

BBC Radio Wales - Simon Davies (also host) with Dixie McNeill and Mickey Thomas sharing co-commentary roles (All frequencies)
BBC Radio Cymru - Dylan Griffiths (also host) and Waynne Phillips
Real Radio Wales - Steve Flemming
Shrewn
06-05-2011
Originally Posted by Ian Cleverly:
“Wrexham V Luton Town (Blue Square Premier Playoff Semi Final 1st Leg)

BBC Radio Wales - Simon Davies (also host) with Dixie McNeill and Mickey Thomas sharing co-commentary roles (All frequencies)
BBC Radio Cymru - Dylan Griffiths (also host) and Waynne Phillips
Real Radio Wales - Steve Flemming”

Does Dai Davies get any outings these days Ian?
Ian Cleverly
06-05-2011
Originally Posted by Shrewn:
“Does Dai Davies get any outings these days Ian?”

Not so much the radio (and to be honest I don't think I've ever heard him on Radio Wales, or the more likely Radio Cymru), but since S4C has gained the contract to show Welsh Premier League football you'll see him on the games they show on Saturday's.

He might be involved in the Welsh Cup Final between Bangor and Llanelli on Sunday.
4-4-2
06-05-2011
Originally Posted by The Difference:
“Matches that matter in each division on the final day of the Football League season this Saturday (clubs with something to play for are emboldened - ones with play-off positional implications only are in a second paragraph):

Championship

Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest
Queens Park Rangers v Leeds United

Burnley v Cardiff City
Reading v Derby County
Swansea City v Sheffield United

League One

Huddersfield Town v Brentford
Notts County v Brighton & Hove Albion
Peterborough United v Dagenham & Redbridge
Southampton v Walsall

AFC Bournemouth v Rochdale
Oldham Athletic v Milton Keynes Dons

League Two

Barnet v Port Vale
Chesterfield v Gillingham
Rotherham v Torquay United
Lincoln City v Aldershot Town
Shrewsbury Town v Oxford United
Stevenage v Bury
Wycombe Wanderers v Southend United”

If it was down to me, out of those above, I'd have reporters at Palace, QPR, Notts County, Peterborough, Southampton, Barnet, Chesterfield, Rotherham, Lincoln, Shrewsbury, Stevenage, and Wycombe.

I'd go for games with major things riding on it - promotion, play-offs and relegation. I wouldn't cover many games where it's just a matter of who's playing who in the play-offs.

As for talkSPORT's Premier League coverage, according to Twitter, it'll be Sam Matterface and Alvin Martin on commentary duty for Wolves v West Brom on Sunday, with Nigel Pearson pitchside. I understand, Stoke v Arsenal will be reports only rather than commentary.
Germany bound
06-05-2011
BBC Bristol planned commentators for
Saturday 7th May

Bristol City v Hull City Ali Durdain
Colchester v Bristol Rovers Richard Hoskin
George L
06-05-2011
Originally Posted by The Difference:
“If I was running talkSPORT, I'd perhaps take less of a focus on the Championship - only the matches involving Leeds and Forest really need to be covered in terms of play-off implications - and, at the very least, have reporters at St Mary's, London Road, Underhill, Sincil Bank, the New Meadow and Adams Park”

I fear you may be disppointed

Palace, Norwich, QPR, Peterborough.
Shrewn
06-05-2011
Originally Posted by Ian Cleverly:
“Not so much the radio (and to be honest I don't think I've ever heard him on Radio Wales, or the more likely Radio Cymru), but since S4C has gained the contract to show Welsh Premier League football you'll see him on the games they show on Saturday's.

He might be involved in the Welsh Cup Final between Bangor and Llanelli on Sunday.”

Cheers, i'll check it out, I heard him on Good Evening Wales a while back on the 6.40 sports slot and assumed he was covering a game later maybe for R Cymru but alas not
The Difference
07-05-2011
Thanks for the talkSPORT details, 4-4-2 and George.

Originally Posted by 4-4-2:
“As for talkSPORT's Premier League coverage, according to Twitter, it'll be Sam Matterface and Alvin Martin on commentary duty for Wolves v West Brom on Sunday, with Nigel Pearson pitchside. I understand, Stoke v Arsenal will be reports only rather than commentary.”

Yes, I had noticed that the Stoke v Arsenal game wasn't being trailed this week while the Black Country derby was, so had wondered if this was the case.

I guess this is probably due to them having fulfilled most of their quota and perhaps wanting to keep a game spare for the final day of the season. Stoke v Arsenal is likely to be a bit of a dead rubber so they have picked the right game to drop from this potential double header.

Stan Collymore will be at Old Trafford to report on Manchester United v Chelsea on Sunday with a later-than-usual Call Collymore following the game, which explains why Alvin will be on duty at Molineux. It will be good to hear him co-commentating, I enjoyed listening to his thoughts on Blues v Wolves last week.

Tonight's Tottenham Hotspur v Blackpool commentary will be their 31st and final game this season from their Saturday 5.30pm and Wednesday night bundle.
Gordon Sparks
07-05-2011
As its the final day of the season (for those clubs not in the play-offs), may I commit the ultimate sin and mention my own commentary? Especially as my station rarely gets a mention on this thread.

My 28th season commentating on Plymouth Argyle (11th with my current station) concludes today with ...

BBC Radio Devon
Plymouth Argyle v Leyton Orient
Gordon Sparks and Steve Davey
95.7FM and DAB Digital Radio

Also today, BBC Radio Devon providing commentaries on other frequencies on Sheffield Wednesday v Exeter City and Rotherham v Torquay United.

In addition, our online commentary will be Exeter Chiefs v Wasps.
4-4-2
07-05-2011
BBC Radio 5 Live

Premier League
Aston Villa v Wigan - Pat Murphy
Bolton v Sunderland - Stuart Hall
Everton v Manchester City v Ian Brown
Newcastle v Birmingham - Peter Slater
Tottenham v Blackpool - David Oates
West Han v Blackburn - John Murray and Mark Bright (15:00 commentary)

Championship
Burnley v v Cardiff Conor McNamara and Kevin Gallacher
Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest - Darren Fletcher
Norwich v Coventry - Alistair Bruce-Ball
QPR v Leeds - Ian Dennis and Craig Burley (12:45 commentary)
Swansea v Sheffield United - Nigel Adderley

League One
Notts County v Brighton - Stuart Pyke
Peterborough v Dahenham & Redbridge - John Acres
Southampton v Walsall - Andy Gillies

League Two
Barnet v Port Vale - Simon Mann
Lincoln v Aldershot - Steve May
Shrewsbury v Oxford - Juliette Ferrington
Wycombe v Southend - Will Perry

Scottish Premier League
Rangers v Hearts - Roddy Forsyth
4-4-2
07-05-2011
BBC Radio Leicester

Charles Dagnall presenting BBC Radio Leicester Sport live from the Walkers Stadium and Welford Road.

Championship
Leicester City v Ipswich - Ian Stringer and Alan Young (12:45 commentary)

Premiership Rugby
Leicester Tigers v London Irish - Bleddyn Jones and Steve Johnson (15:00 commentary)
Bath v Newcastle - Nick Heath
Northampton v Leeds - Russell Hargreaves
4-4-2
07-05-2011
BBC Radio Derby

Colin Gibson presenting Sportscene live from the Madjeski Stadium.

Championship
Reading v Derby - Ed Dawes and Roger Davies (12:45 commentary)

League Two
Burton v Accrington - Charles Collins and Tony Bentley (15:00 commentary)
Chesterfield v Gillingham - Paul Fisher
Stuart S.
07-05-2011
BBC Radio Scotland - Saturday 7th May 2011

Sportsound presented by Richard Gordon

Commentary
Rangers v. Hearts (12:15, 810MW) - Liam McLeod, Gordon Smith & Allan Preston with Chick Young pitchside.
Aberdeen v. St Johnstone (15:00, 92-95FM NE) - Jim Spence & Willie McStay
Dundee United v. Motherwell (15:00, Online) - Al Lamont & Murdo MacLeod
Hamilton Accies v. Hibernian (15:00, Online) - Rob MacLean & Craig Patterson
Inverness CT v. St Mirren (15:00, 810MW, 92-95FM Highlands)- Paul Mitchell & Brian Irvine

Open All Mics
Aberdeen v. St Johnstone - Sandy Clark
Dundee United v. Motherwell - Kenny MacIntyre
Hamilton Accies v. Hibernian - Derek Ferguson
Inverness CT v. St Mirren - Charlie Mann
Dunfermline v. Falkirk - Billy Dodds
Ross County v. Cowdenbeath - Stevie Cowan
bwfcol
07-05-2011
5Live have a game every night next week.

Monday is Fulham vs Liverpool
Tues is City vs Spurs
Weds is Hearts vs Celtic
Thurs and Fri is playoffs
4-4-2
07-05-2011
talkSPORT

Adrian Durham and Ray Parlour presenting Matchday Live, followed by Call Collymore live from White Hart Lane.

Premier League
Aston Villa v Wigan - Ian Danter and Bobby Gould
Bolton v Sunderland - Simon Humphreys
Everton v Manchester City - Dominic McGuinness
Newcastle v Birmingham - Graham Courtney
West Ham v Blackburn - Ian Abrahams and Gary O’Neil
Tottenham v Blackpool - Sam Matterface and Stan Collymore, with Mike Bovill pitchside (17:30 commentary)

Championship
Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest - Andrew McKenna
Norwich v Coventry - Dave Rowe
QPR v Leeds - Tony Incenzo

League One
Peterborough v Dagenham & Redbridge - Kevin Lawrence

Scottish Premier League
Rangers v Hearts - Geoff Peters

Premiership Rugby
Bath v Newcastle - Nick Heath
Northampton v Leeds - Russell Hargreaves
wns_195
07-05-2011
BBC Radio Leeds and official Huddersfield Town website
studio: Nick Hatton
host: Paul Ogden
Queens Park Rangers verses Leeds United
reporter: Drew Savage
Bradford City verses Crew Alexandra (AM and DAB)
commentator: Derm Tanner
summarisers: John Hendrie and Michael Flynn

(92.4, 95.3 and 102.7 FM and official Huddersfield Town website)
Huddersfield Town verses Brentford
commentator: Paul Ogden
summariser: Kieran O'Regan

Commentary on the rugby union and reports on the rugby league was on 103.9 FM and online.


Yorkshire Radio (DAB), Minster FM and official Leeds United website
Queens Park Rangers verses Leeds United
host: Michael Weadock
commentator: Thom Kirwin
summariser: Eddie Gray


The Pulse and official Bradford City website
Bradford City verses Crew Alexandra
host and commentator: Tim Thornton
summariser: Ian Ormondroyd
The Difference
08-05-2011
Saturday 7th May - BBC Radio Solent

Kris Temple presenting BBC Radio Solent Sport from St Mary's Stadium

Championship
Scunthorpe United v Portsmouth - Laurence Herdman and Alan McLoughlin (12.45pm commentary on all Solent platforms and 103.8 Express FM)

League One
AFC Bournemouth v Rochdale - Andrew Hawes and John Williams (3pm 103.8FM, 1359AM and DAB in Dorset commentary)
Southampton v Walsall - Adam Blackmore and Dave Merrington (3pm 96.1FM, 999AM and DAB in Hampshire commentary)

Cricket: County Championship Division One
Hampshire v Sussex - Kevan James

Paul Scott voiced a few pre-recorded 'Review of the Season' pieces ahead of kick-off in the 3pm games.

It appears as if BBC Radio Solent now provide community station Express FM with their Portsmouth commentaries, which is good of them. Express initially started the season taking their own commentaries from the former Quay FM team which included Alan McLoughlin.
The Difference
08-05-2011
Saturday 7th May - BBC WM

Daz Hale presenting WM Sport from St James' Park

Premier League
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic - Richard Wilford (DAB in Birmingham commentary)
Newcastle United v Birmingham City - Rob Gurney and Daz Hale (95.6FM commentary)

League One
Peterborough United v Dagenham & Redbridge - Andrew Dawkins
Southampton v Walsall - Dan Wheeler, with Chris Blakemore interviewing Super Saddlers fans outside St Mary's


BRMB, Mercia and Gold (Birmingham)

Tom Ross presenting The Goalzone from St James' Park

Premier League
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic - Adam Bridge and Pat Heard (3pm Gold commentary)
Newcastle United v Birmingham City - Tom Ross and Jon McCarthy (3pm BRMB commentary)

Championship
Norwich City v Coventry City - Joe Holt and Dave Bennett (12.45pm Mercia commentary)
Radio Vet
08-05-2011
Saturday, 7th May

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Sky Blues Live

Presenter: Stuart Linnell (studio)

Norwich City v. Coventry City
Commentators: Clive Eakin & Geoff Foster
Pre-match guest: Andy Turner (Coventry Telegraph)


N.B.: BBC Coventry & Warwickshire will be holding a Coventry City fans forum at the Ricoh Arena on Wednesday evening (11th May) starting at 7p.m. It will be broadcast live on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire from 7p.m. to 8p.m.
Radio Vet
08-05-2011
Sunday, 8th May

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Blue Square North, Play-Off Semi-Final, 2nd Leg:

AFC Telford v. Nuneaton Town
Commentators: Geoff Foster & Dave Rogers
bwfcol
08-05-2011
Sports Extra has Rangers vs Dundee Utd on Tuesday
The Difference
08-05-2011
Sunday 8th May - talkSPORT

Alan Brazil presenting Sunday Exclusive alongside Matt Holland, followed by Call Collymore from Old Trafford

Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion - Sam Matterface and Alvin Martin (12noon commentary), with Nigel Pearson at pitchside
Stoke City v Arsenal - Graham Beecroft
Manchester United v Chelsea - Dom McGuinness and Stan Collymore

Scottish Premier League
Kilmarnock v Celtic - Geoff Peters

Formula 1: Turkish Grand Prix
Istanbul Park - Graham Courtney


BBC WM

Paul Franks presenting WM Sport from Molineux

Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion - Mike Taylor and Paul Franks (commentary), with Jane France interviewing fans outside Molineux


Beacon Radio (Black Country and Shropshire) and Gold (Birmingham)

Tom Ross presenting The Goalzone from Molineux

Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion - Tom Ross, Robbie Dennison and Tony Brown (commentary), with Mikey Burrows interviewing fans outside Molineux
Stuart S.
08-05-2011
BBC Radio Scotland - Sunday 8th May 2011

Sportsound presented by Richard Gordon live from Rugby Park.

Commentary
Kilmarnock v. Celtic - Rob macLean, Billy Dodds & Murdo MacLeod with Chris McLaughlin pitchside.
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