Their commentary team at Selhurst Park is Nick Godwin and Bradley Allen. I think this commentary is going out on all platforms.

Earlier I tuned in to Absolute Radio and noticed how quiet the match was. I don't think they use an effects mic, but I don't know why, because it's radio and the atmosphere adds to the enjoyment of matches.

BBC Radio Leeds
host: Adam Pope (at the Galpharm Stadium)
Huddersfield Town verses Brighton and Hove Albion
commentators: Paul Ogden and Adam Pope
summariser: Lee Synott
Burnley verses Leeds United
reporter: Gareth Jones
Bradford City verses Hereford United
reporter: Derm Tanner


Yorkshire Radio (DAB), Minster FM and official Leeds United website
host: Michael Weadock
Burnley verses Leeds United
commentator: Tom Kirwin
summariser: Eddie Gray


The Pulse and official Bradford City website
Bradford City verses Hereford United
commentator: John Francis
summariser: Simon Ramsden


BBC Radio York
host: Al Ross
York City verses Boston United (FM and online)
commentator: Barry Parker
summariser: Chris Jones

(AM)
Harrogate Town verses Telford
commentator: Rob Wilson
Selby rugby union
reporter: Dave Payne


BBC Radio Humberside
hosts: Matt Dean then David Burns
Grimsby Town verses Redditch
commentators: John Tondeur and Matt Dean
summariser: George Kerr
Crystal Palace verses Hull City
commentator: David Burns
summariser: Peter Swan


BBC Radio Sheffield
host: Seth Bennett
Sheffield Wednesday verses Bristol Rovers (AM)
commentator: Andy Giddings
summariser: ?

(FM and DAB)
Barnsley verses Sheffield United
commentator: Seth Bennett
summarisers: Derek Parker and Keith Edwards
Leicester City verses Doncaster Rovers
reporter: Adam Oxley
Rotherham United verses Aldershott Town
reporter: Steve Crossman
Chesterfield verses Torquay United
reporter: Calum Williams

But quite clearly in a "John Motson" role -- former "number 1", now getting the dregs.

If Boxing Day was a Thursday, who would have the comm rights for the PL? Is there a bank holiday deal like there is for TV?

I'd imagine TS would have hoped for more early KO's this BD

Sunday 12th December - talkSPORT

Adrian Durham presenting Sunday Exclusive alongside Alvin Martin, followed by Call Collymore from Molineux

Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Birmingham City - Sam Matterface and Stan Collymore (1.30pm commentary), with Geoff Peters at pitchside
Bolton Wanderers v Blackburn Rovers - Graham Beecroft
Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea - Andrew McKenna


BBC WM

Mike Taylor presenting WM Sport from Molineux

Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Birmingham City - Richard Wilford and Mike Taylor (commentary)

League One
Charlton Athletic v Walsall - Phil Cartwright


BRMB and Beacon Radio (Black Country and Shropshire)

Tom Ross presenting The Goalzone from Molineux

Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Birmingham City - Tom Ross, Robbie Dennison and Jon McCarthy (commentary), with Mikey Burrows interviewing the fans outside Molineux

Mark do you have any idea where Begg has been all season? Was he welcomed back by Richard Gordon.

I hope what you say about the Motson role is not correct and they almost just eased him back yesterday. Time will tell.

Saturday 11th December 2010

BBC Merseyside
Everton v Wigan: Mike Hughes & Ronnie Goodlass (3pm Commentary)
Newcastle v Liverpool: Gary Flintoff & Dominic King (5:30pm Commentary)
Tranmere v Leyton Orient: Derek Jones (3pm Updates)
Chester v Radcliffe Borough: Neil Turner (3pm Updates)

Radio City 96.7
Everton v Wigan: Alan Irwin & Graeme Sharp (3pm Commentary)
Newcastle v Liverpool: Steve Hothersall & John Durnin (5:30pm Commentary)

Sunday 12th December 2010

Bolton v Blackburn
BBC Manchester: Jack Dearden & Alan Gowling (Commentary)
BBC Lancashire: Scott Reid (Updates Only)*

*BBC Lancashire just managing to catch two live goals in one update just then.

They didn't mention his return at all prior to going to the live commentaries. I got a bit of a surprise when I went to listen to the commentary to get the commentators to hear his voice.

Richard Gordon did eventually allude to it on Open All Mics with something along the lines of "it's good to have David Begg back after his couple of months off" so I would assume he is back for the remainder of the season. No reason has been given for his absence, nor was it really mentioned whenever anyone mentioned his absence on the Sportsound Facebook.

I wouldn't necissarily know if he was given the dregs or just eased back in to the program. I was actually generally surprised by some of the commentary teams yesterday as it is not often that Rob MacLean does Saturday commentaries, and using Gordon Smith for the St Mirren/St Johnstone match over the Inverness/Rangers match was also unexpected though I imagine that the distance involved may not have appealed to him. I guess for David Begg we shall see what games he gets over the next couple of weeks.

As I gather from Open All Mics that John Barnes and Paul Mitchell were both at other games yesterday (St Johnstone/St Mirren and Partick Thistle/Ross County respectively) but I think that may have been for TV.

Looking ahead, I noticed on Sunday 16th January Birmingham v Villa and Sunderland v Newcastle both kick off at 12pm, giving Talksport another clash. If they only do one commentary then the non televised Tyne-Wear derby would probably be the option.

They'll also have Liverpool v Everton at 2:05pm so not a bad day for Talksport that one.

Having listened to Aston Villa v West Brom on Absolute yesterday, I noticed that too.

Perhaps it was a technical issue, as I remember them having similar effects mic problems when I tuned into their commentary on the first day of the Premier League season.


I'm by no means certain here, so if anyone knows better please feel free to correct me, but I'm fairly sure that games that take place on bank holidays would fall into 5 Live's Monday/Tuesday package and/or talkSPORT's Saturday 5.30pm/Wednesday package, unless said public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday of course (as Boxing Day does this year).

I know the Saturday 3pm packages don't cover bank holidays, as talkSPORT were never able to do commentaries on games played on non-Saturday public holidays, despite those programmes effectively being Saturday matchrounds. So expect Absolute Radio to miss out on doing commentaries on such afternoons.


This is something I brought up a few pages back, although personally given talkSPORT's West Midlands leanings I see them going with the Second City Derby regardless of whether it's televised or not. Can you see Stan Collymore being on Wearside when Villa are playing Blues?

On that occasion I could see them splitting their output and offering one game on AM and the other on DAB. Theoretically, if they were to lose a Sunday/Wednesday commentary to the weather over the Christmas period they'd have one game to make up and might decide to do commentary on all three games that Sunday.

Sunday 12th December - BBC London

David Croft presenting the BBC London Sports Awards and the Sunday Sports Show

League One
Charlton Athletic v Walsall - Andy Rowley and Bradley Allen (2pm commentary on DAB and the BBC Sport website)

Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea - Nick Godwin and Clive Walker (4pm commentary on all platforms)

Anybody have BBC Five Live's commentators/reporters today please? I was on the M1 and my two passengers (both female) would not appreciate my having the football on the radio.

5 Live

Bolton v Blackburn - Alistair Bruce-Ball & Brad Friedel
Wolves v Birmingham - Darren Fletcher & Dion Dublin
Tottenham v Chelsea - Simon Brotherton, Graham Taylor & Alan Green

Thank you shaun_d.

talkSPORT have updated their "Live Football" page on their website for their live Premier League commentaries:

Sunday, December 19: West Bromich Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers (12:00pm)
Sunday, December 19: Blackpool v Tottenham Hotspur (1:30pm)
Sunday, December 26: Fulham v West Ham United (12:00pm)

*Wednesday, 29 December, Chelsea v Bolton, 7:45pm
*Wednesday, 29 December, Wigan v Arsenal, 7:45pm
*Wednesday, 29 December, Liverpool v Wolverhampton, 8:00pm

Saturday, January 1: Birmingham City v Arsenal (5:30pm)
Sunday, January 2: Chelsea v Aston Villa (1:30pm)
Tuesday, January 4 - Arsenal v Man City (7:45pm ko) - THIS SHOULD BE WEDNESDAY
Saturday, January 15 - West Ham v Arsenal (5:30pm)
Sunday, January 16 - Birmingham City v Aston Villa OR Sunderland v Newcastle (12)
Sunday, January 16 - Liverpool v Everton (2:05pm)
Saturday, January 22 - Aston Villa v Man City (5:30pm)

*Wednesday, February 2 - Blackburn Rovers v Spurs
*Wednesday, February 2 - Fulham v Newcastle
*Wednesday, February 2 - Liverpool v Stoke (8pm)
Saturday, February 5 - Wolves v Man Utd (5:30pm)
Sunday, February 6 - West Ham v Birmingham City (1:30pm)
Sunday, February 13 - Man Utd v Man City (1:30pm)
Saturday, February 26 - Chelsea v Birmingham (5:30pm)
Sunday, February 27 - West Ham v Liverpool (1:30pm)

Monday 13th December - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presenting Kick-Off with Stan Collymore (from Old Trafford), Sam Matterface and Ray Houghton

Premier League
Manchester United v Arsenal - Dom McGuinness and Stan Collymore

Monday 13th December 2010

Magic 1152AM
Manchester United v Arsenal: Hugh Ferris & Mickey Thomas (Commentary)

Manchester United v Arsenal
BBC Radio Five Live John Murray, Alan Green and Pat Nevin (commentary)
BBC London 94.9 Mark Taylor

BBC Radio Scotland - Tuesday 14th December 2010

Sportsound presented by Richard Gordon live from Fir Park

Motherwell v. Hearts - Liam MacLeod, Sandy Clark and Craig Patterson with Chick Young pitchside

BBC Radio Scotland - Tuesday 14th December 2010

Sportsound presented by Richard Gordon live from Fir Park

Motherwell v. Hearts - Liam MacLeod, Sandy Clark and Craig Patterson with Chick Young pitchside

Need to add:

With updates:

Dundee v. Cowdenbeath - Jim Spence
Ross County v. Morton - Charles Bannerman

BBC Radio Leeds
host: Derm Tanner
commentators: Gareth Jones and Derm Tanner
summariser: Kieran O'Regan

Paul Ogden was ill. I don't think he has missed a Town match since the 2006-2007 season, and the last time he was absent was probably before then.

Nick Hatton interviewed Lee Clark over the phone.

Tuesday 14th December 2010

Johnstones Paint - Northern Area Semi Final

BBC Merseyside
Tranmere v Huddersfield: Derek Jones & Andy Doyle (Commentary)
Gateshead v Southport (FA Trophy): Hadyn Preece (Updates via Telephone)

Coverage switches to AM/DAB only at 9pm when "Folkscene" begins on FM.

BBC Bristol / Somerset

Dan Albutt studio host

Bristol Rovers V Exter City (Johnstone's Paint Trophy SF) - Ed Hadwin and Keith Brookman (94.9FM / 106.FM / DAB)
Hartlepool V Yeovil Town (FA Cup 2nd round) - Rob Scanlon and Chris Sweet (95.5FM / 1566MW *I think* / Online)

From Charles Sale in the Daily Mail:

Sounds like Charles Sale is just stirring things