Spurs vs Liverpool/City are good games to have.
November isn't looking great from a commercial perspective
November isn't looking great from a commercial perspective
Radio Football Commentators and Reporters 2011/12
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Originally Posted by The Difference:
“The list of talkSPORT live games makes for interesting reading, thanks for posting it 4-4-2.
Although there's only one real "blockbuster" game in the Manchester derby on October 23rd, most of their live matches during the first four months of the season involve at least one of the top six to eight Premier League clubs. I have a feeling that talkSPORT will be pretty happy with the way the TV picks have worked out for them.
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“The list of talkSPORT live games makes for interesting reading, thanks for posting it 4-4-2.
Although there's only one real "blockbuster" game in the Manchester derby on October 23rd, most of their live matches during the first four months of the season involve at least one of the top six to eight Premier League clubs. I have a feeling that talkSPORT will be pretty happy with the way the TV picks have worked out for them.
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Looks far weaker to me compared to last year BUT that is to be expected. Talk Sport befitted a lot last season from Liverpool having to consistently play on Sunday's due to Europa League. For example, Liverpool v Arsenal, Man Utd and Everton are all Saturday 12:45pm this year. Liverpool not qualifying for the Europa League is a big negative for Talk Sport but thats the cards that are being dealt!
I've just added some of the key Rugby World Cup dates:
Originally Posted by 4-4-2:
“Sky and ESPN have released their TV games up until the end of November. Of their games, the following will be on talkSPORT:
AUGUST
13th: Newcastle v Arsenal (ESPN, 5:30pm)
14th: Stoke City v Chelsea (Sky, 1.30pm)
20th: Chelsea v West Bromwich (ESPN, 5:30pm)
27th: Liverpool v Bolton (Sky, 5.30pm)
28th: Tottenham v Manchester City (ESPN, 1:30pm)
SEPTEMBER
10th: Bolton v Manchester United (ESPN, 5:30pm) - England v Argentina at the RWC at 9:30am
11th: Norwich v West Bromwich (Sky, 1.30pm)
18th: Tottenham v Liverpool (Sky, 1.30pm)
24th: Stoke v Manchester United (ESPN, 5:30pm) - England v Romania at the RWC at 7:00am
OCTOBER
1st: England v Scotland at the RWC at 8.30am
2nd: Bolton v Chelsea (Sky, 1.30pm)
15th: Chelsea v Everton (ESPN, 5:30pm) - RWC Semi Final at 9:00am
16th: Manchester City v Aston Villa (Sky, 1.30pm) - RWC Semi Final at 9:00am
22nd: Liverpool v Norwich (ESPN, 5:30pm)
23rd: Man United v Man City (Sky, 1.30pm) - RWC Final at 9:00am
29th: West Bromwich v Liverpool (ESPN, 5:30pm)
NOVEMBER
6th: Wolves v Wigan (Sky, 1.30pm)
19th: Swansea v Manchester United (ESPN, 5:30pm)
26th: Arsenal v Fulham (ESPN, 5:30pm)
27th: Swansea v Aston Villa (Sky, 1.30pm)”
“Sky and ESPN have released their TV games up until the end of November. Of their games, the following will be on talkSPORT:
AUGUST
13th: Newcastle v Arsenal (ESPN, 5:30pm)
14th: Stoke City v Chelsea (Sky, 1.30pm)
20th: Chelsea v West Bromwich (ESPN, 5:30pm)
27th: Liverpool v Bolton (Sky, 5.30pm)
28th: Tottenham v Manchester City (ESPN, 1:30pm)
SEPTEMBER
10th: Bolton v Manchester United (ESPN, 5:30pm) - England v Argentina at the RWC at 9:30am
11th: Norwich v West Bromwich (Sky, 1.30pm)
18th: Tottenham v Liverpool (Sky, 1.30pm)
24th: Stoke v Manchester United (ESPN, 5:30pm) - England v Romania at the RWC at 7:00am
OCTOBER
1st: England v Scotland at the RWC at 8.30am
2nd: Bolton v Chelsea (Sky, 1.30pm)
15th: Chelsea v Everton (ESPN, 5:30pm) - RWC Semi Final at 9:00am
16th: Manchester City v Aston Villa (Sky, 1.30pm) - RWC Semi Final at 9:00am
22nd: Liverpool v Norwich (ESPN, 5:30pm)
23rd: Man United v Man City (Sky, 1.30pm) - RWC Final at 9:00am
29th: West Bromwich v Liverpool (ESPN, 5:30pm)
NOVEMBER
6th: Wolves v Wigan (Sky, 1.30pm)
19th: Swansea v Manchester United (ESPN, 5:30pm)
26th: Arsenal v Fulham (ESPN, 5:30pm)
27th: Swansea v Aston Villa (Sky, 1.30pm)”
Originally Posted by Andy Rimmer:
“Looks far weaker to me compared to last year BUT that is to be expected. Talk Sport befitted a lot last season from Liverpool having to consistently play on Sunday's due to Europa League. For example, Liverpool v Arsenal, Man Utd and Everton are all Saturday 12:45pm this year. Liverpool not qualifying for the Europa League is a big negative for Talk Sport but thats the cards that are being dealt!”
“Looks far weaker to me compared to last year BUT that is to be expected. Talk Sport befitted a lot last season from Liverpool having to consistently play on Sunday's due to Europa League. For example, Liverpool v Arsenal, Man Utd and Everton are all Saturday 12:45pm this year. Liverpool not qualifying for the Europa League is a big negative for Talk Sport but thats the cards that are being dealt!”
I think the only "blockbuster" type games talkSPORT had in the first four months of last season were Manchester United v Liverpool, Everton v Liverpool and the Manchester derby that took place on a Wednesday night. But while it is true that they are slightly down on those most appealing of games, they've still got plenty of strong commentary games that pit top four contenders against each other such as the ones Col mentions.
Of the 20 games they are able to do between August and November, only three - two if you don't count the West Brom v Wolves derby that they may or may not cover - of those do not involve the "Top Six", Everton or Aston Villa (these being Norwich City v West Brom and Wolves v Wigan Athletic). So while it could have been better, I think talkSPORT will be pretty happy that most of their live games involve at least one well-supported team capable of delivering big audiences.
You've got two Sundays in October that could be massive for talkSPORT - the 16th, where they could have a triple header of the second Rugby World Cup semi-final, the Black Country derby and Manchester City v Aston Villa; then the 23rd, where they have the Rugby World Cup Final and the Manchester derby on the same day. Should raise the profile of the station during that month to say the least.
Listening to BBC five live on Monday night
Mark Chapman said these would be some of the LIVE games featured during August and September.
August:
WBA v Man Utd
Manchester City v Swansea
Arsenal v Liverpool
Man Utd v Spurs
Spurs v Man City
Man Utd v Arsenal
September 18th Man Utd v Chelsea
Mark Chapman said these would be some of the LIVE games featured during August and September.
August:
WBA v Man Utd
Manchester City v Swansea
Arsenal v Liverpool
Man Utd v Spurs
Spurs v Man City
Man Utd v Arsenal
September 18th Man Utd v Chelsea
Originally Posted by Germany bound:
“Listening to BBC five live on Monday night
Mark Chapman said these would be some of the LIVE games featured during August and September.
August:
WBA v Man Utd
Manchester City v Swansea
Arsenal v Liverpool
Man Utd v Spurs
Spurs v Man City
Man Utd v Arsenal
September 18th Man Utd v Chelsea”
“Listening to BBC five live on Monday night
Mark Chapman said these would be some of the LIVE games featured during August and September.
August:
WBA v Man Utd
Manchester City v Swansea
Arsenal v Liverpool
Man Utd v Spurs
Spurs v Man City
Man Utd v Arsenal
September 18th Man Utd v Chelsea”
5 Live have all the 12.45pm Sat, 4pm Sun & 8pm Mon matches live. The only ones that we don't know are the 3pm Sat first-pick matches, to be decided on a weekly basis.
5 Live will be much happier than they were last season, as apart from the Manchester derby they haven't lost any blockbuster commentaries to talkSPORT. The loss of Liverpool v Man Utd and the Merseyside derby will be a major disappointment for talkSPORT.
Will Radio Wales be able to have Swansea games on 882 / 657 khz or will they hve to use local FM? I was thinking if talkSPORT have national rights to some Swans matches they might not like it if Radio Wales are offering an alternative, though TS's reception aint the best in many parts of Wales, especially round my way
Originally Posted by SouthCity:
“5 Live will be much happier than they were last season, as apart from the Manchester derby they haven't lost any blockbuster commentaries to talkSPORT. The loss of Liverpool v Man Utd and the Merseyside derby will be a major disappointment for talkSPORT.”
“5 Live will be much happier than they were last season, as apart from the Manchester derby they haven't lost any blockbuster commentaries to talkSPORT. The loss of Liverpool v Man Utd and the Merseyside derby will be a major disappointment for talkSPORT.”
There's no denying that, but I don't think talkSPORT will be devastated given that they've still managed to draw plenty of "big team" v "big team" games. Newcastle United v Arsenal is a good commentary to start their season with and Tottenham v Manchester City, Tottenham v Liverpool, Chelsea v Everton, Manchester City v Aston Villa and of course Manchester United v Manchester City are all very attractive commercially.
That they have the latter three games, plus two Liverpool matches and the business end of the Rugby World Cup during October makes that a very strong month all-round for the station. I'd guess they were hoping for some good games during that month to compliment their live rugby coverage, in order to retain any new listeners tuning in for the rugby later in the day, which is what they've got.
I think the biggest source of frustration for talkSPORT is that, of the four Premier League games moved to early kick-off times for reasons other than television, three of them have been moved to a Saturday 12noon start rather than a Sunday. Sunderland v Newcastle United (20/7), Aston Villa v Wolves (27/7) and Everton v Manchester United (29/10) would have all been appealing games for talkSPORT had they been moved to a Sunday, particularly the first and last of those fixtures seeing as the station does not have a Sunday commentary game at all during those weekends.
Originally Posted by Shrewn:
“Will Radio Wales be able to have Swansea games on 882 / 657 khz or will they hve to use local FM? I was thinking if talkSPORT have national rights to some Swans matches they might not like it if Radio Wales are offering an alternative, though TS's reception aint the best in many parts of Wales, especially round my way”
“Will Radio Wales be able to have Swansea games on 882 / 657 khz or will they hve to use local FM? I was thinking if talkSPORT have national rights to some Swans matches they might not like it if Radio Wales are offering an alternative, though TS's reception aint the best in many parts of Wales, especially round my way”
At a guess, I see no reason why things wouldn't stay as they are at the moment. At 3pm on a Saturday afternoon, their three-way regional FM split with Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham commentaries going out to different areas of the country with an Around the Grounds show that sometimes incorporates rugby union commentary on AM works really well in my opinion. Then on Sundays and in midweek, games are mostly broadcast on AM anyway are they not, so it's not as if they'd been changing what they have always done now that the Swans are in the Premier League?
It'll be interesting to see what they do when Swansea games are in the Saturday 5.30pm slot - put them on FM locally and keep a more general post-match round-up on AM, maybe then taking the second half live on AM, or stick the game wholly on AM. What has happened in the past when Cardiff and Swansea have been involved in Saturday teatime Championship games for TV?
I don't think talkSPORT have huge grounds for complaints here really (not that I think they'll be that bothered about this, to be blunt), I can just about pick up the 882am Radio Wales signal in the West Midlands but ordinarily I find it doesn't travel that well, certainly not as well as talkSPORT's 1089am South-East/North-West relay did in the days when they carried regional commentaries.
Originally Posted by Shrewn:
“Will Radio Wales be able to have Swansea games on 882 / 657 khz or will they have to use local FM? I was thinking if talkSPORT have national rights to some Swans matches they might not like it if Radio Wales are offering an alternative, though TS's reception ain't the best in many parts of Wales, especially round my way”
“Will Radio Wales be able to have Swansea games on 882 / 657 khz or will they have to use local FM? I was thinking if talkSPORT have national rights to some Swans matches they might not like it if Radio Wales are offering an alternative, though TS's reception ain't the best in many parts of Wales, especially round my way”
Originally Posted by The Difference:
“At a guess, I see no reason why things wouldn't stay as they are at the moment. At 3pm on a Saturday afternoon, their three-way regional FM split with Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham commentaries going out to different areas of the country with an Around the Grounds show that sometimes incorporates rugby union commentary on AM works really well in my opinion. Then on Sundays and in midweek, games are mostly broadcast on AM anyway are they not, so it's not as if they'd been changing what they have always done now that the Swans are in the Premier League?”
“At a guess, I see no reason why things wouldn't stay as they are at the moment. At 3pm on a Saturday afternoon, their three-way regional FM split with Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham commentaries going out to different areas of the country with an Around the Grounds show that sometimes incorporates rugby union commentary on AM works really well in my opinion. Then on Sundays and in midweek, games are mostly broadcast on AM anyway are they not, so it's not as if they'd been changing what they have always done now that the Swans are in the Premier League?”
Agreed. I don't see how talkSPORT could be in any way annoyed if either Radio Wales/Cymru or Swansea Sound are offering another 'style' of commentary, as If they were, they'd have to ask permission to get other local stations on games they have rights to to stop providing a service, and that wouldn't be in their interest.
During last season, Jackland's games have always also been on AM. Any midweek games are FM / DAB / D-SAT only, allowing Alan Thomson's Evening Show to continue on AM.
Originally Posted by The Difference:
“What has happened in the past when Cardiff and Swansea have been involved in Saturday teatime Championship games for TV?”
“What has happened in the past when Cardiff and Swansea have been involved in Saturday teatime Championship games for TV?”
All frequencies merged to proving the single commentary, and Radio Wales Sport / Camp Lawn finshed at 7.30-ish.
Something that will be easy to predict will be that since Radio Cymru only have the one frequency, every commentary will be that of Jackland's games
Last edited by Ian Cleverly : 12-07-2011 at 13:31
Saturday 9th July - talkSPORT
The Transfer Tavern with Sam Matterface, followed by Full Contact with Mike Bovill and Jeff Probyn
Women's World Cup Quarter-Final
England v France - Graham Beecroft
Cricket: Fifth One-Day International
England v Sri Lanka - Jack Bannister
Golf: Scottish Open
Castle Stuart Golf Links, Inverness - Rupert Bell
BBC Radio 5 Live
5 Live Sport with Russell Fuller from Inverness, followed by 6-Duck-6 with Michael Vaughan and Alec Stewart from Old Trafford
Women's World Cup Quarter-Final
England v France - Nigel Adderley
Cricket: Fifth One-Day International
England v Sri Lanka - Pat Murphy, Michael Vaughan and Alec Stewart
Golf: Scottish Open
Castle Stuart Golf Links, Inverness - Iain Carter, Conor McNamara, Andrew Coltart and Russell Fuller
Rugby League: Super League
Harlequins v Wigan Warriors - David Oates
IPC Swimming European Championships
Berlin - Chris Mitchell
We'll never know now, but I wonder who would have done co-commentary alongside Nigel Adderley for BBC Radio had England reached the Women's World Cup semi-finals. Nigel mentioned on Twitter that live commentary would have been on Radio 5 Live Sports Extra in the event of England going through. Marianne Spacey maybe?
Nigel and fellow BBC reporter Alistair Magowan have both flown home from Germany in the wake of England's exit, so I imagine Radio 5 Live won't be carrying (on-site) updates on the Women's World Cup semi-finals or final.
The Transfer Tavern with Sam Matterface, followed by Full Contact with Mike Bovill and Jeff Probyn
Women's World Cup Quarter-Final
England v France - Graham Beecroft
Cricket: Fifth One-Day International
England v Sri Lanka - Jack Bannister
Golf: Scottish Open
Castle Stuart Golf Links, Inverness - Rupert Bell
BBC Radio 5 Live
5 Live Sport with Russell Fuller from Inverness, followed by 6-Duck-6 with Michael Vaughan and Alec Stewart from Old Trafford
Women's World Cup Quarter-Final
England v France - Nigel Adderley
Cricket: Fifth One-Day International
England v Sri Lanka - Pat Murphy, Michael Vaughan and Alec Stewart
Golf: Scottish Open
Castle Stuart Golf Links, Inverness - Iain Carter, Conor McNamara, Andrew Coltart and Russell Fuller
Rugby League: Super League
Harlequins v Wigan Warriors - David Oates
IPC Swimming European Championships
Berlin - Chris Mitchell
We'll never know now, but I wonder who would have done co-commentary alongside Nigel Adderley for BBC Radio had England reached the Women's World Cup semi-finals. Nigel mentioned on Twitter that live commentary would have been on Radio 5 Live Sports Extra in the event of England going through. Marianne Spacey maybe?
Nigel and fellow BBC reporter Alistair Magowan have both flown home from Germany in the wake of England's exit, so I imagine Radio 5 Live won't be carrying (on-site) updates on the Women's World Cup semi-finals or final.
Originally Posted by Ian Cleverly:
“Agreed. I don't see how talkSPORT could be in any way annoyed if either Radio Wales/Cymru or Swansea Sound are offering another 'style' of commentary, as If they were, they'd have to ask permission to get other local stations on games they have rights to to stop providing a service, and that wouldn't be in their interest.
During last season, Jackland's games have always also been on AM. Any midweek games are FM / DAB / D-SAT only, allowing Alan Thomson's Evening Show to continue on AM.
All frequencies merged to proving the single commentary, and Radio Wales Sport / Camp Lawn finshed at 7.30-ish.
Something that will be easy to predict will be that since Radio Cymru only have the one frequency, every commentary will be that of Jackland's games”
“Agreed. I don't see how talkSPORT could be in any way annoyed if either Radio Wales/Cymru or Swansea Sound are offering another 'style' of commentary, as If they were, they'd have to ask permission to get other local stations on games they have rights to to stop providing a service, and that wouldn't be in their interest.
During last season, Jackland's games have always also been on AM. Any midweek games are FM / DAB / D-SAT only, allowing Alan Thomson's Evening Show to continue on AM.
All frequencies merged to proving the single commentary, and Radio Wales Sport / Camp Lawn finshed at 7.30-ish.
Something that will be easy to predict will be that since Radio Cymru only have the one frequency, every commentary will be that of Jackland's games
”
Thanks for the information about Radio Wales Ian. To clarify, were they broadcasting Swansea commentaries on AM on Saturdays at 3pm rather than the Around the Grounds show they did for many years? Or do you just mean how they pick up five minutes of commentary here or there, as they do with Cardiff and Wrexham too.
Can't imagine talkSPORT complaining about Swansea Sound - both stations are owned by UTV Radio!
If anything, with Swansea City games that are live commentaries on talkSPORT, I could see their pitchside reporters doubling up in this role on Swansea Sound as was the case with Roger Hughes at last season's Championship Play-Off Final.
Originally Posted by Ian Cleverly:
“Something that will be easy to predict will be that since Radio Cymru only have the one frequency, every commentary will be that of Jackland's games”
“Something that will be easy to predict will be that since Radio Cymru only have the one frequency, every commentary will be that of Jackland's games
”
Do Radio Cymru ever do regional FM splits for football commentary?
Originally Posted by The Difference:
“Thanks for the information about Radio Wales Ian. To clarify, were they broadcasting Swansea commentaries on AM on Saturdays at 3pm rather than the Around the Grounds show they did for many years? Or do you just mean how they pick up five minutes of commentary here or there, as they do with Cardiff and Wrexham too.”
“Thanks for the information about Radio Wales Ian. To clarify, were they broadcasting Swansea commentaries on AM on Saturdays at 3pm rather than the Around the Grounds show they did for many years? Or do you just mean how they pick up five minutes of commentary here or there, as they do with Cardiff and Wrexham too.”
The former. There were rumblings in the local press, that with BBC Wales' budget having a proposed 30% cut for every department within it, that there was a possibility of a loss of commentaries for Heineken Cup games or some of the Red Button service being dropped from Scrum V's TV service.
Originally Posted by Me:
“Something that will be easy to predict will be that since Radio Cymru only have the one frequency, every commentary will be that of Jackland's games”
“Something that will be easy to predict will be that since Radio Cymru only have the one frequency, every commentary will be that of Jackland's games
”
Originally Posted by chemical2009b:
“Do Radio Cymru ever do regional FM splits for football commentary?”
“Do Radio Cymru ever do regional FM splits for football commentary?”
I've never heard them do one in the few years I've been listening to it.
Bangor City V HJK Helsinki (UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round 1st leg) - Dylan Griffiths updating for both BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru.
BBC Radio Scotland - Thursday 14th July 2011
Europa League Second Qualifying Round
Slask Wroclaw v. Dundee United - Jim Spence & Allan Preston
Europa League Second Qualifying Round
Slask Wroclaw v. Dundee United - Jim Spence & Allan Preston
The New Saints V FC Midtjylland (UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round 1st Leg)
Gareth Blainey for both BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru
Llanelli V FC Dinamo Tbilisi (UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round 1st Leg)
Rob Phillips for BBC Radio Wales, who has counted the away fans as 6, since he's told us they are not so far away from him in the press box.
Gareth Blainey for both BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru
Llanelli V FC Dinamo Tbilisi (UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round 1st Leg)
Rob Phillips for BBC Radio Wales, who has counted the away fans as 6, since he's told us they are not so far away from him in the press box.
BBC Radio Leicester
Jason Bourne presenting BBC Radio Leicester Sport.
The Stockholm Trophy, Soderstadion
Leicester City v Real Mallorca - Ian Stringer and Rob Tanner from the Leicester Mercury
Jason Bourne presenting BBC Radio Leicester Sport.
The Stockholm Trophy, Soderstadion
Leicester City v Real Mallorca - Ian Stringer and Rob Tanner from the Leicester Mercury
Thursday 14th July - BBC London
Steve Bunce presenting The Thursday Night Sport Show and The Boxing Hour
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round First Leg
Crusaders v Fulham - Kevin Hand and Rufus Brevett (first half commentary on all platforms, second half commentary on DAB and the BBC Sport website only)
Cricket: T20 Southern League
Surrey v Kent - Mark Church and Johnny Barran (commentary on the BBC Sport website and Surrey CCC's official website)
talkSPORT
Danny Kelly presenting Kick-Off alongside Kevin Cadle
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round First Leg
Crusaders v Fulham - Ian Abrahams
Golf: The 140th Open Championship
Royal St George's, Sandwich - Rupert Bell and Bob Bubka
Bit of a shame that Ian Abrahams is reporting on the Crusaders v Fulham game rather than talkSPORT's long-time Northern Irish football correspondent Nigel Ringland. Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I heard Nigel covering a Northern Ireland game for them, I don't think he's reported for the station for a few years now.
Steve Bunce presenting The Thursday Night Sport Show and The Boxing Hour
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round First Leg
Crusaders v Fulham - Kevin Hand and Rufus Brevett (first half commentary on all platforms, second half commentary on DAB and the BBC Sport website only)
Cricket: T20 Southern League
Surrey v Kent - Mark Church and Johnny Barran (commentary on the BBC Sport website and Surrey CCC's official website)
talkSPORT
Danny Kelly presenting Kick-Off alongside Kevin Cadle
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round First Leg
Crusaders v Fulham - Ian Abrahams
Golf: The 140th Open Championship
Royal St George's, Sandwich - Rupert Bell and Bob Bubka
Bit of a shame that Ian Abrahams is reporting on the Crusaders v Fulham game rather than talkSPORT's long-time Northern Irish football correspondent Nigel Ringland. Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I heard Nigel covering a Northern Ireland game for them, I don't think he's reported for the station for a few years now.
Thursday 14th July - BBC Radio Shropshire
James Bond presenting Sport on BBC Shropshire from Park Hall
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round First Leg
The New Saints v FC Midtjylland - Nick Southall and James Bond (online commentary)
James Bond presenting Sport on BBC Shropshire from Park Hall
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round First Leg
The New Saints v FC Midtjylland - Nick Southall and James Bond (online commentary)
Originally Posted by The Difference:
“Thursday 14th July - BBC Radio Shropshire
James Bond presenting Sport on BBC Shropshire from Park Hall
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round First Leg
The New Saints v FC Midtjylland - Nick Southall and James Bond (online commentary)”
“Thursday 14th July - BBC Radio Shropshire
James Bond presenting Sport on BBC Shropshire from Park Hall
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round First Leg
The New Saints v FC Midtjylland - Nick Southall and James Bond (online commentary)”
I have a program somewhere from Oswestry Town's last game in the English pyramid in 1988 - notes from one James Bond, club secretary no less! I know he had a tough time when the old club went bust, he must be impressed with the Park Hall set up now
Thursday 14th July - BBC Radio Ulster
Michael McNamee presenting a Sportstime Special from Seaview alongside Paul Kirk
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round First Legs
Crusaders v Fulham - Paul Gilmore and Liam Beckett (commentary on 1341AM and the BBC Sport website)
Glentoran v Vorskla Poltava - Nial Foster
You've got to love The New Saints, how many other sides can say they represent towns from two different countries? I notice James Bond's Twitter handle, presumably to avoid confusion with a certain 007, is @JamesBondOsw, so I guess he's enjoyed following his local club in Europe. And I've enjoyed what I've heard of BBC Radio Shropshire's coverage of TNS in Europe - a shame that it looks like their Europa League run is coming to its end after they lost to a stong Danish Superliga side tonight.
Michael McNamee presenting a Sportstime Special from Seaview alongside Paul Kirk
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round First Legs
Crusaders v Fulham - Paul Gilmore and Liam Beckett (commentary on 1341AM and the BBC Sport website)
Glentoran v Vorskla Poltava - Nial Foster
Originally Posted by Shrewn:
“I have a program somewhere from Oswestry Town's last game in the English pyramid in 1988 - notes from one James Bond, club secretary no less! I know he had a tough time when the old club went bust, he must be impressed with the Park Hall set up now”
“I have a program somewhere from Oswestry Town's last game in the English pyramid in 1988 - notes from one James Bond, club secretary no less! I know he had a tough time when the old club went bust, he must be impressed with the Park Hall set up now”
You've got to love The New Saints, how many other sides can say they represent towns from two different countries? I notice James Bond's Twitter handle, presumably to avoid confusion with a certain 007, is @JamesBondOsw, so I guess he's enjoyed following his local club in Europe. And I've enjoyed what I've heard of BBC Radio Shropshire's coverage of TNS in Europe - a shame that it looks like their Europa League run is coming to its end after they lost to a stong Danish Superliga side tonight.
BBC Radio Scotland - Saturday 16th July 2011
Sportsound presented by Jim Spence live from Pacific Quay with Jim Traynor.
Open All Mics
Ayr v. St Johnstone - Billy Dodds
Falkirk v. Preston - Derek Ferguson
Forfar Athletic v. Aberdeen - Jane Lewis
Hibernian v. Barnsley - Charlie Mann (Game Called Off - Waterlogged Pitch)
Kilmarnock v. Ross County - John Barnes
Linfield v. Rangers - Paul Gilmore (From BBC Radio Ulster)
Motherwell v. Leeds United - Chris McLaughlin
Partick Thistle v. Celtic XI - Murdo MacLeod
St Mirren v. Greenock Morton - Allan Preston
The Open - Liam McLeod
Sportsound presented by Jim Spence live from Pacific Quay with Jim Traynor.
Open All Mics
Ayr v. St Johnstone - Billy Dodds
Falkirk v. Preston - Derek Ferguson
Forfar Athletic v. Aberdeen - Jane Lewis
Hibernian v. Barnsley - Charlie Mann (Game Called Off - Waterlogged Pitch)
Kilmarnock v. Ross County - John Barnes
Linfield v. Rangers - Paul Gilmore (From BBC Radio Ulster)
Motherwell v. Leeds United - Chris McLaughlin
Partick Thistle v. Celtic XI - Murdo MacLeod
St Mirren v. Greenock Morton - Allan Preston
The Open - Liam McLeod
Yorkshire Radio (DAB) and official Leeds United website
host: Michael Weadock
Motherwell verses Leeds United
commentator: Thom Kirwin
summariser: Phil Haye
Ben Fry reported on horse racing
host: Michael Weadock
Motherwell verses Leeds United
commentator: Thom Kirwin
summariser: Phil Haye
Ben Fry reported on horse racing
talkSPORT: Sam Matterface is presenting The Transfer Tavern from Fratton Park, having reported on the Portsmouth v Chelsea friendly during The All Sports Show with Ian Danter and Perry Groves. That show didn't have reporters at any of today's other friendlies as far as I heard.
Saturday, 16th July, 2011
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Summer Saturday
Presenter: Martin Winch
Pre-Season Friendly:
Nuneaton Town v. Coventry City
Reporters: Geoff Foster & Dave Sharpe
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Summer Saturday
Presenter: Martin Winch
Pre-Season Friendly:
Nuneaton Town v. Coventry City
Reporters: Geoff Foster & Dave Sharpe
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