I'm sure there's plenty of websites which have shown live TV footage of the Swansea match...

thanks Jimmylad, I'm sure there were however I am blind so a radio commentary is better for me and, unless the video commentary was in English, it wouldn't have been any use to me unfortunately.

Yes, although it's stealing.

Ian Danter and Stewart Robson are on talkSPORT Live commentary duty this evening for Everton v Manchester United.

Indeed it may, very soon

Anyone have any idea when the PL radio rights from next season onwards might be announced?

Any idea when it was last time?

IRN - Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August 2012
Arsenal v Sunderland Andrew Cheal
Fulham v Norwich Elliot Cook
QPR v Swansea Nigel Bidmead
Reading v Stoke Sam Fleet
WBA v Liverpool Clive Edwards
West Ham v Aston Villa Kevin Hatchard
Newcastle v Tottenham Ali Ross
Wigan v Chelsea Peter Smith
Man City v Southampton Darren Stannage

I've no firm knowledge of when the next set of national Premier League radio rights are to be announced, but with thanks to Media Guardian's online archive, I have managed to pull up a list of the dates when the last four radio rights deals (since negotiations for the rights became competitive) were announced. Those dates were:

2001/02 to 2003/04 - Tuesday 28th November 2000
2004/05 to 2006/07 - Friday 4th June 2004
2007/08 to 2009/10 - Tuesday 10th October 2006
2010/11 to 2012/13 - Thursday 18th February 2010

Going by that, you'd expect the negotiations to be concluded in the autumn or winter months but I wouldn't like to narrow things down any further until we get word of when the rights are due to go out to tender. If you are wondering about the real lateness of the 2004 deal, at this point in time relations between 5 Live and talkSPORT were very frosty and the rights were being sold on an all-or-nothing basis, these days the relationship between all three stations involved is much more congenial so you'd expect things to be agreed much sooner than that. In my opinion the smart money has to be on things remaining pretty much the same as they are now.

In other news, fair play to Radio 5 Live for prioritising the Challenge Cup Final between Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves on Saturday at 2.30pm ahead of a Premier League commentary. This is the kind of thing the people who voiced concerns about football having such dominance over other sports on 5 Live to the BBC Trust were talking about, so I'm glad to see that their management seem to be addressing this in light of the Trust report.

In such circumstances, I often wonder if Radio 5 Live effectively (if not officially) defer the Saturday 3pm first pick over to the second pick rights holders - it has been noticeable that talkSPORT and Absolute have had the choice Saturday 3pm games on afternoons when 5 Live have prioritised rugby union in previous seasons - and it seems to be the case in this instance. Absolute Radio will be doing commentary on Manchester United v Fulham on Saturday, nine times out of ten whenever the Red Devils play in the 3pm timeslot they will be chosen by 5 Live.

In sponsorship news, Sky Sports have renewed their lead sponsorship of both talkSPORT and Absolute's live Premier League coverage for another season.

Monday 20th August - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presenting Kick Off: Monday Night Fiest Night alongside Stan Collymore

Premier League
Everton v Manchester United - Graham Beecroft (with, as mentioned a few times already, Ian Danter and Stewart Robson commentating for talkSPORT Live)

Everton v Manchester United
BBC Radio Merseyside Ian Kennedy and Ronnie Goodlass (commentary)
Radio City 96.7 Alan Irwin and Graeme Sharp (commentary)

Thanks Difference, nothing seems imminent then!

It's Connor McNamara, John Murray and Pat Nevin for 5Live tonight.

Any news on five live dropping to one commentator. Was supposed to happen this season. Two there tonight

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...ve-commentator

some of the comments on the article are laughable. will 5live only commentate on half a game to give the overworked commentators a break being my particular favourite. obviously there are no other radio examples of only one commentator and one summeriser covering a game. oh wait...

just to add, it was Colin Murray presenting 5live sport tonight.

BBC Radio Devon - Tuesday 21st August 2012 (1900-2200)

Alan Richardson Presents BBC Radio Devon Sport from the Plymouth Seymour Road Studios

League 2 Commentary
Aldershot v Exeter City - John Ayers and Gary Andrews - 990MW, 95.8FM in Exeter, 801MW in North Devon, DAB in North Devon, Exeter and Torbay
Dagenham & Redbridge v Plymouth Argyle - Peter Guise and Chris Webb - 95.7FM and DAB in Plymouth
Torquay Utd v Cheltneham Town - Hamish Marshall (subject to change) and Steeve Breed - 1458MW in Torbay Only

A lot of infills tomorrow tonight from the normal line up. Gordon Sparks is Argyles normal commentator, but he only does Weekends now, which is a shame. Please note that Torquay's commentator could be filled by Alan Richardson at short notice

It doesn't even seem that 5Live are putting a game on Sports Extra on Saturday at 3pm which strikes me as strange. In the past they have relegated a game to Sports Extra for events sush as the Grand National. Could it be that they see this as an opportunity to hold back a game for rearranged midweek matches later in the season which could have greater significance?

5lsx are busy all Saturday with the T 20 finals day so the option of putting a football match on there wasn't available to them.

BBC Radio Scotland - Tuesday 21st August 2012

Sportsound presented by Richard Gordon live from Pacific Quay with Kenny Shiels.

Champions League Commentary
Helsingsborg v. Celtic - Liam McLeod & Murdo MacLeod with Chris McLaughlin pitchside

Updates: Ramsdens Cup Second Round Falkirk v. The Rangers - Chick Young

That explains it. Absolute Radio will have been handed the top pick 3pm game of Manchester United v Fulham by default then.

I listened to talkSPORT Live's commentary on Everton v Manchester United last night - Ian Danter and Stewart Robson produced an excellent commentary as you would expect of them and they also did well with an hour of build-up beforehand. I caught a bit of Brila FM, the Nigerian station taking talkSPORT Live commentaries, and their coverage around the game. It was like nothing I have heard before, and I must say quite brilliant. I didn't catch the presenter's name but he was football phone-in equivalent of a "hype man", inviting callers on by greeting them in Afrikaans and consistently responding to their points by saying "I feel you brother", all the while being backed by some dance music backing track. Great to hear something so different to the norm. It was noticeable that, unlike Radio Sport New Zealand, they have already gained sponsorship for their coverage with Peter Odemwingie recording a message endorsing talkSPORT and Brila's coverage.

BBC WM LINE UP
Mark Regan and Rob Gurney:Sheff Wednesday v Brmingham
Adam Bridge:Wolves v Barnsley
Phil Cartwright:Oldham v Walsall

BBC London 94.9
Bristol City v Crystal Palace Nick Godwin and Bradley Allen (FM commentary)
Charlton v Leiceter Jamie Reed
Peterborough v Millwall Andrea Warth
Watford v Ipswich Jamie Hill
Brentford vYeovil Bill Reeves
Leyton Orient v Stevenage Dave Victor
Barnet v Bristol Rovers Karl Bates
Dagenham and Redbridge v Plymouth Stuart Smith
Burton v AFC Wimbledon Mark Taylor
Studio Elliot Cook (sports news)

I am off to watch Wealdstone v East Thurrock tonight (in the Ryman League Premier) so will be a bit out of reach with regards to the radio tonight.

Tuesday 21st August - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presenting Kick Off alongside Matt Holland

Championship
Blackpool v Leeds United - Grahame Lloyd
Bolton Wanderers v Derby County - Dave Rowe
Brighton & Hove Albion v Cardiff City - Richard Connelly
Bristol City v Crystal Palace - Geoff Peters
Charlton Athletic v Leicester City - Tony Incenzo
Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest - Simon Humphreys
Middlesbrough v Burnley - Graham Courtney
Peterborough United v Millwall - Kev Lawrence
Sheffield Wednesday v Birmingham City - John Temple
Watford v Ipswich Town - Ian Abrahams
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Barnsley - Ian Danter

Having commentated on Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur on talkSPORT Live on Saturday, former BBC World Service man Richard Connelly is making his debut on talkSPORT "proper" tonight. They are not carrying reports on Helsingborg v Celtic which is disappointing.


BBC WM

Mark Regan presenting WM Sport from Hillsborough

Championship
Sheffield Wednesday v Birmingham City - Rob Gurney and Mark Regan (commentary)
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Barnsley - Adam Bridge

League One
Oldham Athletic v Walsall - Phil Cartwright


Gold (West Midlands)

Tom Ross presenting The Goalzone from Hillsborough

Championship
Sheffield Wednesday v Birmingham City - Tom Ross and ? (Gold Birmingham commentary)
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Barnsley - Steve Hermon and Steve Daley (Gold Black Country and Shropshire commentary)

League One
Coventry City v Sheffield United - Joe Holt and Dave Bennett (Gold Coventry & Warwickshire commentary)

Anyone have the details of who is on co-commentary duty at Hillsborough tonight and who was Gold's commentary team for Birmingham City's game against Charlton at the weekend?

BBC Radio Leicester

Charles Dagnall with BBC Radio Leicester Sport.

Championship
Charlton v Leicester City - Ian Stringer and Alan Young (commentary)

Conference North
Brackley v Hinckley United - Andy Gibbs

BBC Radio Derby

Ed Dawes with Sportscene live from the Reebok Stadium.

Championship
Bolton v Derby County - Colin Bloomfield and Roger Davies (FM commentary)

League Two
Burton Albion v AFC Wimbledon - Charles Collins and Tony Bentley (AM commentary)
Chesterfield v Rochdale - Paul Fisher

BBC Radio 5 Live - 21/8/2012

With Ian Payne

Helsingborg v Celtic - Roddy Forsyth

Blackpool v Leeds - Dave Woods (Mike Sewell + Jimmy Armfield for Sports Extra)
Bolton v Derby - Juliette Ferrington
Huddersfield v Nott Forest - Peter Slater
Sheff Wed v Birmingham - Darren Fletcher + Craig Burley (commentary)
Watford v Ipswich - Simon Mann
Wolves v Barnsley - Steve May

Coventry v Sheff Utd - Conor McNamara