Tuesday 26th November

BBC Bristol / Somerset

John Ford (studio host)

Bristol City v Leyton Orient - Ed Hadwin and Adam Baker (1548MW)
Cheltenham Town v Bristol Rovers - Richard Hoskin and Keith Brookman (94.9FM / 104.6FM / DAB)

BBC Radio Wales

Oxford United v Newport County - Steffan Garrero (studio host) Rob Phillips and Jason Perry (All frequencies)

Thursday 28th November

Swansea City v Valencia CF (UEFA Europa League) - BBC Radio Wales had Steffan Garrero (host) Simon Davies and Leighton James (All frequencies) with BBC Radio Cymru having Owain Llyr (host) John Hardy and Iwan Roberts. Antony O'Connell commentated for Swansea Sound.

Saturday 30th November

BBC Bristol / Somerset

Geoff Twentyman (studio host)

Preston North End v Bristol City - Richard Hoskin and Adam Baker (94.9FM / 1566MW / DAB)
Bristol Rovers v AFC Wimbledon - Ed Hadwin and Keith Brookman (1548MW)
Bath v Exeter Chiefs (Aviva Premiership RU) - Andrew Sheridan and Kane-Palma Newport (104.6FM / Online)

Sunday 1st December

BBC Radio Wales
Newport County v Chesterfied (1300GMT KO) - John Hardy and Jason Perry (SE FM / SE Wales DAB)
Manchester City v Swansea (1600GMT KO) - Simon Davies (hosting) Rob Phillips and Iwan Walsh (All frequencies, as this was also a 5Live commentary)

BBC Radio Cymru

Newport County v Chesterfied (1300GMT KO) - John Hardy (FT report)
Manchester City v Swansea (1600GMT KO) - Dylan Griffiths (also host) and Iwan Roberts (commentary)

Swansea Sound
Manchester City v Swansea City - Rob Daly (commentary)

Tuesday 3rd December

BBC Somerset

Dan Albutt (studio host)

Yeovil Town v Blackpool - Chris Spittles and Chris Sweet (95.5FM)
Weston super mare v Aldershot Town (FA Trophy 1st round replay) - Mike Kay (HT / FT reports)

Friday 6th December - talkSPORT

Adrian Durham presented the FIFA World Cup Draw alongside Stan Collymore, David Ginola and Darren Gough, followed by a Kick Off: World Cup Draw Special with Mark Saggers from Bahia, Brazil

FIFA World Cup 2014 Draw
Costa do Sauipe Resort, Bahia - Mark Saggers (commentary), with Mike Bovill conducting interviews and Jon Norman producing

Cricket: Second Ashes Test Match
Australia v England - Jack Bannister

No Richard Keys and Andy Gray tonight, as Mark Saggers stayed on after doing commentary on the World Cup Finals draw to present a special programme from the venue in Bahia hosting it. He didn't have a co-host as he usually would but was joined by a number of journalists including Gabrielle Marcotti, Charlie Wyatt, Sean Wheelock, Marcel van der Kraan, Tim Vickery and the travel expert Simon Calder during the three hours. Elsewhere, it was double duty for Danny Kelly today, as he presented his BT Sport 1 TV show with Danny Baker a couple of hours after sitting in for Paul Hawksbee with Andy Jacobs on H&J between 1-4pm.

On a different note, good to have you back posting Ian. I've missed your contributions over the past few weeks, your efforts detailing sports coverage information from Wales and the west of England are much appreciated.

BBC WM so far this season

Live FM Commentators: Mark Regan 21, Mike Taylor 9, Richard Wilford 7, Rob Gurney 8

Live FM Presenters: Paul Franks 16, Mark Regan 9, Daz Hale 5, Richard Wilford 8, Mike Taylor 4, Rob Gurney 4

Live FM Commentaries: Aston Villa 8, West Bromwich Albion 12, Birmingham City 9, Wolverhampton Wanderers 11, Walsall 7, Tamworth 1

Saturday 7th December

BBC WM

FA Cup Second Round
Tom Marlow: Leyton orient v Walsall
Rob Gurney: Stevenage v Stourbridge

Premier League
Mark Regan and Paul Franks: West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City (Live on 95.6 FM)

Championship
Richard Wilford: Birmingham City v Middlesbrough (Live on DAB)

Saturday 7th December 2013 - BBC Radio Devon - 14:00-18:00 (13:00-18:00 on 95.8FM)

James Vickery presenting Devon Sport from the Seymour Road Studios

FA Cup Round 2
Plymouth Argyle v Welling United - Gordon Sparks & Steve Davey - 95.7FM in Plymouth & West Devon, 1458AM in Torbay & South Devon, DAB Countywide, BBC Devon Sports Website (15:00)

Rugby Union - Heineken Cup
Exeter Chiefs v Toulon - Nigel Walrond & John Lockyer - 95.8FM in Exeter & East Devon (13:35)

National Two South
Exmouth v Launceston - Paddy Marsh - Coverage following the Exeter Chiefs game on 95.8FM in Exeter & East Devon (14:00)

BBC Radio Leeds
host: Gareth Jones at the Leeds United match
Leeds United versus Middlesbrough (FM)
commentator: Adam Pope
summariser: Bobby Davison

(AM, DAB and official Huddersfield Town website)
Ipswich Town versus Huddersfield Town
commentator: Paul Ogden
summariser: Kieran O'Regan
Ronan Sully reported on Halifax Town.


BBC Radio Humberside
Grimsby Town versus Northampton Town
host: Matt Dean at the match
commentator: John Tondeur
summariser: Alan Buckley

BBC Radio Five Live
Host Mark Chapman at Stoke
Man Utd v Newcastle John Murray and Chris Waddle (commentary)
Crystal Palace v Cardiff John Southall
Liverpool v West Ham Ian Brown
Southampton v Man City Alistair Bruce-Ball and John Hartson (commentary)
Stoke v Chelsea Juliette Ferrington
WBA v Newcastle Pat Murphy
Sunderland v Tottenham (evening) Peter Slater
Brighton v Leicester Russell Fuller
Burnley v Barnsley Steve Wyeth
QPR v Blackburn Jacqui Oatley
Stevenage v Stourbridge Steve May
Dundee United v Hearts Roddy Forsyth

IRN
Man Utd v Newcastle ? ((Matt Haslam?)
Crystal Palace v Cardiff Andrew Cheal
Liverpool v West Ham Shane Pinnington
Southampton v Man City Alan Lewis
Stoke v Chelsea Paul Anthony
WBA v Norwich ? (Clive Edwards?)
Sunderland v Tottenham ? (Al Ross?)

BBC London
Crystal Palace v Cardiff Jamie Reid
Liverpool v West Ham Phil Parry and Bradley Allen (FM commentary) with Karl Bates
Stoke v Chelsea Jamie Hill
Sunderland v Tottenham Andy Rowley and Steve Froggatt (DAB commentary)
Millwall v Wigan Andrea Warth
QPR v Blackburn Nick Godwin
Yeovil v Charlton Alan Seabrook
Carlisle v Brentford Mark Taylor
Leyton Orient v Walsall Dave Victor
Plymouth v Welling Brent Pilneck

That's a really poor FA Cup turnout from 5Live

BBC Radio Wales

Crystal Palace v Tan's Dragons - Simon Davies (host) Rob Phillips and Ian Walsh (SE FM / SE Wales DAB)
Kidderminster Harriers v Newport County (FA Cup 2nd round) - Mark Poyser and Jason Perry (Online) (SW FM + SW Wales DAB / North FM / NE Wales DAB / AM/Digital TV from about the 23rd minute)
Rhyl v Bangor City (FAW Welsh Cup 3rd round)(1515GMT KO) - Marc Lloyd Williams (FT report)
Clermont Auvergne v Scarlets (Heineken Cup RU) (1335GMT KO) - Phil Steele and Adrian Hadley (SW FM / SW Wales DAB) (All frequencies for 1st half)
Pontypridd v London Scottish (British & Irish Cup RU) - Rick O'Shea
Llanelli v Rotherham Titans (British & Irish Cup RU) - Alun Jenkins
Horse racing from Chepstow - Aly Rowell

Bit of an odd situation for Newport County fans, in that they could easily listen to their game if they didn't have internet access, so long as they left the 'region' that Newport is in!

BBC Radio Cymru

John Hardy (studio host)

Crystal Palace v Tan's Dragons - Gareth Blainey and Iwan Roberts (SE FM only)
Kidderminster Harriers v Newport County (FA Cup 2nd round) - Dafydd Pritchard
Rhyl v Bangor City (FAW Welsh Cup 3rd round) (1515GMT KO) - Marc Lloyd Williams and Waynne Phillips (commentary 'everywhere else' from the 32 minute)
Clermont Auvergne v Scarlets (Heineken Cup RU) (1335GMT KO) - Gareth Charles and Dafydd Jones (All frequencies for first half and for 12 minutes of second half until SE FM spilt away)
Pontypridd v London Scottish (British & Irish Cup RU) - Cennydd Davies
Llanelli v Rotherham Titans (British & Irish Cup RU) - Alun Jenkins

BBC Bristol / Somerset

Geoff Twentyman (studio host)

Bristol Rovers v Crawley Town (FA Cup 2nd round) - Alistiar Durden and Keith Brookman (94.9FM / 104.6FM / 1548MW / 1566MW / DAB)
Yeovil Town v Charlton Athletic - Ed Hadwin and Chris Spittles (95.5FM)


Also on 5LSX (or 5 Extra as Radio Wales' Cennydd Davies was calling it a few times last night)
Last edited by Ian Cleverly : 07-12-2013 at 18:17

I assume that Mark Poyser was the commentator at Kidderminster.

Saturday 7th December - talkSPORT

Adrian Durham presented Matchday Live from the Britannia Stadium with Ray Parlour at St Mary's Stadium, followed by Call Collymore from the Stadium of Light

Premier League
Manchester United v Newcastle United - Dom McGuinness
Crystal Palace v Cardiff City - Ian Abrahams
Liverpool v West Ham United - Graham Beecroft
Southampton v Manchester City - Roger Hughes and Ray Parlour
Stoke City v Chelsea - Simon Humphreys and Adrian Durham
West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City - Nigel Pearson
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Sam Matterface and Stan Collymore (5.30pm commentary), with Graham Courtney at pitchside and Carl Ralley producing

Championship
Derby County v Blackpool - Kev Lawrence
Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City - Elliot Cook
Burnley v Barnsley - Dave Rowe
Leeds United v Watford - Grahame Lloyd
Queens Park Rangers v Blackburn Rovers - Tony Incenzo
Reading v AFC Bournemouth - Geoff Peters

Rugby Union: Heineken Cup Pool 2
Exeter Chiefs v Toulon - Russell Hargreaves

Cricket: Second Ashes Test Match
Australia v England - Jack Bannister


talkSPORT Live

Premier League
Manchester United v Newcastle United - Richard Connelly and Bobby Gould
Crystal Palace v Cardiff City - Keith Hall
Liverpool v West Ham United - Adam Bridge and Darren Eadie (featured 3pm commentary on international radio stations)
Southampton v Manchester City - Toby Gilles
Stoke City v Chelsea - John Anderson
West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City - Dan Wheeler
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Phil Blacker and Darren Eadie


Absolute Radio

Russ Williams presented Rock 'N' Roll Football Live alongside Martin Allen, followed by Ian Wright and Ian Stone on the phone-in

Premier League
Stoke City v Chelsea - Jim Proudfoot and Clarke Carlisle (3pm commentary)


Today FM

Michael McMullan presented Premier League Live with Mark Lawrenson between 2-3pm, followed by Fanzone with Johnny Lyons

Premier League
Manchester United v Newcastle United - Stuart Arrowsmith
Crystal Palace v Cardiff City - Graham Miller
Liverpool v West Ham United - Ron Jones and Ray Houghton (3pm commentary)
Southampton v Manchester City - Ian Beach
Stoke City v Chelsea - Phil Kinsella
West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City - Alan Tolley
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Roger Tames


Newstalk 106-108FM

Ger Gilroy presented Off The Ball alongside Adrian Barry

Premier League (as IRN)
Crystal Palace v Cardiff City - Andrew Cheal
Liverpool v West Ham United - Shane Pinnington
Southampton v Manchester City - Alan Lewis
Stoke City v Chelsea - Paul Anthony
West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City - Clive Edwards
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur - Al Ross

Rugby Union: Heineken Cup Pool 5
Ulster v Treviso - Dave McIntyre, Eddie O'Sullivan and Bryn Cunningham (6pm commentary)


Free Radio 80s

Tom Ross presented The Goalzone from the Hawthorns

Premier League
West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City - Tom Ross and Tony Brown (3pm commentary in the Black Country and Shropshire)

Championship
Birmingham City v Middlesbrough - Chris Coles and Kevan Broadhurst (3pm commentary in Birmingham)

BBC Radio Manchester presented by Jimmy Wagg from Macclesfield v Brackley

Southampton v Manchester City - Ian Cheeseman and Fred Eyre - commentary
Manchester United v Newcastle United - Bill Rice - reports
Bolton Wanderers v Doncaster Rovers - Jack Dearden - reports
Millwall v Wigan Athletic - Paul Rowley - reports
Oldham Athletic v Mansfield Town - John Gilder - reports
Rotherham United v Rochdale - Nathan Middleton - reports

Sunday 8th December

BBC WM

BBC WM Sport with Daz Hale live from The Lamb

FA Cup Second Round
Mike Taylor and Daz Hale: Tamworth v Bristol City

Premier League
Steve Hermon: Fulham v Aston Villa

Sunday 8th December 2013 - Free Radio 80s (1300-1600)

Tom Ross presenting The Goalzone from Craven Cottage.

Premier League
Fulham v Aston Villa - Tom Ross & Pat Heard - Updates on 1152AM & DAB in Birmingham.

It seems its not just home games where they have to do updates for

It's still more than the pathetic excuse of a radio station that is talksport.

BBC Radio SCotland, 7/12/13

Richard Gordon presenting Sportsound on all frequencies.

Scottish Premiership Commentary (810MW)

Dundee Utd v Hearts - John Barnes and Willie Miller

Open All Mics (92-95FM/103.5-105FM)

Post-match interviewers in brackets, where known.

Dundee Utd v Hearts - Jim Spence (Jonathan Sutherland)
Hibernian v Partick Thistle - Billy Dodds
Ross County v Kilmarnock - John Robertson (Charles Bannerman)
St Johnstone v Aberdeen - Allan Preston (Liam McLeod)
St Mirren v Inverness CT - Chick Young
Morton v Dundee - Derek Ferguson
The Rangers v Ayr Utd - Charlie Mann

Do you ever post anything positive?

talkSPORT carried reports on Gateshead v Oxford United on Thursday night, something I don't imagine Radio 5 Live will have done (I would be happy to be proven wrong on that if they did) given that they devote that weeknight evening to coverage of sports other than football and often pre-recorded output at that.

As for their Saturday afternoon coverage, as I've posted on here previously I'd much rather hear Adrian Durham giving regular full scorechecks from all of the day's Football League, Conference and FA Cup games (including information about goalscorers and sendings off, which you don't typically get from 5 Live Sport) than taking up much of that time with updates from a reporter at a single, tokenistic "featured" game from those competitions. I find the Matchday Live approach a much more effective way of following my team on a Saturday afternoon.

Sunday 8th December - talkSPORT

Dan Lobb presented Sunday Exclusive from Craven Cottage, followed by Call Collymore from Craven Cottage

Premier League
Fulham v Aston Villa - Sam Matterface and Stan Collymore (1.30pm commentary), with Carl Ralley producing
Arsenal v Everton - Ian Abrahams

FA Cup Third Round Draw
Wembley Stadium - Matt Smith presenting, with Teddy Sheringham drawing the home teams and Charlie Sheringham drawing the away teams (audio simulcast from ITV)


talkSPORT Live

Premier League
Fulham v Aston Villa - Alex Crook and David Lee
Arsenal v Everton - Kevin Hatchard and Adrian Clarke

Two new co-commentators for talkSPORT Live today.


Newstalk 106-108FM

Joe Molloy presenting Off The Ball alongside Adrian Barry

Premier League
Fulham v Aston Villa - Nigel Bidmead (as IRN)
Arsenal v Everton - Tim Long and Pat Nevin (4pm commentary)

Rugby Union: Heineken Cup Pool 6
Munster v Perpignan - Dave McIntyre, Keith Wood, Eddie O'Sullivan and Liam Toland (12.45pm commentary)

Gaelic Football: Leinster Senior Championship Final
St Vincent's v Portlaoise - Colm Parkinson

I am not the greatest fan of talkSPORT (it's not my style) but to call it pathetic is well beyond the pale. It serves an audience who is loyal to the brand and this more than justifies its existence.

BBC Radio Five Live
Fulham v Aston Villa Alistair Bruce-Ball
Arsenal v Everton Alan Green and Kevin Kilbane (commentary)

IRN
Arsenal v Everton Russell Hargreaves

BBC London
Host Nick Godwin
Fulham v Villa Jamie Hill and Rufus Brevett (commentary)
Arsenal v Everton David Friend

Sunday 8th December - TCR 106.8FM

Mike Thomas presented The Sports Zone from The Lamb

FA Cup Second Round
Tamworth v Bristol City - Nigel Vaughan and Mike Thomas (2pm partial commentary)

I dipped into a bit of TCR's - a community radio station in Tamworth - coverage of today's game at The Lamb, with this being available online, unlike that of BBC WM. TCR weren't doing a full commentary but were interspersing spells of commentary, either from presenter Mike Thomas or Nigel Vaughan, who is also the stadium announcer at The Lamb you will have heard on ITV's coverage, between records. Not the ideal way to cover a football match - it was the same the last time I tuned in on the final day of the 2012/13 Conference season - but I could well imagine that their remit as a community station might dictate the amount of music they have to play and how much speech they can broadcast. Still, TCR provides a very good service for Tamworth fans - I know it is the only station that covers all of their home games and I think they have a presence at most of their away matches as well.

i was hoping that WM's commentary would be omline so i could listen 2 it while watching the game. I have to say the bits of WM's coverage i heard was bad because of Daz Hale as he was talking as if he had matched Tamworth all season when he hasn't and made some silly comments the good point was Mike Taylor.

BBC Bristol / Somerset

Ed Hadwin (studio host)

Tamworth v Bristol City (FA Cup 2nd round) - Richard Hoskin (who jokingly suggest he'd have to keep his notes steady as the ground slopes downwards from him) and Adam Baker (94.9FM / 95..5FM / 104.6FM / Online)
Bristol v Galashiels (British & Irish Cup RU) - Andy Champion and Kyle Traynor (DAB / Online)

The FA Cup 3rd round draw leaves some reasonable live TV games and a few non-league teams for the 3pm Sat package that 5Live cover

I imagine 5Live & TS will be happy

It'll be interesting to see whether or not talkSPORT take the opportunity to do a 3pm commentary on FA Cup Third Round Saturday or if they'll stick with their usual Around the Grounds service.

Last season (their first since winning FA Cup rights for the first time in a decade), they did Around the Grounds at 3pm on Third Round Saturday, interspersed partial commentary on the Brighton v Arsenal 3pm tie into their usual format on Fourth Round Saturday and then did a full commentary at 3pm on Fifth Round Saturday. So that's three different formats for the three FA Cup rounds that include Saturday 3pm matches involving top flight clubs.