BBC Radio Five Live
Mansfield v Scunthorpe Naz Premji

BBC London
Hull v Chelsea Mark Taylor
Cardiff v West Ham Phil Parry (also host) and Steve Froggatt (commentary) with Karl Bates
Fulham v Sunderland Nick Godwin
Tottenham v Palace Andy Rowley and Bradley Allen (DAB commentary)
Huddersfield v Millwall Andrea Warth
Ipswich v QPR Jamie Hill
Watford v Reading Jon Marks
Brentford v Port Vale Billy Reeves
Leyton Orient v Carlisle Dave Victor
AFC Wimbledon v Crewe Alan Seabrook
Dagenham and Redbridge v Fleetwood Stuart Smith

BBC Radio Scotland, 11/1/14

Richard Gordon presenting Sportsound on all frequencies, with Tom English.

Scottish Premiership Commentary (810MW)

Hearts v Motherwell - John Barnes and Willie Miller, with Brian McLaughlin pitchside

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

Hearts v Motherwell - Billy Dodds
St Johnstone v St Mirren - Allan Preston
Partick Thistle v Ross County - Derek Ferguson
Falkirk v Hamilton - Alasdair Lamont and John Robertson
Morton v Raith Rovers - Charlie Mann*
The Rangers v East Fife - Chick Young

*Originally suppost to be at Albion Rovers v Montrose, but they had technical difficulties.

Sportsound Extra

Presented by Kenny Macintyre, with Tam Cowan, Graham Spiers and Michael Stewart.

Manchester United v Swansea City - Mark Poyser and Leighton James (SW FM & SW Wales DAB)


Manchester United v Swansea City - Dylan Griffiths and Iwan Robverts (SW Wales FM)

Swansea Sound - Chris Parrott (commentary)

BBC Radio Manchester

Manchester United v Swansea City - Bill Rice - reports
Bolton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest - Jack Dearden - commentary
Wigan Athletic v Bournemouth - Paul Rowley - reports
Oldham Athletic v Stevenage - Ian Cheeseman - reports
Chesterfield v Bury - Phil Kinsella - reports
Hartlepool United v Rochdale - Ivan Ash - reports

BBC Radio Scotland, 12/1/14

Richard Gordon presenting Sportsound on 810MW, with Murdo MacLeod.

Inverness CT v Dundee Utd (12.45) - Rob Maclean and Billy Dodds (commentary) with Jim Spence ptichside

BBC Radio Manchester

Newcastle United v Manchester City - Ian Cheeseman and Fred Eyre - commentary

Radio Bristol's FA Cup coverage on Tuesday should be slightly interesting as both of the City's clubs are involved, and are both away from home.

Since the usual 'policy' is to have away games as most FM frequencies as possible, this would not be the case on Tuesday. I'd also guess the Mark Forrest english regions networked show would not be on Radio Bristol / Somerset at all that day.

With Bristol Rovers having the more attractive of the ties (they play Birmingham City), I'd speculate that that would be the FM game, with Bristol City's replay with Watford being on AM.

Call Collymore was actually presented by Danny Kelly from the studio as originally scheduled, as opposed to by Sam Matterface from the stadium as Stan himself had Tweeted earlier in the day.


Fabrice Muamba joined Bill for updates on Manchester United v Swansea City.

I know this as BBC Radio Manchester posted a Twitter picture of the pair of them, which featured a rather splendid photobomb by talkSPORT's Dom McGuinness: https://twitter.com/bbcradiomanc/sta...135040/photo/1

Sunday 12th January - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presenting Sunday Exclusive from St James' Park, followed by Call Collymore with Sam Matterface and Michael Gray from St James' Park

Premier League
Newcastle United v Manchester City - Sam Matterface and Michael Gray (2pm commentary), with Graham Courtney at pitchside and Carl Ralley producing
Stoke City v Liverpool - Dave Rowe

Cricket: First One-Day International
Australia v England - Jack Bannister


talkSPORT Live

Premier League
Newcastle United v Manchester City - Phil Blacker and Clive Walker
Stoke City v Liverpool - Toby Gilles and Matt Lawrence


Newstalk 106-108FM

Joe Molloy presenting Off The Ball alongside Adrian Barry

Premier League
Newcastle United v Manchester City - Mark Scott and Pat Nevin (2pm commentary)
Stoke City v Liverpool - Dave McIntyre and Steven Reid (4.10pm commentary)

Volvo Golf Champions
Durban Country Club, South Africa - Nick Dye

During his commentary today, Sam Matterface listed talkSPORT's commentary teams for their midweek FA Cup Third Round Replays. Andrew McKenna and Alvin Martin will be commentating on Fulham v Norwich City on Tuesday, with Mark Saggers presenting from Hillsborough for Sheffield Wednesday v Macclesfield Town, while Saggers, Matterface and Michael Gray will be covering Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday.

Monday 13th January

BBC WM

BBC WM Sport With Richard Wilford Live from Villa Park

Premier League
Mark Regan and Richard Wilford: Aston Villa v Arsenal

Monday 13th January - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presenting Kick Off: Monday Night Feist Night alongside Brian Moore with Stan Collymore at Villa Park

Premier League
Aston Villa v Arsenal - Ian Danter and Stan Collymore


talkSPORT Live

Premier League
Aston Villa v Arsenal - Tom Rennie and Paul McVeigh


Free Radio 80s

Tom Ross presenting The Goalzone's Extra Time and The Goalzone from Villa Park alongside Ian Taylor

Premier League
Aston Villa v Arsenal - Tom Ross, Pat Heard and Ian Taylor (updates in Birmingham, the Black Country and Shropshire)

Saturday 11th January 2013 - BBC Radio Devon (1400-1800)

James Vickery Presented Devon Sport from the Seymour Road Studio

League Two
AFC Wimbledon v Torquay United - Sohail Sahi & Dave Thomas - 1458AM in Torbay & South Devon (1500)
Bristol Rovers v Exeter City - Ian Randall & Graham Kirk - 990AM in Exeter & East Devon (1500)
Plymouth Argyle v Southend United - Gordon Sparks & Steve Davey - 95.7FM in Plymouth & West Devon, DAB Countywide (1500)

Rugby Union: Heineken Cup
Exeter Chiefs v Glasgow Warriors - Nigel Walrond & John Lockyer - 95.8FM in Exeter & East Devon, BBC Devon Sports Website (1500)

Was at the Argyle game on Saturday, so only heard bits of the comms this weekend

Tuesday 14th January

BBC WM

BBC WM Sport With Mike Taylor live from The Banks's Stadium

FA Cup 3rd Round
Richard Wilford: Birmingham City v Bristol Rovers

League One
Rob Gurney and Mike Taylor: Walsall v Oldham Athletic (Live on FM and DAB)

BBC Radio Wales

Carmarthen Town v The New Saints - Rob Phillips (updates)

BBC Bristol / Somerset

Ed Hadwin (studio host)

Birmingham City v Bristol Rovers (FA Cup Third round) - Ian Randall and Keith Brookman (1548MW / DAB / Online)
Watford v Bristol City (FA Cup 3rd round replay) - Richard Hoskin and Adam Baker (94.9FM / 95.5FM / 104.6FM / Online)

Oh well, I had a good run. My prediction was that Rovers would be on FM and City on AM.

5 Live - 14.1.14

Hosted by Mark Chapman

Birmingham v Bristol Rovers - Ian Brown
Bournemouth v Burton - Andy Gillies
Charlton v Oxford - Steve May
Fulham v Norwich - Jonathan Legard
MK Dons v Wigan - Rob Nothman (Jonathan Overend + Clive Allen for Sports Extra)
Peterborough v Kidderminister - Mike Sewell + Phil Brown
Preston v Ipswich - Gary Flintoff
Sheff Wed v Macclesfield - John Murray + Kevin Kilbane (commentary)
Watford v Bristol City - Peter Drury

Looking at the schedule for next Tuesday, 5Live aren't doing commentary on West Ham vs Man City in the 2nd leg, perfectly understandable. There is a Fans Forums special on instead

I wonder when the last time they didn't cover a Semi Final leg though?

BBC Radio Lancashire - Tuesday 14th January 2014.

Phil Cunliffe presenting Radio Lancashire Sport from Deepdale.

Preston North End v Ipswich Town (FA Cup Third Round Replay) - Phil Cunliffe and Jon Macken (commentary at 7:45pm on all frequencies)
Chorley FC v Tamworth - Dan Jewell (Updates)

Tuesday 14th January 2014 - BBC Radio Devon (1900-2200)

Alan Richardson Presented Devon Sport from Home Park

FA Cup 3rd Round Replay
Plymouth Argyle v Port Vale - Alan Richardson & Steve Davey - All frequencies (except 103.4FM), DAB Countywide & Online (19:45)

Tuesday 14th January - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presented Kick Off: FA Cup Special from Hillsborough with Alvin Martin at Craven Cottage

FA Cup Third Round Replays
Fulham v Norwich City - Andrew McKenna and Alvin Martin (7.45pm commentary)
Milton Keynes Dons v Wigan Athletic - Geoff Peters
Peterborough United v Kidderminster Harriers - Kev Lawrence
Plymouth Argyle v Port Vale - Ian Danter
Preston North End v Ipswich Town - Graham Beecroft
Sheffield Wednesday v Macclesfield Town - Graham Courtney and Mark Saggers
Watford v Bristol City - Ian Abrahams

FA Cup Third Round
AFC Bournemouth v Burton Albion - Tony Incenzo
Birmingham City v Bristol Rovers - Dave Rowe
Charlton Athletic v Oxford United - Elliot Cook

I didn't catch Macca's commentary - how did he do? From flicking through talkSPORT Listen Again, I see they stuck with Fulham v Norwich (albeit with plenty of Around the Grounds updates) for the duration rather than switching to another game, although at full-time at Craven Cottage they headed to London Road with Kev Lawrence doing two spells of commentary on the final five minutes of Posh v Kiddie (only punctuated by an update from Hillsborough).


Free Radio 80s

Tom Ross presented The Goalzone from St Andrew's

FA Cup Third Round
Birmingham City v Bristol Rovers - Tom Ross and Kevan Broadhurst (7.45pm commentary in Birmingham)

BBC Radio Manchester

MK Dons v Wigan Athletic - Jack Dearden and Paul Rowley - 95.1 FM commentary
Sheffield Wednesday v Macclesfield Town - Ian Cheeseman and Mike Glendinning - on-line commentary
Walsall v Oldham Athletic - Graham Miller - reports

5Live: Monday 13th January.

5Live Sport with Mark Chapman.
Aston Villa V Arsenal Ian Dennis, Robbie Savage and Mike Ingham (8 PM commentary).
An absolute nonsense that this game was felt to be big enough to need 2 commentators, although this does seem to be the set-up for most Monday night games on 5live this season.

Alan Green and Pat Nevin on 5Live tonight

Man City vs Cardiff is the 3pm game they have chosen on Saturday

I don't have any strong feelings either way about Radio 5 Live's use of their three person commentary system, but what I really am at a loss to understand is their decision to use Robbie Savage as summariser whenever they have broadcast commentary on Aston Villa, at least on non-Saturday games, this season.

It's not so much that Savage is a former Birmingham City player who was renown for his involvement in his fair share of dust ups in Second City derbies, but last season he really drew the ire of Villa fans when he made his cocky and ultimately wrong prediction that they were relegation certainties. So for Radio 5 Live to continually call upon him as summariser on Villa games strikes me as being a case of shooting yourself in the foot big style - they are rendering their coverage unlistenable to Villa supporters and even neutrals like me, who would have considered tuning in to their coverage on Monday had they used a more neutral co-commentator but find Savage to be a massive turn-off.

Given his spells at both clubs, Savage would have been a much more appropriate choice to co-commentate on Radio 5 Live's live commentary on Leicester City v Derby County in the Championship on Friday night...oh wait.

I was listening to the podcast of Gerry Armstrong's My Sporting Life during a long train journey yesterday (talkSPORT have just restarted uploading recent editions of MSL, in mp3 form, to their website: click here) and was interested to hear them using clips of Alan Green commentating on some of Gerry's goals from Northern Ireland's 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign. Indeed such was his much younger sounding voice, I didn't recognise that it was him until Gerry and host Danny Kelly made a mention of a "youthful Alan Green" doing the commentary.

Hearing this had me wondering who Green was commentating on those qualifying games for. The My Sporting Life series typically uses commentary clips from the ITV archive - indeed they used Gerald Sinstadt's ITV commentary on Gerry's famous winning goal against Spain during the 1982 World Cup finals - but they have been known to use the odd BBC commentary clip as well.

However, in this instance I wonder if Green may have been covering Northern Ireland's qualifiers for Ulster Television (which talkSPORT's own parent company is the radio branch of). I know Green worked for UTV around this time, although he did move to BBC Radio in time to commentate on the 1982 World Cup finals for them. So does anyone know who he would have been covering these games for?

Wednesday 15th January - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presenting Kick Off: FA Cup Special from the Etihad Stadium alongside Michael Gray

FA Cup Third Round Replay
Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers - Sam Matterface and Michael Gray (8.10pm commentary), with Carl Ralley producing

Both Drive Time and Kick Off have called upon talkSPORT Live commentator Alex Crook, who is also the owner of the M&Y News Agency in Hampshire and a regular Southampton correspondent for various national newspapers, to discuss the departure of chairman Nicola Cortese from St Mary's.

On the South Coast theme, at the weekend talkSPORT's live match producer Carl Ralley tweeted his approval of how Chris Wise was commentating on Oxford United v Portsmouth for BBC Radio Solent on Saturday. Matterface, Crook, Ralley and Wise were all involved in 107.4 The Quay Radio's live coverage of Pompey in the 2000s.