Other posters have made very valid points but you've ignored those.

Think it's time to stop feeding the troll guys.

What a shame.

Have a valid point to make. Argue it out. Dare to stick to your guns and reuse to agree with the apologists for the station concerned...and get labelled a troll.

Pathetic bwfcol

That's the point, you haven't argued it out, you've ignored the string of posts making points and you've just jumped on one you didn't agree with

To be fair Mall, you have put forward your thesis others including myself have dissected it piece by piece.

It is clear you are not going to address points made by previous members, instead your missives are nothing short of denial.

yes. its interesting that after Mall's origenal argument was taken apart, he moves the goalposts (no pun intended) and tries to construct a new (and equally deluded) argument. which sport I wonder didn't get covered on Saturday because a couple of local stations had the absolute nurve to cover their local team... wait, surely that game in the under 9's junior league should have had commentary? shame on you BBC!

Monday 29th February - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presented Kick Off: Monday Night Feist Night alongside Stan Collymore

Championship
Brighton & Hove Albion v Leeds United - Elliot Cook

I read in another thread that Radio City provided commentary on Sunday's Capital One Cup Final between Liverpool and Manchester City. Given that they dropped commentary rights to Everton and Liverpool at the start of the season, while retaining their midweek sports discussion programmes, I was interested to read that they have seemingly picked up a one-off commentary rights deal to cover one of their clubs in a major final. Does anyone know who their coverage team was?

Tuesday 1st March - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presenting Kick Off from the King Power Stadium with Danny Gabbidon at the Vitality Stadium and Clive Allen at Villa Park

Premier League
AFC Bournemouth v Southampton - Ian Danter and Danny Gabbidon
Aston Villa v Everton - Tom Ross and Clive Allen
Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion - Nigel Pearson and Mark Saggers, with James Dodd producing
Norwich City v Chelsea - Dave Rowe
Sunderland v Crystal Palace - Graham Courtney

Championship
Blackburn Rovers v Middlesbrough - Naz Premji


talkSPORT Live

Premier League
AFC Bournemouth v Southampton - Russell Hargreaves
Aston Villa v Everton - Ian Williams
Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion - Barry Swain
Norwich City v Chelsea - Tom Rennie and Sam Parkin (featured 7.45pm commentary on international radio stations)
Sunderland v Crystal Palace - Dan Wheeler

Bundesliga
Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg - Chris Parrott


BBC WM 95.6

Mike Taylor presenting BBC WM 95.6 Sport from the King Power Stadium

Premier League
Aston Villa v Everton - Mark Regan
Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion - Mike Taylor and Tony Brown (7.45pm commentary)

League One
Walsall v Scunthorpe United - Richard Wilford

BBC Radio Wales

Crawley Town v Newport '19th and rising' County - Rob Phillips and Iwan Roberts (all frequencies)

BBC Bristol / Somerset

Dan Albutt (studio host)

Bristol Rovers v Hartlepool United - Richard Hoskin and Keith Brookman (94.9FM / 104.6FM / Bristol & Bath DAB / Somerset DAB / Freeview)
Yeovil Town v Accrington Stanley - Chris Spittles and Tom Seymour (95.5FM)

BBC Radio Sheffield-01/03/2016:-

On All FM Frequncies-Swindon v Doncaster Rovers. Mike Miney Commentating, alongside Russ Wilcox
On MW/DAB-Sheffield United v Burton Albion. Rob Staton (Who also hosted Football Heaven between 18:00 and 19:00).

Adam Oxley Reporting on Barnsley v Coventry
Phil Tooley Reporting on Chesterfield v Blackpool

Pulse 2, Pulse 1 and official Bradford City website
Bradford City versus Colchester United - Jason Thornton and Ian Ormondroyd

BBC Radio York
Oxford United versus York City - David Payne, Tim Steere and Chris Parker

BBC Radio Scotland Sportsound, 1/3/16

Presented by Richard Gordon from Tynecastle.

All 7.45pm.

Scottish Premiership
Hearts v Inverness CT - Allan Preston (Brian McLaughlin conducting post-match interviews)
Kilmarnock v Ross County - Chick Young (Richard Wilson)

Scottish Championship
Livingston v Morton - Tam McManus
Queen of the South v Hibernian - Derek Ferguson
St Mirren v Falkirk - Rob Maclean

Scottish League One
Ayr Utd v Cowdenbeath - Connie McLaughlin

How come WM isn't splitting frequencies on DAB for the Villa match?

Would've thought the potential for a mass walkout at 74 mins by Villa fans might have got more than updates only?

BBC WM are only allowed to provide commentary on a limited number of Aston Villa home games.

Typically these commentaries will be derby games at Villa Park and also standalone home Villa matches, where if they weren't able to do commentary they'd be forced to do an updates show. The home Villa games they don't commentate on tend to be played on busy Saturdays or on nights like tonight when West Brom are also in action.

I feel it's slightly more disappointing that WM haven't decided to do a DAB opt-out commentary on Walsall v Scunthorpe United given the League One promotion battle. That said, there may be limits on the number of Walsall home games they can do commentary on and West Brom are the one club in the region whose fanbase is generally spread across both the Birmingham and Wolverhampton DAB MUX areas.

Pat Murphy believes more and more in his own ego every week.

Describing defending as shocking for a goal as usual this evening... going on and on about 74th minute walkout of Villa fans and then at the end of the game; "now just 10 minutes after the final whistle, Villa Park is earily empty apart from the Everton fans".

That is pretty much how every premier league ground is 10 minutes after the final whistle...

He has his agenda and is determined to fit the narrative of the match around that agenda.

Yes. It's amazing how quickly grounds empty when the crowd arrives ofer a considerably longer period of time. Even if you listen to football on the radio on a Saturday afternoon. Often by 5 pm the ground is silent.

BBC Radio Manchester - 1st March

Shrewsbury v Rochdale - Ian Cheeseman and Steve Eyre - commentary
Bury v Peterborough United - Liam Bradford - reports
Millwall v Wigan Athletic - Paul Rowley - reports
Oldham Athletic v Port Vale - Jack Dearden - reports

5Live

Mark Chapman presents

Leicester/WBA - Conor McNamara & Joey Barton (comms)
Villa vs Everton - Pat Murphy
Norwich/Chels - Mike Sewell
B'mouth vs Soton - John Southall
S'land vs Palace - Alistair Yeomans

B'burn vs 'Boro - Peter Slater

Joey Barton was excellent on 5Live IMO, anyone else hear him?

He comes across very well. Definitely has a media career ahead of him.

Yep, his in game analysis was very good. Doing what a co commentator is paid to do,

Barton is 100 times the summariser that Savage will ever be

I absolutely agree with you, whenever I have the misfortune of hearing Pat Murphy (generally in other people's cars, I don't seek out 5 Live Sport when there are multiple matches taking place) I find him to have become increasingly pompous and self-important.

For me he's the most irritating broadcaster on sports radio right now (despite strong competition elsewhere!). He seems desperate to crowbar his views into his reports and interviews. That sorry episode with the then-Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson last season (where he generated some publicity for attempting to piggyback of NP's "ostrich" comments to print journalist Ian Baker) seems to have inflated his ego to a whole new level. Reportedly he's not the most popular journalist in the West Midlands and I can see why.

I'm listening to BBC WM's West Midlands Football Phone-In right now, where presenter Paul Franks has announced that the show will be extended by half an hour for the rest of the season. From Monday, the programme will be broadcast between 5.30-7pm.

I'd noticed it prior to that Pearson episode, but yes, that seemed to ratchet (sp) up his ego even more, and the presenters seem to feed it as well. Damn annoying as he used to be a good reporter!

BBC Radio Scotland Sportsound, 2/3/16

Presented by Richard Gordon from Celtic Park, with Richard Wilson.

All 7.45pm

Scottish Premiership
Celtic v Dundee - Rob Maclean and Scott McDonald (commentary) with Chris McLaughlin pitchside
Dundee Utd v Aberdeen - Scott Davie and Willie Miller (Brian McLaughlin conducting post-match interviews)
St Johnstone v Partick Thistle - Chick Young (Martin Dowden)

While Celtic v Dundee is the primary commentary game, they will also dip occasionally into commentary from Dundee Utd v Aberdeen.

Wednesday 2nd March - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presenting Kick Off Exclusive from Upton Park with Michael Gray at Anfield

Premier League
Arsenal v Swansea City - Olly Wilson
Liverpool v Manchester City - Sam Matterface and Michael Gray (8pm commentary), with Graham Beecroft at pitchside and James Dodd producing
Manchester United v Watford - Dom McGuinness
Stoke City v Newcastle United - Simon Humphreys
West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur - Ian Abrahams and Mark Saggers

Stan Collymore was scheduled to co-commentate on tonight's live game from Anfield, but he is suffering from a migraine so Michael Gray has stepped off the bench in his absence.


talkSPORT Live

Premier League
Arsenal v Swansea City - Callum Williams
Liverpool v Manchester City - Alex Crook and Steve Lomas (featured 8pm commentary on international stations)
Manchester United v Watford - John Anderson
Stoke City v Newcastle United - James Fielden
West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur - Tim Long

Bundesliga
Bayern Munchen v Mainz 05 - Toby Gilles