Interesting point Mr Difference but I guess the Superbowl match on 5Live will have commentary from Darren Fletcher and Rocky Boiman so they would be unlikely to use Nat and Mike for that match anyway.

Not sure what the BBC's TV plans for the Superbowl are yet but it seems strange that Nat hosted the International Series games but Mark Chapman is presenting the weekly highlights show.

Sunday 29th November - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Nat Coombs presented 5 Live NFL alongside Mike Carlson, Will Gavin and Mark Hunter

American Football: NFL Week 12
Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers - John Sadak and Mark Malone (9.05pm GMT commentary, as Westwood One)

Nat and Mike's guests last night were Will Gavin, writer for Gridiron magazine and one of the hosts of the Tuesday Morning Football podcast, who hosted Absolute Radio 90s' NFL coverage in 2013/14 and reported from Super Bowl XLIX for talkSPORT this year, plus the Olympic gold medal winning rower and 49ers fan Mark Hunter.

The coverage started at 7.30pm, with there being around 90 minutes of pregame discussion including contributions from UK-based NFL podcasters. While they didn't take commentary excerpts from any of the earlier games, Will frequently chipped in to round up the scores from the 6pm GMT kick-offs.

Mark quietly left the studio soon after the start of the commentary, while Will stuck around until half-time as he finished off rounding up the scores from the early games that overlapped with the live commentary. The coverage's "executive producer" Simon Crosse joined Nat and Mike at half-time to discuss what next Sunday's live game will be - they eventually settled on the Kansas City Chiefs @ Oakland Raiders fixture.

David, just to let you know Darren Fletcher has confirmed that he and Rocky Boiman will be commentating on the NFC Championship Game and Super Bowl 50 for Radio 5 Live in the New Year. Hopefully Nat and Mike will host commentary on the AFC Championship Game on 5LSE and then will shift to BBC TV to host Super Bowl coverage.

Thanks for the confirmation/info.

BBC 5 Live - World Championship Boxing

Saturday 28th November - Wladimir Klitschko vs Tyson Fury

Commentary from Mike Costello, Richie Woodhall and Steve Bunce.

Really have to say as I always do after every big boxing commentary on 5Live Mike Costello is just the best ever radio commentator. I know it was mostly from colleagues but it was nice to see so many tweets praising his commentary on Saturday night and even an on-air mention from Mark Chapman last night. The three guys come together so well for the big fights.

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Friday 6th November

Rugby Union: Premiership
Harlequins v Sale Sharks - Russell Hargreaves

Saturday 7th November

Rugby Union: Premiership
London Irish v Bath - Hamish Stuart

Wednesday 11th, Friday 13th, Tuesday 17th and Friday 20th November

Cricket: One-Day International Series
Pakistan v England - Jon Norman (all four games)

Friday 13th November

Hawksbee & Jacobs with Paul Hawksbee, Andy Jacobs and Paddy Power from Cheltenham Racecourse

Horse Racing: The Cheltenham Open
Cheltenham Racecourse - Rupert Bell (commentary on the Novices Steeplechase and the Novices Hurdle)*

Rupert Bell also reported on the following day's racing from The Cheltenham Open meeting during Matchday Live.

Sunday 15th November

Rugby Union: European Rugby Champions Cup Pool Five
Leinster v Wasps - Russell Hargreaves

Formula 1: Brazilian Grand Prix
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace - Graham Courtney

Friday 20th November

Rugby Union: European Rugby Champions Cup Pool One
Ulster v Saracens - Russell Hargreaves

Saturday 21st November

Rugby Union: European Rugby Champions Cup Pool Five
Bath v Leinster - Russell Hargreaves

Horse Racing: Betfair Chase Day
Haydock Park - Rupert Bell

Thursday 26th, Friday 27th and Monday 30th November

Cricket: T20 International Series
Pakistan v England - Jon Norman (all three games)

Friday 27th November

Rugby Union: Premiership
Northampton Saints v Gloucester - Simon Ward

Friday 27th to Sunday 29th November

Tennis: Davis Cup Final
Belgium v Great Britain - Dave Luddy

Saturday 28th November

Rugby Union: Premiership
Saracens v Worcester Warriors (Twickenham) - Russell Hargreaves*

Boxing: WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO World Heavyweight Championship
Wladimir Klitschko v Tyson Fury - Dom McGuinness

*Russell Hargreaves was at Twickenham for both legs of the double header, but didn't provide live updates on the later London Irish v Wasps game during Matchday Live.

Sunday 29th November

Formula 1: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Yas Marina Circuit - Graham Courtney

Sunday 6th December - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Nat Coombs presented 5 Live NFL alongside Mike Carlson, Paolo Bandini and Phil Spooner

American Football: NFL Week 13
Kansas City Chiefs @ Oakland Raiders - Dan Miller and Mark Malone (9.05pm GMT commentary, as Westwood One)

Paolo Bandini, an Anglo-Italian sports journalist from The Guardian, was only with Nat and Mike for the 90 minute build-up from 7.30pm. Phil Spooner wasn't introduced at the start of the coverage, but was updating the early games kicking off around 6pm our time and so stuck around a little longer until those fixtures had finished.

They're yet to announce next Sunday's live game - it's a choice between Oakland Raiders @ Denver Broncos and Dallas Cowboys @ Green Bay Packers.

Radio Sport team

Commentators: Bryan Waddle, Malcolm Jordan, Steve Davie.

Summarisers: Warren Lees, Glenn Turner.

Sunday 13th December - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Will Gavin presented 5 Live NFL alongside Mike Carlson, Simon Clancy and Ben Isaacs

American Football: NFL Week 14
Dallas Cowboys @ Green Bay Packers - Kevin Lee and Mark Malone (9.25pm GMT commentary, as Westwood One)

Ben Isaacs is the sports editor of Shortlist magazine, while Simon Clancy is a features writer for Gridiron magazine as well as being the deputy editor of 5 Live Sport. Isaacs was with them for the near-two hours of build-up from 7.30pm, while Clancy stuck around for the whole programme.

Good to hear Will Gavin getting the chance to sit in for Nat Coombs in the presenters' chair (Nat was unwell, so I hope he's feeling better now). I thought Will did very well as the host of Absolute Radio 90s' NFL coverage two years ago and I've rated what I've heard of his work elsewhere, so it's nice to hear the BBC calling upon someone who is clearly well qualified but has made his name on commercial radio. Given the consistent reliance on strong independent production companies to look after it, I get the impression that Britain's radio coverage of the NFL would sound pretty much the same whichever broadcaster was doing it.

Saturday 19th December - talkSPORT

Danny Kelly presented The Season Ticket alongside Jason Cundy (9-10pm)

Boxing: WBO World Middleweight Championship
Andy Lee v Billy Joe Saunders - Ronald McIntosh and Glenn McCrory (10.20pm commentary), with Gareth A Davies from The Daily Telegraph providing pre-fight and post-fight analysis and Warren Haughton reporting

Unlike talkSPORT's previous nights of exclusive live boxing commentaries in the recent past (Haye v Chisora in 2012 and the card featuring Fury v Chisora II and Saunders v Eubank Jr last year), coverage of tonight's fight was incorporated into their regular Saturday night show The Season Ticket with presenter Danny Kelly hosting from the studio rather than the Manchester Arena. The first hour of the show was the usual football-based programme with Jason Cundy co-hosting before they headed to Manchester after the 10pm news bulletin.

Without wishing to give too much away about the fight itself, talkSPORT were at the Manchester Arena for the boxing for about 90 minutes - roughly between 10pm and 11.30pm. Ronald and Glenn fronted the show and were on commentary duty, with the excellent fight journalist Gareth A Davies joining them before and after the fight to share his analysis. Warren Haughton was mentioned as being the station's "ringside reporter" (I suspect he may have been doubling up as their producer), although Ronald conducted the post-fight interviews. During the build-up, they also broadcast a pre-recorded interview Dom McGuinness did with Andy Lee in the week.

It's worth mentioning that talkSPORT did not break off for commercials, trailers, news bulletins or other sports updates at any point while they were at the Manchester Arena. Once they'd wrapped up coverage just after 11.30pm, it was back to Danny Kelly who closed out his Season Ticket show with football-based items rather than boxing reaction - namely a back page review with comedian guest Darren Harriott and a tribute to Jimmy Hill from Bobby Gould to take them through to midnight. Must say I really enjoyed their commentary tonight, it was superb.

Sunday 20th December - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Nat Coombs presented 5 Live NFL alongside Mike Carlson, Anthony Wootton and Mike White

American Football: NFL Week 15
Cleveland Browns @ Seattle Seahawks - Tom McCarthy and Mark Malone (9.05pm commentary, as Westwood One)

Mike White is one of the presenters of Humberside Sport on BBC Radio Humberside, while Anthony Wootton is one of the co-founders of the 5th Down UK blog. Mike White was with them just during the pre-game 90 minutes, while Anthony stuck around to update the scores from the 6pm games until half-time in the commentary match.

Next Sunday, Radio 5 Live Sports Extra will be broadcasting the Green Bay Packers @ Arizona Cardinals match.

Christmas Day - ESPN Radio

Kevin Winter presented The NBA on ESPN Radio from the Bristol, Connecticut studios

National Basketball Association
Chicago Bulls @ Oklahoma City Thunder - Marc Kestecher and Bob Valvano (7.30pm GMT commentary)
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Golden State Warriors - Kevin Calabro and Tim Legler (10pm GMT commentary)

Test Match Special - Winter of Cricket Mega Update

England v. Pakistan

Tests
Commentators: Simon Mann, Ed Smith and Charles Dagnall
Summarisers: Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott, Phil Tufnell and Ramiz Raja

ODIs
Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Charles Dagnall and Kevin Howells
Summarisers: Vic Marks, Ebony Rainford-Brent and Ramiz Raja

T20s
Commentators: Charles Dagnall and Kevin Howells
Summarisers: Vic Marks and Ebony Rainford-Brent

England v. South Africa - The 1st Test

Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Simon Mann, Alison Mitchell and Neil Manthorp

Summarisers: Geoffrey Boycott, Graeme Swann and Graeme Smith

Just to note, for the first time (regularly at least) the TMS podcast reviewing the day was done by Simon Mann in the UAE.

Sunday 27th December - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Nat Coombs presented 5 Live NFL alongside Mike Carlson, Dan Louw and Simon Clancy

American Football: NFL Week 16
Green Bay Packers @ Arizona Cardinals - John Sadak and Mark Malone (9.25pm commentary, as Westwood One)

A second appearance of the season for both Dan Louw and Simon Clancy in the 5 Live NFL studio - both joined Nat and Mike for the near-two hours of build-up, but left it just ahead of the start of commentary, leaving Mike to update the other scores. Their half-time phone guest was Will Gavin, the other half of Absolute Radio 90s' NFL presenting team with Dan Louw a few years back. Mike Holt was leading the production staff and got plenty of on-air mentions!

The past few days have been a busy old time for Nat Coombs. On Boxing Day he presented talkSPORT's post-Call Collymore show The Season Ticket between 7-10pm; he was back on talkSPORT the next day to host The Warm Up between 11am-1pm before switching stations to host 5 Live NFL from 7.30pm last night.

One detail from last weekend's 5 Live NFL which I didn't mention (chiefly as I actually listened to the show on the iPlayer after posting that message) was that Gordon Sparks, BBC Radio Devon's popular Early Show presenter and Plymouth Argyle FC commentator who is also a Cleveland Browns supporter, was one of the NFL enthusiasts Nat, Mike and the team spoke to over the phone during the pre-game 90 minutes.

Sunday 3rd January - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Nat Coombs presented 5 Live NFL alongside Mike Carlson, Charles Dagnall and Phil Spooner

American Football: NFL Week 17 (as Westwood One)
New York Jets @ Buffalo Bills - John Sadak and Ross Tucker (6pm commentary)*
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Carolina Panthers - Kevin Lee and Mark Malone (9.25pm commentary)

*5 Live NFL took brief snatches of the late stages of the Jets @ Bills game during their near two-hour build-up before their full live commentary on the main featured Buccaneers @ Panthers game.

This week's studio guests were Charles Dagnall, the former Warwickshire and Leicestershire county cricketer who now commentates on that sport for BBC Radio Leicester and Test Match Special as well as blogs about the NFL, and producer Phil Spooner. Spooner left the studio just after kick off in the main game, having rounded up the bulk of the final scores from the 6pm fixtures, while Dagnall stuck around until the end of the half-time.

Sky Sports NFL presenter Kevin Cadle, Vernon Kay and Osi Umenyiora were the telephone guests who popped up during the build-up to the main game, while their executive producer Simon Crosse made a few brief on-air appearances during the second half to discuss what next Sunday's live game would potentially be, which has subsequently been confirmed as the Green Bay Packers @ Washington Redskins.

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Friday 4th December

Rugby Union: Premiership
Gloucester v Sale Sharks - Simon Ward

Saturday 5th December

Rugby Union: Premiership
Harlequins v London Irish - Ian Williams

Horse Racing: Betfair Tingle Creek Chase Day
Sandown Park Racecourse - Rupert Bell

Saturday 12th December

Rugby Union: European Rugby Champions Cup Pool Three
Racing Metro v Northampton Saints - Simon Ward

Sunday 13th December

Rugby Union: European Rugby Champions Cup Pool Five
Wasps v Bath - Russell Hargreaves

Thursday 17th December to Sunday 3rd January

Darts: PDC World Championship 2016
Alexandra Palace, London - Dan Dawson

Friday 18th December

Rugby Union: European Rugby Champions Cup Pool Three
Northampton Saints v Racing Metro - Russell Hargreaves

Saturday 19th December

Danny Kelly presented The Season Ticket alongside Jason Cundy (9-10pm)

Boxing: WBO World Middleweight Championship
Andy Lee v Billy Joe Saunders - Ronald McIntosh and Glenn McCrory (10.20pm commentary), with Gareth A Davies from The Daily Telegraph providing pre-fight and post-fight analysis and Warren Haughton reporting*

Earlier that day:

Rugby Union: European Rugby Champions Cup Pool Five
Bath v Wasps - Andrew McKenna

Boxing Day to Wednesday 30th December

Cricket: First Test Match
South Africa v England - Jon Norman

Boxing Day

Rugby Union: Premiership
London Irish v Northampton Saints - Andrew McKenna

Horse Racing: Winter Festival
Kempton Park - Rupert Bell

Sunday 27th December

Russell Hargreaves presented The Big Game from Twickenham Stadium

Rugby Union: Premiership
Harlequins v Gloucester - Andrew McKenna and Tom May (4.30pm commentary), with Simon Ward reporting

New Year's Day

Rugby Union: Premiership
Northampton Saints v Exeter Chiefs - Russell Hargreaves

Saturday 2nd to Wednesday 6th January

Cricket: Second Test Match
South Africa v England - Jon Norman

Saturday 2nd January

Rugby Union: Premiership
Saracens v Leicester Tigers - Hamish Stuart

Sunday 3rd January

Darts: PDC World Championship Final 2016
Adrian Lewis v Gary Anderson - Dan Dawson

On the darts, while Dan Dawson was present at the Alexandra Palace for every day of this year's PDC World Championship, I don't think talkSPORT took any of his updates on a few of the sessions/days before Christmas (mostly those taking place during busy weekend afternoons). However, I'm pretty sure they took hourly updates from every session from the second round onwards - they certainly did from New Year's Day's quarter-finals on.

*See post #34 for more detailed information about talkSPORT's coverage of the Andy Lee v Billy Joe Saunders world championship fight.

Sunday 10th January - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Nat Coombs presented 5 Live NFL alongside Mike Carlson and Simon Clancy

American Football: NFL Wild Card Playoffs (as Westwood One)
Seattle Seahawks @ Minnesota Vikings - Kevin Kugler and James Lofton, with Hub Arkush on the sidelines (6pm commentary)*
Green Bay Packers @ Washington Redskins - Ian Eagle and Boomer Esiason, with Tony Boselli on the sidelines (9.30pm commentary)

*5 Live NFL, which began at its usual start time of 7.30pm, picked up commentary on literally the last kick of the third quarter of the earlier Seahawks @ Vikings game before carrying the whole of the fourth quarter. They are planning to do the same partial second half commentary on next Sunday's 6pm game from the Divisional Round.

There was only one studio guest last night given that there was slightly less time for build-up with the extended commentary from the earlier game, but Simon Clancy stuck around with Nat and Mike for the duration of the programme. For the same reasons, they also had fewer over the phone guests, who included professional darts player and Steelers fan Paul Nicholson (who some may remember doing co-commentary for 5 Live when they covered a PDC World Championship Final a few years ago), Greg Brady speaking from Arizona ahead of the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, both prior to the main commentary game, and Fox News Radio's Washington-based reporter Rich Johnson at half-time in it.

Here are Westwood One's US national radio commentary teams from Saturday's matches:

American Football: NFL Wild Card Playoffs
Kansas City Chiefs @ Houston Texans - John Sadak and Mark Malone, with Scott Kaplan on the sidelines (9.30pm commentary)
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cincinnati Bengals - Kevin Harlan and Dan Fouts, with Laura Okmin on the sidelines (1.15am GMT commentary)

BBC Radio Leicester

BBL Cup Final, NIA in Birmingham
Leicester Riders v Newcastle Eagles - Ian Stringer presenting, with commentary from Martin Ballard and Nigel Lloyd, and Jason Bourne reporting (FM, DAB and online)

Sunday 17th January - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Nat Coombs presented 5 Live NFL alongside Mike Carlson, Will Gavin and Thom Gibbs

American Football: NFL Divisional Playoffs (as Westwood One)
Seattle Seahawks @ Carolina Panthers - Tom McCarthy and Tim Ryan, with Hub Arkush on the sidelines (6pm GMT commentary)*
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Denver Broncos - Kevin Harlan and Trent Green, with Steve Tasker on the sidelines (9.30pm GMT commentary)

*This was pretty much the same drill as last week - 5 Live NFL began at its usual 7.30pm start time, having about 40 minutes of studio discussion before picking up commentary on the Seahawks @ Panthers game with 4:14 remaining in the third quarter. They stuck with that until its conclusion before doing full commentary on the later match.

Joining Nat, Mike and Will in the studio was a 5 Live NFL debutant in The Daily Telegraph's deputy digital sports editor Thom Gibbs, who live blogs NFL matches for them. He joined them for the first couple of hours before leaving just prior to the Steelers @ Broncos commentary, while Will Gavin stuck around for the whole show. Their phone guests included Paolo Bandini from The Guardian prior to the Seahawks @ Panthers commentary, Rocky Boimain between the conclusion of that game and the start of Steelers @ Broncos and PDC darts professional and Steelers fan Paul Nicholson at half-time in the later game (they also spoke to a British Broncos fan to balance things out).

Here are Westwood One's US national radio commentary teams from Saturday's matches:

American Football: NFL Divisional Playoffs
Kansas City Chiefs @ New England Patriots - Dan Miller and Tony Boselli, with Ross Tucker on the sidelines (9.30pm GMT commentary)
Green Bay Packers @ Arizona Cardinals - Kevin Kugler and James Lofton, with Mark Malone on the sidelines (1.15am GMT commentary)

Next Sunday, Radio 5 Live Sports Extra will be broadcasting full commentary on both Conference Championship games. Coverage begins at 7.30pm as usual ahead of the AFC Championship Game kicking off at 8.05pm, with Nat and Mike hosting studio-based coverage along with at least one yet-to-be-specified guest. At the conclusion of that game (around 11.30pm I would think), it'll be off to on-site coverage of the NFC Championship Game, where Darren Fletcher and Rocky Boiman will be in the commentary box as they will be for Super Bowl 50 next month.

The Six Nations on BBC Radio 5 Live: Ian Robertson, Chris Jones, Sara Orchard, Iain Carter, Andrew Cotter and Conor McNamara on commentary duties. Expert analysis will be provided by Matt Dawson, Gavin Hastings, Ryan Jones, Rob Jones, Paul Grayson and Denis Hickie.

Dissapointing that Alastair Eykyn will not be part of the 5Live team but good to see Andrew Cotter involved.

Wonder if Sara Orchard will be alongside Robbo for the England games?

Test Match Special - England v. South Africa Test Series

2nd Test

Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Simon Mann, Alison Mitchell and Neil Manthorp

Summarisers: Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Vaughan and Graeme Smith

3rd Test

Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Simon Mann, Henry Blofeld and Neil Manthorp

Summarisers: Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Vaughan and Graeme Smith

Test Match Special: England v. South Africa - The 4th Test

Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Simon Mann, Henry Blofeld and Neil Manthorp

Summarisers: Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Vaughan and Mark Boucher

Very sorry to hear of Jack Bannister's passing. I enjoyed his commentaries down the years, firstly with TMS then TV and latterly with talkSPORT

RIP Jack

I echo your thoughts - it's incredibly sad to hear of Jack's death, he was a journalist and broadcaster I had a huge amount of time for and whose work I always enjoyed. He was a fine cricketer who represented Warwickshire and the Midlands in a really positive light. Rest in peace Jack.

I've posted this in a few other threads, but for those who haven't seen it already, talkSPORT paid a really fitting send-off to Jack over the weekend. During Saturday's edition of Matchday Live, they followed Andrew McKenna's well written obituary to him (which you can hear on their website) with the tribute Geoffrey Boycott gave to the Weekend Sports Breakfast earlier that morning before Adrian Durham and Jon Norman reflected on their memories of Jack. This was during the 1.15-1.30pm segment, which is worth catching on Listen Again. On Sunday night, they replayed the edition of My Sporting Life which Jack recorded with Danny Kelly last summer. I caught it when it first went out and thought it was one of the most enjoyable MSLs I've heard, Jack lived a varied and interesting life.

Sunday 24th January - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Nat Coombs presented 5 Live NFL alongside Mike Carlson and Paolo Bandini

American Football: AFC Championship Game
New England Patriots @ Denver Broncos - Kevin Harlan, Dan Fouts and Boomer Esiason, with Mark Malone on the sidelines (8pm GMT commentary, as Westwood One)

5 Live NFL began on 5LSE at its usual start time of 7.30pm, with half an hour of build-up including Gridiron magazine editor Matthew Sherry speaking from Denver. Nat, Mike and Paolo were in the studio for the duration of the game, with Chelsea goalkeeper and Patriots fan Asmir Begovic being their half-time guest over the phone.

I've only just caught up with their coverage of the earlier game, which wasn't uploaded onto the BBC iPlayer until Wednesday (hence the lateness of this post!), and as it was cut off right at the end of the commentary I'm not sure whether Nat and the team did a final sign-off before handing over to Darren Fletcher in Charlotte or if they just segued from the AFC Championship Game straight to 5 Live's coverage of the NFC Championship Game. I suspect the latter, particularly as the studio team didn't come in at any point from the two minute warning onwards.


BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Darren Fletcher presented 5 Live NFL from Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

American Football: NFC Championship Game
Arizona Cardinals @ Carolina Panthers - Darren Fletcher, Rocky Boiman and Alistair Kirkwood (11.40pm GMT commentary), with Simon Crosse producing

This game was simulcast across 5 Live and 5LSE, with coverage on the former station starting slightly earlier (after the 11.30pm news and sports bulletins) than on the latter as the earlier Patriots @ Broncos match overran. I'm not sure when 5LSE picked up coverage, there wasn't a handover nor did Darren welcome listeners from 5LSE to their coverage, although he did welcome listeners across the BBC Local Radio network just after midnight GMT.

Radio 5 Live took news and sports updates at the end of every quarter, with Up All Night host Dotun Adebayo bookending the half-time bulletins with a couple of studio-based links. I'm not sure about this given that the iPlayer upload of their coverage is the 5 Live programme, but I imagine 5LSE will have also taken these news breaks.

Alistair Kirkwood, the managing director of NFL UK, was with Darren and Rocky in the commentary box for the duration of the game, although was very much the third man of their team. For Super Bowl 50, Darren said that he and Rocky will be joined by Greg Brady and "some guests" in Santa Clara, although he didn't mention Alistair.

Here's Westwood One's US national radio commentary teams from Sunday's later game:

American Football: NFC Championship Game
Arizona Cardinals @ Carolina Panthers - Kevin Kugler and James Lofton, with Tim Ryan on the sidelines (11.40pm GMT commentary)