Can't say I'm surprised that Ajax didn't do that when Hereford also had 27 consecutive wins, considering differences between England & Scotland on Brexit &c.

Yes I wish him well too. He is one of my favourite broadcasters. I always enjoy listening to him when he is used as a five live summariser

BBC Radio Sheffield over the weekend:-
05/11/2016:-
Jonathan Buchan hosted build up to kick off between 14:00 and 15:00 from the Pirelli Stadium and commentated on Burton v Barnsley on FM, alongside Brian Howard.

Oldham v Doncaster on AM/Digital in the FA Cup. Mike Miney and Ritchie Wellens.
Colchester v Chesterfield Online in the FA Cup. Matt Shaw.

Reports:-
Sheffield Wednesday v Ipwich-Rob Staton.
Rotherham v Preston-Adam Oxley.

Rob Staton hosted Praise and Grumble from Hillsborough between 17:00 and 18:30.

06/11/2016:-
Andy Giddings hosted Football Heaven Live between 13:00 and 14:00, plus commentated on Sheffield United v Leyton Orient from 14:00 alongside Keith Edwards. On all Frequencies.

BBC Radio Manchester - Sunday 6th November

Swansea City v Manchester United - Liam Bradford - reports
Maidstone United v Rochdale - Aaron Paul and Richard Dean - 1st half on line and 2nd half on FM

Aaron Paul is a busy lad. Friday at Millwall for BBC Radio London, Saturday at Dartford also for BBC Radio London and today at Maidstone for BBC Radio Manchester. He also reported recently from Millwall for BBC Radio Lancashire as well as being a reasonably regular Fulham reporter for BBC Radio London.

BBC Radio London
Arsenal v Tottenham Phil Parry and Bradley Allen (DAB commentary) with Murray Burnell
Sheffield United v Leyton Orient Jamie Hill and Rob Scott (commentary)with Dave Victor

BBC Three Counties Radio
Liverpool v Watford Jon Marks and Derek Payne (commentary)
I haven't heard any reports from Boreham Wood or St Albans.

BBC Radio Merseyside
Liverpool v Watford Ian Kennedy and Jimmy Case (commentary)

BBC Radio Solent
Hull v Southampton Adam Blackmore and Dave Merrington (commentary on 96.1FM, 103.8FM and Freeview 732) with Kris Temple

RTE Radio One
FAI Cup Final: Adrian Eames and Pat Fenlan (commentary)
Liverpool v Watford John Keith

IRN
Arsenal v Tottenham Guy Swindells
Swansea v Liverpool Sam Fleet
Leicester v WBA Clive Edwards
I haven't picked up any reports from Hull City v Southampton


I would also like to add my best wishes to Jimmy Armfield in his fight against cancer.

BBC Three Counties Radio - continued
Boreham Wood v Scunthorpe Matt Mesiano
St Albans v Carlisle Richard Fox (by telephone)

BBC Radio London - continued
Liverpool v Watford Mark Taylor

BBC Radio Humberside
Hull City v Southampton David Burns and Peter Swan (commentary) with Simon Clark

BBC Radio Scotland Sportsound, 6/11/16

Presented by Richard Gordon (11.30am-2pm) and Geoff Webster (2pm-5pm).

Scottish Premiership
Ross County v Rangers (noon) - Rob Maclean, Barry Wilson and Derek Ferguson (commentary) with Martin Dowden pitchside

Tennis - Paris Masters Final
Andy Murray v John Isner - Kheredine Idessane and Mike Dickson (commentary)

The following BBC Local Radio commentators were heard during the round-up edits on BBC Two's FA Cup First Round Highlights edition of Match of the Day:

Taunton Town v Barrow - Ged Mills (BBC Radio Cumbria)
St Albans City v Carlisle United - James Phillips (BBC Radio Cumbria)
Maidstone United v Rochdale - Aaron Paul (BBC Radio Manchester)
Blackpool v Kidderminster Harriers - Ian Chisnall (BBC Lancashire)
Gillingham v Brackley Town - Alex Winter (BBC Radio Oxford)
Yeovil Town v Solihull Moors - Chris Spittles (BBC Radio Bristol)
Cambridge United v Dover Athletic - Mark Johnson (BBC Radio Cambridgeshire)
Northampton Town v Harrow Borough - Tim Oglethorpe (BBC Radio Northampton)
Whitehawk v Stourbridge - Steve Hermon (BBC WM)
Bradford City v Accrington Stanley - Dan Jewell (BBC Lancashire)
Crawley Town v Bristol Rovers - Ian Randall (BBC Radio Bristol)

I think I'm right with the commentators I've listed, if anyone knows any differently feel free to correct me!

Sunday 6th November - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presented Sunday Exclusive from the Emirates Stadium and The Full Time Phone-In from talkSPORT Towers with Jim Proudfoot and Ray Houghton at Anfield

Premier League
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur - Sam Matterface and Ray Wilkins (12noon commentary), with James Dodd producing
Hull City v Southampton - Graham Courtney
Liverpool v Watford - Jim Proudfoot and Ray Houghton (2.15pm commentary), with Graham Beecroft conducting post-match interviews and James Savundra producing
Swansea City v Manchester United - Laurence Mora
Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion - Geoff Peters

Jim Proudfoot anchored most of the half-time segment during the Liverpool v Watford commentary, before Mark Saggers picked up the reigns to do the final link from the studio prior to the handover back to commentary. Both Jim and Ray Houghton were Mark's co-hosts on the phone-in.


talkSPORT Live

Premier League
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur - Tom Rennie and Chris Perry
Hull City v Southampton - Russell Hargreaves
Liverpool v Watford - Phil Blacker and Chris Iwelumo (featured 2.15pm commentary on international radio stations)
Swansea City v Manchester United - John Anderson
Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion - Alex Crook and Iwan Roberts

Bundesliga
Red Bull Leipzig v Mainz 05 - Dan Wheeler
Schalke 04 v SV Werder Bremen - Kevin Hatchard


talkSPORT 2

La Liga Live presented by Will Gavin (11am-1pm) and Dan Windle (7-10pm)

La Liga
Real Madrid v Leganes - James Fielden and Adam Virgo (11am commentary)
Sevilla v Barcelona - Olly Wilson and Chris Perry (7.45pm commentary)

Dan Windle presented ATP Paris Masters Tennis Live

Tennis: ATP Paris Masters Singles Final
Andy Murray v John Isner - Simon Cambers and Luke Milligan (2pm commentary)


Newstalk 106-108FM

Richie McCormack presented Off The Ball alongside Stephen Long

Premier League
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur - Nathan Murphy and Keith Andrews (12noon commentary)
Hull City v Southampton - Al Ross (as IRN)
Liverpool v Watford - Shane Pinnington (as IRN)
Swansea City v Manchester United - Dave McIntyre and Damian Lynch (3pm commentary)
Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion - Clive Edwards (as IRN)

FAI Cup Final
Cork City v Dundalk - Oisin Langan

5Live - Sunday 6th November

Jonathan Overend presented with Chris Sutton, Chris Kirkland & John Motson

Liverpool vs Watford - Ian Brown
Arsenal vs Spurs - John Southall & Martin Keown
Hull vs Southampton - Alistair Yeomans
Leicester vs WBA - Alan Green and Robbie Savage
Swansea vs Manchester United - Alistair Bruce-Ball

Hartlepool vs Stamford - Peter Slater
Alfreton Town vs Newport - Derm Tanner
Rochdale vs Maidstone - Sohail Sahil
St Albans vs Carlisle - Andy Gilles
Blackpool vs Kidderminster - Conor McManara

Sounds like 5Live did an around the grounds show with many PL & FA Cup games, I was critical they didn't do an FA Cup commentary and I still think they should have but you can understand the decision to go round the various grounds.

Everything(s) fine. I simply got bored of doing it. Might re-start properly in a few weeks. I didn't get any coverage over last weekend as I was either asleep on Saturday (just started late night shift work), or watched a tepid FA Cup display at Alfreton yesterday.

Glad your okay, I do understand about getting bored,I was more concerned if it was a health issue.
Ian, keep posting if you can.

I echo these words.

A trip down memory lane with Graham Beecroft https://audioboom.com/posts/5258425-...rpool-1-1-roma

Glad to hear everything is OK with you Ian. I'm glad your absence was simply just a case of you getting bored with this thread/forum than anything health-wise.

Great find with that Graham Beecroft interview on Radio City, Tony. I look forward to listening to it.

BBC Radio Scotland Sportsound, 8/11/16

Presented by Richard Gordon from Tannadice on 810MW.

Scottish Championship
Dundee Utd v Dunfermline Athletic (7.45pm) - Paul Mitchell, John Rankine and Willie Miller (commentary) with Richard Wilson pitchside

Tuesday 8th November - BBC WM 95.6

Richard Wilford presented BBC WM 95.6 Sport from the King Power Stadium

Devalued Trophy Group Stage
Leicester City Youth v Walsall - Richard Wilford
West Bromwich Albion Youth v Gillingham - Rob Gurney
Wolverhampton Wanderers Youth v Accrington Stanley - Mike Taylor

During the first two rounds of the group stage, WM had done commentary on Walsall, but with the Saddlers and Leicester both already having qualified for the knockout stage, WM decided to do an Open Mics/Around the Grounds show instead. They were originally listed to be doing commentary on Walsall (which is probably why this programme was blocked online from 7.45pm) and I think they would have done so had the Saddlers had qualification to play for. There was no summariser/guest at Leicester City, usually for Walsall's standalone/midweek matches they call upon the club's Saddlers Player co-commentator Mick Kearns for pre-match, half-time and full-time analysis, but he is ill at the moment. Rested club captain Adam Chambers sat in for him on Saddlers Player last night, while injured midfielder Kieron Morris stepped up for the Macclesfield game on Saturday.

With it being a rare international weekend where Walsall haven't postponed their match due to international call-ups, WM will be doing commentary on their game at Milton Keynes Dons on Saturday at 3pm. I'm sure they'll also have updates from some of the region's non-league games. I'm certain they'll want to cover Solihull Moors' first game post-Marcus Bignot, which is at home to Dover Athletic, and maybe they'll cover teams like Tamworth and Stourbridge too plus some ties from the FA Trophy.

Pulse 2 and the official Bradford City website
Chris Cooper and Jason Thornton

BBC Radio Leeds
Nick Hatton, Tim Steere and Wayne Jacobs

Fair play to BBC stations covering the trophy, given some of the low crowds, maybe listenting figures were through the roof

Thursday 10th November - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presenting Kick Off alongside Clive Allen and Neil Ashton from The Sun

Under-21 International
England Under-21s v Italy Under-21s - Alex Crook

Nigel Adderley has been reporting from the full England team's camp for talkSPORT and will be the station's reporter at England v Scotland tomorrow. On Saturday, talkSPORT will be providing full live commentary on Austria v Republic of Ireland from 5pm during Matchday Live with Danny Kelly.

Radio Sheffield is the only station I can receive which has changed its policy towards the trophy after the format of the trophy changed. Radio Humberside didn't cover the trophy in previous seasons.

Last night on Football Heaven they said it was due to the cost and trying to cover teams in the league. If they covered this, then they wouldn't be able to cover as many league matches. However they also said it might change.

5Live

England vs Scotland - Ian Dennis, John Murray, Jermaine Jenas & Pat Nevin
Wales vs Serbia - Ian Brown & John Hartson

Kelly Cates hosting for 5Live tonight