talkSPORT 2

Sunday 11th December

Dan Windle presented La Liga Live

La Liga
Real Betis v Athletic Bilbao - Olly Wilson and Paul Mortimer (7.45pm commentary)


Monday 12th December

Dan Windle presenting La Liga Live

La Liga
Villarreal v Atletico Madrid - John Anderson and Adam Virgo (7.45pm commentary)

Earlier today, Will Gavin hosted talkSPORT 2's coverage of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League first knockout stage draws between 11am-1pm. The station took a clean feed of UEFA's audio of both draws from Nyon, Switzerland.

Over on talkSPORT, morning sports newsreader Ian Abrahams updated the two draws during today's Jim White show with Jim, Harry Redknapp and Matt Scott from Inside World Football.

Yes, I don't listen when a Sun journalist is involved & I have complained to the BBC about the use of Sun journalists & Kelvin Mackenzie, their response is about not showing bias towards certain media publications. Probably between a rock & a hard place & Sun journalists aren't massively regular on 5Live, they do tend to use broadsheet journalists more often.

I won't watch Sunday Supplement either on Sky as Neil Ashton hosts this. Sky are owned by the same people as The Sun, I accept that but they don't have many on air links to them which TS might do. In an ideal world, I'd consume nothing to do with the Murdoch's, virtually impossible in Australia!

I want to watch certain things whereever I live & I always used Virgin/alternatives where I could (I know they give money to Sky) but that isn't always possible. There is a choice of not listening to TS and still being able to consume what I want where as with Sky, there isn't/wasn't (e.g. certain live PL games and when I subscribed, the CL too). My initial post was a bit strong, if I was a TS regular, I'd be disappointed with this takeover etc & I would genuinely stop listening. That's how strongly I feel.

I can only do my bit & hope one day, The Sun goes the same way as NOTW did, I live in hope. I'll also carry on complaining when the BBC use Sun employees.

Tuesday 13th December - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presenting Kick Off from Goodison Park with Ray Houghton at the Vitality Stadium

Premier League
AFC Bournemouth v Leicester City - Ian Danter and Ray Houghton
Everton v Arsenal - Graham Beecroft and Mark Saggers

Championship
Birmingham City v Ipswich Town - Tom Ross
Blackburn Rovers v Brighton & Hove Albion - Dom McGuinness
Bristol City v Brentford - Jack Woodward
Burton Albion v Huddersfield Town - Dave Rowe
Cardiff City v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Laurence Mora
Fulham v Rotherham United - Ian Abrahams
Leeds United v Reading - Graham Courtney
Norwich City v Aston Villa - Tony Incenzo
Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley - Alan Biggs


talkSPORT Live

Premier League
AFC Bournemouth v Leicester City - Toby Gilles
Everton v Arsenal - Tom Rennie and Rhys Weston (featured 7.45pm commentary on international radio stations)


BBC WM 95.6

Rob Gurney presenting BBC WM 95.6 Sport from Carrow Road

Championship
Birmingham City v Ipswich Town - Richard Wilford (7.45pm commentary on DAB in Birmingham)
Cardiff City v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Mike Taylor (7.45pm commentary on DAB in the Black Country)
Norwich City v Aston Villa - Mark Regan and Garry Thompson (7.45pm commentary on 95.6FM and Freeview channel 722, also on AVFC.co.uk)

Devalued Trophy Northern Section Second Round
Walsall v Oldham Athletic - Tom Marlow

FA Cup Second Round
Northampton Town v Stourbridge - Steve Hermon

BBC Radio Scotland Sportsound, 13/12/16

Presented by Richard Gordon from Celtic Park.

Both 7.45pm.

Scottish Premiership
Celtic v Hamilton Accies - Rob Maclean and Pat Bonner (commentary) with Richard Wilson pitchside
Aberdeen A-A Motherwell* - Liam McLeod and Willie Miller, with Martin Dowden conducting interviews

*Abandoned after 20 minutes due to floodlight failure.

Fixtures
Leeds United versus Reading
Burton Albion versus Huddersfield Town
Halifax Town versus Eastlie

BBC Radio Leeds
Leeds United - FM and Freeview - Gareth Jones, Adam Pope and Noel Whelan
Huddersfield Town - digital and the official Huddersfield Town website - Nick Hatton, Paul Ogden and Matt Glennon
Halifax Town - reporter - Matt Shaw

Radio Yorkshire
Leeds United - Mark Wilson, Neil Redfearn and Andrew Dalton

I'm going full pedant's corner on myself here, but it was actually Stourbridge v Northampton Town. Congratulations to the Glassboys, hopefully WM will make their Third Round tie at Wycombe Wanderers one of their live games.

5Live

Mark Pougatch presentng

Everton vs Arsenal - Alan Green & Chris Waddle
Bournemouth vs Leicester - Alistair Bruce-Ball

Blackburn vs Brighton - Steve Wyeth
Leeds vs Reading - Peter Slater

Celtic vs Hamilton - Roddy Forsyth

Roddy also relayed the news about the abandonment at Aberdeen

Alan Green confirmed he is doing City vs Arsenal which isn't too surprising, doesn't seem he'll do Monday's game though

Stourbridge vs Northampton was on Sports Extra, not sure who did that though, Robyn Cowen was there

Sports Extra took the BBC Northampton commentary from Stourbridge.

To my knowledge, the BBC Northampton commentary team at Stourbridge was Tim Oglethorpe and Caroline Densley.

BBC London
Everton v Arsenal Mark Taylor
Bristol City v Brentford don't know
Fulham v Rotherham Nick Godwin
MK Dons v Charlton Phil Parry (also host) and Steve Brown (FM commentary) with Jamie Hill

BBC Radio Lancashire
Blackburn v Brighton Andy Bayes and Kevin Gallagher (commentary on the East Lancashire frequencies of 95.5FM, 855 and 1557AM plus DAB)
Fleetwood v Shrewsbury Gary Hunt and Alan Wright (commentary on the West Lancashire frequencies of 103.9 and 104.5FM plus Freeview and online)

BBC Radio Solent
Bournemouth v Leicester Kris Temple and John Williams (commentary on 96.1,103.8FM, 1359AM, DAB in Dorset plus Freeview 734)

Shane Pinnington covered Everton v Arsenal for IRN.

Noel Whelan wasnt present, Adam Pope solo commentary. WIth discussion with Matt Glennon from the Huddersfield game afterwards

Not sure if he has been dropped from the coverage following an offenive tweet after the Brighton game
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...r-noel-9448986

No comment was made on the air about his absence or on the social media platforms. Before the game the twitter feed his name was tagged as involved

Welcome back everybody. Appropriately a bit of cold turkey there.

BBC Radio Five Live - Wednesday
WBA v Swansea Pat Murphy
Middlesbrough v Liverpool Alistair Yeomans
Sunderland v Chelsea Ian Dennis
West Ham v Burnley John Southall
Crystal Palace v Manchester United Conor McNamara and Steve Claridge (commentary)
Manchester City v Watford Mike Sewell
Stoke v Southampton Vicky Sparks
Tottenham v Hull Jonathan Overend
Wigan v Newcastle Peter Slater

BBC Radio London
Crystal Palace v Manchester United Nick Godwin and James Scowcroft (commentary)
Manchester City v Watford Mark Taylor
Sunderland v Charlton Matt Newsum
Tottenham v Hull Emma Jones
West Ham v Burnley Andy Rowley
QPR v Derby Murray Burnell

BBC Radio Merseyside
Middlesbrough v Liverpool James Mountford and Craig Hignett (commentary)

Fixtures
Tottenham Hotspur versus Hull City
Middlesbrough versus Liverpool

BBC Radio Humberside and the official Hull City website
Hull City - Mattt Dean in the studio, David Burns and Peter Swan at the match

Viking 2
Hull City - Steve Jordan* in a studio, Jack Woodward and Craig Fagan

TFM
Middlesbrough - reporter - Scott Makin

Notes
Steve Jordan was simultaneously presenting on the Greatest Hits Network. I didn't listen long enough to both to know whether he was pre-recorded on one of the programmes.

BBC Radio Scotland Sportsound, 16/12/16

Presented by Geoff Webster from Scotstoun, with Tom English.

Both 7.45pm.

Scottish Premiership
Hamilton Accies v Rangers - Liam McLeod, Paul Hartley and Steven Thompson (810MW commentary) with Chick Young pitchside

Pro12 Rugby Union
Glasgow Warriors v Racing 92 - Bill Johnstone, Peter Wright and Colin Gregor (92-95FM commentary)

BBC Radio Manchester - Wednesday

Manchester City v Watford - Ian Cheeseman and Shaun Goater - commentary
Crystal Palace v Manchester United - Liam Bradford - reports
Wigan Athletic v Newcastle United - Nathan Middleton - reports

BBC Radio Leeds
Nick Hatton, Paul Ogden and Iwan Roberts

BBC Radio Sheffield:-
Tuesday 13/12/16:-
Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley on FM and Freeview. Jonathan Buchan and Rob Staton did Commentary with Brian Laws (Sheffield Wednesday) and Derek Parker (Barnsley). They did the 'old' style double heading, with Jonathan the first 23 minutes of each half and Rob the second 22 minutes of each half.

Murray Bennell commentated on Fulham v Rotherham on MW/Digital.

Rob and Jonathan hosted Football Heaven between 18:00 and 19:00 from Hillsborough. Jamie Campbell did sports news at 19:30, half-time and after the game from the studio. Rob did Praise and Grumble after between 22:00 and 22:30 from Hillsborough.

Thursday 15/12/16:-
Coventry City v Sheffield United. Rob Staton hosted Football Heaven from the studio between 18:00 and 19:00. Jonathan Buchan presented Build up to kick off between 19:00 and 19:45 and commentated on match alongside Kevin Gage on all Frequencies.
Jamie Campbell did sports news in Studio at 19:30. I think he also wrapped up after the game.

A minor correction - this was of course the European Champions' Cup, not the Pro12.

Wednesday 14th December - talkSPORT

Mark Saggers presented Kick Off from the Stadium of Light with Stuart Pearce at White Hart Lane

Premier League
Crystal Palace v Manchester United - Alex Crook
Manchester City v Watford - Dom McGuinness
Middlesbrough v Liverpool - Simon Humphreys
Stoke City v Southampton - Geoff Peters
Sunderland v Chelsea - Graham Courtney and Mark Saggers, with James Dodd producing
Tottenham Hotspur v Hull City - Olly Wilson and Stuart Pearce
West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City - Nigel Pearson
West Ham United v Burnley - Ian Abrahams

Championship
Nottingham Forest v Preston North End - Naz Premji
Queens Park Rangers v Derby County - Tony Incenzo
Wigan Athletic v Newcastle United - Graham Beecroft

James Dodd also produced Tuesday night's Kick Off from Goodison Park. There was a nice moment during the early team news segment just after 7pm, as once Graham Courtney had given the teams from Sunderland, they paused from heading around the grounds so that he and Mark Saggers could describe Bradley Lowery's penalty kicks with Asmir Begovic during the warm-up (Bradley being the terminally ill boy who I'm sure many of you will have heard about). I thought this was a nice moment and something they were quite right to highlight.


talkSPORT Live

Premier League
Crystal Palace v Manchester United - Richard Connelly and Alan McLoughlin (featured 8pm commentary on international radio stations)
Manchester City v Watford - Callum Williams
Middlesbrough v Liverpool - Toby Gilles
Stoke City v Southampton - Barry Swain
Sunderland v Chelsea - Dan Windle
Tottenham Hotspur v Hull City - James Fielden
West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City - Jon Norman
West Ham United v Burnley - Will Gavin


BBC WM 95.6

Richard Wilford presented BBC WM 95.6 Sport from the Hawthorns

Premier League
West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City - Rob Gurney and Tony Brown (8pm commentary)

Friday 16th December - talkSPORT

Matt Holland presented Kick Off: The Player's Lounge alongside Danny Gabbidon

Championship
Norwich City v Huddersfield Town - Jack Woodward

Rugby Union: European Rugby Champions Cup Pool One
Glasgow Warriors v Racing 92 - Simon Ward

Cricket: Fifth Test Match
India v England - Jon Norman


talkSPORT Live and Bundesliga.com

Bundesliga
Hoffenheim v Borussia Dortmund - James Fielden

Some Christmas schedule information from talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2:

CHRISTMAS EVE

talkSPORT
01:00 Extra Time with Tom Latchem
06:00 Seven Days of talkSPORT with Tom Bellwood
07:00 The Weekend Sports Breakfast with Georgie Bingham & Tony Cascarino
11:00 The Warm-Up with The Two Mikes
13:00 Premiership Rugby Live – Wasps v Bath
16:00 The Clash of the Titans
19:00 All-Time Manchester United XI with Andy Goldstein & Olly Murs
21:00 On The Sporting Couch with Gary Bloom
22:00 My Sporting Life – Best of 2016 with Danny Kelly

talkSPORT 2
07:00 Sportsday
10:00 The Weekend Starts Here with Tom Rennie
12:00 The Weekend Sports Breakfast with Georgie Bingham & Tony Cascarino
13:00 Premiership Rugby Live – Saracens v Newcastle
16:00 Andy Murray – Top of the World
17:00 My Sporting Life with Danny Kelly
18:00 Fight Club Christmas Special with Gareth A. Davies
20:00 European Football Show Christmas Special with Nat Coombs
22:00 Sports Bar Weekender

CHRISTMAS DAY

talkSPORT
00:00 Extra Time with Bob Ballard
06:00 Alan Brazil's Christmas Sports Breakfast
10:00 It's a Jim White Christmas
13:00 Hawksbee & Jacobs: Clips of the Year
16:00 The Clash of the Titans
19:00 Gary Neville's Manchester
21:00 Andy Goldstein's Sports Bar

talkSPORT 2
06:00 Andy Murray – Top of the World
07:00 My Sporting Life with Danny Kelly
08:00 European Football Show Christmas Special with Nat Coombs
10:00 All-Time Manchester United XI with Andy Goldstein & Olly Murs
12:00 Fight Club Christmas Special with Gareth A. Davies
14:00 Andy Murray – Top of the World
15:00 My Sporting Life with Danny Kelly
16:00 World's Strongest Man – Preview with James Richardson
17:00 The Rugby Show with Andrew McKenna
18:00 Cricket Week with Jon Norman
19:00 On The Sporting Couch with Gary Bloom
20:00 All-Time Manchester United XI with Andy Goldstein & Olly Murs
22:00 Fight Club Christmas Special with Gareth A. Davies

BOXING DAY

talkSPORT
00:00 Extra Time with Bob Ballard
06:00 All-Time Manchester United XI with Andy Goldstein & Olly Murs
08:00 The Sports Breakfast with Max Rushden & Ray Parlour
12:00 Matchday Live with Adrian Durham
17:00 The Full-Time Phone-In with Sam Matterface & Micky Gray
19:00 Kick-Off with Matt Smith
22:00 Andy Goldstein's Sports Bar

CHRISTMAS EVE:

05:00 - 5 Live Sport (The Friday Football Social)
06:00 - 5 Live Breakfast with Chris Warburton and Eleanor Oldroyd
09:00 - The Danny Baker Show
11:00 - Fighting Talk
12:00 - 5 Live Formula 1 - Review of 2016
13:00 - 5 Live Sport with Sonja McLaughlan
14:00 - LIVE RUGBY - Wasps v Bath
16:00 - 5 Live Sport - Matt Dawson's Rugby Show, Review of 2016
17:00 - 606 - Best of 2016
19:00 - Wake Up To Money - Sports Special
20:00 - Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
21:00 - Hear The Year - Best moments of 5 Live & 5 Live Sports Extra in 2016
22:00 - Colin Paterson

CHRISTMAS DAY:

01:00 - What Goes on Here
04:00 - 5 Live in Short - Best of 2016 with Chris Warburton
06:00 - 5 Live Science
07:00 - 5 Live Breakfast with Stephen Nolan & Charissa Chadderton
10:00 - Russell Howard's Christmas Day
12:00 - 5 Live Christmas Day News with Richard Foster
12:30 - 5 Live Sport - 5 Live Tennis, Number 1: The Andy Murray Story
13:00 - The Danny Baker Show, Best of the Guests 2016
15:00 - 5 Live News including the Queen's Christmas Message
15:30 - 5 Live Sport - 66: We Were There
16:30 - 5 Live Hit List of 2016 with Emma Barnett
18:30 - 5 Live Christmas Day News
19:00 - 5 Live Sport - 5 Live Boxing, Reliving the Rumble
20:00 - Russell Howard's Christmas Day
22:00 - Raising the Bar with Robert Rinder

BOXING DAY:

00:00 - Phil Williams
00:30 - 5 Live Sport - 5 Live Tennis, Number 1: The Andy Murray Story
01:00 - Up All Night with Dotun Adebayo
04:00 - Junior Doctors' Diaries
05:30 - Get Inspired with Darren Campbell
07:00 - 5 Live Breakfast with Stephen Nolan & Charissa Chadderton
10:00 - 5 Live Olympics - Rio Remembered
12:00 - 5 Live Sport with Mark Chapman
12:30 - LIVE Premier League Football: Watford v Crystal Palace
15:00 - LIVE Premier League Football: Match TBD
17:15 - LIVE Premier League Football: Hull City v Manchester City
19:10 - 606 with Jason Mohammad and Robbie Savage
20:30 - Our Summer: The Story of Wales at Euro 2016
21:30 - Hillsborough - Trevor and Jenni's Journey
22:30 - Adrian Goldberg

TUESDAY, 27TH DECEMBER:

01:00 - Up All Night with Rhod Sharp
05:00 - Wake Up To Money - Sports Edition
06:00 - 5 Live Breakfast with Stephen Nolan & Charissa Chadderton
09:00 - 5 Live Breakfast - Your Call
10:00 - 5 Live Daily with Adrian Chiles
13:00 - Afternoon Edition with Sarah Brett & Nihal Arthanayake
14:00 - 5 Live Sport with Caroline Barker
15:00 - LIVE Championship Football: Derby County v Birmingham City
17:15 - LIVE Premier League Football: Liverpool v Stoke City
19:10 - 606 with Kelly Cates and Ian Wright

CHRISTMAS EVE:

13:25 - LIVE Rugby: Saracens v Newcastle Falcons

BOXING DAY:

12:55 - LIVE Championship Football: Brentford v Cardiff City
14:55 - LIVE Rugby: Bristol Rugby v Worcester Warriors
19:40 - LIVE Championship Football: Newcastle Utd v Sheff Wednesday

TUESDAY, 27TH DECEMBER 2016:

12:25 - LIVE Championship Football: Brighton v Queens Park Rangers
15:55 - LIVE Rugby: Harlequins v Gloucester

5Live Sport

Mark Chapman is at Stoke

Palace vs Chelsea - John Murray & John Hartson

Saturday 17th December - talkSPORT

Adrian Durham presenting Matchday Live from the Riverside Stadium with Clive Allen at the Bet365 Stadium and Danny Gabbidon at the London Stadium, followed by The Full Time Phone-In hosted by Danny Kelly with Stuart Pearce at the Hawthorns

Premier League
Crystal Palace v Chelsea - Olly Wilson
Middlesbrough v Swansea City - Simon Humphreys and Adrian Durham
Stoke City v Leicester City - Ian Abrahams and Clive Allen
Sunderland v Watford - Graham Courtney
West Ham United v Hull City - Ian Danter, with Alex Crook and Danny Gabbidon pre-match
West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United - Sam Matterface and Stuart Pearce (5.30pm commentary), with James Savundra producing

Championship
Bristol City v Preston North End - Laurence Mora
Burton Albion v Newcastle United - Tony Incenzo
Cardiff City v Barnsley - Dave Rowe
Fulham v Derby County - Jake Robson
Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Nigel Pearson
Birmingham City v Brighton & Hove Albion - Tom Ross

Cricket: Fifth Test Match
India v England - Jon Norman

Darts: PDC World Championship 2017
Alexandra Palace, London - Dan Dawson


talkSPORT 2

Ian Danter presenting Matchday Live 2 and The Full Time Phone-In from the London Stadium alongside Danny Gabbidon

Premier League
West Ham United v Hull City - Alex Crook and Danny Gabbidon (3pm commentary)


talkSPORT Live

Premier League
Crystal Palace v Chelsea - Richard Connelly and Paul Mortimer
Middlesbrough v Swansea City - Barry Swain
Stoke City v Leicester City - Dan Wheeler
Sunderland v Watford - Dan Windle
West Ham United v Hull City - Adam Bridge and David Connolly (featured 3pm commentary on international radio stations)
West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United - Callum Williams and Kevin Watson

Bundesliga
Red Bull Leipzig v Hertha Berlin - James Fielden
VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt - Tim Long

BBC Radio Manchester presented by Jimmy Wagg from Bury

WBA v Manchester United - Nathan Middleton - reports
Wigan Athletic v Ipswich Town - Shourjo Sarkar - reports
Chesterfield v Bolton Wanderers - Jack Dearden and Alan Gowling - FM commentary
Bury v Oxford United - Ben Croucher and Steve Eyre - DAB commentary
Oldham Athletic v Southend United - John Gilder - reports
Northampton Town v Rochdale - Martin Culshaw - reports