IRN Sun:

Arsenal v Wigan 1600 Jamie Hill
Bolton v Fulham 1330 Peter Smith

RUGBY UNION
Ireland v France 1500 David Brady

BBC Radio Five Live

Chelsea v Middlesboro - Conor Macnamara
Everton v Blackburn - Stuart Hall
Man Utd v Charlton - John Murray and Chris Waddle (commentary)
Newcastle v Liverpool - Ian Dennis
Sheff Utd v Tottenham - Peter Slater
West Ham v Watford - Jacqui Oatley
Derby v Hull - Darren Fletcher
Leeds v Palace - Juliette Ferrington
Preston v Wolves - Richard Connelly
WBA v Southampton - Jonathan Overend
Swansea v Oldham - Nigel Turner
Hartlepool v Walsall - Mark Clemett
Celtic v Hibs - Roddy Forsyth


Talk Sport

Chelsea v Middlesbro Andy Clarke
Everton v Blackburn Graham Beecroft
Man Utd v Charlton Tim White
Newcastle v Liverpool Graham Courtney
Sheff Utd v Spurs Grahame Lloyd
West Ham v Watford Ian Abrahams
Coventry v Cardiff City Geoff Peters
Derby v Hull City Kev Lawrence
Preston v Wolves Eamonn Watson
West Brom v Southampton Dave Rowe

Arsenal v Blackburn (1230 Sat)

BBC Radio Five Live - Darren Fletcher, Mike Ingham and Chris Waddle (commentary)
Talk Sport - Mike Bovill
BBC Radio Lancashire - Andy Bayes and Simon Garner (commentary)
BBC London 94.9FM - Nigel Bidmead
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Interesting that according to the Radio Times, Celtic v AC Milan is live on 5 Live this Tuesday with Alan Green ,Mike Ingham and Pat Nevin. I find that hard to believe with Arsenal and Man Utd both playing.

Mike Ingham confirmed it in his commentary earlier today.

BBC Radio Five Live

Chelsea v Norwich - John Murray and Steve Claridge (commentary)
Middlesboro v WBA - Ian Dennis (commentary on Sports Extra by Ron Jones, Dave Woods and Craig Hignett)
Plymouth v Derby - Alistair Bruce-Ball
Watford v Ipswich - Mike Sewell
Crystal Palace v Birmingham - Jacqui Oatley
Cardiff v Leeds - Ian Brown
Leicester v Coventry - Juliette Ferrington
Southampton v Barnsley - Simon Mann
Sunderland v Southend - Peter Slater
Oldham v Millwall - Richard Askam
Hearts v St Mirren - Brian McLaughlin
. . . 2 games to add


Talk Sport

Chelsea v Norwich - Andy Clarke and Gary Stevens
Middlesboro v WBA - Graham Courtney
Plymouth v Derby - Gareth Williams
Watford v Ipswich - Ian Abrahams
Crystal Palace v Birmingham - Kev Lawrence
Leicester v Coventry - Geoff Peters
Southampton v Barnsley - Paul McDowell
Sunderland v Southend - John Temple
Stoke v Luton - Dave Rowe


IRN

Chelsea v Norwich - Simon Watts (Russell Hargreaves on Capital Gold)
Middlesboro v WBA - Stewart Boyd
Plymouth v Derby - Steve Jackson
Watford v Ipswich - Ian Beech (Jamie Hill on Capital Gold)
R/U: Northampton v Harlequins - Simon Ward

In addition, Mark Scott covered Palace v Birmingham for Capital Gold with Phil Blacker hosting.

Who did the Bolton/Arsenal replay on 5Live?

Ian Brown, Chris Waddle and Darren Fletcher

Makes some sense to cover Celtic-AC Milan as the main commentary match: Man Utd's game is live on TV in any home with any sort of TV, Arsenal's game is live in any home with any form of digital TV (I'm pretty sure), but Celtic's game is only on a pay channel. Also, a match against AC Milan has far more *feeling* about it, in the context of the European Cup/Champions' League throughout history, than one against Lille or PSV Eindhoven, for all that the latter did once win it. If it was Man Utd or Arsenal against AC Milan, I'm sure that would be live even if it was on ITV1 and Celtic's game was only on Sky.

Who remembers the mid-late 80s days when Scottish clubs' European ties got more live radio coverage than before or (generally) since, entirely because of the post-Heysel ban on English clubs? Mike Ingham used to commentate on those games (often featuring Rangers when Souness had lured a load of English players who wanted to play in the European club competitions without having to move to the continent) for Radio 2 MW alongside the underused Roddy Forsyth, who should really be commentating on Tuesday IMHO.

Champions League on talkSPORT:

Tuesday:
Lille v Manchester United: Commentary with Nigel Pearson and Alvin Martin
PSV v Arsenal: Reports with Jim Proudfoot
Celtic v AC Milan: Reports with TBA

Wednesday:
FC Porto v Chelsea: Reports with Jim Proudfoot
Barcelona v Liverpool: Commentary with Nigel Pearson and Alvin Martin

Carling Cup Final:
Arsenal v Chelsea: Commentary with Nigel Pearson and Alvin Martin, hosted by Ian Danter.

Strangely, RTE will regularly use the same reporters from the same matches as Irish independent radio's network INN are using via IRN....

According to the Guardian Jacqui Oatley is doing her first 5 Live (as opposed to Sports Extra) commentary this evening, on the second half of Cardiff v Preston.

PREMIERSHIP

Charlton v West Ham 1500 Elliot Cook
Fulham v Manchester United 1245 Steve Jackson
Liverpool v Sheffield United 1500 Peter Jenkins
Middlesbrough v Reading 1500 Stuart Boyd
Watford v Everton 1715 Alan Lewis

RUGBY UNION

Ireland v England 1730 Russell Hargreaves
Scotland v Italy 1500 Simon Ward
France v Wales 2000 Mike Bovill

Tomorrow:

CARLING CUP FINAL

Chelsea v Arsenal 1500 Simon Watts

Blackburn v Portsmouth 1500 Tom Parker
Spurs v Bolton 1500 Dan Freeman
Wigan v Newcastle 1300 Peter Smith

BBC Radio Five Live

Fulham v Man Utd - Ian Brown, David Oates and Mark Bright (commentary)
Charlton v West Ham - John Murray and Steve Claridge (commentary)
Liverpool v Sheff Utd - Stuart Hall
Middlesboro v Reading - Peter Slater
Hull v Birmingham - Dave Woods
Leicester v WBA - Jon Driscoll
Sunderland v Derby - Juliette Ferrington
Wolves v Leeds - Conor Macnamara
QPR v Plymouth - Chris Dennis
Oldham v Bournemouth - Mark Clemett
Boston v Hartlepool - Kevin Howells
Dunfermline v Partick - Roddy Forsyth


Talk Sport

Fulham v Man Utd - Andy Clarke
Charlton v West Ham - Ian Abrahams
Liverpool v Sheff Utd - Graham Beecroft
Middlesboro v Reading - Graham Courtney
Hull v Birmingham - Tim White
Leicester v WBA - Geoff Peters
Norwich v Coventry - Kev Lawrence
QPR v Plymouth - Tony Incenzo
Southampton v Ipswich - Paul McDowell
Sunderland v Derby - John Temple
Wolves v Leeds - Dave Rowe

Today

BBC Radio Five Live

Carling Cup Final - Mark Pougatch, Graham Taylor and Mike Sewell plus Mike Ingham, Alan Green and Mark Lawrenson (commentary)
Wigan v Newcastle - Juliette Ferrington
Blackburn v Portsmouth - Peter Slater
Tottenham v Bolton - John Southall
Inverness v Celtic - Andy Gillies
R/L Hull KR v Harlequins - Stuart Pyke


Talk Sport

Carling Cup Final - Nigel Pearson and Alvin Martin (commentary) with Ian Danter, Ray Houghton and Jason Cundy
Wigan v Newcastle - Dom McGuinness
Blackburn v Portsmouth - Eamonn Watson
Tottenham v Bolton - Mike Bovill


BBC London 94.9FM

Carling Cup Final - Phil Parry and Clive Walker (commentary) with Carline Barker, Mick Collins and Emma Jones also in Cardiff
Tottenham v Bolton - Nick Godwin (commentary on DAB)


Smooth 102.2FM

Carling Cup Final - Gary Taphouse and Kerry Dixon (commentary)

Stuart Pyke was at Warrington Wolves v Hull FC, not Hull KR v Harlequins.

Sorry. His preview was about HKR so I assumed he was there.

For those interested in Local Radio Rugby League commentaries (although not directly relevant to this thread), BBC Radio Merseyside covered Warrington v Hull (Alan Rooney and Ray French), BBC Radio Leeds covered Wakefield v Salford (Terry Crook & ?Gary Byrne?) whilst BBC Radio Humberside covered Warrington v Hull (David Doyle-Davidson and ?Lee Richardson?) and HKR (Gwilym Lloyd, Chris Park and Paul Parker).
Last edited by IanFergus : 25-02-2007 at 17:45

Century FM (North East)

Sat : Middlesbro v Reading...Alistair Brownlee(commentator)
Bernie Slaven (summerisor)

Sunderland v Derby.....Susan Jardine(reporter)

Sun : Wigan v Newcastle......Peter Graves (commentator)
Bob Moncur(summerisor)

Footygirl, welcome to this forum, especially in your role as a reporter.

I understand that you are working on a Saturday but, if you are able, can you let me know who is currently reporting on Newcastle and Sunderland for Metro FM please?

Now that Peter Graves (which is a name I do not know) has taken over the commentary for the Newcastle games, has Phil Blacker been '"returned" to London?

Thanks for the kind welcome. O.K here goes.
Phil Blacker has gone. Peter Graves who I think used to work for Metro has taken over the Newcastle commentaries.

Metro FM 's Sunderland comentators are Simon Crabtree and Gary Rowell

Looks like we'll have to make do with discussing radio commentary with the Martin Tyler thread closed!

Does anyone know who did the Five Live commentary on Reading v Man Utd last night?

It was Conor Macnamara and Mike Ingham. Ian Brown reported then commentated from WBA v Boro. (I can't remember who summarised at the Mad Stad.)

Liverpool v Man Utd

BBC Radio Five Live - Mike Ingham, Alan Green, Graham Taylor with Alistair Yeomans (commentary)

Talk Sport - Dom McGuinness

BBC Radio's afternoon commentary is Watford v Charlton with Ian Brown.

IRN:

Sat

Hull v Preston 1500 Peter Smith
Barnsley v Sunderland 1330 Steve Jackson
Leeds v Luton 1500 Ian Fenton
QPR v Sheffield Wednesday 1500 Paul Ashton
Crystal Palace v Leicester 1500 Jamie Hill

Middlesbrough v Manchester United 1730 Ken Daly

RUGBY
Scotland v Ireland 1330 Dave Brady
Italy v Wales 1530 Simon Ward

Sun

Blackburn v Manchester City 1600 Peter Smith
Chelsea v Tottenham 1245 Jamie Hill
Plymouth v Watford 1800 Steve Jackson

England v France 1500 James Gibson

talkSPORT

Barnsley v Southampton – Dom McGuinness
Cardiff v Norwich – Gareth Williams
Colchester v Coventry – Ian Abrahams
Crystal Palace v Leicester – John Norman
Hull v Preston – John Temple
Ipswich v Southend – Kevin Lawrence
Leeds v Luton – Eammon Watson
QPR v Sheffield Wednesday – Tony Incenzo
Stoke v Southampton – Ian Danter
Bristol City v Brentford – Mike Bovill
Scunthorpe v Nottingham Forest – Tim White

Middlesbrough v Manchester United - Graham Courtney

Scotland v Ireland - Dave Brady
Italy v Wales - Simon Ward
Last edited by 4-4-2 : 10-03-2007 at 15:53