BBC Radio Five Live

Bolton v Aston Villa (1330) Conor MacNamara, Ian Dennis and (welcome back) Jimmy Armfield (commentary)
Derby v Everton (1400) didn't hear
Liverpool v Arsenal (1600) Alan Green, Mike Ingham and Mark Lawrenson (commentary)
Tottenham v Blackburn (1500) Alistair Bruce-Ball and John Scales
Dundee United v Rangers (1400) Andy Gillies


BBC Radio London 94.9FM
Arsenal at Liverpool Mark Taylor
Tottenham v Blackburn Phil Parry and Bradley Allan (commentary)


RTE Radio

Liverpool v Arsenal John Keith

Interesting to hear John Murray presenting 5 Live Sport yesterday, an experiment or an emergency presenter?

I was wondering about that too. i think 5 Live clearly seem his as their most valuable asset, behind Mike Ingham and Alan Green. Unfortunately for Murray, he is never going to consistently get the real top matches until Ingham starts to wind down. I imagine 5 Live are trying their best to keep hold of Murray until this happens- by giving him various different other roles. he has already been given the Saturday afternoon commentary slot, which previously used to rotate.

Obviously 5 Live still have a virtual monopoly on radio commentary but they have to resist the advances of TV, Sky in particular will soon be looking for new top men, with 3 of their top 4 in their 60s. I imagine they will be keen to keep hold of Murray, and others like Conor McNamara and Ian Dennis, and need to find other roles to occupy them whilst Ingham and Green are still guaranteed the biggest games.

Martin Tyler was born in 1945 and Alan Parry in 1947, that much I know, but is Ian Darke really that old?

Monday 29th October
Crystal Palace v Watford (8:00pm) - Paul McDowell

Tuesday 30th October
Coventry v West Ham - Ian Abrahams

Wednesday 31st October
Bolton v Manchester City - Dominic McGuinness
Chelsea v Leicester - Andy Clarke
Liverpool v Cardiff - Graham Beecroft
Luton v Everton - Geoff Peters
Portsmouth v Blackburn - Paul McDowell
Sheffield United v Arsenal - Tim White
Tottenham v Blackpool - Ian Abrahams

talkSPORT's commentary match on Saturday will be Newcastle v Portsmouth.

Five Live

Monday
Crystal Palace v Watford - Sohail Sahai

Tuesday
Coventry v West Ham - Conor McNamara, Dean Kiely, Alan Green
Nott Forest v Oldham - Peter Slater

Wednesday
Luton v Everton - Ian Brown, David Pleat, Simon Brotherton
Bolton v Man City - Dave Woods
Chelsea v Leicester - Jacqui Oatley
Liverpool v Cardiff - Darren Fletcher
Portsmouth v Blackburn - John Southall?
Sheff Utd v Arsenal - Peter Slater
Tottenham v Blackpool - Mark Saggers (host), Nigel Adderley

Sports Extra
Sheff Utd v Arsenal - Alistair Bruce Ball, Criag Hignett

BBC London
Tottenham v Blackpool - Nick Godwin and Bradley Allen
Chelesea v Leicester - Emma Jones
Sheff Utd v Arsenal Clive Edwards

Rob Phillips and Kevin Ratcliffe doing Liverpool V Kairdiff for BBC Radio Wales (Ian St. John is also a Summariser/pundit), with Iain Gwyn Hughes and Iwan Roberts for BBC Radio Cymru.

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Last edited by Ian Cleverly : 31-10-2007 at 21:12

Saturday 3rd November

Arsenal v Manchester United (12:45pm) - Andy Clarke
Aston Villa v Derby - Ian Danter
Blackburn v Liverpool (5:15pm) - Dominic McGuinness
Everton v Birmingham - Dave Rowe
Fulham v Reading - Andrew McKenna
Middlesbrough v Tottenham - Tim White
Newcastle v Portsmouth - Nigel Pearson, Graham Courtney & Alvin Martin (commentary)
Wigan v Chelsea - Simon Humphreys

Colchester v Leicester (5:20pm) - Ian Abrahams
Southampton v Charlton - Paul McDowell
Watford v West Brom - Mike Bovill
Wolves v Bristol City - Geoff Peters

Sunday 4th November

West Ham v Bolton (4:00pm) - Ian Abrahams
Norwich v Ipswich (12:45pm) - Kevin Lawrence
Wrexham v Shrewsbury (12:00pm) - Simon Humphreys
Hibernian v Hearts (2:00pm) - Mark Donaldson
Serie A Match (2:00pm) - Anthony D’Angelo

BBC Radio Bristol

Wolverhampton Wanderers V Bristol City (Main Commentary) - Alistair Durden and Adam Baker
Crewe Alexandra V Yeovil Town - Chris Spittles and Drew Savage
Bristol Rovers V Bournemouth - Rob Skanlan
Bath City V Eastbourne Borough - Ben Oare (Spelling?)
Weston S-M V Cambridge City - Mike Kaye (Spelling?)
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BBC Five Live

Arsenal v Manchester United - Alan Green, Mike Ingham and Stan Collymore
Wolves v Bristol City - Arlo White
Middlesbrough v Tottenham - Conor McNamara

BBC Radio Wales

Leicester Tigers V Cardiff Blues - Gareth Charles and Phil Bennett
Wigan Athletic V Chelsea - Iwan Roberts (Updates)
Everton V Blackburn Rovers - Kevin Ratcliffe (Updates)
Fulham V Reading - Jason Perry (Updates)
Aston Villa V Derby County - Simon Davies (Updates)
Newi Cefn Druids v Holyhead Hotspurs (Welsh F.A Cup) - Dewi Griffiths (Updates)

BBC Radio Five Live - continued

Aston Villa v Derby Nigel Adderley
Everton v Birmingham Stuart Hall
Fulham v Reading Vasos Alexander
Newcastle v Portsmouth Peter Slater
Wigan v Chelsea (commentary) John Murray and Matt Jackson
Southampton v Charlton Simon Mann
Stoke v Coventry Juliette Ferrington
Carlisle v Leeds Mark Clemmett
Hereford v Darlington Steve May
Rangers v Inverness Andy Gillies

IRN

Arsenal v Man Utd Elliot Cook
Aston Villa v Derby County Alan Lewis
Everton v Birmingham Chris Mallaband
Fulham v Reading Jamie Hill
Middlesbrough v Tottenham Dave Donaldson
Newcastle v Portsmouth John Temple
Wigan v Chelsea Peter Slater


BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra

Watford v WBA Alistair Bruce-Ball, Darren Fletcher and Steve Froggatt (commentary). (Sohail Sahi reporting for Five Live)


Today FM

Arsenal v Manchester United Ron Jones and Bryan Hamilton (commentary)
Aston Villa v Derby Alan Tolley
Everton v Birmingham Steve Roberts
Middlesbrough v Tottenham Graham Cox
Fulham v Reading Ian Beech
Newcastle v Portsmouth Bob Crosby
Wigan v Chelsea Tom Tyrrell and Ronnie Whelan (commentary)


BBC London 94.9FM

Arsenal v Manchester United Emma Jones
Fulham v Reading Barry Swain
Tottenham at Middlesbro' (FM commentary) Phil Parry
Chelsea at Wigan Gavin Dennison
Crystal Palace at Scunthorpe (DAB commentary) Kevin Hand
Charlton at Southampton (774AM commentary) Nick Godwin
QPR v Hull Simon Watts
Watford v WBA John Marks
Leyton Orient v Oldham Dave Victor
Millwall v Hartlepool Deano Standing
Brentford at Bradford Phil Bower
Barnet at Rochdale Mark Taylor
Dagenham and Redbridge at Rochdale Jack Dearden

Late Kick-off - Blackburn v Liverpool

BBC Radio Five Live Ian Brown, Ian Dennis and Jimmy Armfield (commentary)
IRN Tom Parker
Today FM Jake Katborg

Sunday 04 November

BBC Radio Five Live

Norwich v Ipswich (1245) Jacqui Oatley, Nigel Adderley and Bryan Hamilton (commentary)
Hibernian v Hearts (1400) Conor Macnamara and Pat Nevin (part-commentary)
West Ham v Bolton (1600) David Oates, Darren Fletcher and Terry Butcher (commentary)


BBC Radio Norfolk

Norwich v Ipswich Chris Goreham and Neil Adams (commentary)


BBC Radio Suffolk

Ipswich at Norwich Brenner Woolley and Brian Knights (commentary)


BBC Radio Scotland

Hibs v Hearts David Begg, Craig Paterson, Craig Levein and Chris McLaughlin (commentary)


BBC London 94.9FM

West Ham v Bolton Andy Rowley and Kit Symonds (commentary)


BBC Radio Manchester

Bolton at West Ham Jack Dearden and Alan Gowling (commentary)


One thing puzzles me. Talk Sport announces its Saturday 3pm commentary match in advance but BBC Radio Five Live doesn't seem to mention its commentary until the start of the programme.

Since Chris_Walsall seems no longer to post here, we need some information about West Midlands local radio coverage. Anybody help?

Whilst listening to a bit of 'Something Else' on Radio Wales (They were talking about Last Nights Boxing Match) they announced that Iain Gwyn Hughes would be commentating on the Wrexham - Shrewsbury Match for North Walians only.

Monday 5 November

Man City vs Sunderland (commentary) - Dave Woods, Darren Fletcher and Dean Saunders.

Local Radio details from last night:

BBC Radio Newcastle

Man City v Sunderland Nick Barnes/Gary Bennett

Century FM

Man City v Sunderland Roger Tames/Gary Rowell

I assume that Charles Harrison, who covered Sunderland for Metro, has long since retired (and, I hope, enjoying his well-earned retirement). What happened to his son (?), Alistair who used to report on Sunderland for IRN in days of yore?

Was that the one who used to work alongside Graham Courtney?

I can only remember CH as a commentator in the 1970/80s. I am not sure with whom CH/AH worked.

Monday 5th November

Manchester City v Sunderland - Dominic McGuinness
Barnsley v Blackpool - Graham Beecroft

Tuesday 6th November

Liverpool v Besiktas - Jim Proudfoot & Alvin Martin (commentary)
Schalke v Chelsea - Nigel Pearson
Celtic v Benfica - Mark Donaldson

Wednesday 7th November

Barcelona v Rangers - Mark Donaldson
Manchester United v Dynamo Kiev - Jim Proudfoot & Alvin Martin (commentary)
Slavia Prague v Arsenal - Andy Clarke

Thursday 8th November

Nuremberg v Everton (8:05pm) - Dominic McGuinness
Bayern Munich v Bolton (6:00pm) - Ian Danter
Hapoel Tel Aviv v Tottenham (5:30pm) - Andy Clarke
Aberdeen v Locomotiv Moscow (8:00pm) - Tom Miller

BBC Radio Wales

Cardiff City V Crystal Palace - John Hardy and Ian Walsh
Millwall V Swansea City - (Didn't Catch) and Iwan Roberts

BBC Radio Bristol

Bristol City V Charlton Athletic - Ben Oare and Chris Weale (Spelling?)
Northampton Town V Bristol Rovers - Richard Hoskin and Keith Brookman
Cheltenham Town V Yeovil Town - Drew Savage and Chris Spittles

Real Radio South Wales

Cardiff City V Crystal Palace - Mark Poyser
Millwall V Swansea City - Simon (Surname Forgotten)
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BBC Radio Five Live

Liverpool v Besiktas Mike Ingham, Alan Green and Graham Taylor (commentary) and Mark Saggers (host)
Schalke 04 v Chelsea David Oates
Celtic v Benfica Conor Macnamara
Bristol City v Charlton Simon Mann
Norwich v Watford Steve May
WBA v Sheffield Wednesday Sohail Sahi

BBC Five Live Sports Extra

Bristol City v Charlton Athletic Jacqui Oatley and Leroy Rosenior (commentary)


BBC London 94.9FM

Chelsea at Schalke Phil Parry and Clive Walker (FM commentary)
Charlton at Bristol City Simon Watts (774AM commentary)
Crystal Palace at Cardiff Kevin Hand
QPR v Coventry Chris Dennis and Bradley Allan (DAB commentary)
Watford at Norwich Clive Edwards
Leyton Orient at Swindon Dave Victor
Millwall v Swansea Deano Standing
Barnet v Notts County Barry Swain
Brentford at Macclesfield Mark Swain
Dagenham and Redbridge at Peterborough Gavin Dennison


Real Radio in London

Chelsea at Schalke Gary Taphouse and Kerry Dixon (commentary)