No I'm talking about the Wales v Scotland six nations match. Had the cricket still been in progress on Sports Extra the Wales v Scotland match was down to be on "Radio 4 LW Digital" according to Radio Times.

Leeds v Millwall (19:45)

BBC Radio Five Live Dave Woods
BBC London seemingly no reporter but Deano Standing and Andrea Warth are commentating on Lions World, the Millwall radio station.

Watford v Chelsea (5:30 Saturday) will be full commentary on "Radio 4 LW DAB Digital Radio" with Test Match Special on Sports Extra & Radio 4 LW and Wales v England 6 Nations on 5 Live.

Tuesday 10th February

Under 21 International
Ecuador U21s v England U21s - Graham Beecroft

International Friendly
Brazil v Italy - Mike Bovill

Disappointed to hear that there was no Six Nations review on talkSPORT like they've done in the past with Rhodri Williams and Dick Best.

I can now understand why its referred to as talkFOOTBALL.

Guinness are no longer sponsoring talkSPORT's rugby coverage and, in the past couple of years, they've had a weekly Rugby Show hosted by Rhodri Williams (2007 it was a Monday and in 2008 it was a Thursday 9:00pm-10:00pm) during the Six Nations.

That was in addition to the Sunday night Rugby Show which ran from November 2007 to May 2008 between 8:00pm-10:00pm hosted by Rhodri Williams and Will Carling.

Greene King are sponsoring the rugby coverage now which includes features during other shows - Hawksbee & Jacobs on Friday, Andy Goldstein's Sports Bar on Saturday which has Jeff Probyn previewing and reviewing the weeekend's action whether Six Nations, Guinness Premiership or Heineken Cup.

They do have live reports and updates from each of the internationals (autumn, Six Nations etc) and a featured club match on a Sunday afternoon (Premiership or Heineken Cup) which is Russell Hargreaves or Simon Ward as reporter.

Wednesday 11th February

World Cup Qualifiers
San Marino v Northern Ireland - Nigel Ringland
Republic of Ireland v Georgia - David Brady

International Friendly
Spain v England - Andy Clarke
Wales v Poland - Ian Danter

Ah, I hardly listen to the station (If at all) so I wouldn't have known. Still, It's a bit disappointing not to have its own show.

Anywhoo, back to the Football:-

Poland V Wales (in Pooooortttugalllll)

BBC Radio Wales - Rob Phillips (Host) and Kevin Ratcliffe. Dylan Ebenezer as Sports newsreader with a report on problems with the pitch at Sophia Gardens (Glamorgan CCC) by Edward Bevan

BBC Radio Cymru - Ian Gwyn Hughes and Iwan Roberts. Gareth Blainey as Sports newsreader with Edward Bevan talking about Glamorgan CCC

BBC Radio 5 Live - Ian Brown

Spain v England
BBC Five Live: Mike Ingham (1-22), Alan Green (23-45) & Paul Jewell.

Host Mark Saggers (from the venue) chatting to Ian Dennis who seems to be there as well for last 20 mins or so.

San Marino V Northern Ireland (FIFA WC2010 Qualifier)

BBC Radio Ulster - Adam Coates host with Roy Coyle. Commentary from Joel Taggart and Michael Hughes (AM / D-SAT / BBC Red Button)

Republic of Ireland V Georgia - Gavin Andrews

BBC Radio Five Live - continued

San Marino v Northern Ireland Darren Fletcher
Ireland v Georgia seemingly no reporter



RTE Radio One

Ireland v Georgia Gabriel Egan and Eoin Hand (commentary)


Newstalk 106FM

Ireland v Georgia Ken Earley

IRN's menu for today reads like this....

FA CUP
West Ham United v Middlesbrough (main game) - Alan Lewis
Blackburn Rovers v Coventry City - Peter Smith
Watford v Chelsea - Jamie Hill

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Portsmouth v Manchester City (1500) - Peter Hood

RUGBY UNION: RBS 6 NATIONS
France v Scotland - Simon Ward
Wales v England - Hamish Stuart

RACING
Ascot - Kel Mansfield

A West Yorkshire derby means that Radio Leeds can provide a full match commentary on Leeds United's match, away to Huddersfield Town.

Paul Ogden and Adam Pope are sharing commentary duties 5 Live style, with Kieran O'Regan summarising.

Are they barred from doing regular away games then?

They can't even do the home games! In a nutshell Ken Bates increased the amount of money he wanted for the rights to something ridiculous, more than the BBC could pay. The rights went to Yorkshire Radio which is on DAB/Sky. And is owned by a certain Ken Bates. And has its studios at Elland Road.

They're doing this match via their rights to Huddersfield's matches. In the past they would have split frequencies and had Adam Pope on FM doing a Leeds biassed commentary and Paul Ogden on AM doing a commentary with a Huddersfield bias.

BBC Radio 5 Live

Swansea vs Fulham Darren Fletcher, Ian Brown and Ian Holloway

BBC Radio 5 Live

FA Cup 5th Round
Sheffield United vs Hull City John Murray and Jimmy Armfield (Commentary)
Blackburn Rovers vs Coventry City Ian Dennis with Kevin Gallagher
West Ham United vs Middlesborough Simon Brotherton

Premier League
Portsmouth vs Manchester City Jacqui Oatley

Championship
Birmingham City vs Nottingham Forest Pat Murphy
Burnley vs Wolverhampton Wanderers Peter Slater
Preston North End vs Norwich Simon Mann

League Two
Bradford City vs Wycombe Wanderers Johnathan Overend

Scottish Premier League
Hearts vs Aberdeen Andy Gillees

BBC Radio Scotland

Football

SPL commentators:

Hearts v Aberdeen - Paul Mitchell and Craig Paterson, with Chris McLaughlin pitchside
Dundee Utd v Inverness CT - Scott Davie and Brian Irvine
Motherwell v Hamilton Accies - John Barnes and Stevie Frail
Kilmarnock v Hibernian - Liam McLeod and Pat Nevin
St Mirren v Falkirk - Alisdair Lamont and Steve Cowan

'Open all mics' reporters:

Hearts v Aberdeen - John Robertson
Dundee Utd v Inverness CT - Jim Spence
Motherwell v Hamilton Accies - Alan Preston
Kilmarnock v Hibernian - Chick Young
St Mirren v Falkirk - Charlie Mann
Partick Thistle v Dunfermline - Martin Dowden
St Johnstone v Livingston - Des McKeown

Six Nations

France v Scotland - John Beattie and Peter Wright (810MW commentary)

Saturday 14th February

FA Cup Fifth Round
Blackburn v Coventry - Graham Beecroft
Sheffield United v Hull - John Temple
Swansea v Fulham - Geoff Peters
Watford v Chelsea - Andy Clarke
West Ham v Middlesbrough - Ian Abrahams and Tony Cascarino

Premier League
Portsmouth v Man City - Nigel Pearson and Stan Collymore (commentary)

Championship
Birmingham v Nottingham Forest - Ian Danter
Bristol City v Southampton - Dave Rowe
Burnley v Wolves - Simon Humphreys
Charlton v Plymouth - Tony Incenzo
Doncaster v Sheffield Wednesday - Graham Courtney
Ipswich v Blackpool - Kevin Lawrence
Preston v Norwich - Chris Cooper

Six Nations
France v Scotland - Simon Ward
Wales v England - Hamish Stuart

Portsmouth v Man City
BBC Manchester: Ian Cheeseman & Fred Eyre (Commentary)
Key 103/Magic 1152: Hugh Ferris & Chris Bailey (Commentary)

It's Chris Cooper's first appearance in quite a while on talkSPORT. I don't think he's been heard as a reporter on the station since late 2006/early 2007 when he left the station and joined Century in the North West. I doubt it's a regular thing as he's Sunderland commentator on Century in the North East, but who knows?

BBC Lancashire - All Frequencies
Ipswich v Blackpool: Scott Reid & Steve Canavan (Commentary)
Blackburn v Coventry: Andy Bayes (Updates)
Burnley v Wolves: Phil Cunliffe (Updates)
Preston v Birmingham: Ian Chisnall (Updates)
Bournemouth v Accrington: Alan Seabrook (Updates)
Morecambe v Chester: Derek Quinn (Updates)

BBC London

Swansea v Fulham Kevin Hand
West Ham v Middlesbrough Nick Godwin and Steve Brown (?) (FM commentary)
Watford v Chelsea Phil Parry and Bradley Allen (DAB commentary)
Charlton v Plymouth Tom Watt (host) and Andy Rowley
Leyton Orient v Crewe Dave Victor
Stockport v Millwall Andrea Warth
Brentford v Port Vale Billy Reeves
Notts County v Barnet Barry Swain


BBC Three Counties Radio

Dagenham and Redbridge v Luton Euan Duncan and Ian Pearce (commentary)
Watford v Chelsea John Marks and Neil Price (commentary)


BBC Five Live Sports Extra

Watford v Chelsea David Oates and Clive Walker (commentary)
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BBC Radio Wales

Steve James hosting the 1st half from Liberty Stadium, then off down the M4 to host the rest of the programme

Jackland V Fulham (FA Cup 5th round) - Iain Gwyn Hughes and Kevin Ratcliffe. Ian Walsh as Analyst (AM / FM / Digital / Online)
Wrexham V Grays Athletic - Iain Beddow and Anthony Williams (North FM). Grays Manager interview by Dylan Griffiths
Carmarthen Town V Bangor City - Ian Tomos
West Ham United V Middlesbrough (FA Cup 5th round) - Jason Perry
Newport County V Maidenhead United - David Hughes

BBC Radio Cymru

Jackland V Fulham (FA Cup 5th round) - Dylan Ebenezer (Host) Gareth Blainey and Iwan Roberts (Commentary lost a few times during the 2nd half)
Wrexham V Grays Athletic - Dafydd Roberts and Marc Lloyd Williams
Carmarthen Town V Bangor City - Ian Tomos

BBC Bristol / Somerset

Geoff Twentymann host

Bristol City V Southampton - John Bennett
Peterborough V Yeovil Town - Pete Simpson and Chris Spittles (95.5)
Scunthorpe United V Bristol Rovers - Richard Hoskin and Keith Brookman (1548MW)
Worcester Warriors V Bath (Guinness Premiership RU) - Andrew Sheridan and Mike Tremlitt (104.6)
Bitterne V Glossop North End - Mike Kay

Real Radio South Wales

Jackland V Fulham - Mark Poyser
West Ham united V Middlesbrough - Alan Lewis (IRN)
Blackburn Rovers V Coventry City (FA Cup 5th round) - Peter Smith (IRN)
Portsmouth V Manchester City - Peter Hood (IRN)
France V Scotland (RBS 6 Nations RU) - Simon Ward (IRN)

Swansea Sound

Jackland V Fulham - Anthony O'Connell. Interviews by Geoff/Jeff Collins

Celtic v Rangers

Radio Scotland - David Begg, Murdo MacLeod and Billy Dodds (commentary) with Chick Young pitchside.

Five Live - Nigel Pearson (0-23), Roddy Forsyth (23-45) and Pat Nevin (commentary)

Also for Five Live:

World Tennis in Rotterdam - Kheredine Idessane