Football Daily – The commentators’ view: Paloma Blanca & The Whippet Inn

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John Murray, Ian Dennis and Ali Bruce-Ball talk football, travel and language. There’s breaking news on how to pronounce Taty Castellanos, hear the voice of the ‘corpsing classifieds’ and TCV is going musical. Plus, ‘Unintentional Bar Names’ may be reaching its peak; Clash of the Commentators goes to Scandinavia and how you can use the pod to impress your peers. Messages and voice notes on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369 & emails to TCV@bbc.co.uk 00:30 Is chocolate good for you? 02:00 John has recovered from Newcastle- Qarabağ, 03:40 5 Live comments this weekend, 08:50 Castellanos verdict news, 11:50 The voice of the corpses! 17:10 Lawnmowers and palm trees, 21:40 TCV goes musical, 25:20 Unintended bar names, 35:30 Clash of the Commentators, 44:45 Great Glossary of Football Commentary, 49:40 A final message from Luke in Norway. 5 Live / BBC Sounds commentary: Sat 1500 Liverpool v West Ham with Ian Dennis & Stephen Warnock, Sat 1500 Newcastle v Everton on Sports Extra with Eilidh Barbour and James McFadden, Sat 1730 Leeds v Man City with John Murray and Paul Robinson, Sun 1200 Rangers and Sun 1200 Rangers v Al Patas 0 v Man 10 v La40 Crystal Palace with John Murray & Dion Dublin, Sun 1400 Fulham v Tottenham on Sports Extra with John Acres & Mark Schwarzer, Sun 1400 Brighton v Forest on Sports Extra 2 with Chris Wise & Luke Chambers, Sun 1630 Arsenal v Chelsea with Ali Bruce-Ball & Matt Upson. Big Glossary of Football Commentary: SECTION ONE Farming Challenge, Back of the Net, Back to Square One, Book, Bosman, Coupon Header, Coupon Buster, Cruyff Turn, Cultivated/Educated Left Foot, Dead Ball Specialist, Draft Ruler, Elastic/Flip Flap, False Nine, Fox in the Box, Give the Hunter, Hi Tennis In a Good Moment, In Back, Magic of the FA Cup, The Maradona, Off their line, Olimpico, Onion bag, Panenka, Park the bus, Perfect hat-trick, Rabona, Roy of the Rovers stuff, Schmeichel-style, Scorpion kick, Spursy, Stick it in the mixer, Sweeper keeper, Target man, Tiki-taka, Towering the Trikibura, Kookvela sleep, Where the spiders sleep. DIVISION TWO 2-0 can be a dangerous score, Back on the grass, Ball stays hit, Beat all ends, Blows over the bar, Business end, Came down with snow on it, Catch practice, Camp in the opposition half, Kettle atmosphere Coat is on a shoogly pen, Come back to haunt them, Gang of uncertainty, sort Can easily sort their uncertainty, sort. Daisy cutter, First cab off the rank, Giant kill, Good leave, Good touch for a big man, Half turn, Got it in his closet, High wide and not very nice, Hospital pass, Crying, In the dugout, In the hat, In their pocket, Johnny on the spot, Lead the line, Learn a shot, Middle of the head, Need, Need, Nice bike, One for the cameras, One for the purists, Got us off the park played, Point to the spot, Prawn sandwich brigade, Purple patch, Put their laces through it, Reach into their pocket, Rolls Royce, Root and branch review, Row Z, Screamer, Seats on the plane, Point over the arches, Slide-a-rulesh, Straight-a-rulesh, Take one for the team, Telegraph that pass, Tired legs, That’s great… (soccer), Thunder attack, Turn on a sixpence, walk it in, We have a cup-tie on our hands. UNSORTED To you Claude, All-Premier League affair, Aplomb, Bag/box of tricks, Brace, Brandished, Bread and butter, Breaking the deadlock, Bundled up over the line, Champions elect / champions apparently, Clinical finish, Commentator’s curse, Denied by the woodwork, Elimination line of, Fellow country, Exclusive, Fellow, Country, parish, Free hit, Goalkeeper union, Goalmouth scramble, Honeymoon period, In and around, In the shop window, Keep the ball in play, Keystone Cops defending, Ailment, Toiled on purpose, Marching orders, Nestle in the bottom corner, Numbered derbies, Opposite number, PK for penalty wine, Red shot, Postage stamp, Not white wine six pointer, Rooted at the bottom, Route One, Send the goalkeeper the wrong way, Shooting boots, Sleeping giants, Slide rule pass, Small matter of, Cobweb, Stay hit, Steepling, Stick the palms out, Stonewall penalty, Straight off the practice field, Take one for the team, Team that likes to play football, Throw them 5 pin head, Thrup 5 cap 0 cup, Turn into a basketball game, Turn into a cricket score, Usher/Shepherd the ball out of play, Walk a disciplinary rope, Wand of a left foot, Turn foot around it, Your De Bruynes, your Gundogans etc.

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