Alistair (Ali) Bruce-Ball
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608 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 9 Jul
Alistair (Ali) Bruce-Ball’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It generates every game.
Cheers, Jed in Geelong.
That's very well written, Jed.
And I have to say, Jed, I will never, ever be seen in the hydration break.
The one thing I would say to that
Paraguay France in Philadelphia on Independence Day it was over 100 degrees and it must have been even hotter down by the pitch so there I forgave it well that's when you should have them but this argument well it has to be consistent across all the matches
No, it doesn't.
It just has to be consistent within a match so that both coaches get the same opportunity.
And proof of that, it wasn't consistent in the second half of France, Iraq and Philadelphia because of the rain delay.
They wanted to get the game finished.
They actually said when the second half eventually started after a two hour delay, there will be no drinks break in the second half.
So where was the consistency there?
Portsmouth fan Bruce in sunny Southsea has written in.
This is about syncing up the live radio commentary with the television pictures, which you've been able to do for BBC Games via the iPlayer.
I think lots of people have enjoyed this feature during the tournament.
So Bruce says, good name Bruce, there are two types of tournament viewers, the few enthusiasts of the beautiful game who prefer to enjoy the poetic, descriptive prose of Five Lives commentators, and those who will blissfully sit through other broadcast offerings.
If there's been one beneficial new addition to this World Cup, it is that the multi-screen kick-off countdown has made it perfectly straightforward to sync the Five Live commentary over a muted broadcast.
I've got friends stateside who switched to watching Spanish streams in order to avoid the US commentary and the hydration break commercials.
They've now adopted this same approach and they are five live disciples.
Nothing comes close.
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