The Commentators' View LIVE Show

John Murray & Ian Dennis talk football, travel & language with a live studio audience in Sheffield. Also hear from Pat Nevin and Ali Bruce-Ball. WhatsApp voicenotes to 08000 289 369. Emails to [email protected]:00 John’s end-of-season bonus, 13:40 Ian shows off his big red book, 17:10 Pat Nevin on working with John & Ian, 19:50 Pat and Ian pranking each other, 23:45 Great Glossary of Football Commentary, 34:50 Clash of the Commentators, 41:25 Answering audience questions. BBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries: Sun 10 Aug 1500 Crystal Palace v Liverpool in the Community Shield.Glossary so far: 2-0 is a dangerous score, After you Claude, All-Premier League affair, Aplomb, Brace, Brandished, Breaking the deadlock, Bundled over the line, Champions elect / champions apparent, Clinical finish, Commentator’s curse, Coupon buster, Cultured/Educated left foot, Denied by the woodwork, Draught excluder, Elimination line, Fellow countryman, Foot race, Formerly of this parish, Fox in the box, Free hit, Goalkeepers’ Union, Goalmouth scramble, Good touch for a big man, Honeymoon Period, In and around, In the shop window, Keeping ball under their spell, Languishing, Loitering with intent, Marching orders, Nestle in the bottom corner, Numbered derbies, Nutmeg, Opposite number, Park the bus, PK for penalty-kick, Postage stamp, Put their laces through it, Rasping shot, Red wine not white wine, Relegation six-pointer, Rooted at the bottom, Roy of the Rovers stuff, Sending the goalkeeper the wrong way, Sleeping giants, Slide rule pass, Small matter of, Spiders web, Stayed hit, Steepling, Stinging the palms, Stonewall penalty, Straight off the training ground, Stramash, Team that likes to play football, Throw their cap on it, Thruppenny bit head / 50p head, Put it in the mixer, Route one Towering header, Two good feet Turning into a basketball match, Turning into a cricket score, Walking a disciplinary tightrope, Wand of a left foot, We’ve got a cup tie on our hands, Where the owl sleeps, Winger in their pocket, Wrap foot around it, Your De Bruynes, your Gundogans etc.

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