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The Commentators' View

23 October 2026

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John Murray, Ian Dennis and Alistair Bruce-Ball are back as John and Ali debate Norwegian pronunciations following on-air squabble.

We also get the team's view on Man Utd as Ali prepares to commentate on their crunch game with Bournemouth.

Which 5 Live Sport broadcasters would make good Traitors and Faithfuls? And who will go top in Clash of the Commentators

Saturday 24th October

Arsenal v Everton 1500 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE

Coventry v Fulham 1500 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA

Chelsea v Spurs 1730 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE

Rangers v St Johnstone 1500 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA 3

Sunday 25th October

Hibernian v Celtic 1200 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA 2

Man Utd v Bournemouth 1400 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE

Liverpool v Brighton 1400 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA 2

Crystal Palace v Newcastle 1400 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA 3

Hull City v Brentford 1400 KO - BBC SPORT WEBSITE

Sunderland v Leeds 1630 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE

TIMECODES

01:00 John in Munich.

04:00 Manchester United's travails continue

09:45 "Viking" or "Veeking"

18:00 Robyn Cowen's illness story

32:00 Offering notes

25:45 What happens if we go off air

30:00 5 Live's Traitors and Faithfuls

34:00 Footballer rhyming slang

37:00 Clash of the Commentators - Norwegian special

43:00 Unintended pub name

47:00 Great Glossary of football

GREAT GLOSSARY OF FOOTBALL

DIVISION ONE

10 men behind the ball

50p head

Agricultural challenge,

Back of the net,

Back to square one,

Backside and elbows,

The Beautiful Game,

Booked,

Bosman,

Bullet header,

Buying a penalty,

Caretaker manager,

Channel of joy,

Checked and cleared,

Coupon buster,

Cruyff Turn,

Cultured/educated left foot,

Dead-ball specialist,

Draught excluder,

Elastico/flip-flap,

False nine,

Fox in the box,

Giving the goalkeeper the eyes,

Grub hunter,

Head like a biscuit tin,

Head like a sheriff’s badge,

Head tennis,

Hibs it,

In a good moment,

In behind,

Laces through it

Let it fly

Lollipop,

Magic of the FA Cup,

“Make sure you watch Match of the Day tonight”

The Maradona,

Need one to get in off their backside,

Off their line,

Olimpico,

Onion bag,

Panenka,

Parachute payment,

Park the bus,

Perfect hat-trick,

Postage stamp,

Put his cap on it,

Rabona,

Roy of the Rovers stuff,

Schmeichel-style,

Scorpion kick,

Spursy,

Stick it in the mixer,

Sweeper keeper,

Taking it to the corner flag,

Target man,

Tiki-taka,

Tipped it over the bar

Towering header,

Trivela,

UEFA penalty,

Where the kookaburra sleeps,

Where the owl sleeps,

Where the spiders sleep,

You could have two goalkeepers in there and they still wouldn’t have saved it.