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Tongue twisters and what is the best goal music?

30 October 2026

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John Murray, Alistair Bruce-Ball and Ian Dennis are back after the Carabao Cup quarter finals.

Ian still has the Captain Pugwash theme in his ears as he recounts a historic evening for Fleetwood.

Which member of the team has the same name as Martin Clunes' dogs?

We have lots of suggestions for rhyming slang footballers and an unusual Clash of the Commentators as John takes on Ian.

TIMECODES

01:00 Fleetwood + Captain Pugwash

05:00 League Cup reflections

09:45 Weekend fixtures

17:00 Rhyming slang

22:50 Footballing tongue twisters

28:55 Clash of the Commentators

38:55 Unintended Pub Name

41:05 Great Glossary of football

5 Live/BBC Sounds commentaries this weekend

SAT 1500: Manchester City v Brighton (Premier League) - 5 Live

SAT 1500: Coventry City v Sunderland (Premier League) - Sports Extra 2

SAT 1500: Motherwell v St Mirren (Scottish Premiership) - Sports Extra 3

SAT 1730: Tottenham v Crystal Palace (Premier League) - 5 Live

SAT 1730: Rangers v Aberdeen (Scottish League Cup) - Sports Extra 3

SUN 1200: London City Lionesses v Manchester City (Women’s Super League) - 5 Live

SUN 1300: Falkirk v Celtic (Scottish Premiership) - Sports Extra 2

SUN 1500: Hearts v Hibernian (Scottish League Cup) - Sports Extra 2

SUN 1630: Liverpool v Arsenal (Premier League) - 5 Live

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,

Cross-come-shot

Cruyff Turn,

Cultured/educated left foot,

Dead-ball specialist,

Draught excluder,

Elastico/flip-flap,

False nine,

Fox in the box,

Game’s gone

Giving the goalkeeper the eyes,

Grub hunter,

Header

Head like a biscuit tin,

Head like a sheriff’s badge,

Head tennis,

Hibs it,

In a good moment,

In behind,

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.