Football Daily

Conor McNamara joins John Murray & Ian Dennis to talk football, travel & language. John reflects on his trip to Baku in Azerbaijan. There’s a railway reunion of sorts and ‘sleepgate’ continues. The guys look ahead to the Premier League weekend, including Tottenham-Arsenal. Plus unintended pub and film names, Clash of the Commentators and the Great Glossary of Football Commentary. Messages and voicenotes welcome on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369 & emails to [email protected]
01:10 John back from Baku!
07:10 John overcomes a bad cold!
10:45 A railway reunion…
13:00 Update from the sleeping listeners…
14:50 5 Live commentaries this weekend,
16:55 Tottenham-Arsenal preview,
23:00 Bodø in strong position to progress,
24:50 Music in commentary…
26:20 Unintended pub names,
33:55 Clash of the Commentators,
43:00 Great Glossary of Football Commentary.
5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Sat 1500 Aston Villa v Leeds with Ian & Leon Osman (starts on Sports Extra),
Sat 1500 Chelsea v Burnley on Sports Extra 2 with Mike Minay & Rachel Corsie,
Sat 1730 West Ham v Bournemouth with Conor McNamara & Rob Green,
Sun 1400 Nottingham Forest v Liverpool with Vicki Sparks & Pat Nevin,
Sun 1400 Sunderland v Fulham on Sports Extra 2 with Lee Blakeman & Danny Collins,
Sun 1400 Crystal Palace v Wolves on Sports Extra 3 with Chris Coles & Matt Jarvis,
Sun 1630 Tottenham v Arsenal with John Murray & Clinton Morrison.
Great Glossary of Football Commentary:
DIVISION ONE
Agricultural challenge,
Back of the net,
Back to square one,
Bosman,
Bullet header,
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 tennis,
Hibs it,
In a good moment,
In behind,
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,
Target man,
Tiki-taka,
Towering header,
Trivela,
Where the kookaburra sleeps,
Where the owl sleeps,
Where the spiders sleep.
DIVISION TWO
2-0 can be a dangerous score,
Back on the grass,
Ball stays hit,
Beaten all ends up,
Blaze over the bar,
Business end,
Came down with snow on it,
Catching practice,
Camped in the opposition half,
Cauldron atmosphere
Coat is on a shoogly peg,
Come back to haunt them,
Corridor of uncertainty,
Couldn’t sort their feet out,
Easy tap-in,
Daisy-cutter,
First cab off the rank,
Giant-killing,
Good leave,
Good touch for a big man,
Half-turn,
Has that in his locker,
High wide and not very handsome,
Hospital pass,
Howler,
In the dugout,
In the hat,
In their pocket,
Johnny on the spot,
Leading the line,
Leather a shot,
Middle of the park,
Needed no second invitation,
Nice headache to have,
Nutmeg,
On their bike,
One for the cameras,
One for the purists,
Played us off the park,
Points to the spot,
Prawn sandwich brigade,
Purple patch,
Put their laces through it,
Reaches for their pocket,
Rolls Royce,
Root and branch review,
Row Z,
Screamer,
Seats on the plane,
Show across the bows,
Slide-rule pass,
Steal a march,
Straight in the bread basket,
Stramash,
Taking one for the team,
Telegraphed that pass,
Tired legs,
That’s great… (football),
Thunderous strike,
Turns on a sixpence,
Walk it in,
We’ve got a cup tie on our hands.
UNSORTED
After you Claude,
All-Premier League affair,
Aplomb,
Bag/box of tricks,
Brace,
Brandished,
Bread and butter,
Breaking the deadlock,
Bundled over the line,
Champions elect / champions apparent,
Clinical finish,
Commentator’s curse,
Denied by the woodwork,
Draught excluder,
Elimination line,
Fellow countryman,
Foot race,
Formerly of this parish,
Free hit,
Goalkeepers’ Union,
Goalmouth scramble,
Honeymoon Period,
In and around,
In the shop window,
Keeping ball under their spell,
Keystone Cops defending,
Languishing,
Loitering with intent,
Marching orders,
Nestle in the bottom corner,
Numbered derbies,
Opposite number,
PK for penalty-kick,
Postage stamp,
Rasping shot,
Red wine not white wine,
Relegation six-pointer,
Rooted at the bottom,
Route One,
Sending the goalkeeper the wrong way,
Shooting boots,
Sleeping giants,
Slide rule pass,
Small matter of,
Spiders web,
Stayed hit,
Steepling,
Stinging the palms,
Stonewall penalty,
Straight off the training ground,
Taking one for the team,
Team that likes to play football,
Throw their cap on it,
Thruppenny bit head / 50p head,
Two good feet,
Turning into a basketball match,
Turning into a cricket score,
Usher/Shepherd the ball out of play,
Walking a disciplinary tightrope,
Wand of a left foot,
Wrap foot around it,
Your De Bruynes, your Gundogans etc.

In this week’s edition of the Football Interview, Mark Chapman speaks to Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick. He talks about how it felt right when he was offered the job, how he chose his backroom staff, and how they challenge him to be his best. He speaks about the importance of the academy and what young players mean to him at the club which leads into a discussion about Kobbie Mainoo's resurgence and how he's proved he can play in any position in midfield.
Timecodes
0’30 - Has doing punditry helped him as a manager?
1’53 - How it felt right when he got the Man Utd job.
4’00 - How he chose his backroom staff and were Man Utd underachieving as group?
5’40 - Did it help that the first two games were Man City and Arsenal?
7’52 - Does he encourage people to get carried away?
8’52 - How he works with his backroom staff and how they challenge him.
11’00 - What the academy and young players mean to him at the club.
13’14 - Man Utd academy is what the club is built upon.
15’43 - Kobbie Mainoo's resurgence and how he can play any position in midfield.
18’40 - How he felt leaving Middlesbrough.
20’10 - Can you manage/coach the same way whatever club you’re at?
23’10 - Could he replicate the hair dryer treatment and how Sir Alex was the best.
23’50 - Does he have to accept that pundits now are players from his era and how players cope with them.
25’00 - How the job is the ultimate role for him.
5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Sat 1500 Aston Villa v Leeds on Sports Extra,
Sat 1500 Chelsea v Burnley on Sports Extra,
Sat 1730 West Ham v Bournemouth,
Sun 1400 Nottingham Forest v Liverpool,
Sun 1400 Sunderland v Fulham on Sports Extra 2,
Sun 1400 Crystal Palace v Wolves on Sports Extra 3,
Sun 1630 Tottenham v Arsenal.

Mark Chapman is joined by Guillem Balague, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Mina Rzouki.
The panel discuss the fallout from Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Benfica in the Champions League - with goalscorer Vinicius Junior accusing Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni of racist abuse. 
FC Thun are on course for their first ever Swiss league title, manager Mauro Lustrinelli joins the show and they wrap up the rest of the week's Champions League action with big first-leg defeats for Italian giants Inter and Juventus.
TIMECODES
00:16 - Vinicius Jr accuses Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni of racist abuse
25:43 - FC Thun manager Mauro Lustrinelli on his side being top of the Swiss league
35:48 - Why are Italian clubs struggling in Europe?

Aaron Paul, Middlesbrough loans manager Tommy Smith & Bromley boss Andy Woodman discuss the top stories from the EFL. They react to Coventry going back above Boro at the top of the Championship. How does Michael O’Neill balance his new Blackburn job with trying to get Northern Ireland to the World Cup? Wigan appoint Gary Caldwell to replace Ryan Lowe, and what’s the secret to success for League Two leaders Bromley? Messages and voicenotes always welcome on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369.
00:35 Pre-match rituals,
03:25 Andy loving life at top of League Two,
08:40 Andy banned beer on the coach!
11:30 Andy on taking things from Arsenal,
14:15 Coventry go back above Middlesbrough,
19:00 Important to avoid the play-offs!
23:25 Andy reveals his penalty theory…
24:40 How does Michael O’Neill balance Blackburn with Northern Ireland?
27:40 Does it matter if you don’t play ‘sexy’ football?
31:55 Wigan appoint Gary Caldwell to replace Ryan Lowe
34:30 What’s the Bromley secret to success?
37:30 Michael Cheek an old-school throwback
5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Wed 1745 Qarabağ v Newcastle,
Sat 1500 Aston Villa v Leeds on Sports Extra,
Sat 1500 Chelsea v Burnley on Sports Extra,
Sat 1730 West Ham v Bournemouth,
Sun 1400 Nottingham Forest v Liverpool,
Sun 1400 Sunderland v Fulham on Sports Extra 2,
Sun 1400 Crystal Palace v Wolves on Sports Extra 3,
Sun 1630 Tottenham v Arsenal.

Kelly Cates is joined by Andros Townsend, Matt Upson and James Horncastle as Vitor Pereira has spoken for the first time since being appointed new Nottingham Forest head coach. The panel discuss his appointment, plus Igor Tudor's too as Tottenham's new interim manager. How does Tudor set his teams up, and is this a shrewd appointment for Spurs?
Then, we look ahead to Newcastle’s Champions League playoff against Qarabag on Wednesday, before being joined by former Liverpool fitness coach, Jordan Fairclough, to do a deep dive on Premier League injuries. Finally, Northern Ireland head coach Michael O’Neill joins the pod to discuss also becoming the new Blackburn Rovers boss.
Timecodes:
00'51 – Vitor Pereira speaks for first time as Forest boss
02'08 – Can Pereira be the missing piece for Forest?
11'14 – How might Spurs fare under Igor Tudor?
25'09 – Eddie Howe speaks ahead of Qarabag in the Champions League
27'07 – A tricky trip to Azerbaijan for Newcastle?
31'52 – Former Liverpool fitness coach Jordan Fairclough joins the pod
42'15 – New Blackburn boss Michael O’Neill joins the pod