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John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball have their weekly commentator catch-up. Ali gets richly rewarded at Bournemouth, Ian gets recognised as a famous footballer and John goes walkabout in Nottingham. Hear from Anthony Gordon ahead of England vs Spain in the UEFA Nations League. And who will surge ahead in Clash of the Commentators? Messages and voicenotes welcome on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369 & emails to TCV@bbc.co.uk
02:30 Meeting the England players,
05:10 Herr Chapman gets tipped off!
10:25 Does Ali get his cake and eat it?
12:50 John Southall goes Basil Fawlty,
18:10 5 Live commentaries this weekend,
19:20 Anthony Gordon ‘surprised’ to be subbed,
30:35 Awkward interviews…
36:00 Clash of the Commentators,
42:10 Unintended pub name of the week,
46:40 Great Glossary of Football Commentary.
5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Thu 1945 Portugal v WALES,
Sat 1945 ENGLAND v Spain,
Sun 1630 Chelsea v Arsenal in WSL,
Tue 1945 Czech Republic v ENGLAND,
Thu 1945 WALES v Norway.
Great Glossary of Football Commentary:
DIVISION ONE
50p head
Agricultural challenge,
Back of the net,
Back to square one,
Backside and elbows,
The Beautiful Game,
Booked,
Bosman,
Bullet header,
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,
Lollipop,
Magic of the FA Cup,
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,
Towering header,
Trivela,
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.

Mark Chapman is joined by Guillem Balague and Rafa Benitez to tell the story of how Spain found the formula to keep reproducing success.
The panel examines how Spain established that framework, the special relationship with the Barcelona academy and the Basque influence. Jordi Gratacos, International Director of Academies between 2009-11 and 2016-20 drops by to talk the footballing success of the Barcelona way.
Plus former Chelsea captain and Spain international Cesar Azpilicueta talks identity of the Spanish national team.
TIMECODES:
02:10 Origins with Guillem
10:00 Student of football
15:40 Jordi Gratacos on Barca
28:50 Basque influence & tree trunk throwing!
38:50 Cesar Azpilicueta
45:10 Spain style
49:40 Divisions amongst some fans?

Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, Nedum Onuoha and Rory Smith. The panel compare Brighton and Brentford, both 3-0 victors over Arsenal and Chelsea respectively and the two models, as it stands which one is best placed to deliver? But what is stopping both clubs reaching the next level?
Nedum opens up about disagreeing with managers during his playing career and navigating those relationships. One during his time at QPR with Harry Redknapp and a set piece argument with Roberto Mancini at City! French football journalist and commentator Matt Spiro drops by as the Zidane era begins.
Plus where will JJ Gabriel end up and what happened to Chris as a youngster when he did some cat sitting!
TIMECODES:
02:10 Brentford & Brighton 
15:00 How far can they go? 
25:40 Managers after defeat 
28:50 Nedum on Redknapp at QPR 
35:50 Set piece controversy with Mancini
40:10 Zidane era 
46:00 JJ Gabriel future
53:10 Chris's cat sitting incident

Rick Edwards is joined by former Premier League striker Clinton Morrison and The Telegraph’s Northern Football writer Luke Edwards to sum up the weekend's football. They dissect what was another disappointing game for Manchester United as they narrowly avoided three losses on the bounce at Craven Cottage. Arsenal were blown away by Brighton at the Amex - how will this affect the title race with Manchester City going three points clear at the top? They chat Spurs as they remain winless after falling short at home to Aston Villa. Plus, Coventry City get their first Premier League win in 25 years.
TIMECODES
1’20 - Reflections on Man United’s draw at Fulham
6’00 - Why does Rashford lack end product?
11’24 - What makes Brighton SO good?
18’11 - How Brighton result leaves the title race
22’30 - End-to-end at the Etihad
30’50 - Spurs remain winless and can Villa now kick start their season?
37’00 - Coventry’s first Premier League win in 25 years
40’40 - Should Sunderland have had a penalty?

In this week’s edition of The Football Interview, Kelly Somers speaks to Liverpool striker Alexander Isak.They speak about what Andoni Iraola brings to Liverpool, what he needs to score goals and what is deemed as success this season. They look back at his journey into football and what it was like playing for Graham Potter at the World Cup for Sweden.
TIMECODES:
0’20 - What Iraola brings to Liverpool and what he asks of him
2’00 - What he needs to score goals and relationship with Cody Gakpo
2’58 - His experience getting into football
3’40 - His aspirations of playing the Premier League & La Liga
4’37 - The World Cup and working with Graham Potter
5’58 - What success looks like for Liverpool this season