Daily Football – A Commentator’s View: Paloma Blanca and The Whippet Inn

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John Murray, Ian Dennis and Ali Bruce Ball talk football, travel and language. There’s breaking news on how to pronounce Taty Castellanos, listen to the sound of ‘corpse classifieds’ and TCV’s turn to music. Plus, “unintentional bar names” may be hitting their peak; Clash of the Commentators goes to Scandinavia and how you can use the capsule to wow your friends. Send messages and voice notes on WhatsApp to 08000289369 and emails to TCV@bbc.co.uk 00:30 Is chocolate good for you? 02:00 John recovered from Newcastle-Karabakh, 03:40 5 comments live this weekend, 08:50 Castellanos pronunciation news, 11:50 Voice Classifieds Bodies! 17:10 Lawn mowers and palm trees, 21:40 TCV becomes musical, 25:20 Unintentional pub names, 35:30 Commentator clash, 44:45 The great glossary of football commentary, 49:40 A final message from Luke in Norway. 5 Live Comments / BBC Sounds: Saturday 1500 Liverpool v West Ham with Ian Dennis and Stephen Warnock, Saturday 1500 Newcastle v Everton on Sports Extra with Eilidh Barbour and James Macfadyen, Saturday 1730 Leeds v Man City with John Murray and Paul Robinson, Sunday 1200 Rangers v Celtic with Alasdair Lamond and Pat Nevin, Sunday 1400 Manchester United v Crystal Palace with John Murray Dionne Dublin, Sunday 1400 Fulham v Tottenham on Sports Extra with John Acres and Mark Schwarzer, Sunday 1400 Brighton v Forest on Sports Extra 2 with Chris Wise and Luke Chambers, Sunday 1630 Arsenal v Chelsea with Ali Bruce Ball and Matt Upson. A great glossary of football commentary: Section One Agricultural Challenge, Back of the Net, Back to Square One, Booked, Boseman, Header Bullet, Coupon Destroyer, Cruyff-Turn, Cultured/Educated Left Foot, Dead Ball Specialist, Exclusion Draft, Rubber/Flip-Flip, False Nine, Fox in the Box, Giving the Goalkeeper Eyes, Caterpillar Catcher, Head Tennis, Landing It, In a Good Moment, Back, FA Cup Magic, Maradona, Off their line, Olimpico, bag of onions, Panenka, bus corner, perfect hat-trick, rabona, Roy from Rovers, Schmeichel style, scorpion kick, Spursi, stick it in the blender, sweeper keeper, target man, tiki-taka, towering header, trifella, Where the Kookaburra Sleeps, Where the Owl Sleeps, Where the Spiders Sleep. Second Section 2-0 could be a dangerous result, back to the turf, the ball stays hit, batting at the end, fire over the bar, end of work, snow falling on it, catching drill, camp in the opposition half, atmosphere of the cauldron coat on an imprecise peg, coming back to haunt them, a corridor of uncertainty, they couldn’t get their footing in order, easy to tap, daisy interrupter, first cab of the line, kill a giant, good leave, good touch for a big man, half turn, is that in his wardrobe, high wide and not handsome Very, hospital pass, Howler, in the dugout, in the hat, in their pocket, Johnny in place, leading the line, flogging a shot, middle of the park, no need for a second invitation, a nice headache they’ve got, nutmeg, on their bike, one for the cameras, one for the purists, we played outside the park, pointing to the spot, shrimp sandwich brigade, purple patch, putting their laces through it, reaching into their pockets, Rolls Royce, review Root and branches, Z row, screaming, Seats on the plane, View through the brackets, Underlined pass, Steal a march, Straight into the breadbasket, Stramach, Take one for the team, Send that pass, Tired legs, that’s great… (Football), Thunderous strike, Spin on a sixpence, Tackle, We’ve got a tie on our hands. Uncategorized yet Claude, Premier League affair, self-confidence, bag/box of tricks, prop, wave, bread and butter, icebreaker, bundled over the line, champions elect/clear champions, clinical finish, commentator’s curse, rejected from the woodwork, disqualification draft, elimination line, fellow countryman, foot race, formerly of this parish, free kick, goalkeeping union, goal goal scramble, honeymoon period, in and around, in the shop window, keeping the ball under their spell, men’s defence. Keystone police, weakness, loitering with intent, marching orders, nestle in the bottom corner, numbered derby, opposite number, PK for penalty, postage stamp, rough shot, red wine not white wine, six-pointer, rooted to the bottom, first route, sending goalkeeper the wrong way, shooting boots, sleeping giants, sliding rule pass, small matter, spiders web, continuous hitting, dribbling, palm sting, penalty kick Stone, straight off the training pitch, taking one for the team, the team that likes to play football, throwing his hat at it, Throbney bit head/50p head, good feet, turning into a basketball match, turning into a cricket score, getting the ball in/shepherding the ball out of play, walking a disciplinary tightrope, left foot stick, wrapping around, De Bruyne, Gundogan and so on.

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