The Commentators' View: Salah’s jazz hands & in the pocket
Conor McNamara joins Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball to talk travel, football and language. Ian & Conor give their take on Salah after the drama unfolded with them at Elland Road. They look ahead to the Wear-Tyne derby, it’s Ali vs Ian in Clash of the Commentators, there are yet more unintended pub names, and which commentary phrases will end up in our Great Glossary? Suggestions welcome on WhatsApp voicenotes to 08000 289 369 & emails to [email protected]:35 Why we all love San Siro
04:10 The Bruges or Brugge debate returns
07:15 Salah story unfolds with Ian & Conor
09:20 Has Salah played his last game for Liverpool?
16:25 John Murray’s message from Madrid
20:45 Wear-Tyne derby among Premier League commentaries
27:05 Unintended pub names
40:20 Clash of the Commentators
46:35 Great Glossary of Football Commentary5 Live / BBC Sounds Premier League commentaries:
Sat 1500 Liverpool v Brighton,
Sat 1500 Chelsea v Everton on Sports Extra,
Sat 1730 Burnley v Fulham,
Sun 1400 Sunderland v Newcastle,
Sun 1400 Crystal Palace v Man City on Sports Extra,
Sun 1400 Nottingham Forest v Tottenham on Sports Extra 2,
Sun 1400 West Ham v Aston Villa on Sports Extra 3,
Sun 1630 Brentford v Leeds.Glossary so far (in alphabetical order):DIVISION ONE
Bosman,
Couldn’t sort their feet out,
Cruyff Turn,
Dead-ball specialist,
Fox in the box,
Giving the goalkeeper the eyes,
Head tennis,
Hibs it,
In a good moment,
The Maradona,
Off their line,
Olimpico,
Onion bag,
Panenka,
Perfect hat-trick,
Points to the spot,
Rabona,
Schmeichel-style,
Scorpion kick,
Spursy,
Tiki-taka,
Where the kookaburra sleeps,
Where the owl sleeps,
Where the spiders sleep.
DIVISION TWO
Ball stays hit,
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,
Easy tap-in,
Daisy-cutter,
First cab off the rank,
Good leave,
Half-turn,
Has that in his locker,
High wide and not very handsome,
Hospital pass,
Howler,
In their pocket,
Johnny on the spot,
Leading the line,
Nutmeg,
One for the cameras,
One for the purists,
Played us off the park,
Purple patch,
Put their laces through it,
Rolls Royce,
Root and branch review,
Row Z,
Screamer,
Seats on the plane,
Show across the bows,
Slide-rule pass,
Steal a march,
Stramash,
Taking one for the team,
Telegraphed that pass,
That’s great… (football),
Thunderous strike,
Walk it in.
UNSORTED
2-0 is a dangerous score,
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,
Coupon buster,
Cultured/Educated left foot,
Denied by the woodwork,
Draught excluder,
Elimination line,
Fellow countryman,
Foot race,
Formerly of this parish,
Free hit,
Goalkeepers’ Union,
Goalmouth scramble,
Good touch for a big man,
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,
Park the bus,
PK for penalty-kick,
Postage stamp,
Put it in the mixer,
Rasping shot,
Red wine not white wine,
Relegation six-pointer,
Rooted at the bottom,
Route One,
Roy of the Rovers stuff,
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,
Towering header,
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,
We’ve got a cup tie on our hands,
Wrap foot around it,
Your De Bruynes, your Gundogans etc.
