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John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball discuss life as football commentators. From stadium sponsors and the new commentators’ view at Coventry, to their thoughts on deadline day transfers in the Premier League. Who will take top spot in Clash of the Commentators? Will we see a division one entry in the Great Glossary of Football Commentary? And there’s a new jingle… Messages and voicenotes welcome on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369 & emails to TCV@bbc.co.uk
01:00 John’s trip to Salford,
02:30 Stadium sponsors,
05:10 Ian’s trip to Coventry,
12:00 Will the Spurs malaise continue?
17:10 Enzo Fernandez lacking respect?
20:35 Are Arsenal now short up front?
21:55 Will Ian get stuck in Porto again?
25:40 Commentators on the buses…
32:30 Clash of the Commentators,
38:45 Unintended pub name of the week,
41:30 Great Glossary of Football Commentary.
5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Sat 1500 Nottingham Forest v Spurs,
Sat 1500 Man City v Coventry City on Sports Extra,
Sat 1730 Hull City v Aston Villa,
Sun 1400 Everton v Man Utd,
Sun 1630 Arsenal v Chelsea.
Great Glossary of Football Commentary:
DIVISION ONE
50p head
Agricultural challenge,
Back of the net,
Back stick,
Back to square one,
Backside and elbows,
The Beautiful Game,
Booked,
Bosman,
Bullet header,
Caretaker manager,
Channel of joy,
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,
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.

John Bennett is joined by Mina Rzouki and Julien Laurens to assess the aftermath of the transfer window on Ligue 1 in France after many of its young stars departed for the Premier League. Julien also gives us the lowdown on Malick Fofana's dramatic deadline day move to Sunderland.
We're also joined by Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen, joint-head coaches of Norwegian side Viking, following their qualification for the Champions League league phase.
The team look at whether moving to Juventus can revitalise Nick Woltemade's career. And we find out how SV Elversberg, from a town of 13,000 people, have reached the Bundesliga.
TIMECODES
03:30 – Malick Fofana, Sunderland, Palace and two private jets
10:00 – Ligue 1 selling their stars to the Premier League
17:30 – Can Juventus rejuvenate Nick Woltemade?
25:50 – Viking’s joint-head coaches on their Champions League qualification
40:30 – Osnabruck’s TIFO
44:00 – The fairytale of Elversberg
5 LIVE/BBC SOUNDS COMMENTARIES
Saturday 3pm: Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur (5 Live)
Saturday 3pm: Manchester City v Coventry City (5 Sports Extra)
Saturday 5:30pm: Hull City v Aston Villa (5 Live)
Sunday 2pm: Everton v Manchester United (5 Live)
Sunday 4:30pm: Arsenal v Chelsea (5 Live)

Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, Stephen Warnock and Rory Smith.
The panel discuss an eventful summer transfer window, with some potentially big transfers still to come. Football finance expert Dr Tom Bason talks about how NOT qualifying for Europe could benefit team's financial situation and how teams like Brentford are doing things the right way. The Athletic's David Ornstein has the latest on ongoing deals and says he won't be getting much sleep in the coming days.
Plus, Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football, who will be the next great Argentina number 10? What will be the legacy of the greatest ever player on the international stage?
0:20 Is this the most baffling transfer window ever?
03:00 Everton fans fuming over potential Armstrong sale.
06:45 Chris Sutton likes what Ipswich have done!
09:30 Football finance expert Dr Tom Bason.
12:10 Squad cost ratio explainer.
13:50 Praise for Brentford.
18:10 Shearer would be worth £240m now?
20:00 Does higher transfer fees benefit everyone?
22:50 Is qualifying for Europe a bad thing, finances-wise?
26:50 Round-up of other transfer news.
36:10 The Athletic's David Ornstein joins the chat.
38:45 Mudryk to Spurs?
47:25 Messi's international retirement.

Aaron Paul talks Premier League with striker Charlie Austin & The Telegraph’s northern football writer Luke Edwards. Hear from Spurs boss Roberto De Zerbi as their misery continues, meanwhile Bruno Fernandes scores a hat-trick for Man Utd. Also on the agenda are Hull City with their strong start, do Liverpool need to play for Isak more? And which transfers could we see ahead of the deadline? Send your messages and voicenotes on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369.
03:05 Man Utd are back…
04:30 Harry Maguire can play basketball!
06:45 ‘Laughable’ Spurs,
17:30 Half-time teaser,
19:30 Can Hull City keep it up?
23:40 Do Liverpool play for Isak?
27:40 Gakpo poised for Man City move?
30:10 Which other transfers could we see?

In a special episode of The Football Interview, singer-songwriter and Coventry City fan Tom Grennan sits down with Frank Lampard ahead of the club's first home Premier League match in more than 25 years. They reflect on a memorable season that saw Coventry secure automatic promotion and discuss whether they will need to prove the doubters wrong this season, as well as how they must adapt their game to compete at the highest level.
TIMECODES
01’00 - When Frank Lampard took the Coventry job
2’35 - How did automatic promotion feel?
4’52 - Does he have to prove the doubters wrong?
6’10 - How different will Coventry’s football adapt in the Premier League?
7’34 - Who out of his former teammates would he put in his Coventry team?
8’20 - What does he deem a success for Coventry?