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Football Daily

In a special episode of The Commentators' View presented by Kelly Cates, John Murray, Ian Dennis and Alistair Bruce-Ball look back at their moments of the 2025/26 season so far.

Timecodes:
2'00 - Sunderland beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
9'00 - Manchester City win at Anfield
15'00 - Rangers beat Hearts 4-2
20'00 - Bodo/Glimt beat Man City in the Champions League
32'00 - Liverpool get knocked out of the Champions League by PSG
36'00 - Arsenal beating Athletic Club in Bilbao
42'50 - Macclesfield knock the holders Crystal Palace out of the FA Cup
48'52 - Man City win the League Cup
51'50 - Manchester United beat Liverpool

Commentaries this week:
16th May – 1230 – Celtic v Hearts – Scottish Premiership
16th May – 1500 – Manchester City v Chelsea – FA Cup Final
17th May – 1500 – Leeds v Brighton – Premier League
17th May – 1500 – Brentford v Crystal Palace – Premier League
17th May – 1730 – Newcastle United v West Ham – Premier League

The Commentators' View: Moments of the season

Play-off winners Tommy Smith, Lyle Taylor and Darrell Clarke are with Aaron Paul to celebrate 40 years of the play-offs.

Former Sheffield Wednesday boss Darren Moore joins the pod to reflect on one of the greatest playoff games of the last 40 years, the ‘Miracle of Hillsborough’, when the Owls came from beat Peterborough 5-1 in the second leg to overcome a 4-0 first leg deficit and make it to the 2023 League One play-off final. 

Jobi McAnuff, Jed Wallace, Troy Deeney, and Phil Brown have sent voice notes to have their say too, remember you can send yours on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369.

You can also vote on for your favourite on the BBC Sport website, just search: ‘Forty years of the EFL play-offs’

Timecodes:
09:38 – Jed Wallace voice note
10:30 – Darren Moore reflects on the 'Miracle of Hillsborough
23:52 – MID
24:38 – Jobi McAnuff voice note
26:26 – Troy Deeney voice note 
31:50 – Phil Brown voice note
35:36 – Alex Bruce voice note
38:00 – Sam Parkin voice note
40:24 – Aaron McLean voice note
41:45 - Massimo Luongo voice note
43:06 – The future of the playoffs

Commentaries this week: 
13th May – 2000 – Hearts v Falkirk – Scottish Premiership 
16th May – 1230 – Celtic v Hearts – Scottish Premiership
16th May – 1500 – Manchester City v Chelsea – FA Cup Final
17th May – 1500 – Leeds v Brighton – Premier League
17th May – 1500 – Brentford v Crystal Palace – Premier League
17th May – 1730 – Newcastle United v West Ham – Premier League

72+ EFL Pod: Forty years of the play-offs

Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and Nedum Onuoha on this week's Monday Night Club.

The team start with reaction to Spurs' 1-1 draw v Leeds United which leaves them 2 points clear of West Ham and the relegation zone.
Former Arsenal and West Ham defender Matt Upson was at the match, and joins to reflect on the draw as well.
Is it a missed opportunity for Tottenham, and could their fight for survival go down to the final day?

Then, the panel dissect Arsenal's 1-0 win over West Ham, and the massive call by VAR to disallow West Ham's late equaliser.
Was David Raya fouled, should the rules surrounding corners be revamped and has the Premier League become bad to watch?
Former assistant referee Darren Cann weighs in on VAR and the state of Premier League set-pieces.

And finally, former Hearts Sporting Director Joe Savage joins the pod to discuss the Scottish Premiership title race.
How did Hearts recruit some of their top players, what will Champions League football do for the club and could they be caught be Celtic?

Timecodes:
00:29 Reaction to Spurs' 1-1 draw v Leeds
04:00 Roberto De Zerbi reflects on Spurs' point
07:25 Was David Raya fouled & did VAR get it right ?
13:15 Jarrod Bowen speaks about the disallowed goal
14:45 Matt Upson & former assistant referee Darren Cann on other fouls in the box
28:13 Is a rule change needed? Has the Premier League become bad to watch?
41:48 Did Arteta's substitutions almost blow it for Arsenal?
46:16 Who does Chris back for the Scottish Premiership?
50:13 Former Hearts Sporting Director Joe Savage joins the pod

MNC: Arsenal's VAR victory & missed chance for Spurs?

Former Premier League striker Clinton Morrison and the Telegraph’s Northern football writer Luke Edwards join Rick Edwards to analyse and debate the key talking points from the weekend.

How good has Jeremy Doku been in the final stages of the season? Can Arne Slot survive the summer at Liverpool after boos at Anfield?

Can one of Bournemouth and Brighton sneak into the Champions League spots after Aston Villa’s woeful league form continued?

Timecodes:
01:00 Was that the biggest VAR call ever?
01:30 Was it really a foul on David Raya?
05:20 Reaction from West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen
07:30 How decisive was David Raya’s save vs Fernandes?
09:30 What went wrong with Arsenal’s performance and could it happen against Burnley or Crystal Palace?
11:15 How good was Odegaard off the bench amidst the tension?
11:45 Reaction from Leandro Trossard on his goal
14:20 Jeremy Doku steps up for Manchester City
15:13 Hear from Erling Halaand and Pep Guardiola on Doku’s impact
16:00 Pep finds out what it means to be a West Ham fan!
16:30 Liverpool fans boo Arne Slot’s decisions — what is going on?
26:20 Half-time teaser — answers
29:45 Concerns for Carrick’s United?
34:30 The race for European football — who are you backing?
39:15 Credit to Forest for staying up

PL Review: VAR decides title and relegation?

John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball react to European success for Arsenal, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace. Clash of the Commentators returns with Ian nearing the league title. There’s an ‘unintended food kiosk’ from sport commentary. And suggestions always welcome for the Great Glossary of Football Commentary - messages, questions and voicenotes on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369 & emails to TCV@bbc.co.uk

00:45 Villa beat Forest to reach Europa League Final,
04:10 Scottish title race hots up,
06:40 John uses his ‘mini Arsenal season-ticket’ again,
15:05 Commentaries of Man City & Arsenal this weekend,
18:45 TCV goes snooker loopy,
24:05 Unintended pub names from sport commentary,
31:20 Clash of the Commentators,
40:20 Breaking ‘Reece’ news,
42:05 Great Glossary of Football Commentary,
47:20 Rachel Riley or Carol Vorderman?

5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Sat 1200 Aston Villa v Arsenal in WSL on Sports Extra,
Sat 1500 Sunderland v Man Utd,
Sat 1730 Man City v Brentford,
Sun 1200 Celtic v Rangers,
Sun 1400 Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United,
Sun 1400 Burnley v Aston Villa on Sports Extra,
Sun 1400 Crystal Palace v Everton on Sports Extra 2,
Sun 1630 West Ham v Arsenal.

Great Glossary of Football Commentary:
DIVISION ONE
50p head
Agricultural challenge,
Back of the net,
Back to square one,
Backside and elbows,
Booked,
Bosman,
Bullet header,
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 tennis,
Hibs it,
In a good moment,
In behind,
Lollipop,
Magic of the FA Cup,
Managerless X,
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.
 
DIVISION TWO
2-0 can be a dangerous score,
Asterisk,
Back on the grass,
Ball stays hit,
Banana skin,
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,
Champagne is on ice,
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,
Drop zone,
Drubbing,
First cab off the rank,
Giant-killing,
Goalkeepers’ Union,
Good leave,
Good touch for a big man,
Half-time in the tie,
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,
Lackadaisical,
Leading the line,
Leather a shot,
Mazy run,
Middle of the park,
Needed no second invitation,
Needing snookers,
Nice headache to have,
No-look pass,
Nutmeg,
On the beach,
On their bike,
One for the cameras,
One for the purists,
Piledriver*,
Played us off the park,
Points on the board,
Points to the spot,
Prawn sandwich brigade,
Purple patch,
Put their laces through it,
Queensbury rules,
Reaches for their pocket,
Relegation six-pointer,
Rolls Royce,
Root and branch review,
Row Z,
Screamer,
Seats on the plane,
Sent into raptures,
Show across the bows,
Sleeping giant,
Slide-rule pass,
Staving off relegation,
Steal a march,
Sting the palms,
Straight in the bread basket,
Stramash,
Taking one for the team,
Telegraphed that pass,
Tired legs,
That’s great… (football),
Thunderous strike,
Tricky winger,
Turning into a cricket score,
Turns on a sixpence,
Twisted blood,
Walk it in,
We’ve got a cup tie on our hands,
We were right behind that,
Yo-yo club.

The Commentators’ View: Euro success & Carol or Rachel?

Steve Crossman is joined by Dion Dublin, Ian Dennis, and Nick Mashiter at Villa Park as Aston Villa beat Nottingham Forest to make it to the Europa League final and set up a shot at their first major trophy for 30 years. 

We’re also at Selhurst Park where Crystal Palace made it to their first ever European final with a 5-2 aggregate win over Shakhtar Donetsk

Plus, we hear from Unai Emery who has the chance to win a fifth Europa League title as a manager. 

TIMECODES:
00:06 - Aston Villa into the Europa League Final
20:19 - Crystal Palace make the Conference League Final 
25:17 - Unai Emery reaction

The Debrief: Villa & Palace make it to European finals

John Bennett is joined by Guillem Balague, ESPN's Julien Laurens and the former Leicester and QPR manager Marti Cifuentes to discuss the fallout from this week's Champions League semi-finals.

Is setting the right culture the key to Arsenal and PSG's success? Has Arteta taken the next step? Are there any weaknesses in this PSG team?

The panel also discuss Real Madrid's troubles with Kylian Mbappe becoming increasingly unpopular with the fans and Marti talks about his managerial career which has seen him work in 5 different countries.

TIMECODES:
03:46 - PSG show their class
13:57 - Arsenal's rise continues
16:31 - How will the final go?
24:14 - Barcelona on the brink of La Liga title
26:22 - Kylian Mbappe's troubles at Real Madrid
33:09 - Athletic Club and Villarreal's managerial changes
34:36 - Where next for Andoni Iraola?
37:44 - Marti Cifuentes on Leicester, managing in Scandinavia and his future

Euro Leagues: UCL Final set & Marti Cifuentes on his career

John Bennett is joined by Chris Sutton, the stars of the Euro Leagues podcast - ESPN’s Julien Laurens and European football expert Rafa Honigstein and commentator Conor McNamara, as PSG book a date with Arsenal in this year’s Champions League final, after beating Bayern Munich. 

They discuss the magic of superstar Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the favourites for this year’s final in Budapest and the tantalising clash of styles between PSG’s fearsome attack and Arsenal’s impenetrable defence.

We hear from Bayern boss Vincent Kompany, after his team were outfoxed by a PSG side seeking to defend their Champions League title, whilst BBC football issues correspondent Dale Johnson explains a contentious handball rule.

Plus, we hear from Man City women’s boss Andree Jeglertz after Arsenal’s draw at Brighton cemented Manchester City’s first WSL title in 10 years! 

Timecodes:
01:00 – Story of the game.
03:00 – PSG focus.
07:00 – Bayern analysis and Vincent Kompany audio. 
09:00 – Handball chat with Dale Johnson. 
16:00 – Arsenal final look ahead.
22:00 – Manchester City women’s manager Andree Jeglertz on winning the WSL title. 

Commentaries this week: 
Thursday 7th May
EUROPA LEAGUE: Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest 2000 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE 

Saturday 9th May
WSL: Aston Villa v Arsenal 1200 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA 
PREMIER LEAGUE: Sunderland v Manchester United 1500 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE 
PREMIER LEAGUE: Fulham v Bournemouth 1500 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA 
PREMIER LEAGUE: Manchester City v Brentford 1730 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE 

Sunday 3rd May
SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP: Celtic v Rangers 1200 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE 
PREMIER LEAGUE: Nottingham Forest v Newcastle 1400 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE
PREMIER LEAGUE: Burnley v Aston Villa 1400 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA
PREMIER LEAGUE: Crystal Palace v Everton 1400 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA 2 
PREMIER LEAGUE: West Ham v Arsenal 1630 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE

UCL Debrief: Mayhem in Munich as PSG power into the final

Aaron Paul & Jobi McAnuff reflect on the EFL ups and downs. Hear from Kieran McKenna after Ipswich sealed promotion back to the Premier League. Richie Wellens doesn’t hold back after Leyton Orient just about survive in league One. Cambridge head coach Neil Harris joins the pod after earning League Two promotion. And Boreham Wood boss Luke Garrard swings by ahead of the National League play-off final with Rochdale. And messages and voicenotes always welcome on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369.

01:45 Aaron opens the mailbag…
04:30 Kieran McKenna on Ipswich Town’s promotion,
11:20 Hull gatecrash the play-offs,
14:05 Watford sack Ed Still,
15:45 Stevenage controversially win race for sixth,
18:10 Orient’s Richie Wellens doesn’t hold back,
22:25 Cambridge boss Neil Harris joins the pod,
35:05 Boreham Wood’s Luke Garrard drops in.

5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Wed 2000 Bayern v PSG,
Thu 2000 Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest.
Sat 1500 Sunderland v Man Utd,
Sat 1730 Man City v Brentford,
Sun 1200 Celtic v Rangers,
Sun 1400 Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United,
Sun 1400 Burnley v Aston Villa on Sports Extra,
Sun 1400 Crystal Palace v Everton on Sports Extra 2,
Sun 1630 West Ham v Arsenal.

72+ EFL Pod: Ipswich up & Wood off to Wembley

Kelly Cates is joined by Matt Upson, Rob Green, and John Murray for reaction as Arsenal beat Atletico Madrid to book their place in the Champions League Final. 

They discuss what it means for Arsenal to reach the final, how they managed their narrow win against Atletico Madrid and how they might match up against Bayern Munich or Paris Saint Germain in Budapest. 

We hear from Vincent Kompany on his preparations for Wednesday night’s semi-final.

Plus, Mikel Arteta reflects on a historic night for Arsenal and explains how he agonised over his team selection to face Diego Simeone’s side. 

TIMECODES: 
00:22 – Full time scenes at the Emirates
10:29 – A pivotal 24 hours for Arsenal
11:40 – How Arsenal beat Atletico
15:06 – Was defeat to Manchester City a positive turning point for Arsenal? 
18:28 – Myles Lewis Skelly in midfield 
24:01 – Arsenal’s defensive solidity
28:07 - Vincent Kompany on his preparations for PSG
37:40 – Mikel Arteta reaction

UCL Debrief: Arsenal into the Champions League Final

Aaron Paul & Jobi McAnuff speak to the EFL Award winners. From Frank Lampard to Michael Skubala, they catch up with players of the season, managers of the season, and players from the EFL teams of season! Plus former Coventry striker Clinton Morrison joins in the fun. Messages and voicenotes always welcome on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369.

00:45 Stockport’s Ollie Norwood (L1 TOTS)
03:10 Clinton on Coventry’s promotion
07:40 MK’s Callum Paterson (L2 TOTS)
11:30 Bromley’s Andy Woodman (L2 MOTS)
14:30 Leyton Orient’s Dom Ballard (L1 POTS)
17:30 Lincoln’s Sonny Bradley (L1 TOTS)
24:40 Millwall’s Femi Azeez & Tristan Crama (CH TOTS)
32:40 Swindon’s Aaron Drinan (L2 POTS)
34:30 Coventry’s Frank Lampard (CH MOTS)
41:20 Bromley’s Omar Sowunmi (L2 TOTS)
42:50 Lincoln’s Michael Skubala (L1 MOTS)
51:00 Coventry’s Matt Grimes (CH TOTS)
58:10 Coventry owner Doug King

5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:
Sat 1200 Brighton & Hove v Man City in WSL on Sports Extra,
Sat 1500 Wolves v Spurs in Premier League,
Sat 1500 West Ham v Everton on Sports Extra,
Sat 1715 Man City v Southampton in FA Cup semi-final on Sports Extra,
Sat 1730 Arsenal v Newcastle in Premier League,
Sun 1200 Everton vs Chelsea in WSL,
Sun 1500 Chelsea v Leeds in FA Cup semi-final,
Sun 1530 Arsenal v Lyon in UWCL on Sports Extra.

72+ EFL Awards special

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