John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball talk football, travel & language. They look ahead to Andorra v England with John & Ian in Barcelona for the match. John gets celebrity spotted. The guys have their say on the dazzling new Premier League ball. Will the biscuit vs cookie debate reach a conclusion? Plus more Glossary chat and Ali gets a guard of honour in Clash of the Commentators.WhatsApp voicenotes to 08000 289 369
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Live show tickets: crossedwires.live/fringe 01:00 John & Ian in Barcelona for Andorra v England
04:35 Interviewing Ivan Toney & Trevoh Chalobah
08:25 How much do the media mingle?
11:30 Biscuit/cookie gate
14:00 Champions League Final reflections
17:35 John gets celebrity spotted…
20:55 New ball for Premier League revealed
24:35 Reminder of the BIG NEWS
31:40 Ali gets Clash of the Commentators guard of honour
41:45 Great Glossary of Football Commentary
53:50 Season finale musical masterpieceBBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries:
Sat 1700 Andorra v England in World Cup Qualifying,
Tue 1945 England v Senegal in Friendly.Glossary so far:
2-0 is a dangerous score,
After you Claude,
All-Premier League affair,
Aplomb,
Brace,
Brandished,
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,
Fox in the box,
Free hit,
Goalmouth scramble,
Good touch for a big man,
Honeymoon Period,
In and around,
In the shop window,
Keeping ball under their spell,
Languishing,
Loitering with intent,
Marching orders,
Nestle in the bottom corner,
Numbered derbies,
Nutmeg,
Opposite number,
Park the bus,
PK for penalty-kick,
Postage stamp,
Put their laces through it,
Rasping shot,
Red wine not white wine,
Relegation six-pointer,
Rooted at the bottom,
Roy of the Rovers stuff,
Sending the goalkeeper the wrong way,
Sleeping giants,
Slide rule pass,
Small matter of,
Spiders web,
Stayed hit,
Steepling,
Stinging the palms,
Stonewall penalty,
Straight off the training ground,
Stramash,
Throw their cap on it,
Thruppenny bit head / 50p head,
Put it in the mixer,
Towering header,
Turning into a basketball match,
Turning into a cricket score,
Walking a disciplinary tightrope,
Wand of a left foot,
We’ve got a cup tie on our hands,
Where the owl sleeps,
Winger in their pocket,
Wrap foot around it,
Your De Bruynes, your Gundogans etc.
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