TCV: A hat-trick of headers and what makes a good summariser?

John Murray, Ian Dennis and Alistair Bruce-Ball return with more stories from the world of commentary.

John and Ian are at Wembley following the England squad announcement. Hear from Thomas Tuchel on Jobe Bellingham and Josh King's inclusions, and why it'll be difficult for Cole Palmer to get back into the squad.

John also tells us which crucial piece of equipment was missing for his trip to Barcelona. And who will prevail as Ian and Ali face-off in Clash of the Commentators?

TIMECODES
01:00 Ali's Champions League presenting gig
04:00 England squad announcement and Thomas Tuchel interview
15:00 John, Barcelona and lens wipes
21:00 What makes a good summariser?
25:40 A term for a hat-trick of headers
31:30 Clash of the Commentators
41:20 Unintended Pub Name of the Week
45:20 Great Glossary of Football

COMMENTARIES ON 5 LIVE/BBC SOUNDS

Saturday 7 November 
1245 WSL: Chelsea v Everton - SPORTS EXTRA
1500:  Arsenal v Hull City - 5 LIVE
1500: Fulham v Newcastle - SPORTS EXTRA 
1730: Nottingham Forest v Manchester City - 5 LIVE
1745: Aberdeen v Hibernian - SPORTS EXTRA 3
2000: Peterborough United v Reading - 5 Sports Extra
2000: St Mirren v Rangers - SPORTS EXTRA 3

Sunday 8 November 
1200: Stafford Rangers v Grimsby Town - 5 Sports Extra
1400:  Crystal Palace v Liverpool- 5 LIVE 
1400:  Brighton v Brentford - SPORTS EXTRA 2
1400:  Sunderland v Chelsea - SPORTS EXTRA 3
1400:  Ipswich v Bournemouth -  BBC SPORT WEBSITE
1600: Celtic v Kilmarnock - SPORTS EXTRA 3
1630:  Manchester United v Aston Villa - 5 LIVE
1800: Oldham Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday Sports Extra 3

Monday 9th
1930 Plymouth Parkway v Berkhamsted 5 Sport Extra

GREAT GLOSSARY OF FOOTBALL

DIVISION ONE
10 men behind the ball
50p head
Agricultural challenge,
Back of the net,
Back to square one,
Backside and elbows,
The Beautiful Game,
Booked,
Bosman,
Bullet header,
Buying a penalty,
Caretaker manager,
Channel of joy,
Checked and cleared,
Coupon buster,
Cross-come-shot
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,
Header
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,
“Make sure you watch Match of the Day tonight”
The Maradona,
Need one to get in off their backside,
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,
Tipped it over the bar
Towering header,
Trivela,
UEFA penalty,
Where the kookaburra sleeps,
Where the owl sleeps,
Where the spiders sleep,
You could have two goalkeepers in there and they still wouldn’t have saved it.

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