
Football Daily
TCV: Seafood, pub quizzes and Martin Lewis' phone-a-friend
16 October 2026
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John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball are reunited as they discuss the week's football events, including Lisandro Martinez's criticism of the Manchester United hierarchy and Manchester City's Champions League defeat to PSG.
Does Luis Enrique now recognise John? How did Ali come close to missing a big commentary last season? And which member of the team was Martin Lewis' phone-a-friend on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Can Ian level up the standings in this week's Clash of the Commentators? And there are more entries to the Great Glossary of Football.
TIMECODES
02:30 When illness causes a commentator to withdraw
12:00 Lisandro Martinez's post-match outburst
15:00 John's reflections on covering Manchester City this week
22:45 This weekend's matches
30:00 Have any of the team completed the 92?
34:00 Ian, Frank Lampard and the golf buggy
40:30 Clash of the Commentators
47:30 Unintended Pub Name of the Week
49:40 Great Glossary of Football
COMMENTARIES THIS WEEKEND
SAT 1230: Arsenal v Birmingham City - Sports Extra (WSL)
SAT 1500: Brentford v Liverpool - 5 Live
SAT 1500: Manchester City v Ipswich - Sports Extra
SAT 1730: Newcastle v Aston Villa - 5 Live
SAT 1900: Dundee v Rangers - Sports Extra 3 (Scottish Premiership)
SUN 1400: Leeds v Manchester United - 5 Live
SUN 1400: Brighton v Crystal Palace - Sports Extra
SUN 1400: Bournemouth v Sunderland - Sports Extra 2
SUN 1600: Celtic v Hearts - Sports Extra 2 (Scottish Premiership)
SUN 1630: Nottingham Forest v Arsenal - 5 Live
GREAT GLOSSARY OF FOOTBALL
Great Glossary of Football Commentary:
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,
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,
“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,
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.
