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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.