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TCV: Vikings, traitors, faithfuls and getting the Bilic
23 October 2026
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John Murray, Ian Dennis and Alistair Bruce-Ball are back as John and Ali debate Norwegian pronunciations following on-air squabble.
We also get the team's view on Man Utd as Ali prepares to commentate on their crunch game with Bournemouth.
Which 5 Live Sport broadcasters would make good Traitors and Faithfuls? And who will go top in Clash of the Commentators
Saturday 24th October
Arsenal v Everton 1500 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE
Coventry v Fulham 1500 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA
Chelsea v Spurs 1730 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE
Rangers v St Johnstone 1500 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA 3
Sunday 25th October
Hibernian v Celtic 1200 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA 2
Man Utd v Bournemouth 1400 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE
Liverpool v Brighton 1400 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA 2
Crystal Palace v Newcastle 1400 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA 3
Hull City v Brentford 1400 KO - BBC SPORT WEBSITE
Sunderland v Leeds 1630 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE
TIMECODES
01:00 John in Munich.
04:00 Manchester United's travails continue
09:45 "Viking" or "Veeking"
18:00 Robyn Cowen's illness story
32:00 Offering notes
25:45 What happens if we go off air
30:00 5 Live's Traitors and Faithfuls
34:00 Footballer rhyming slang
37:00 Clash of the Commentators - Norwegian special
43:00 Unintended pub name
47:00 Great Glossary of football
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,
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,
Laces through it
Let it fly
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.
