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Ajax v Man Utd - Channel 5

Jim Rosenthal presenting with Stan Collymore, and Pat Nevin at pitchside

Commentary from Dave Woods and Graham Taylor. Dave Beckett reporting

UEFA / WORLD FEED

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Lokomotiv Moscow vs Athletic Bilbao - John Bradley

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Ajax vs Man Utd - Mark Scott
AZ Alkmaar vs Anderlecht - John Anderson
Lazio vs Atletico Madrid - Rob Hatch
Legia Warsaw vs Sporting - Richard Kaufman
Viktoria Plzen vs Schalke - Adam Summerton
SV Red Bull Salzburg vs FC Metalist Kharkiv - Chris Sharples

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FC Porto vs Manchester City - Phil Blacker
Hannover 96 vs Club Brugge - Richard Kaufman
Steaua Bucuresti vs FC Twente - John Bradley
Stoke vs Valencia - Rob Hatch
Trabzonspor vs PSV - John Anderson
Udinese vs PAOK Salonika - Adam Summerton
Wisla Krakow vs Standard Liege - Chris Sharples

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Al Jazeera Sport +3 - Rhodri Williams with Alan Curbishley, Ray Houghton & Andy Cole

They showing: Ajax v Machester Utd & FC Porto v Manchester City

I won't miss C5's coverage, while Rosenthal is excellent, I'm not a huge fan of Collymore on TV.

Graham Taylor is great on 5Live but poor on TV and Dave Woods shouldn't be allowed near football commentary on national terrestrial TV.

The City game isn't in HD. Well done ITV

Drury and Beglin commentating

Neither was Channel 5's game in HD, gathering by loads of posts through by.

I only caught a gimpse of it, but it sounded like TLN in Canada used the Five feed. That would be a first for them, usually they have the international feed. There were certainly 2 commentators; I have it recorded so I'll have to check and see if it was Woods and Taylor.

You think the British channels are bad, TLN had the 16:9 squeezed into 4:3. The players looked some thin. Luckily I have an HDTV, so I can stretch it, but I can't imagine how bad it looked for those with an old 4:3 TV.

A change of presenter (and channel) for the second game as Chiles replaced Smith on ITV. Some of the things they said seemed to suggest Drury and Beglin were on-site.

ITV didn't name check their commentators for Ajax Vs Man Utd or Stoke Vs Valencia highlights, but on the latter it was Jon Champion.

Joe Speight did Ajax v Man Utd, a commentary which also went out on ESPN. It was in fact Derek Rae at Stoke, Darrell Currie was the reporter

It was Stubbs, Keown and McManaman in the ESPN studio tonight

Edited by The Exiled Wanderer 16/2/2012 22:51

Sorry I meant Rae... no idea why I wrote Champion when the voice I heard was Rae's, and I know it was Rae's. It's been a long day :/


Edited by CardioCortez 16/2/2012 23:40

No need for ITV to use their HD equipment on lesser clubs.

I'm guessing the same applied to Channel 5 as well

This was in fact the case. You guys can complain about Woods and Taylor all you want, but they're better than the international feed. It was a nice change to get the British commentary.

The Utd game was in HD

As was the City game in ROI!

Most obviously because Drury interviewed Mancini after it. On Channel Five's highlights, which were topped and tailed by Jim Rosenthal but linked out of vision by Adam Darke, they had Tony Jones bellowing over Man City and John Roder at Stoke.

Simon Thomas presenting coverage of Reading v Burnley from The Madejski Stadium on Sky Sports HD2/2 with Peter Beagrie and Graeme Murty.

Reading v Burnley

Commentators: Bill Leslie and Don Goodman

World Feed - Dan O'Hagan

Al Jazeera Sport +3 - 12pm - 7:45pm

Angus Scott with Ray Wilkins, Peter Reid & Trevor Francis.

Chelsea vs Birmingham City - Dan O'Hagan & Matt Jackson

Everton vs Blackpool - Kevin Keatings & John Scales

Sunderland vs Arsenal - Tony Jones & Stewart Robson

Other FA Cup World Feed commentators today:

Norwich City v Leicester City - Gary Taphouse & Gary O'Reilly

Millwall v Bolton - Trevor Harris & Graham Stuart

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The Championship - World Feed
Nottingham Forest v Coventry City - Paul Walker