{"podcast":{"title":"Football Daily","slug":"football-daily-939026","podcast_index_feed_id":939026,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nrsln.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrsln","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0lwqw37.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":250,"summary":"Your daily World Cup 2026 podcast. Get the latest World Cup news, expert analysis, match previews and reviews, team news, reaction and interviews from across the tournament. From the biggest matches and talking points to in-depth discussion of the world's best players and teams, we'll bring you everything you need to follow the FIFA World Cup 2026. Get in touch with us @5liveSport on social media and remember to leave us your ratings and reviews.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T04:20:07.751781+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-daily-939026"},"episode":{"title":"The Commentators’ View: John Helm & the magic sponge","slug":"the-commentators-view-john-helm-the-magic-sponge","published_at":"2026-04-24T12:11:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-daily-939026/the-commentators-view-john-helm-the-magic-sponge","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-daily-939026","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002vts7","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0ngcpfh.mp3","summary":"Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball are joined by legendary commentator John Helm to talk football, their travels and the language of football commentary. John takes us through his career, from doing 10 World Cups, to being the in-house commentator at League One champions Lincoln City this season. There are more unintended pub names from sport commentary and suggestions for the Great Glossary of Football Commentary. Messages, questions and voicenotes welcome on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369 & emails to TCV@bbc.co.uk 02:00 Welcome to the pod John Helm! 05:10 How did John end up at Lincoln City? 09:35 5 Live commentaries this weekend, 15:45 Liam Rosenior removed from Chelsea, 18:30 Can Leeds get to the FA Cup Final? 20:50 How many games has John commentated on? 25:45 John talks about doing different sports, 28:00 John’s World Cup Final dressing room moment, 30:00 John reflects on commentating on the Bradford fire, 36:10 Unintended pub names, 41:10 John does his record-breaking read of the 92, 45:25 Great Glossary of Football Commentary. 5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries: Sat 1200 Brighton & Hove v Man City in WSL on Sports Extra, Sat 1500 Wolves v Spurs, Sat 1500 West Ham v Everton on Sports Extra, Sat 1715 Man City v S’hampton in FA Cup on Sports Extra, Sat 1730 Arsenal v Newcastle, Sun 1200 Everton vs Chelsea in WSL, Sun 1530 Arsenal v Lyon in UWCL on Sports Extra, Sun 1500 Chelsea v Leeds in FA Cup. Great Glossary of Football Commentary: DIVISION ONE Agricultural challenge, Back of the net, Back to square one, Backside and elbows, Booked, Bosman, Bullet header, Channel of joy, 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…","meta_description":"Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball are joined by legendary commentator John Helm to talk football, their travels and the language of football commentary. Joh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3416,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/football-daily-939026/episodes/the-commentators-view-john-helm-the-magic-sponge/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/football-daily-939026/the-commentators-view-john-helm-the-magic-sponge.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}