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Football on 5 Live in 2008/09
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 More Premier League than anyone else
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John Motson joins Monday Night Club
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Football League on Sports Extra
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Danny Baker joins 606
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Once again 91Èȱ¬ Radio 5 Live is the home of live radio football with no less than 192 Premier League games for the 2008/09 season and rights to the Championship, Champions League, Uefa Cup, FA Cup, Carling Cup, Scottish Premier League, the Scottish Cup and internationals.
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The season kicks off tomorrow (Saturday 9 August) with commentary from the start of the Championship campaign.
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Sunday sees commentary from the Premier League curtain raiser with the Community Shield between champions Manchester United and FA Cup holders Portsmouth.
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John Motson is returning to 5 Live on a regular basis for the new season in a move which will see him as the voice of Monday night football on the network.
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"Motty" will be a regular panellist on the Monday Night Club from 18 August and will commentate on Monday night games, all part of 5 Live Sport hosted by Mark Saggers from 7pm.
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This is in addition to John's duties for 91Èȱ¬ TV on Match Of The Day.
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Chief Football Correspondent Mike Ingham, Alan Green and John Murray head the commentary team with Graham Taylor, Chris Waddle, Mark Lawrenson, Jimmy Armfield and Mark Bright.
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Plus, Dean Saunders, Steve Stone, Kevin Gallacher, Matt Holland, Pat Nevin and Terry Butcher are amongst the top name expert analysts and pundits to guide listeners through the matches.
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606, the popular football phone-in, is back – at full throttle – with Danny Baker joining the team to present on Tuesday nights, except when there are no matches, so extending the show to four nights a week.
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He joins Alan Green (Saturday), Spoony (Sunday) and Tim Lovejoy (Wednesday). 606 will also continue to be available through the red button for digital TV viewers.
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On 91Èȱ¬ 5 Live Sports Extra, 5 Live Football League will bring the top pick of matches in the league, starting from Saturday 23 August.
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You can listen to 91Èȱ¬ Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra via DAB digital radio, online at bbc.co.uk/5live, digital television and on 909 & 693 AM. Ìý
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