Sports Commentary Data sets 1 & 2

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BBC RADIO FIVE LIVE BROADCAST – Real Madrid v. Manchester United, Madrid, 13 th February 2013 Alan Green (born 25 June 1952 in Belfast, Northern Ireland), has been a BBC Radio sports commentator since 1981, mainly on football but also on golf, rowing and the Olympic Games. After gaining an honours degree in modern history from Queen's University Belfast, Green worked in local newspapers until he moved to the BBC in 1975 as a news trainee with the ambition of becoming a TV news producer. Green presented current affairs on both radio and television in Northern Ireland, before he moved to Manchester, joining BBC Radio's sport department. Robert William "Robbie" Savage (born 18 October 1974 in Wrexham, Wales) is a football pundit and former Welsh professional footballer who played predominantly as a midfielder. During his career he captained Derby County, and also played for the Welsh national team. He now presents 606 on BBC Radio 5 live on Sunday evenings as well as commentating on live matches for the same channel. ALAN GREEN: we played nearly six minutes yer list’ning to five live from the bee bee cee Real Madrid nil Manchester united nil here in the bernabeu (1) Alonso (.) drives it in right footed (.) deep and its headed over the crossbar ROBBIE SAVAGE: (2) Yeh (.) I thought united (.) y’know the back four were bit too deep then for the initial free kick they started on the penalty area and drifted towards the six yard a / ALAN GREEN: / Sergio ROBBIE SAVAGE: /yep/ ALAN GREEN: /Ramos who got the header in ROBBIE SAVAGE: I think they should start higher line y knowmaybe start on the edge of the penal’y area then drop back to the six yard line y’know given the (.) the goalkeeper chance to come and geh it ALAN GREEN: (1) the ball is played forward by Manchester United Kagawa’s onside into the penalty area and Sergio Ramos (.) d- diverts the ball away and the goalkeeper

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BBC RADIO FIVE LIVE BROADCAST – Real Madrid v. Manchester United, Madrid, 13th February 2013

Alan Green (born 25 June 1952 in Belfast, Northern Ireland), has been a BBC Radio sports commentator since 1981, mainly on football but also on golf, rowing and the Olympic Games. After gaining an honours degree in modern history from Queen's University Belfast, Green worked in local newspapers until he moved to the BBC in 1975 as a news trainee with the ambition of becoming a TV news producer. Green presented current affairs on both radio and television in Northern Ireland, before he moved to Manchester, joining BBC Radio's sport department.

Robert William "Robbie" Savage (born 18 October 1974 in Wrexham, Wales) is a football pundit and former Welsh professional footballer who played predominantly as a midfielder. During his career he captained Derby County, and also played for the Welsh national team. He now presents 606 on BBC Radio 5 live on Sunday evenings as well as commentating on live matches for the same channel.

ALAN GREEN: we played nearly six minutes yer list’ning to five live from the bee bee cee Real Madrid nil Manchester united nil here in the bernabeu (1) Alonso (.) drives it in right footed (.) deep and its headed over the crossbar

ROBBIE SAVAGE: (2) Yeh (.) I thought united (.) y’know the back four were bit too deep then for the initial free kick they started on the penalty area and drifted towards the six yard a /

ALAN GREEN: / Sergio

ROBBIE SAVAGE: /yep/

ALAN GREEN: /Ramos who got the header in

ROBBIE SAVAGE: I think they should start higher line y knowmaybe start on the edge of the penal’y area then drop back to the six yard line y’know given the (.) the goalkeeper chance to come and geh it

ALAN GREEN: (1) the ball is played forward by Manchester United Kagawa’s onside into the penalty area and Sergio Ramos (.) d-diverts the ball away and the goalkeeper (.) prevents a corner (.) a concedes only a throw-in (1) Sergio Ramos looked across to the assistant said (.) where was the flag/

ROBBIE SAVAGE: well I think Kagawa y’know ah think he thought it was offside too (1) y’know he didn’t react quick enough coz he was in was in on goal a one on one situation Ramos acted quick quicker seen the danger

ALAN GREEN: ah think he was half of a mind that he was offside buh ah don’t know (1) anyway (.) it was a a half a chance for Manchester United there (.) certainy very attack minded (.) both teams (1) here’s Rio Ferdinand (1) Rio Ferdinand to the right of the centre circle forward ta Phil Jones Jones gives it ta Rooney (.) Rooney tryin to slip ball through to Van Persie (.) intercepted by er Ramos and clear

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BBC RADIO FIVE LIVE BROADCAST – New Zealand v. England, Wellington, 15th February 2013

Jonathan Philip Agnew (born 4 April 1960) is an English cricket broadcaster and former professional cricketer. He was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and educated at Uppingham School, and boarding independent school.

Derek Raymond Pringle (born 18 September 1958, Nairobi, Kenya) is an English former Test and ODI cricketer for England, and is now a cricket journalist. He was educated at Felsted School, a boarding independent school and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University.

JONATHAN AGNEW: Dernbach’s first ball tonight went for four his first over (1) went for ten (.) they’ve just released some of the pressure (1) I think they were targeting him I think batsmen around the world you know are (.) starting to target him (indecipherable noise) Dernbach’s in the attack let’s go (1) let’s release the horses (2) Dernbach bowls to Elliott plays a little dab uppercut down towards third man he could be caught he is (.) Finn coming round takes the catch (1) he had to be sharp he had to be alive to it and he was (.) he had ground to make to‘is left hand side (1) Elliott was looking to play it down there in the air (.) but he didn’t quite get it right (1) he guided it too close to Finn (.) he took a good catch (.) and that is the fourth wicket to go down (.) New Zealand are ninety-five for four (.) in the fifteenth over

DEREK PRINGLE: well (.) Jade Dernbach’s first two balls the spell real risk reward stuff (.) outside off stump (.) probably not the line that his captain would advocate-er (.) in the tee twenty at this stage but-er (.) y’know he drew Elliott into er an uppercut (.) er shot and er didn’t quite get in the right pos-place and Finn was alert to the danger an an took a (.) a good catch (.) coming in from third man

JONATHAN AGNEW: (2) would you have taken that one

DEREK PRINGLE: (taking mock offence) (2) why on earth not good pair of hands

JONATHAN AGNEW: (laughing) heh heh heh

DEREK PRINGLE: (laughing) ha ha ha

JONATHAN AGNEW: both big units aren’t you and (1) Finn’s very good in the field

DEREK PRINGLE: perhaps might not have got there as quickly as Finn these days bu/

JONATHAN AGNEW: /you might you might then/(indecipherable)

DEREK PRINGLE: /(indecipherable) in my pomp I’d’ve caught that no problem