World Football Phone-In
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| Genre | Phone-in |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 5 Live |
| Hosted by | Dotun Adebayo |
| Opening theme | "Soccer fan" Real Sounds of Africa |
| Website | |
| Podcast | http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/wf |
The World Football Phone-in is a British weekly radio phone-in show about association football around the world. Hosted by Dotun Adebayo, it is part of the nightly Up All Night programming on BBC Radio 5 Live which he presents. The football show is broadcast in the 2 am to 4 am slot now on Tuesday mornings, and is also released as a podcast. Regular contributors are awarded a 'Brazilian shirt name' as a nickname.
Occasionally the entire programme (1 – 5 am) is dedicated to the phone-in.
Pundits
Knowledge about players and clubs from different parts of the world, and, in Adebayo's words, 'players from over there playing in our leagues', is provided by using selected experts each week who have knowledge about a specific confederation, currently drawn from:
- Tim "Legendinho" Vickery (South America)
- Mark "Springboca Junior" Gleeson (Africa)
- Mina "The Colonel" Rzouki (Europe)
- Paul "Galatasarahs" Sarahs (Europe/World)
- John "Northern Seoul" Duerden (Asia)
- Jon "Neigh-mar" Arnold (CONCACAF)
- Mark "Viva Mark Vegas" Meadows (Europe)
- Maher "Chicken Tikka Mo Salah" Mezahi (North Africa)
Former pundits include Sean "The Big Wheel" Wheelock, Lester Smith (both CONCACAF), Mani Djazmi (Asia), Andy "Top Brass" Brassell (Europe), Durosimi "Leone Ranger" Thomas (Africa), and Hiral "The Uxbridge Massive" Bhatt (Africa).
Brazilian Shirt Name Holders
- Andrew "The Gent" Kurowski (Blackheath)
- Cleo "The Book" Sharp (Aldershot)
- Patrick "This Charming Van" (Manchester, Amsterdam)
- Drew "Ballack Obama" Trammell (Chicago)
- Michael "Magpie and Mash" Roberts
- Matthew "Goooooliath" Semisch (North Dakota)
- Kevin "Lisbonny Lad" Romao
- Daniel "Deli Ali" Karell (Daniel in Louisville)
- Jonathan “Saskatchewan-Bissaka” (Montreal, Canada)
- Tsering "Bhöjhattino" Norbu (Oakland, CA)
- Dustin "Elk Classico" Kreps (Thunder Bay, ON)
- Mary “Lady Vavá” (Kilmarnock)
References
- "BBC Radio 5 live's World Football Phone-in". Facebook. Retrieved 27 November 2010.