Friday Sports Panel
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| Genre | Panel Show Chat Show |
|---|---|
| Running time | 60 minutes (Friday 1300) |
| Country | UK |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 5 Live |
| Host(s) | Eleanor Oldroyd |
| Editor(s) | Andrew Douglas |
| Air dates | since October 2014 |
| Website | Website |
| Podcast | Podcasts |
The Friday Sports Panel is a weekly sporting chat show on BBC Radio 5 Live, hosted by Eleanor Oldroyd. The programme runs every Friday between 1300 & 1400. The show was created in 2015, as part of a revamped weekday lineup from the station and attracts some of the biggest names in sport to debate different sporting topics each week.
Format
The show is a panel chat show, that takes three guests from different sports and sees them discuss the wider sporting topics that are making the headlines that week. The show is unique in that it sees sportspeople debate topics outside their own sports and encourages anecdotes and opinions and sees the panellists chat with each other and share their sporting opinions. The discussion is chaired by Eleanor Oldroyd.
Guests
A range of different guests from different sports have appeared on the show. In the show's opening sequence, each panellist is introduced with a highlight of their time in sport
| Name | Number of appearances | First appearance | Most recent appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| England Rebecca Adlington | 4 | 10 October 2014 | 21 August 2015 |
| England Geoff Parling | 1 | 10 October 2014 | 10 October 2014 |
| England Matthew Hoggard | 1 | 10 October 2014 | 10 October 2014 |
| England Carl Froch | 3 | 17 October 2014 | 7 August 2015 |
| England Richard Whitehead | 1 | 17 October 2014 | 17 October 2014 |
| England Gail Emms | 1 | 17 October 2014 | 17 October 2014 |
| England Lizzy Yarnold | 2 | 24 October 2014 | 6 November 2015 |
| England Louise Hazel | 2 | 24 October 2014 | 7 May 2015 |
| Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill | 2 | 24 October 2014 | 21 August 2015 |
| England Martin Corry | 1 | 31 October 2014 | 31 October 2014 |
| England Barry Hearn | 2 | 31 October 2014 | 21 August 2015 |
| England Jenny Meadows | 1 | 31 October 2014 | 31 October 2014 |
| England Jonathan Trott | 1 | 7 November 2014 | 7 November 2014 |
| England Helen Glover | 4 | 7 November 2014 | 30 October 2015 |
| England Dame Sarah Storey | 1 | 7 November 2014 | 7 November 2014 |
| Australia Jason Gillespie | 2 | 14 November 2014 | 2 January 2015 |
| England Samantha Murray | 2 | 14 November 2014 | 16 January 2015 |
| England Graham Taylor | 1 | 21 November 2014 | 21 November 2014 |
| England Tamara Taylor | 1 | 21 November 2014 | 21 November 2014 |
| England Laura Massaro | 3 | 21 November 2014 | 13 November 2015 |
| England Ashley Giles | 1 | 28 November 2014 | 28 November 2014 |
| Scotland Euan Burton | 1 | 28 November 2014 | 28 November 2014 |
| England Jo Pavey | 1 | 28 November 2014 | 28 November 2014 |
| England Pamela Cookey | 1 | 5 December 2014 | 5 December 2014 |
| Scotland David Murdoch | 1 | 5 December 2014 | 5 December 2014 |
| Scotland Nathan Hines | 2 | 5 December 2014 | 24 April 2015 |
| England Martyn Rooney | 2 | 5 December 2014 | 4 September 2015 |
| Scotland Katherine Grainger | 2 | 12 December 2014 | 2 October 2015 |
| IRE Barry McGuigan | 1 | 12 December 2014 | 12 December 2014 |
| England Beth Tweddle | 3 | 12 December 2014 | 20 November 2015 |
| England Tony Pulis | 1 | 19 December 2014 | 19 December 2014 |
| England Jade Jones | 1 | 19 December 2014 | 19 December 2014 |
| England Kate Richardson-Walsh | 3 | 19 December 2014 | 4 September 2015 |
| England Gary Anderson[disambiguation needed] | 1 | 16 January 2015 | 16 January 2015 |
| Australia Marcus North | 1 | 16 January 2015 | 16 January 2015 |
| IRE Stephanie Roche | 1 | 23 January 2015 | 23 January 2015 |
| Scotland Bryan Redpath | 1 | 23 January 2015 | 23 January 2015 |
| England Alistair Brownlee | 1 | 23 January 2015 | 23 January 2015 |
| England Katie Summerhayes | 1 | 30 January 2015 | 30 January 2015 |
| England Stephanie Slater | 1 | 30 January 2015 | 30 January 2015 |
| England Katharine Merry | 1 | 30 January 2015 | 30 January 2015 |
| Scotland Chris Cusiter | 2 | 6 February 2015 | 30 October 2015 |
| England Jordanne Whiley | 3 | 6 February 2015 | 27 November 2015 |
| Wales Mark Sampson | 1 | 6 February 2015 | 6 February 2015 |
| England Paul Wellens | 1 | 13 February 2015 | 13 February 2015 |
| England Nick Matthew | 1 | 13 February 2015 | 13 February 2015 |
| Northern Ireland Kelly Gallagher | 1 | 13 February 2015 | 13 February 2015 |
| England Ben Morgan | 1 | 20 February 2015 | 20 February 2015 |
| England Harry Gurney | 2 | 20 February 2015 | 20 February 2015 |
| Wales Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson | 1 | 20 February 2015 | 20 February 2015 |
| Scotland Duncan Weir | 1 | 27 February 2015 | 27 February 2015 |
| England Alec Stewart | 2 | 27 February 2015 | 31 July 2015 |
| Wales Elinor Barker | 2 | 27 February 2015 | 18 September 2015 |
| Scotland Andy Turner | 1 | 6 March 2015 | 6 March 2015 |
| England Maggie Alphonsi | 2 | 6 March 2015 | 16 October 2015 |
| Scotland Kevin Gallagher | 1 | 6 March 2015 | 6 March 2015 |
| England Kate Cross | 1 | 20 March 2015 | 20 March 2015 |
| England Siobhan Chamberlain | 1 | 20 March 2015 | 20 March 2015 |
| Northern Ireland Andrew Trimble | 1 | 20 March 2015 | 20 March 2015 |
| IRE William Porterfield | 1 | 27 March 2015 | 27 March 2015 |
| England Tracey Neville | 2 | 3 April 2015 | 30 October 2015 |
| Wales Nigel Owens | 1 | 3 April 2015 | 3 April 2015 |
| England Ryan Sidebottom | 2 | 10 April 2015 | 24 October 2015 |
| England Shaun Murphy | 1 | 10 April 2015 | 10 April 2015 |
| England Chrissie Wellington | 1 | 10 April 2015 | 10 April 2015 |
| England Graeme Swann | 2 | 17 April 2015 | 5 June 2015 |
| England Leighton Aspell | 1 | 17 April 2015 | 17 April 2015 |
| England Keri-Anne Payne | 1 | 17 April 2015 | 17 April 2015 |
| England Liam Phillips | 1 | 24 April 2015 | 24 April 2015 |
| Wales Jazz Carlin | 2 | 24 April 2015 | 14 August 2015 |
| England Sarah Taylor | 1 | 1 May 2015 | 1 May 2015 |
| England Anthony Ogogo | 1 | 1 May 2015 | 1 May 2015 |
| Scotland Eve Muirhead | 1 | 1 May 2015 | 1 May 2015 |
| England Jill Scott | 2 | 7 May 2015 | 24 July 2015 |
| England Steve Harmison | 1 | 7 May 2015 | 7 May 2015 |
| England Chris Woakes | 1 | 15 May 2015 | 15 May 2015 |
| England Shaun Edwards | 1 | 15 May 2015 | 15 May 2015 |
| England Heather Knight | 1 | 22 May 2015 | 22 May 2015 |
| England Joanna Rowsell | 1 | 22 May 2015 | 22 May 2015 |
| England Zoe Smith | 1 | 22 May 2015 | 16 October 2015 |
| Wales Christian Malcolm | 2 | 29 May 2015 | 20 November 2015 |
| England James Taylor | 1 | 29 May 2015 | 29 May 2015 |
| England Lisa Mason | 1 | 12 June 2015 | 12 June 2015 |
| England Sascha Kindred | 1 | 12 June 2015 | 12 June 2015 |
| England Mel Reid | 1 | 12 June 2015 | 12 June 2015 |
| Scotland Libby Clegg | 1 | 19 June 2015 | 19 June 2015 |
| England Charley Hull | 1 | 19 June 2015 | 19 June 2015 |
| England Conor O'Shea | 1 | 19 June 2015 | 19 June 2015 |
| England Anne Keothavong | 1 | 26 June 2015 | 26 June 2015 |
| England Rachel Yankey | 1 | 26 June 2015 | 26 June 2015 |
| England Jeanette Kwakye | 1 | 26 June 2015 | 26 June 2015 |
| England Sam Robson | 1 | 24 July 2015 | 24 July 2015 |
| England Rebecca Grundy | 1 | 31 July 2015 | 31 July 2015 |
| Australia Neil Robertson | 1 | 31 July 2015 | 31 July 2015 |
| England Karen Carney | 1 | 31 July 2015 | 31 July 2015 |
| England Harry Redknapp | 1 | 7 August 2015 | 7 August 2015 |
| England Rebecca Gallantree | 1 | 7 August 2015 | 7 August 2015 |
| England Mark Footitt | 1 | 14 August 2015 | 14 August 2015 |
| England Sir Trevor Brooking | 1 | 14 August 2015 | 14 August 2015 |
| England Anya Shrubsole | 1 | 4 September 2015 | 4 September 2015 |
| England Sophie Carrigill | 1 | 11 September 2015 | 11 September 2015 |
| England Luke Campbell | 1 | 11 September 2015 | 11 September 2015 |
| England Charlotte Taylor | 1 | 11 September 2015 | 11 September 2015 |
| England Jack Green | 1 | 18 September 2015 | 18 September 2015 |
| Scotland Al Kellock | 1 | 18 September 2015 | 18 September 2015 |
| IRE Ed Joyce | 1 | 18 September 2015 | 18 September 2015 |
| Scotland Jim Hamilton | 1 | 25 September 2015 | 25 September 2015 |
| England Vicky Holland | 1 | 25 September 2015 | 25 September 2015 |
| Scotland Eilish McColgan | 1 | 25 September 2015 | 25 September 2015 |
| England Richard Cockerill | 1 | 2 October 2015 | 2 October 2015 |
| England Bradley Smith | 1 | 2 October 2015 | 2 October 2015 |
| England Fran Kirby | 1 | 9 October 2015 | 9 October 2015 |
| Scotland Allister Hogg | 1 | 9 October 2015 | 9 October 2015 |
| England Annabel Vernon | 1 | 9 October 2015 | 9 October 2015 |
| United States Richard Browne | 1 | 16 October 2015 | 16 October 2015 |
| Canada Tyler Ardron | 1 | 23 October 2015 | 23 October 2015 |
| IRE Stephen Ferris | 1 | 23 October 2015 | 23 October 2015 |
| England Maddie Hinch | 1 | 6 November 2015 | 6 November 2015 |
| England Rachel Atherton | 1 | 6 November 2015 | 6 November 2015 |
| England Jon Wilkin | 1 | 13 November 2015 | 13 November 2015 |
| Wales Aled Davies[disambiguation needed] | 1 | 13 November 2015 | 13 November 2015 |
| England Francesca Halsall | 1 | 20 November 2015 | 20 November 2015 |
| England Anthony Crolla | 1 | 27 November 2015 | 27 November 2015 |
| United Kingdom Miles MacLagan | 1 | 27 November 2015 | 27 November 2015 |
