The ''World Football Phone-in'' is a British weekly radio
phone-in
In broadcasting, a phone-in or call-in is a programme format in which viewers or listeners are invited to air their live comments by telephone, usually in respect of a specific topic selected for discussion on the day of the broadcast. On radio ( ...
show about
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
around the world. Hosted by
Dotun Adebayo
Oludotun Davey Moore "Dotun" Adebayo (born 25 August 1959) is a British radio presenter, writer, and publisher. He is best known for his work on ''Up All Night (radio show), Up All Night'' on BBC Radio 5 Live, as well as the obituary programme ...
, it is part of the nightly ''
Up All Night'' programming on
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcast ...
which he presents. The football show is broadcast in the 2am to 4am slot now on Tuesday mornings, and is also released as a
podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...
. Regular contributors are awarded a 'Brazilian shirt name' as a nickname.
Occasionally the entire programme (15am) 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:
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Tim "Legendinho" Vickery (South America)
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Mark "Springboca Junior" Gleeson (Africa)
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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
Mani Djazmi is a British-Iranian sports journalist and radio presenter best known for his broadcasting on the BBC. He is renowned for his interest in Middle Eastern football and he has interviewed high-profile sporting people such as Iranian footb ...
(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)
References
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External links
Radio 5 Live Up All NightWorld Football Phone-in Facebook siteWorld Football Phone-in podcastKalou's World Football Phone-in tribute song
{{BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live programmes
Football mass media in the United Kingdom