Every Match Home & Away

Radio partnership goes from strength to strength.
BBC Newcastle, the official commentary partner of Sunderland AFC, has signed up to bring Black Cats fans live commentary of every game, home and away, until 2017.
The station is the only broadcaster to transmit live full-match commentary of every Sunderland game, with commentary duo Nick Barnes and former Sunderland star Gary Bennett. The pair celebrated their tenth consecutive season of Sunderland match commentary at the start of the 2012-13 Barclays Premier League season and are now eagerly awaiting the new campaign, which kicks off in just three weeks time.
Nick Barnes said: “It’s an absolute privilege to be at every Sunderland game and I’m sure this season will be a hugely exciting one to commentate on!”
Sunderland AFC’s Commercial Director, Gary Hutchinson, said: “The club has enjoyed a fantastic partnership with BBC Newcastle over the years and we are delighted that they have committed to the club on a long-term basis.
“They provide a first-class service to Sunderland fans as our official commentary partner and have demonstrated their on-going support and commitment to Sunderland, something which we hugely appreciate."
BBC Newcastle Managing Editor, Andrew Robson, added: “I’m delighted that BBC Newcastle will be broadcasting Sunderland commentary right through until 2017. The commentary is immensely popular with our listeners and I know Nick Barnes and Gary Bennett are both looking forward to another exciting season following Sunderland and ensuring that fans who can’t make it to games don’t miss a kick.”

 

As I don't live in the N.E. anymore, can you get the commentary on the net, or is a subscription thing? Anyone know?

 

It's really hard to get in darlington. If the scum are playing at the same time I've had it.

 

You can get BBC Newcastle on DAB.

 

I for one will certainly not be tuning into that station whilst it has a name that is unrepresentative of the vast majority of the region it is supposedly there to serve..

 

Thanks Kevj

 

Perfect.

I'll probably stick to streams but if they're not working that'll do!

 

You can also get BBC Radio Newcastle through the Internet.

 

Last season it went off when the match started and played music iirc

 

Yeah that's right PDC - SAFC TV had the Radio Newcastle commentary on their airwave and, because this was a subscription service, (although "apparently" free to Season Ticket holders - I could never get on it!) they stopped Radio Newcastle from broadcasting it

 

I have to agree, you get BBC Cumbria (Not Carlisle), BBC Tees (Not Boro) So why on earth do they have to call it BBC newcastle??? Why not BBC North East????

 

Its difficult to follow the game because Nick Barnes is a crap commentator - SAFC can have a corner and he will tell you about the history of the player who put the ball out, who his brother was, what they call his dog etc then the next thing you hear is that the other team have a corner - its really frustrating

 

Yep Nick barnes is an poor commentator, takes too long and waffles on too much, bring George bailey or George taylor back!, and talking of that does anyone remember Charles Harrison, Clive armitage etc, and 'its a goal' they used to play that when one of the top 3 north east teams scored!.

 

Whats the likelihood of the BBC actually changing their name??? Unlikely as they probs too busy paying off execs

 

Brings back memories of helping my old man with a house renovation when I was a kid. Used to love hearing that and hoping it was us that had scored.