Football: Football's Monster Mouth Ready to Rile for Another Season ; Not Just Listeners but, It Seems, Managers like Sam Allardyce and Sir Alex Ferguson Fly into a Rage over the Opinions of BBC Five Live's Top Commentator. Is He Ridiculously Self-Important, or a Radio Star? BRIAN VINER INTERVIEWS

Green, Alan, The Independent (London, England)

As attention switches back from international to domestic football, the questions that have been left simmering for the past 10 days come back to the boil. Can Manchester United hold Chelsea at bay at the top? When will Arsenal start winning? Can Everton compound their bright start by winning tomorrow's Merseyside derby at Goodison Park? Can Martin O'Neill continue to work his alchemy with Aston Villa? And which Premiership manager will be first to be outraged by O'Neill's fellow Ulsterman Alan Green?

Last season it was Everton's David Moyes who got the huff first with Five Live's robustly opinionated commentator and phone-in presenter. Green wrote an article for the …

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Publication information: Article title: Football: Football's Monster Mouth Ready to Rile for Another Season ; Not Just Listeners but, It Seems, Managers like Sam Allardyce and Sir Alex Ferguson Fly into a Rage over the Opinions of BBC Five Live's Top Commentator. Is He Ridiculously Self-Important, or a Radio Star? BRIAN VINER INTERVIEWS. Contributors: Green, Alan - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: September 8, 2006. Page number: 60. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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