Friday Sports Panel


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 2014, 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
NameNumber of appearancesFirst appearanceMost recent appearance
England Rebecca Adlington410 October 201421 August 2015
England Geoff Parling110 October 201410 October 2014
England Matthew Hoggard110 October 201410 October 2014
England Carl Froch317 October 20147 August 2015
England Richard Whitehead117 October 201417 October 2014
England Gail Emms117 October 201417 October 2014
England Lizzy Yarnold224 October 20146 November 2015
England Louise Hazel224 October 20147 May 2015
Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill224 October 201421 August 2015
England Martin Corry131 October 201431 October 2014
England Barry Hearn231 October 201421 August 2015
England Jenny Meadows131 October 201431 October 2014
England Jonathan Trott17 November 20147 November 2014
England Helen Glover47 November 201430 October 2015
England Dame Sarah Storey17 November 20147 November 2014
Australia Jason Gillespie214 November 20142 January 2015
England Samantha Murray214 November 201416 January 2015
England Graham Taylor121 November 201421 November 2014
England Tamara Taylor121 November 201421 November 2014
England Laura Massaro321 November 201413 November 2015
England Ashley Giles128 November 201428 November 2014
Scotland Euan Burton128 November 201428 November 2014
England Jo Pavey128 November 201428 November 2014
England Pamela Cookey15 December 20145 December 2014
Scotland David Murdoch15 December 20145 December 2014
Scotland Nathan Hines25 December 201424 April 2015
England Martyn Rooney25 December 20144 September 2015
Scotland Katherine Grainger212 December 20142 October 2015
IRE Barry McGuigan112 December 201412 December 2014
England Beth Tweddle312 December 201420 November 2015
England Tony Pulis119 December 201419 December 2014
England Jade Jones119 December 201419 December 2014
England Kate Richardson-Walsh319 December 20144 September 2015
Scotland Gary Anderson116 January 201416 January 2014
Australia Marcus North116 January 201416 January 2014
IRE Stephanie Roche123 January 201523 January 2015
Scotland Bryan Redpath123 January 201523 January 2015
England Alistair Brownlee123 January 201523 January 2015
England Katie Summerhayes130 January 201530 January 2015
England Stephanie Slater130 January 201530 January 2015
England Katharine Merry130 January 201530 January 2015
Scotland Chris Cusiter26 February 201530 October 2015
England Jordanne Whiley36 February 201527 November 2015
Wales Mark Sampson16 February 20156 February 2015
England Paul Wellens113 February 201513 February 2015
England Nick Matthew113 February 201513 February 2015
Northern Ireland Kelly Gallagher113 February 201513 February 2015
England Ben Morgan120 February 201520 February 2015
England Harry Gurney220 February 201520 February 2015
Wales Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson120 February 201520 February 2015
Scotland Duncan Weir127 February 201527 February 2015
England Alec Stewart227 February 201531 July 2015
Wales Elinor Barker227 February 201518 September 2015
Scotland Andy Turner16 March 20156 March 2015
England Maggie Alphonsi26 March 201516 October 2015
Scotland Kevin Gallagher16 March 20156 March 2015
England Kate Cross120 March 201520 March 2015
England Siobhan Chamberlain120 March 201520 March 2015
Northern Ireland Andrew Trimble120 March 201520 March 2015
IRE William Porterfield127 March 201527 March 2015
England Tracey Neville23 April 201530 October 2015
Wales Nigel Owens13 April 20153 April 2015
England Ryan Sidebottom210 April 201524 October 2015
England Shaun Murphy110 April 201510 April 2015
England Chrissie Wellington110 April 201510 April 2015
England Graeme Swann217 April 20155 June 2015
England Leighton Aspell117 April 201517 April 2015
England Keri-Anne Payne117 April 201517 April 2015
England Liam Phillips124 April 201524 April 2015
Wales Jazz Carlin224 April 201514 August 2015
England Sarah Taylor11 May 20151 May 2015
England Anthony Ogogo11 May 20151 May 2015
Scotland Eve Muirhead11 May 20151 May 2015
England Jill Scott27 May 201524 July 2015
England Steve Harmison17 May 20157 May 2015
England Chris Woakes115 May 201515 May 2015
England Shaun Edwards115 May 201515 May 2015
England Heather Knight122 May 201522 May 2015
England Joanna Rowsell122 May 201522 May 2015
England Zoe Smith122 May 201516 October 2015
Wales Christian Malcolm229 May 201520 November 2015
England James Taylor129 May 201529 May 2015
England Lisa Mason112 June 201512 June 2015
England Sascha Kindred112 June 201512 June 2015
England Mel Reid112 June 201512 June 2015
Scotland Libby Clegg119 June 201519 June 2015
England Charley Hull119 June 201519 June 2015
England Conor O'Shea119 June 201519 June 2015
England Anne Keothavong126 June 201526 June 2015
England Rachel Yankey126 June 201526 June 2015
England Jeanette Kwakye126 June 201526 June 2015
England Sam Robson124 July 201524 July 2015
England Rebecca Grundy131 July 201531 July 2015
Australia Neil Robertson131 July 201531 July 2015
England Karen Carney131 July 201531 July 2015
England Harry Redknapp17 August 20157 August 2015
England Rebecca Gallantree17 August 20157 August 2015
England Mark Footitt114 August 201514 August 2015
England Sir Trevor Brooking114 August 201514 August 2015
England Anya Shrubsole14 September 20154 September 2015
England Sophie Carrigill111 September 201511 September 2015
England Luke Campbell111 September 201511 September 2015
England Charlotte Taylor111 September 201511 September 2015
England Jack Green118 September 201518 September 2015
Scotland Al Kellock118 September 201518 September 2015
IRE Ed Joyce118 September 201518 September 2015
Scotland Jim Hamilton125 September 201525 September 2015
England Vicky Holland125 September 201525 September 2015
Scotland Eilish McColgan125 September 201525 September 2015
England Richard Cockerill12 October 20152 October 2015
England Bradley Smith12 October 20152 October 2015
England Fran Kirby19 October 20159 October 2015
Scotland Allister Hogg19 October 20159 October 2015
England Annabel Vernon19 October 20159 October 2015
United States Richard Browne116 October 201516 October 2015
Canada Tyler Ardron123 October 201523 October 2015
IRE Stephen Ferris123 October 201523 October 2015
England Maddie Hinch16 November 20156 November 2015
England Rachel Atherton16 November 20156 November 2015
England Jon Wilkin113 November 201513 November 2015
Wales Aled Davies113 November 201513 November 2015
England Francesca Halsall120 November 201520 November 2015
England Anthony Crolla127 November 201527 November 2015
United Kingdom Miles MacLagan127 November 201527 November 2015