The World Cup 2006

According to ITV.com this is the lineup:
Rider with Venables, Gullit, and Townsend. Which sounds right.
Tyldesley with Pleat, also not surprising.
Reporters Clarke and Boulting. No mention of the gorgeous Gabby

BBC Goal of the Tournament competition has 10 goals, Perace commenated on 4, Motson on 3, Wilson on 2 and Mowbray on 1. ITV's competition also has 10 goals, Tyledesley commentated on 4, Drury on 3, Brackley on 2, and Champion on 1.

Well I thought it was interesting.

BBC1 just showed a short promo for the 2010 (South Africa) & 2014 (probably Brazil) World Cups:

It had to be asked: what coverage are you going to be with tonight?

For me, it has to be the BBC.

The BBC

ITV for me. I hate the BBC World Cup team.

Could someone answer me this question, i don't know if it's been asked already:

Why is UKTV G2 showing the same match as BBC1 are? Surely it's a huge cost for not much gain. Who is going to watch the UKTV G2 coverage over the BBC1 coverage?

hate is a very strong word for people you don't know.

It's interesting that neither channel is broadcasting live from the stadium

By the way, ITV's coverage finishes 10 minutes later than the BBC, which means you can enjoy the likely extended credits from both broadcasters

I probably would if I had the channel, the BBC is dire along with ITV for me this time round. At least Martin O'neil is a pundit for the final, but Alan 'stick one on him' Shearer makes an unwelcome appearence.

Would have liked to have seen ties on as well for the final, makes it a bit more special.

BBC HD for me!

Related to the high demand for studio space at the final - and the fact that ITV forgot to book a studio!