New managers, Creative Commentators, and Troy Deeney's mum

Footballers don't get Christmas off so neither do we. The silly season continues as BBC commentator John Acres goes all Alan Partridge, while in Scotland, Match of the Day was in danger of becoming Snack of the day... On The Left Side is written by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson, and this episode was produced in Manchester. The theme music and is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. Other music appears under creative commons 3.0 license Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside and Instagram @ontheleftsidepod