Legendary football commentator John Motson, who had an illustrious 50-year career with the BBC, dies aged 77.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64742833 #BBC #News ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง #RIP #Motty #JohnMotson #Sports #Football

Motson covered 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships and 29 FA Cup finals for BBC Sport before retiring from the organisation in 2018.

Popularly known as 'Motty', he had worked on Match of the Day since 1971.

Sad to hear of the passing of #JohnMotson

A legend of football commentary. He was a little more informal than the other commentary BBC types who preceded him. He was at all the big matches, a relaxed tone, until he got excited, the right words at the right time, the occasional funny faux pas and an iconic sheepskin coat.

#RIPJohnMotson

Sad to hear that #JohnMotson has died. He was the voice of football for me when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s. #RIP.
"For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip" ๐Ÿ˜‚
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๐ŸŽ™ โ€˜The voice of footballโ€™ - tributes to John Motson pour in

Former BBC commentator John Motson has died at the age of 77

#tribute #football #bbc #JohnMotson

https://www.nationalworld.com/news/people/john-motson-tributes-football-match-of-the-day-commentator-4038510

#lufc
deep sadness
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RT @azjackson
An #Otwituary for commentator #JohnMotson

I too have stood in the gantry
overlooking theatres of dreams,
theatres of comedy. One voice
brought fire to frosty pitches,
forked the quagmires of glory;
a humble oracle in sheepskin robe.
https://twitter.com/Azjackson/status/1628699642836680706

Otwituarist on Twitter

โ€œAn #Otwituary for commentator #JohnMotson I too have stood in the gantry overlooking theatres of dreams, theatres of comedy. One voice brought fire to frosty pitches, forked the quagmires of glory; a humble oracle in sheepskin robe.โ€

Twitter
One of my favourite #johnmotson quotes - this from a Guardian interview: 1977, Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1. When Martin Buchan, the United captain, was preparing to go up and receive the Cup, I said "isn't it appropriate that a man named Buchan should climb the 39 steps at Wembley to receive the Cup", which recalled John Buchan, the novelist who wrote The Thirty-nine Steps. A lot of people thought I'd scripted that but it was spontaneous.

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Hij was generaties lang de stem van het voetbal in Engeland en volgens velen de beste commentator ooit. Oud-voetbalcommentator John Motson is op 77-jarige leeftijd overleden,

https://nos.nl/l/2464942 #nieuws #nos #johnmotson #bbc #voetbal

Vertrouwde Britse voetbalstem John Motson (77) overleden

De legendarische commentator werkte van 1967 tot 2017 bij de BBC en versloeg bijna 2500 wedstrijden op de televisie.

NOS Nieuws
Salford-born football commentator #JohnMotson has sadly died at the age of 77. Since joining the BBC in 1971 they commentated on over 2,000 fixtures over half a century.

John Motson has died, which immediately brings back happy memories of playing Fifa 99 on the original Playstation

#JohnMotson #RIP #PS1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCsV8j6e65M

FIFA 99

YouTube
Genuinely saddened to read about John Motson passing away. He is the voice of football for several generations. Thank you for the memories, sleep easy!
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#JohnMotson #RIP