Best PL performance EVER

Let's hope we hear some more reviews like that this season and here's wishing a good retirement to Motson.

heard he was a closet chelsea fan too, not sure if true though. 

Legend. Along with Brian Moore the two best commentators ever, knowledgeable and fair to all teams, some of today's commentators could learn a lot from his career. Enjoy your retirement Motty, many fans have grown up with you and your voice will be missed.

 

 

 

3 hours ago, enigma said:

heard he was a closet chelsea fan too, not sure if true though. 

I think he watched us as a kid, but based on what I've heard him say today, he comes across as a Spuds fan.

Asked about the best player he's seen in England he  said...Gazza. Not sure he'd make my top 20.

Asked to name the best goals he's seen, he mentioned Maradona (v Belgium) and ...Gazza's v Scotland.  Wouldn't make my top 100.

Asked to mention the teams that played the best football, he mentioned Brazil 1970, Liverpool in the 80s, Man U under Fergie and... Spuds in their cup-winning seasons. WTF????

And in his top 5 moments he mentions....Gazza's tears. 

Definite Spud-bias there.

John Motson:

"No, I am not a Tottenham fan. I think the reason people sometimes think I support Spurs is because, for a while, they employed me to do the interviews on their telephone services.

"Most clubs had 'Club Call' but Tottenham had 'Spurs Line'. You could dial an 08 number and get me doing an interview with Chris Waddle or one of the other players.

"I commentated on two of Tottenham's Cup Finals in the early 80s - in one there was the famous goal by Ricky Villa. In the 1991 Cup Final they played Nottingham Forest and I had to say: 'I'd better drop out of this because it seems like I've got a vested interest here' - it was the match when Gazza went mad and got carried off."

I don't know who he supported in the closet. But he will always have a soft spot for Hereford Utd and Ronny Radford.

1 hour ago, coco said:

I don't know who he supported in the closet. But he will always have a soft spot for Hereford Utd and Ronny Radford.

I once went to game at Hereford(non Chelsea) in the 70s and they made us climb back over the turnstiles on leaving the ground instead of opening a gate.

22 minutes ago, charierre said:

I once went to game at Hereford(non Chelsea) in the 70s and they made us climb back over the turnstiles on leaving the ground instead of opening a gate.

22 hours ago, charierre said:

Legend. Along with Brian Moore the two best commentators ever, knowledgeable and fair to all teams, some of today's commentators could learn a lot from his career. Enjoy your retirement Motty, many fans have grown up with you and your voice will be missed.

 

 

 

Agree, two great commentators. A lot of modern day football commentators - and also commentators of other sports - could learn a lot from them. Found this picture of Motson alongside the great man. Didn't realise that he used to commentate on boxing back in the day.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/muhammad_ali/article-3626453/The-day-Muhammad-Ali-left-holding-mic-John-Motson-recalls-memorable-night-spent-alongside-Greatest.html

David Coleman was the best football commentator he was another reason that made the cup final so special. The way he would say 1-0 brings back childhood memories.

 

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My earliest memory of watching football on the box was with Motty commentating.

Be a real shame to see him walk away from the mic.  

John Motson , Barry Davies, Brian Moore, Peter Jones (Sport on 2 ) were the best football commentators for me.

I always associate David Coleman with athletics. Him and Ron Pickering were a great commentary double act Brendan Foster added to that when he. joined.

Bill McLaren was the voice of rugby.

1 hour ago, erskblue said:

I always associate David Coleman with athletics. Him and Ron Pickering were a great commentary double act Brendan Foster added to that when he. joined.

Bill McLaren was the voice of rugby.

Peter Alliss, Peter O'Sullevan, Jim Laker, John Arlott, Richie Benaud, Harry Carpenter, Johnathan Pearce.

One of those might be a bit out of place in that list.

Barry Davies admitted in his autobiography that Spurs were the team he had supported.

No idea which team John Motson supports.