John Motson

John Motson, the soccer commentator whose animated voice was inseparable from many of the sport's biggest moments over his 50 years at the BBC, ...

He went on to become the station’s leading voice, calling nearly 2,500 games in his career, including more than 200 involving England’s national team. He dreamed of becoming a newspaper reporter, and started his career after leaving school at 16, first working at The Barnet Press, a weekly, and then at The Sheffield Morning Telegraph, a daily, according to He was selected to participate in a local radio station’s experiment that relied on print reporters. He also offered analysis on “Match of the Day,” the BBC’s weekly highlights show. The network turned to Mr. The statement did not specify a cause or say where he died.

Football commentator, who has died aged 77, became known for his long sheepskin coat over many years.

Nursey of Bungay, a company that once made Motson’s coats – and those for that other sheepskin icon, Del Boy – [closed in 2014](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2586632/Sheepskin-coast-company-favoured-Del-Boy-John-Motson-closes-168-years-falling-trade.html) because of falling sales. [on display](https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/collectionsnews/object-of-the-week-john-motsons-sheepskin-coat/) in the National Football Museum in Manchester. “I looked forlorn and it just stuck from then on.” Even in the warmer months, people would often ask where his coat was, he said. “I didn’t set out to make the sheepskin coat anything special, but it just happened when I was at Wycombe in 1990 and the snow came down,” Motson was photographed on the snowy pitch, battling the weather in his calf-length sheepskin. It was in December 1990 that his outerwear became notable – during his appearance on

He went on to cover 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships and 29 FA Cup finals for the channel before retiring from the organisation in 2018. "It is with ...

Motson started working on the BBC's flagship highlights show Match of the Day in 1971. - He is being remembered as "one of the greatest commentators of his generation" - Motson started working on the BBC's Match of the Day in 1971

Motson's career in the commentary box stretched 50 years, including six World Cups and 2500 televised games.

Motson went on to give evidence at the inquest. I had been in radio, and they kind of borrowed me for a year if you like to see if I made out." Hereford's equaliser, a long-range shot by Ronnie Radford, has gone down as one of the most famous goals in English football and Motson's commentary on it became iconic.

John Motson, the football commentator who was one of the most well-known voices in British sport for 50 years, has died. He was 77.

"A quite brilliant commentator and the voice of football in this country for generations. Motson was known for his passion and knowledge of football and synonymous with wearing a sheepskin coat in the commentary box. He was 77.

The Prince of Wales has hailed commentator John Motson as “a legend whose voice was football” following his death aged 77. Motson, known as “Motty”, ...

He was a very serious broadcaster but he was a real fun guy to be around.” In September 2017, Motson announced he would retire from the BBC at the end of the season and in 2018 the corporation celebrated his career with three special programmes, Motty Mastermind, Motty – The Man Behind The Sheepskin and Countdown To The Full Motty. His broadcasting career began the following year as a sports presenter on BBC Radio 2 and his big breakthrough came in 1972 when his commentary of Hereford’s famous upset of Newcastle in an FA Cup replay earned him a regular slot on Match of the Day. “John was the standard-setter for us all,” Tyler said. Motson hung up his microphone for the BBC at the end of the 2017-18 Premier League season and after his final game – Crystal Palace v West Brom – he was invited on to the pitch. Current Match Of The Day presenter Gary Lineker described him as “a quite brilliant commentator and the voice of football in this country for generations”.

The world received some very sad news earlier today when we learned that legendary English football commentator John Motson, whose career spanned decades ...

As familiar as Motson’s work was to anyone catching a game on TV or the radio, he’ll be almost as familiar to a whole generation of gamers. He did, however, make a nice little return over a decade after that, as part of FIFA 19's singleplayer story campaign, which featured a flashback moment that only Motson’s iconic commentary could bring to life: Even the most casual English-speaking football fan will know his work, regardless of whether they knew his name or not.

Motson 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships and 29 FA Cup finals for the BBC.

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John Motson, the BBC soccer commentator who was one of the most well-known voices in British sport for 50 years, has died. He was 77. "It is with great sadness we announce that John Motson OBE died peacefully in his sleep today (Thursday)," said a ...

He had a great sense of humour. He was 77. "He was an icon and a beacon to us all."

"Motty" was a regular at his Little Brickhill local and told the landlords he would be back at the weekend.

He just loved every team and everybody." "He always had something very diplomatic to say about the game. Mr Babikian watched the match with Motson and said: "He was a true gentleman, a true friend to many people in the village.