John Motson RIP

[Neil]

JOHN MOTSON was not only a commentator, his enthusiasm for football and its every detail was unmatched. I hired him as a speaker at Hitchin Town for a sportsman’s evening in 1992 and he subscribed to a small fanzine-type booklet I produced about Chelsea in the 1980s. We were in touch for some years, he was living in St. Albans at the time, and I recall his first visit to Chelsea being on December 27 1957, a 7-4 win against Portsmouth with Jimmy Greaves scoring four times. He gave me one of his commentatory boards, an England versus Poland game at Wembley. I still have it tucked away somewhere. He will, of course be remembered for the famous Hereford v Newcastle United game in 1972, but I will also recall his huge knowledge of the game. RIP Motty.

[Freddie Cardy]

An inspiration, one of the very best to ever do it. RIP.

[Brian]

The voice of English football commentary for me.

RIP John Motson

[DarrenW]

The best.

Sadly cant see any of the modern generation of commentators being able to have anything like the imput he had. He said it like a fan more often than not.