John Motson has been a member of the Match of the Day team for nearly 30 years and is regarded by many as the voice of football.
The son of a Methodist minister, 'Motty' joined the Barnet Press newspaper as a junior reporter at the age of 18.
He later moved to the Morning Telegraph in Sheffield where he first covered league football.
A short freelance spell with BBC Radio Sheffield was followed by a switch to network radio in 1968, where on Radio 2 (then BBC Radio's main sports station) he made his name as a sports presenter as well as a commentator on football, tennis and boxing.
At the age of 26, John became a junior member of the Match of the Day staff in 1971, following the departure of Kenneth Wolstenholme, and soon became one of its key commentators.
Over 1,000 matches
Between 1979 and 1994, Motson was the BBC's TV commentator for 29 consecutive major cup finals - FA Cup, World Cup and European Championships.
He completed his 30th assignment at this level with the final of Euro '96 and subsequently covered the World Cup final in 1998 and 2002 and the final of Euro 2000.
Altogether, John has covered well over 1,000 matches for the BBC.
He has also researched and narrated over 30 football videos and written four books, including Motty's Diary - A Year In The Life Of A Commentator, which was published in 1996.
John and his wife Anne have one son, Frederick, 14 and away from football his interests are running, the cinema and reading thrillers.
In 1998 John was honoured with his own 'audience with' show on BBC ONE, The Full Motty and appears in 'mini' form on BBC Sport's website.
Als ik hem hoor, moet ik altijd aan de tijd denken dat ik nog FIFA op de computer speelde Barry Davies en Jonathan Pearce zijn ook goed.
Beter dan alle NL commentatoren. ZIjn stem is prettig en als er een kans of iets anders belangrijks dan hoor je dat ook duidelijk
verschil bij doelpunt NL = doelpunt mooi schot en bij de BBC = GOAAAAAAL!!!
quote:Precies, deed ie ook altijd.Op zaterdag 12 november 2005 17:48 schreef dndiek het volgende:
quote:Hij deed het zo goed dat het Engelse commentaar leuker was dan het Nederlandse
"For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all yellow strip"
"The World Cup is a truly International event"
"I think this could be our best victory over Germany since the war"
"Northern Ireland were in white, which was quite appropriate because three inches of snow had to be cleared from the pitch before kick off"
"The goals made such a difference to the way this game went"
"That shot might not have been as good as it might have been"
"The match has become quite unpredictable, but it still looks as though Arsenal will win the cup"
"Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was"
"And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction"
"Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour"
"That's an old Ipswich move - O'Callaghan crossing for Mariner to drive over the bar"
"Bruce has got the taste of Wembley in his nostrils"
"So different from the scenes in 1872, at the cup final none of us can remember"
"I was about to say before something far more interesting interrupted"
"There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard"
"It looks like a one man show here, although there are two men involved"
"Its Arsenal 0 - Everton 1, and the longer it stays like that the more you've got to fancy Everton"
"And what a time to score. 22 minutes gone"
"It's a football stadium on the truest sense of the word"
"Actually, none of the player are wearing earrings, Kjeldberg, with his contact lenses is the closest we can get"
Die Leo Driessen moesten ze afschieten, John heerste idd weer..
quote:Op zaterdag 12 november 2005 17:43 schreef tong80 het volgende:
Daar kan zelfs Frank Kramer niet tegenop.
Kwartier voor tijd zegt ie al dat de game gewonnen is door de goal van Ayala...
quote:Ja daar moest ik ook aan denken. Ik speel nu ook gewoon express nog met engels commentaar.Op zaterdag 12 november 2005 23:10 schreef -Vaduz- het volgende:
Hij is een uitstekende commentator, zelfs in de Fifa games was hij goed.
Geweldige wedstrijd weer vandaag met een geweldige presentator.
quote:Op zaterdag 12 november 2005 21:32 schreef golfer het volgende:
Kon je dit niet kwijt in Meld hier de beste/de slechtste voetbalcommentator(en)
