John Motson RIP

[JohnnyH]

DaveU will be delighted.

 

I liked him though.  Gave voice to iconic moments in my childhood.  I'm sad he's dead.  Unlike DaveU

[an tha]

Never thought he was all that as a commentator myself and became a parody of himself in his latter years.

 

Preferred Barry Davies on BBC and Brian Moore on ITV and the regional fellers like Gerald Sindstadt.

[JohnnyH]

Just now, an tha said:

Never thought he was all that as a commentator myself and became a parody of himself in his latter years.

 

Preferred Barry Davies on BBC and Brian Moore on ITV and the regional fellers like Gerald Sindstadt.

 

Yep. I preferred those commentators too, but Motson seemed to voice all those iconic moments of being a Liverpool fan in the 1980s.  His voice just brings back great memoires of Souness, Rush, Kenny, McDermot, and all those players I loved.  Like when you smell something and it takes you back to a great holiday or a perfume reminds you of a long forgotten girlfriend; Motson's voice evokes memories of halcyon days, for me.

[Pete]

Rest in Peace.
 

[Harry Squatter]

Always liked Brian Moore better but his voice is synonymous with our glory years, especially the double in 1986.

[an tha]

3 minutes ago, JohnnyH said:

 

Yep. I preferred those commentators too, but Motson seemed to voice all those iconic moments of being a Liverpool fan in the 1980s.  His voice just brings back great memoires of Souness, Rush, Kenny, McDermot, and all those players I loved.  Like when you smell something and it takes you back to a great holiday or a perfume reminds you of a long forgotten girlfriend; Motson's voice evokes memories of halcyon days, for me.

What i will say is as much as i didn't like his commentary (and i am probably to be totally fair allowing the latter years to cloud my views too much, where i just found him irritating) is that unlike the clowns on sky today (although the biggest clown Tyler is from Motson's era) his and his peers commentary was free of the agenda driven nonsense, at times frankly bias and hyperbole of today.

[Redder Lurtz]

Yes he became a parody of himself and almost certainly should have retired earlier than he did but he was still one of the voices of all our childhoods. He was still better than Tiddley or Tyler. 

[Ronnie Whelan]

RIP to him.

 

Associate him with great days and nights. Davies and Moore were better imo but still he captured some great moments.

[VladimirIlyich]

He was better than today's lot at the very least. His commentary was iconic too.

[suzy]

RIP Motty.

[Pidge]

77 seems young, or at least only seems like yesterday that he finally hung up the sheepskin. Hardly had any retirement at all.

[VladimirIlyich]

37 minutes ago, Pidge said:

77 seems young, or at least only seems like yesterday that he finally hung up the sheepskin. Hardly had any retirement at all.

77 was a vintage year.

[Scott_M]

I was in Cape Town with my mate for the 2010 World Cup. We were leaving North Korea v Portugal and Motson & Harry Redknapp were going through some VIP section about 50 yards away from us. I wanted a wave from them…

 

Motty…

MOTTY…

MMMOOOTTTTTTTTYYY

 

No response.

 

Harry…

 

Instant wave back.

 

I’m not saying Motson deserved to die for that ignorant behaviour, I just don’t think it helped him in the long run. 

[VladimirIlyich]

5 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

I was in Cape Town with my mate for the 2010 World Cup. We were leaving North Korea v Portugal and Motson & Harry Redknapp were going through some VIP section about 50 yards away from us. I wanted a wave from them…

 

Motty…

MOTTY…

MMMOOOTTTTTTTTYYY

 

No response.

 

Harry…

 

Instant wave back.

 

I’m not saying Motson deserved to die for that ignorant behaviour, I just don’t think it helped him in the long run. 

Probably a bit mutton at his age with all the crowds he'd been in.

[Vincent Vega]

I’ll always fondly remember him as the narrator of this video which I must have watched hundreds of times in the early 90s.

 

[s(k)aturation]

 

Loved what his voice signified when I was growing up.

 

Yes, there were better commentators, but none I associate more with Liverpool being great.

RIP.

 

 

 

[Razoray]

 

[El Rojo]

RIP.

 

Very sad news. Iconic commentator. Also narrated our official history video from around 1988, and the later Liverpool in Europe video, the scripts of which I probably knew by heart. He did a great job narrating the Boys From Brazil video too. 

[NoelM]

12 minutes ago, Razoray said:

 

 

That was a brilliant match, France had an incredible team but that Portugese team was really good too - Chalana on the left, Pacheco and Pereira in the middle.

[Anubis]

42 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

I’m not saying Motson deserved to die for that ignorant behaviour…

Yes you are, and I, for one, am on board with this epic level of grudge holding. 

[Tony Moanero]

One of the great football commentators, especially in the ‘70s and ‘80s, even if he wasn’t my favourite. Football commentary was so much better years ago, than it is now. Commentators in those days didn’t feel the need to waffle on incessantly. They let the game do the talking and allowed the viewer to take in the atmosphere. Less is more.
 

 

[gkmacca]

'And the Crazy Gang have beaten the Culture Club'. Yes, Motty, that wasn't at all rehearsed, nor delivered with relish. Seemed a harmless bloke until he started to take seriously all the 'Motty' mythology. All the same, RIP, I fancy - what say you, Mr Brooking?

[Kevin D]

He was a terrible commentator and a twat. 
 

RIP.

[coachpotato]

Didn’t mind Motson, as has been said, he was around for some of some of our greatest achievements and was relatively unbiased, except for Crystal Palace(?) who I think were his favourite team. Stand corrected if not. 
Certainly more listenable than some of today’s agenda driven idiots.

RIP Matty.

[Strontium]

Iconic commentary