John Motson
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John Motson OBE (born 10 July 1945, Salford, Greater Manchester), known as Motty, is an English football commentator.
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- Radford...now Tudor's gone down for Newcastle...Radford again...OH, WHAT A GOAL!!! What a goal! Radford the scorer! Ronnie Radford! And the crowd...the crowd are invading the pitch! No goalkeeper in the world would have stopped that!
- After arguably the most famous goal commentated upon by Motson; Ronnie Radford's spectacular equaliser for non-league Hereford United against Newcastle United in 1972 - regarded as the goal from which Motson's career has never looked back.
- For those of you watching in black and white, Tottenham Hotspur are playing in yellow.
- Seconds into a 1978 league fixture for Match of the Day at The Dell (Southampton) between Southampton F.C and Spurs.[[1]]
- This is Fabregas....it's Eboue exchanging passes with Rosisky...OOOOHHHH!! And the header's by Henry! And Arsenal have done it! What an incredible finish.....It's Thierry Henry - it would have to be wouldn't it. With one minute of stoppage time to go, Thierry Henry inflicts on Manchester United only their third defeat of the season and Arsenal will do the double over them now!
- An unbelievable finish to the match at the Emirates Stadium, where Arsenal completed the double over their rivals Manchester United in January 2007, thanks to a late gasp header by striker, Thierry Henry.
- Vieira to Reyes......Henry.....Bergkamp....Ohhhh, good running by Reyes....Henry in the near post position hearrrrr....HOW DID HE GET THAT IN!
- Thierry Henry's mischievous backheel against Charlton Athletic in October 2004.
- And Reyes stilll.........and HENRY!!! It's Devastating, it's deadly, and it's dynamic. 3-0 to Arsenal - Never mind the rain, Arsène. Watch this again. Thierry Henry, his second goal of the game...and they are so different; illustrating his huge range of skills. This is Reyes twice involved in the build up, Henry just loitering their really, then he hires it......Kiely I think got a hand to that, then the crossbar...then it was in the back of the net. Henry goes on piling up the goals against Charlton Athletic, but more importantly on the day, Defender El-Karkouri possibly could have prevented it.
- Henry's second goal against Charlton in the same match. A further two goals by Ljungberg and Reyes helped the Gunners cement their position at the top of the Premiership summit to five points and extend their unbeaten streak to 48 matches.
- Charlton just can't get the ball. How many passes is that? And Lauren steams forward now on the right hand side...and finally Charlton get a touch, but not for long....and this is Reyes..is this going to be FIVE! HE MISSED IT. Oh, and it was almost too easy!
- Jose Antonio Reyes' miss against Charlton, which could have inflicted in a five-nil defeat for the Addicks.
- The Crazy Gang have beaten the Culture Club!
- Reaction to the final whistle as Wimbledon F.C. defeated Liverpool F.C. in the 1988 FA Cup Final.
- Northern Ireland were in white, which was quite appropriate because three inches of snow had to be cleared from the pitch before kick-off.
- Brazil are so good, it's like they are running around the pitch playing with themselves.
- That shot might not have been as good as it might have been
- It's a penalty, The Ref uinmpressed by the challenge and a penalty it will be. (Fifa 2002)
- Ooooh he's floated one over David James, that's absolutely MARVELLOUS! A MAGICAL goal in the FA cup by WAYNE ROONEY!
- Wayne Rooney's delightful chip over David James.
