Gush of love for Motty chimes with the need for football to venerate its past

The death of John Motson is a bookend for anyone who had a football-facing English childhood from the 1970s to the 1990s
Gush of love for Motty chimes with the need for football to venerate its past

ICONIC: BBC Sport commentator John Motson. Pic: Adam Davy/PA Wire.

Vale, Motty. “Oh, I say.” That was your catchphrase.

“Ooooohhrrggh.” That was another one. Probably there were others too. 

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