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 Apollofuzz  On the edge of reason 23 Feb 23 10.17am |
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Really sad the voice of football for so many years. Time to hang up the Sheep skin coat RIP
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| Badger11 Beckenham 23 Feb 23 11.13am |
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Originally posted by Apollofuzz
Really sad the voice of football for so many years. Time to hang up the Sheep skin coat RIP That's a very Motty comment he loved his facts and figures RIP
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Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 23 Feb 23 12.13pm |
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Sad for those of use that watched football on the TV in the 70's and 80's. Sky did marginalise him quite a bit, but he hung around.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 23 Feb 23 12.38pm |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
Sad for those of use that watched football on the TV in the 70's and 80's. Sky did marginalise him quite a bit, but he hung around. He retired in 2018 probably the right time, if he was still working now the BBC would be replacing him with some woke candidate.
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Teddy Eagle  23 Feb 23 1.08pm |
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He did but he probably already knew a lot of the stats he quoted and his hours of poring over his collection of Rothmans Yearbooks just confirmed things. He didn't seem to quote his facts to impress the viewer but because he found them genuinely interesting.
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| Apollofuzz On the edge of reason 23 Feb 23 2.14pm |
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Here is another Motty Fact Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
He did but he probably already knew a lot of the stats he quoted and his hours of poring over his collection of Rothmans Yearbooks just confirmed things. He didn't seem to quote his facts to impress the viewer but because he found them genuinely interesting.
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| Pete53 Hassocks 23 Feb 23 3.23pm |
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Although I am sure he did research before each game he was due to commentate, on I always got the feeling a lot of background information was already there in his head. Anyway, sad news, RIP Motty
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waddy  Highton,Melbourne 23 Feb 23 3.34pm |
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He Covered our FA Cup game against Liverpool the Man Utd. His words were fitting of the exact moment of how we we’re feeling Never forget that voice & Dickie Davies ,Jimmy Hill & Brian Moore. The days when commentators did not profess to be negative at the players & coach to invite sackings etc Neville / Carragher / Keane will never ever make the grade as those 4 in a million years. Rip MOTTY
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 becky over the moon 23 Feb 23 5.47pm |
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Originally posted by waddy
He Covered our FA Cup game against Liverpool the Man Utd. His words were fitting of the exact moment of how we we’re feeling Never forget that voice & Dickie Davies ,Jimmy Hill & Brian Moore. The days when commentators did not profess to be negative at the players & coach to invite sackings etc Neville / Carragher / Keane will never ever make the grade as those 4 in a million years. Rip MOTTY Nor did they tell you what the players were feeling, thinking or planning to do next week! Fifty years of proper commentating, and when there was nothing to be said - he said nothing..
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| dreamwaverider London 23 Feb 23 6.23pm |
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David Coleman, Brian Moore, John Motson.
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| dreamwaverider London 23 Feb 23 6.29pm |
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6 o clock news just showed his final walk round the ground when he retired at Palace!!
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PalazioVecchio  south pole 23 Feb 23 9.37pm |
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Originally posted by Pete53
I always got the feeling a lot of background information was already there in his head. the only modern equivalent i know is Jeff Stelling......seems to have Google inside his head ....his encyclopedic knowledge is worthy of Motty. Seems to always know more about Palace than half of us on here.....and then two minutes later he can give you a soap Opera of the latest squad news from Luton town. RiP mr Sheepskin coat Edited by PalazioVecchio (23 Feb 2023 9.41pm)
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