R.I.P. John Motson

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The voice of our football childhood passed away peacefully in his sleep last night.

Listening to him describing the action on Match of The Day every Saturday evening, resplendent in his trademark sheepskin coat, was a welcome escape from the world. You heard his voice and knew that your worries were about to melt away in the sea of his encyclopaedic knowledge of the beautiful game.

Thank you for my childhood Mr Motson, I hope you enjoy your eternal rest

Published by footballtouristlondoner

I'm a Londoner by birth, but I now live up in the North West. So I'm taking this opportunity to explore the football of the North and blog about my experiences as a neutral. For most of the matches I am a neutral, but when I have an allegiance to one of the teams I flag that up on my post. I have never been one to do reccies for the games I go to. I just pick a game that looks cool look up the route on google maps and head to the ground. Sometimes I buy the match ticket in advance, but not always. The Blog charts my experience as a mainly first-time visitor to the teams and grounds of the North West football landscape. All opinions in the blog are my own and you are welcome to disagree with them.

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