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  After starting as a newspaper reporter in Barnet and at the Sheffield Morning Telegraph, Motson joined the BBC in 1968 as a sports presenter on Radio 2 Rng
  
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  John Motson, the legendary commentator who became the voice of English football, has died aged 77 Rng
  
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  His long career also took in two Olympic Games and Wimbledon’s memorable 1988 FA Cup final triumph against Liverpool at Wembley as the Crazy Gang beat the Culture Club Rng
  
  Awarded the OBE in 2001 for services to broadcasting, Motson hung up his microphone for the BBC at the end of the 2017-18 Premier League season Rng
  
  ”Fellow commentator Ian Darke tweeted: “Very sad to hear of the passing of John Motson Rng
  
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  “RIP John Motson,” tweeted Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher Rng
  
  
  
  Probably the most famous football commentator of them all Rng
  
  Sad loss Rng
  
  Awarded the OBE in 2001 for services to broadcasting, Motson hung up his microphone for the BBC at the end of the 2017-18 Premier League season Rng
  
  ‘Motty’, as he was affectionately known, was pushed into the spotlight when commentating on non-league Hereford’s famous giant-slaying of Newcastle United in 1972, which took top billing on Match of the Day, and his words became an essential accompaniment to the footage of Ronnie Radford’s long-range goal Rng
  
  So many of us grew up listening to this man describe the action & goals on MOTD & cup finals Rng
  
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  His long career also took in two Olympic Games and Wimbledon’s memorable 1988 FA Cup final triumph against Liverpool at Wembley as the Crazy Gang beat the Culture Club Rng
  
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  After starting as a newspaper reporter in Barnet and at the Sheffield Morning Telegraph, Motson joined the BBC in 1968 as a sports presenter on Radio 2 Rng
  
  Motson worked on the BBC’s flagship Match of the Day programme since 1971 and covered more than 2,000 televised games, including 29 FA Cup finals and 10 World Cups, and his positivity and love for the game shone through his work Rng
  
  Meticulously researched and retaining boyish enthusiasm and love of the game over half a century of the biggest games , he set the gold standard Rng
  
  ”more to follow Rng
  
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