The football world has been saddened by the death of legendary BBC commentator John Motson at the age of 77.
Motson covered 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships and 29 FA Cup finals in a 50-year career for the BBC, providing the soundtrack to some of football’s most iconic moments.
The great challenge for any commentator is to find the perfect words to describe extraordinary events on the pitch and frame them in the right context – and ‘Motty’ was