Thomson Mouse Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Just now, joeyt said: Does mean there's going to be a lot of Ronnie Radford Hereford clips this week Made his name through that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 12 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: Motson was a poor commentator towards the end of his career, but he was THE voice in the '90s for me and I thought he was great. He's the voice of 80s football more than the 90s. A true legend of the English game. RIP Motty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 RIP, the iconic commentator for me growing and up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 One of my fav moments of commentary in the 90s was I believe Motson when Asprilla scored 2 goals in quick succession v Metz (the game with the shirt on the corner flag) and the way he said “it’s Asprilla again” I’d watch it over and over again RIP Motty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Wandy said: He's the voice of 80s football more than the 90s. A true legend of the English game. RIP Motty. Aye that's why I said for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said: Aye that's why I said for me To be fair, he was a legend for at least 3 decades, starting with the 70s. Doubt there will ever be another like him. He was literally THE voice of football for a very long time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Damn, that really sucks. As most have said, voice of my childhood watching football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 What a absolute ledge Motty was - one of the all time greats Will never be forgotten by NUFC fans RIP Motty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 RIP Motty - starting to feel old when all these staples of our youth are departing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Probably my most treasured bit of commentary…the Ricky Villa goal. Burned into my brain as a kid. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Gutted about this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Couldn't stand him. Chiles levels of shitness. RIP though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeT44 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Hate opening this thread and seeing my childhood slipping away. So many memories of the 90s over the last few weeks... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbee909 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Didn't know Dickie Davies had gone as well. Some very early memories of World of Sport on a Saturday morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christ Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, Dokko said: Couldn't stand him. Chiles levels of shitness. RIP though. From about the mid-90s onwards he was a complete parody of himself. Actively ruined my enjoyment of so many games. May he rest in peace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Hadn't realised he was only 77 as well. I was expecting him to be at least 10 years older. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: Hadn't realised he was only 77 as well. I was expecting him to be at least 10 years older. Yeah, he was only 26 when commentating on the Hereford game v NUFC in 1972. Had an "old" voice right from the off. Just googled Barry Davies and he is still around, thankfully. You could convincingly say he was the other voice of football alongside Motty but, due to his more relaxed style, probably won't be as easily remembered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choppy Chop Chop Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) RIP but I had no time for his biased histrionics, I was at Hereford that shite day so the annual repeat of his commentary every third round day did not endear him to me. Having said that there were and are a lot of even worse pundits and commentators. Edited February 23, 2023 by Choppy Chop Chop Spelling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAK Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 RIP Motty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Didn't ruin a single game for me,RIP Motty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, joeyt said: Does mean there's going to be a lot of Ronnie Radford Hereford clips this week Of course. First clip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Thomson Mouse said: Met him, thought he was a bit of a nob tbh. probably died from complications due to AIDS too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Spent an hour or so with him last year. Wonderful bloke. RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 32 minutes ago, Sima said: Of course. First clip. I've never been bothered about the Radford clip being shown so often. In fact it's a back-handed compliment, and a sign of how big we were back then and how much of a deal it was to beat us. There have been loads of similar upsets since then but they don't get shown like this one does. For context, when this game was played NUFC had won three more trophies than Liverpool and were equal on trophies with Man Utd. However it wasn't until 1968 that Man Utd finally went ahead of NUFC on trophies won for the first time. Not once in their history had they won more trophies than us before 1968, and not once before 1977 had they won more domestic trophies. It's a testament to how badly run the club has been over the best part of the last 50 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DahnSahf Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Sima said: Of course. First clip. That pitch. 😄 Whenever this gets regurgitated it never gets a mention that the game would never be played today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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