English football said goodbye today (Thursday) to one of the most symbolic figures around it: the legendary broadcaster John Motson passed away at the age of 77. Motson, who was synonymous with the BBC network, as they defined it in the Kingdom, broadcast 29 FA Cup finals, 10 World Cups and 10 tournaments Euro on radio and TV.
Woolen coats were his trademark. He joined the BBC full-time as a radio sports broadcaster in 1968, and three years later established himself as the regular voice of the main game in the English Premier League, with his first broadcast being a match between Liverpool and Chelsea.
Motson was also the voice in the video games of the EA company, which made him its broadcaster in “FIFA 96” and later also in “FIFA Manager”. In March 2018, he broadcast a match on the radio for the last time, and his last broadcast on TV was two months later, in a match between Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion. The network where he broadcasted for 50 years honored his work with a series of three special programs about his career.