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Motty – The Man The Coat The Mike

Crispin Thomas

Wednesday, September 6th, 2017

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 some of us started with Brian Moore
and never knew the truth about Stuart Hall
but the first commentating I ever heard
were Kenneth Wolstenholme’s old skool words
and Archie McPherson’s a passionate Scot
but none of them prepare like brave Johnny Mott

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Peter Jones had a fabulous style
and David Coleman by a country mile
Bob Wilson’s quite thoughtful and mild
and Glenn Hoddle still drives psychics wild
Barry Davies had a powerful throat
but John’s got a beautiful sheepskin coat

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 now Loads find ‘Greeny’ feisty and rude
but Alan’s got passion and attitude
Jimmy Armfield’s got depth and soul
and Jacqui Oatley broke the mould
Jimmy Hill drove me totally potty
but for stats on acid you couldn’t beat Motty

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 here among the sheep at FGR
you might not know him or where we are
but he likes saying “truthfully” a lot
and Bob Hunt* is the finest we’ve got
win or lose man he’s always there
getting quite excited tearing out his hair

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 ‘but Motty’s the one for the real classic lines
one of them’ll probably last for all time :
“For all of you watching in black and white
Spurs are all- yellow” he said one night
and here’s another that was really well meant:
“The World Cup’s a truly international event”

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 but I think of Motson wherever I go
standing in a blizzard knee deep in snow
notes in his hand cap on his head
looking like Dell Boy longing for his bed
serious expression standing all alone
telling us “It’s off!”….. as if we didn’t know

Notes

What will we do? Motty’s hanging up his mike.

* Bob Hunt: legendary BBC Radio Gloucestershire Forest Green Rovers match commentator. Fond of saying ‘truthfully’ a lot .And that’s no lie!

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Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/motty-the-lergewnd-of-john-motson/