JOHN MOTSON 1945-2023
By Richard Edwards

LOVE AFFAIR: Commentator John Motson struck up a lifelong passion for Barnet as a young reporter

John Motson was best known for his commentary on some of football’s grandest stages.
Not least 29 FA Cup finals, 10 World Cups and 10 European Championships.
But the man who witnessed some of world football’s greatest matches, including Italy’s iconic 3-2 defeat at the 1982 World Cup in Spain, never lost touch with his Non-League roots.
Which is hardly surprising, given his big break come courtesy of Hereford United, then in the Southern League, back...