With the 1.24 billion league matches on offer at Sky, Setanta, and the Other Ones, you can't really blame professional football announcers for over-relying on their trusty grab bag of football clichés.  But now that John 'Motty' Motson has left for good, I think it's time to wipe the slate clean in English football. Click to continue reading...

"He certainly got the appointment on merit" - BBC commentator, John Motson, on Roberto Rosetti, the referee for both the opening and closing matches at Euro 2008.

"The referee really didn't fancy us Germans" - Jens Lehmann sees things slightly differently, and he went on to accuse the Italian of being "biased". Click to continue reading...

The journalist and broadcaster Danny Baker once noted that the primary role of a football commentator is to make the exasperated television viewer shout "WE KNOW!" at the television screen during matches, to the extent that it famously used to drive his father to his distraction. Sadly, Mr Baker Senior passed away earlier this year - not quite long enough to be able to raise a toast to the retirement of John Motson, the veteran BBC commentator, who has announced his retirement from live commentary from the BBC following their failure to secure major television rights ahead of the new season. Click to continue reading...

The BBC has cottoned on to what the rest of us have known for some time: John Motson has lost his marbles. Motty is being pensioned off after tonight's Euro 2008 final. As he hangs up the famous sheepskin coat, Pies recalls some of his finest moments. Click to continue reading...

Rejoice football fans throughout the country, for after this Sunday we will never ever have to suffer through a match with John Motson dribbling inconsequential crap and stating the bleeding obvious over the top again! Yay! After Sunday's European Championships final, he is finally taking the hint and retiring, and not a minute too soon either. Click to continue reading...

Having watched most of Euro 2008 spread out between the BBC and ITV I have come to the conclusion that both channels need a major shake up in the ways they cover sport. Both sides irritate people with different aspects of their coverage, for example they both need some new pundits and co-commentators in because [. Click to continue reading...

If you could pick your favorite football commentators from around the world, who would they be and why? Consider both radio and television. My fantasy lineup is as follows: Lead commentator: Martin Tyler (Sky Sports) Co-commentator: Mike Ingham (BBC Five Live) Pitchside commentator: Stuart Hall (BBC) Studio analyst: Andy Gray (Sky Sports) TV Pundit: Eamonn Dunphy TV Presenter: Gary Lineker (BBC) It's [. Click to continue reading...