john walker motson (born 10 july 1945), sometimes nicknamed "motty", is an english football commentator. he began as a television commentator with the bbc in 1971. he commentated on over 2000 games on television and radio. from the late 1970s to 2008, motson was the main football commentator at the bbc. although during the 1990s, barry davies was chosen for a few finals. in september 2017, he left the bbc. for the bbc, he commentated on 10 fifa world cups, 10 uefa european championships and 29 fa cup finals. in 2018, he started working for talksport.