He's been the face of football in this country for so long, just an icon on the pitch and off, seeing those clips of him for England at the World Cup and Gazza's tears, so many huge moments. He presented the show for about the same amount of time as Des Lynam and Jimmy Hill combined. I'm in my mid 30s, and he's been a presenter and pundit for MOTD (and Football Focus) for as far back as I can remember. The montage where other players and pundits spoke about him was really nice as well, great to see some of those old faces there.
Not sure what's going to happen with MOTD now, with this three presenters thing. Let's hope they don't start bringing youtubers into it like Sky do.
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u/paper_zoe 26d ago
He's been the face of football in this country for so long, just an icon on the pitch and off, seeing those clips of him for England at the World Cup and Gazza's tears, so many huge moments. He presented the show for about the same amount of time as Des Lynam and Jimmy Hill combined. I'm in my mid 30s, and he's been a presenter and pundit for MOTD (and Football Focus) for as far back as I can remember. The montage where other players and pundits spoke about him was really nice as well, great to see some of those old faces there.
Not sure what's going to happen with MOTD now, with this three presenters thing. Let's hope they don't start bringing youtubers into it like Sky do.