EXCLUSIVE John Motson interview: Four decades, 1700 matches… and countless sheepskin coats!

EXCLUSIVE John Motson interview: Four decades, 1700 matches... and countless sheepskin coats!

Dear old Motty's notes went flying, a table on the gantry overturned and microphone leads were ripped from their sockets. Somehow, amid the bedlam, John Motson managed to convey the drama of David Beckham's ­stoppage-time free kick against Greece, which sent England to the 2002 World Cup finals, into the nation's living rooms.

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