Motty's really not getting the big games these days! Motty and Lawro are dismayed by the youth of today.

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For the past three days, we've been giving away a copy of FIFA 10 the new video game from EA. In the next few days to next couple of weeks, we'll be giving away a copy of the game on random days as well as football books.

Yesterday's winner of FIFA 10 was JD Thomas.

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For the past two days, we've been giving away a copy of FIFA 10 the new video game from EA. In the next few days to next couple of weeks, we'll be giving away a copy of the game on random days as well as football books.

Yesterday's winner of FIFA 10 was Patrick Keating.

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Yesterday we debuted our new FIFA 10 contest where we'll be giving away a copy of the game on random days within the next two weeks as well as football books.

Yesterday's winner of FIFA 10 was TJ Brustowicz. But if you want to try and win a copy of FIFA 10 for yourself, go ahead and enter today's contest.

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New football book titles out this month include We Are The Damned United, another take on Brian Clough's ill-fated stay at Leeds in the 70s, written as a response to David Peace's classic The Damned Utd and an autobiography of BBC football commentator John Motson Motty: Forty Years in the Commentary Box. Click to continue reading...

During the next two weeks, we'll be giving away copies of FIFA 10 the new game from EA as well as three different football books as prizes, so be sure to keep on coming back each day to see when the next contest is announced.

Today, for the first time, we'll be giving away a copy of FIFA 10 to one lucky person who correctly answers the following trivia question and sends his or her answer in by the deadline of 5pm ET/9pm UK time on Monday, October 26, 2009.

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Motty squawks at Aaron Lennon We already noted in our Top 10 conclusions that Motty was getting a bit camp during yesterday's Chelsea-Spurs game. And this example is no exception. With Aaron Lennon on the counter attack, Motty adopts his best teenage boy falsetto to proclaim: "He's going all the waaay. Click to continue reading...

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...