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[stewarty27]

Sheldon the Indy Dug. Veteran of every Indy march. Heart problems I'm told. Four legs good two legs bad.

[Freescotland]

1977, bitter after Scotland’s win at Wembley, he girned about the (admittedly over-the-top) vandalism carried out by the Scots fans who broke the goals, and tore up the pitch. This included, “And the unfortunate groundsman is to lose his day off for the Queen’s Jubilee to repair the pitch”

A letter in one of the papers a couple of days later offered the condolence, “If England was so concerned about its pitch, it wouldn’t have picked carthorses like Mick Mills* to run about on it in the first place”.

*Mills is now rumoured to have reached the Brecon Beacons in his scouring quest of Great Britain since 1981 trying to find my ex-next door neighbour Peter Weir.

I was at that game but not part of the pitch invasion.

[57vintage]

That’s John Motson in the celestial commentary box, then.

Ach.

[TheDeeDon]

I didn't mind Motson.

I once something about how much effort he put into every game he commentated on, it was a fair old effort.

RIP

[57vintage]

I didn't mind Motson.

I once something about how much effort he put into every game he commentated on, it was a fair old effort.

RIP

Agreed.

[Mason89]

Seemed like a nice chap who genuinely enjoyed his work.

[InversneckieDob]

Years ago, the Missus and I were in an eatery someplace on the Merchant City (the culinary details are both vague in my recollection and irrelevant to the anecdote).

We were sat upstairs and there was a general conversational hubbub within the estalishment.

I became aware of a distinctive sounding voice cutting through the murmering, it wasn't loud but the distinctive enunciation caused it to carry.

I said to 'er indoors "Someone sounds a bit like Motty".
Not for the first time in our marriage she had no clue what I was talking about, so I proffered an explanation and went about quenching hunger pangs.
A wee while later I went to the loo and, lo and behold, it WAS Motty sat in the downstairs bit of the establishment.

His distinctive voice and natural projection ensured I'd heard him upstairs.

RIP fella.

[Donanddusted]

Very few distinctive commentators left.
RIP.

[TheDeeDon]

Betty Boothroyd - Former Labour MP and Speaker in the House of Commons (possibly the best one that I can remember)

I actually bought a copy of her autobiography just last week.

RIP

[donsdaft]

She wouldn't have put up with any of Boris's shïte.

[Jupiter]

A lot of famous people dying recently.

[TheDeeDon]

Just Fontaine - French player who holds the record of scoring 13 goals in 6 matches in the 1958 World Cup. Obviously this doesn't count for anything in the modern game as everything in football was shyte before the great reset of 1992.

Allan McGraw. Ex Morton player and Manager.

[89Mason]

A lot of famous people dying recently.

It’ll be the vaccine. Nobody famous ever died before

[stewarty27]

It’ll be the vaccine. Nobody famous ever died before

Don't underestimate global warming.

[TheDeeDon]

It’ll be the vaccine. Nobody famous ever died before

The Russians, it has to be.