John Motson

**John Walker Motson** OBE (10 ga Yuli 1945 – 23 ga Fabrairu 2023) ɗan wasan sharhi ne a ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila. Tun daga lokacin da ya fara yin sharhi a talabijin da BBC a 1971, ya yi sharhi a kan wasanni sama da 2000 a talabijin da rediyo. Daga ƙarshen shekarun 1970 zuwa 2008, Motson shi ne fitaccen mai sharhi kan ƙwallon ƙafa a BBC, baya ga ɗan gajeren lokaci da ya yi a tsakiyar shekarun 1990.

Motson yakan sanya rigar fata ta tumaki (rigar sa ta 'Motty') a lokacin hunturu bayan da aka ruwaito cewa ya "yi fama da ruwan sama a kwance kafin wasan FA Cup na Wycombe Wanderers da Peterborough United " a watan Disamba na 1990. [1] Waɗannan rigunan sun zama alamar kasuwanci ta Motson, wanda hakan ya sa masu sauraronsa suka gane shi nan take.

A shekarar 2008, Motson ya sanar da yin ritaya daga yin sharhi kai tsaye a talabijin. Ya ci gaba da bayar da rahotanni kan wasannin *Match of the Day* kuma ya bayyana a BBC Radio 5 Live tare da yin sharhi kan ' *Footy Pups* ' na CBeebies. A watan Satumba na 2017, ya sanar da yin ritaya gaba daya daga sharhin BBC, bayan ya yi sharhi kan gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA sau 10, gasar cin kofin Turai ta UEFA sau 10, da kuma gasar cin kofin FA sau 29.  A watan Yuli na 2018, ya sanar da cewa zai dawo daga ritaya ya yi aiki a Talksport .  A shekarar 2019, Motson ya bayar da sharhi kan wasan wayar hannu na Miniclip *Head Ball 2.* 

## Shekarun farko
An haifi Motson a Salford, Lancashire, inda mahaifinsa ya kasance limamin Methodist .  An yi masa baftisma a Boston, Lincolnshire, kuma ya yi hutun yarinta a can. Tun yana yaro, yana bin Boston United kuma ya tuna nasarar da kulob din ya samu a kan Derby County a gasar cin kofin FA a shekarar 1955. 

Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Culford, kusa da Bury St Edmunds . Culford makarantar gwamnati ce inda aka fi tsangwamar ƙwallon ƙafa a lokacin; ƙungiyar rugby, wasan hockey, da kuma wasan kurket su ne manyan wasannin da ɗalibai ke yi. 

A shekarar 1963, aikin Motson ya fara ne a matsayin mai ba da rahoto a jarida a cikin Chipping Barnet .  A cikin 1967 da 1968, ya yi aiki da *Sheffield Morning Telegraph* inda ya fara ba da rahoto kan ƙwallon ƙafa . 

## Aikin watsa labarai
Motson ya shiga BBC a shekarar 1968 a matsayin mai gabatar da wasanni a Radio 2. Sharhinsa na farko a rediyo shine na wasan ƙwallon ƙafa tsakanin Everton da Derby County a watan Disamba na 1969.  A watan Oktoba na 1971, ya fara bayyana a matsayin mai sharhi na yau da kullun tare da shirin talabijin na BBC *Match of the Day*, sharhinsa na farko shine kunnen doki 0-0 tsakanin Liverpool da Chelsea. 

A ranar 5 ga Fabrairu 1972, Motson ya sami abin da ya bayyana daga baya a matsayin babban nasararsa, lokacin da aka ba shi aikin bayar da rahoto kan wasan FA Cup tsakanin Hereford United da Newcastle United don *Match of the Day* .  Ana sa ran Newcastle za ta yi nasara cikin sauƙi, amma Hereford ta yi nasara cikin babban rikici.    Sharhin Motson lokacin da Ronnie Radford ya ci kwallon da ta daidaita shi ne "Kai, abin da ya faru kenan! Radford mai zura kwallo. Ronnie Radford! Kuma taron jama'a suna mamaye filin wasa. Abin da ya faru da Ronnie Radford daga baya." Daga baya Motson ya bayyana wannan wasan a matsayin labarin kakar wasa. Sharhinsa ya sa shugabannin BBC suka ba shi manyan wasannin talabijin, kuma daga baya ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru uku da mai watsa shirye-shirye. 

Wasan karshe na farko da Motson ya buga a gasar cin kofin FA a matsayin mai sharhi shi ne wasan Manchester United da Liverpool na shekarar 1977. An zabi Motson a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin David Coleman, wanda ke cikin takaddama kan kwantiragi da BBC. Lokacin da Martin Buchan na Manchester United ya hau matattakalar filin wasa na Wembley don karbar kofin, Motson ya yi tsokaci cewa "ya dace mutum mai suna Buchan ya zama na farko da zai hau matakai 39", yana mai nuni da littafin *The Thirty-Nine Steps* na marubucin Scotland John Buchan .  Tsakanin 1979 da 2008 (banda 1995 da 1996), Motson ya yi tsokaci kan duk wasannin karshe na gasar cin kofin FA da BBC ta yi bayani a kansu.  Jimilla, Motson ya buga wasannin karshe na gasar cin kofin FA guda 29. 

BBC ta dakatar da watsa shirye-shiryen *Wasan Kwallo na Ranar* a shekarar 1985 a lokacin da ake ƙara sha'awar ƙwallon ƙafa kai tsaye maimakon manyan wasanni, kuma ITV ta sami haƙƙin watsa shirye-shiryen Gasar Kwallon Kafa ta Ingila. Duk da haka, Motson ya ci gaba da yin tsokaci akai-akai, yayin da BBC ke ba da rahotanni kan wasannin tsakiyar mako a gasar Turai, kuma ya ci gaba da zama babban mai sharhi lokacin da shirin *Wasan Kwallo na Ranar* ya dawo a shekarar 1992 bayan ƙaddamar da Gasar Premier . 

A watan Afrilun 1989, Motson ya yi tsokaci game da wasan kusa da na karshe na Kofin FA tsakanin Liverpool da Nottingham Forest lokacin da bala'in Hillsborough ya faru. Motson ya ga kansa yana tsokaci kan wani bala'i maimakon wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, kuma daga baya ya bayyana a matsayin shaida a binciken Hillsborough .