Gary Lineker: Football star who became a Saturday TV fixture

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The ex-England player is one of the most recognisable figures associated with the BBC.

The presenter is the face of Match of the Day and the FA Cup

Responding to critics of his comments, he said he would "continue to try and speak up for those poor souls that have no voice". Lineker has previously argued he can impart his opinion because he is a freelancer. On top of that, he works on BBC's Sport output, away from the inevitably more sensitive news operation.

The media company he co-founded - Goalhanger Podcasts - produces The Rest Is Politics, a regular political discussion show featuring former Labour aide Alastair Campbell and ex-Tory minister Rory Stewart.

 

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This article is odd - he’s still alive! Why are you writing an obituary? You’ve avoided talking about the elephant in the room. Gary presented facts -Braverman’s language was inflammatory and sensational- and not very Buddhist for a Buddhist.

He had every right to tweet his tweet. It was more respectful than mine would have been. Thank you, Gary.

Well if the government and BBC are successful in their blacking out of free speech, we will be reduced to 'newspeak' 1984 GaryLineker,prohibition,GeorgeOrwellDumbingDown

Any comments

Disgusting comments of Lineker? 🤣 Pathetic from another clickbaiter.

He was a Saturday night fixture. Now he has become a permanent fixture. While we fix our eyes on his view we see the government hide absurdity behind political offense.

Dear if you need a safe word to indicate anything wrong just use ‘guava’

Un-fix the fixture save money..

Thankyou Gary My husband said, ' last night, 11th March was the best Match Of The ay for years.' I have a lot of people agreeing with me..! Just Football.. No chitty chat telling us what we know what a waste if money spent on these people Stick to football cut the chat .

You made a huge mistake BBC! Bet you didn't see that coming! I hope he refuses to work for you ever again! Good luck trying to get a credible replacement!

Brilliant, Match Of The Day, breath of fresh air without the millionaire punditry and your dull England bro team mates. Your borgeoise personal views do not speak for the whole of the UK. The BBC is not your political platform, so, red card for a deliberate foul. Soft touch UK ?

Oh.oh.😂

Not sure he has received “criticism and plaudits in equal measures” for speaking out against a policy that literally breaks international human rights codes Feels like the responses are stacked on the latter there (also “caused BBC bosses a headache” Is this a school report?)

Suddenly I cant take your word for it anymore... Very sad.

And a lefty activist to boot!

Sack the lot off them plenty more people to do a better job

I think you lot forgot the assassination comes BEFORE the obituary notice. Your hitman clearly doesn't know his schedule, BBC.

Errrr are you guys ok? Do you need a moment facists

Comparing the UK to 1930s Germany? Really Mr Lineker? If any other presenter/commentator had made that statement they would have been sacked immediately! Why should he be any different? Just listened to what Matt Le Tissier has had to say about Mr Lineker - interesting.

Keep the football bloke and scrap the license fee. Those who think referencing Nazi germany and eluding to the Holocaust is perfectly fine can pay their subs. Those who think it’s a bit of a weird thing to say can buy Amazon Prime/Netflix etc.

Knob jockey

BBC impartial? The same BBC that omitted Road-traffic news from its TV news to appease certain groups.

Big mistake

Before being stabbed in the back by a corporation that feigns neutrality whilst being headed by a Tory Party donor who only got his job after helping his mate Boris Johnson access yet more dubious funds. Shameful.

bbcpress Time to renew the lot - Footballers thinking there bigger than the club/bbc - too rich too arrogant-not in touch with the common man -let’s all throw our dummies out -GaryLineker alanshearer IanWright0 MicahRichards

Bread and circuses 🙄🙄🙄

Get fukkin rid asap

Got too big for is boots

Overpaid hypocrite, remember Quatar. 🤔🤮🤮

Won't be watching MOTD if he's not on it

'The corporation is committed to impartiality' are you taking the mick out of the UK with this quote the BBC is the least impartial corporation going.the director is the worst of them all

Good for you Gary. Stated what the many were thinking. Much support around for you Gary.

Sounds like an obituary you muppets. Classic own goal 😂

BBCBias ToryBBC GaryLinekerIsRight

Not anytime on BBC.

Gary Lineker has a social responsibility in his position & his comment was extreme and over the top & has provoked exactly that reaction from both sides. If he wants to express an opinion it is more effective to do it in an adult & non inflammatory way when in the public eye

Wtf is this article 😂 is BBC taking the piss

When did he die

The corporation is committed to impartiality, meaning staff and stars are expected to follow guidance on expressing political opinions in the BBC's output and on social media. In other words, be the puppet of a failing government...

In a similar act of self inflating egocentric grandioise pretentiousness, I'm refusing to do my late shift at KFC tonight. That'll show 'em.

BBC Tory overlords in meltdown - farcical

Wish him the best for the future and move on, MOTD could use a revamp anyway

Time for a change, what is it with very highly paid TV presenters. They think they are untouchable. They have had a good run ,

Absolute fuck is this.

How's this article working out for you? For all that you say the BBC is supposed to be, one thing it should *not* be found doing is publishing a disingenuous, partisan article that is going to get ratioed. ImpartialMyArse ItWasAScam

The best thing the BBC has done for years, getting rid of him.

Ogh dear i think this is illegal. He hasn't had his contract terminated yet are you forcing him out? GaryLineker

Wtf is this 😐

Not too late to change your minds on GaryLineker MOTD similarly Jeremy_Hunt RishiSunak hmtreasury it's not too late to change your minds on your retrospective tax called the LoanCharge which has caused 10 LoanChargeSuicides

Shameless and morally bankrupt BBCMOTD .

Interesting strategy to detract from MattHancock & his lies

What a great day all these over paid pundits off air !!

The BBC, once impartial but now a Tory mouthpiece!

Big up the match of the day posse. Never let em shut you up.

The BBC: A Public Service Broadcaster that became the biased Propaganda arm of a hard right Tory government

Nobody cares for the British Broadcasting Cancer

Like an old mouldy bit of cheese at the back of the fridge. Needed freshening up anyway.

The simple fact is that if Gary Lineker would have tweeted in support of Tory racism, the fascist goons at the BBC would have had no issue whatsoever with it.

Spineless BBC

I support his right to speak out even if he lives in a White, gated, secure community But doing so whilst being paid a salary from money taken through threats to the poor and elderly is hypocritical privilege at it's most ironic Gary gets paid while others choose to heat or eat

The BBC has become a cesspit of corruption: the chair bought his job for £800k from Boris Johnson, the board is stuffed with Tory goons, they're censoring anyone who stands up against fascism while coddling racist thugs and climate liars. What a disgrace! BBCBias

Vastly overpaid smug arrogant and this is about him not respecting his contract acting with his huge ego and pushing the BBC into a corner it's nothing to do with freedom of speech

Also shamelessly turned into an anti-China hawk

As far as the BBC is concerned then: It is NOT okay to compare two political policies which are almost identical. It IS okay to trivialise domestic abuse - IF the abuser only breaks their partners bones just Once. BBCBias BBCQuestionTime

Only a fixture cos you put him there! We don't need self opinionated ex players to give us their rhetoric. Make MOTD a pundit free show & save the licence payers a fortune in salaries

Show us where he touched you on the dolly

Totally behind GaryLineker the bbc are behaving like an archaic overbearing dictator, do they want all bbc employees to behave like “stepford wives” bbc news is my daily go to in rethinking that now, freedom of speech anyone?! Ps the Tory party showing its true colours

They all go in the end. Give it to one of the lady presents and get a different view. Gary has lots of iron in the fire.

Football star Goal hanger at best

The list of other people you could go for … but no .. because your conservative handlers love what they say. Our bbc we loved gone to sh1t.

The BBC is gone. We have to accept that now. It is not going through one of it's 'difficult' phases, it is gone. It has been smartly infiltrated by its enemies over the last decade and now hollowed out and reconditioned to serve another, political purpose. The BBC is gone.

Lineker has never liked my home club, Watford and I heard it said that it stems from Graham Taylor substituting Lineker in Sweden v England match & that it was Lineker who provided the inspiration to the Sun to describe the former Watford manager as Mr Turnip after England lost

But he knows he is not a politician

bill_howarth ToryFascistsOut IStandWithGary

Don't be surprised if SkySportsPL SkySportsNews snap him up!🙄🙄🙄😡

now the perfect time to revamp the show . get some new people and new commentators as this lot when the ship hits a rough patch there are the first to bail out

Agree or disagree to the reasons why to be honest the thought of extended highlights of games without so called pundits, shown in alphabetical order of home team is quite refreshing. Sorry if that offends.

Bbc is a corrupt tory mouthpiece!

Gone off the deep end, truly.

Is this an obituary?

He didn't 'step back' though, did he? He's suspended.

He doing right

Butt hurt right wing cancel culture

I'm glad he is gone

You’re in meltdown.

You're pathetic. The only positive to come out of this fiasco is that more people are now seeing you as the dribbling Tory sycophants that you are.

The Narrative Enforcement Police aka BBC have asked GaryLineker to step down for having the gaul to air his own opinion on live tv.

He is a good guy. No question. But his remarks were over the top. This country has a right to take control of its borders. Uncontrolled immigration doesn’t do anyone any good.

RIP Gary Lineker, Oh wait his not f**king dead

Some players as well as ex players think they are mightier than everyone and thing. Look at the behaviour in just the last week of them Lineker Fernandes and Pogba. Overpaid and seems never accountable

BBC have dropped the ball here. Way to set fire to your entire organisation.

This blaten manipulation of the public's opinión in the person of Gary Lineker is going to contribute massively to the Tories loosing the next election. By doing this they have increased the profile of the issue to make discussion topic in every household and pub in the country.

Feeling sorry for the journalists having to write this stuff.

'one of the BBC's highest-profile stars', he did not meet the corporation's editorial standards on impartiality.” As the actual BBC you don’t hold yourselves to your own editorial standards of impartiality either.

In f/ball terms. I'm queuing with my season ticket and ID to get in to the NYS. Other people are jumping the fence without paying to watch the football for free having already passed Hillsborough, Bramall Lane and Oakwell en route, rather than stop at The Den. That's OK with Gary

⚓️anker.

The real news-

Apparently, this was impartial

... he didn't die. He just wrote a tweet

BBC should have replaced Gary Lineker years ago, preferably then by Dan Walker would have been the a good choice, Non biased, fully capable, talented non ex-player as anchor + 1-2 or 3 ex-player pundits. I understand that BBC has paid GL £22.7 million in TOTAL fees in 10 years.

Oo do another one in Richard Sharp his 400k to the Tories and his miraculous appointment after arranging a 800k loan for Johnson

I for one do not 100% agree with what GaryLineker said, however will not be watching BBCMOTD in solidarity. BBC taking this one too far!

Lineker, Shearer, Wright, Scott and Jenas all a bunch of patronising, arrogant cue card jockeys, get rid of the lot!

Duck the BBC

I disagree with a lot of what GL says politically due to his apparent blinkered and some what two faced opinions but he has the right to free speach. I have yet to read what is so offensive in his tweet. You can’t change history, and context MUST be respected

BBC forgets that an integral part of MOTD is how GaryLineker presents it with his fellow pundits, the pundits bring boring matches alive MOTDboycott

BBC is wrong to get rid of Gary. They talk about freedom, and when someone who is not connected with the news division. The BBC looks like they are now acting like the government with illegals immigrants.

You’d do better writing your chairman’s career obit, you political stooges 😂 When the Tories get kicked out, your boardroom will scatter like shit-stained chickens

He has just created an opening for MOTD to go presenterless. Wrighty an Shearer have just talked themselves out of a job. There will be no going back from this cos majority of people watch it for the matches not the side show. It's always been popular before and will be after

The BBC is no longer impartial it has become the Völkischer Beobachter under Conservative rule, it is now the voice of the fascist right wing. Brexit has destroyed who we are!

It might be actually worth watching now

Why is this reading like a obit?

It's the history of the BBC that is going to be written soon, not Gary Lineker

Next time you will be lecturing us 'Rich Africans' about the so called 'Freedom of Speech'. Shame 🙄

I’ll miss the chemistry, but there’s other trios. He makes me a little queasy at times. Change is good!

Perfectly proving his point, by the way, you’ve really shown your cards here BBC, completely bias and in the pockets of a corrupt Tory government. The end is nigh. ToriesOut Solidarity GeneralElectionNow BBCBias

Late subs announced...

Expect MOTD to be presented by that 70s lass off the closedown,with her clown and chalkboard

Bet you lot are loving this. The attack on free speech. You Tory supporters don't mind opposition bashing but anyone talks smack about the Tories you lose your shit.

Imagine his employers benefiting and publishing so many stories after suspending him for expressing his freedom of speech. scrapthelicensefee

Well done BBC...he can have his private views but he has dragged BBC and sport into it.... remember Glenn Hoddle and David Icke !!!!!! We are ready for change...new presenter please and Shearer and Wright to go too...would like younger new talent on MOTD and BBC SPOTY....

He is right. You are wrong.

Why did you write an SEO obituary for a man who's still alive and chose to take a moral stance?

Your own Chairman is a Tory donor. Your DG was a Tory candidate. And you have the nerve to write this crap?

Is

Get a grip Read the room and grow up!

I wonder how many people tune in to match of the day to listen to the inane chatter of the three in the studio, or to actually watch the brief clips of football

My take is that I dislike GaryLineker and don't like the tweet, but I believe in free speech. Could BBCSport give him a warning/reminder about impartiality. He could retweet and say 'views are entirely my own'.

He's not dead. Is the BBC sick of issuing Nazi propaganda yet?

Reporting on your own demise. I imagine that wasn't the top of your list of achievements when you got the letter offering you the job?

So remind me again what action do the BBC take over this breach of its commitment to impartiality by the host of The Apprentice?

'She had a broken nose and it was a one off.' Fioana Bruce on the topic of domestic abuse. So to her, a murderer is okay if they murder once?

Solution to our illegal immigration crisis: 1. Set up an Ellis Island on the Isle of Wight. 2. Accommodate illegals in offshore military floating Barrack Ships. 3. Fly failed asylum seekers out from the island. 4. Stop paying France and use the money to fund this project.

BoycottBBC

All good things come to an end at sometime.

The BBC wouldn’t know impartiality of it came up and not it on its Tory owned bottom!

They will come to Africa to lecture us on freedom of speech. 🗑🚮🗑🚮

Who needs these “pundits”? People tune in to watch the football!

He’s not dead!! or is he just dead to you now?

A man thrown out for speaking truth to power. !! We are going to emphatically throw out that power, in a general election. And then clear your organisation of all the junk. ! 👊

Shame on you BBC ImWithGary RefugeesWelcome BoycottBBC

Bye Gary

Over paid not needed

Wtf is this?

Lineker like other presenters should not use a platform provided by their employer to make political opinion statements. Best Mr Linekar runs for MP for Leicester East if he wishes to do so.

RIP. cancelled by the snowflake anti cancel culture pro free speech right wing

Good for him ig

Tory mouthpiece.

Why are you tweeting as though he were dead?

Outside the headquarters of the BBC in London is a statue of the writer George Orwell. It bears the words: 'If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they don't want to hear.'

Lol

Bye Bye Ramsbottom

He still is .

I StandWithGaryLineker

Gone too soon xx

Hopefully hjs two sidekick's will follow

I've read this article, are you for real? I cannot believe that a fair and reasonable tweet by one of your employees will bring the BBC down after its year's of impartial respected journalism. How far have you fallen? It leaves a nation sad at your behaviour.

So weird watching a news organisation report on it’s own screw ups

Y’all fckd up

BBC Tory scum bags the Gary whole country is behind you and no PL club should be taking to the Tory backed BBC

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What the fuck

He's not died guys

To whoever posted this: are you proud of yourself? As a child, did you dream of one day defending a UK government which, elected on a series of racist lies, sought to assist in the legal creation of a new class of sub-humans subject to the state’s arbitrary cruelty?

He’s not dead! I’m sure he will be back in his seat.I disagree with a some of what he says outside his football commentary. But I don’t want someone cancelled because they have a different opinion than me-that’s cancel culture at its worst.We are living in bland times!

Bet you didn’t release articles like this after the truth about Saville and the rest of paedos that worked for you came out

Embarrassing… 😳 Give your heads a wobble ffs 🤦🏼‍♀️

Wtf. He’s not dead. Are you lot alright?

Will you miss Gary Lineker, on Match of the day?

Decided to run an obit early? Y’all ok?

Genuinely, what is this?

Shut up mate

Karl Marx Jeremy Corbyn, Billy Bragg, Che Guevara, Diane Abbott, Joseph Stalin... your boy took one hell of a beating.

Keep his name out you're mouth

Not in our house, obnoxious man.

He’s not dead, yer know?

He’s not dead you know…. He’s standing up for the truth, unlike the BBC these days..

Gary Linekar: Football player who became too big for his boots and a W ⚓️GaryLineker

Why is this an obituary? What else are you going to kill off from what little remains outside your Gleichschaltung?

Shame on you BBC My license fee is paying you to be such Tory charlatans? Shame

What absolute BS

Why is the BBC paying Gary Lineker an obscene amount of money for working perhaps 1 hour a week for 50 weeks or so a year for spouting his own opinions? A surgeon performing lifesaving operations often working long hours daily is paid far less. Where is the justice?

Became!!!!

Lineker, fuqq off is over there 👉. When you get there, turn left, then left , then left again, left one more time then fuqq off again.🤣

I mean, yeah you've bollocked this one up

Laugh out loud. Good bye

The BBC: From Broadcasting juggernaut to laughingstock.

Gary Linekar BBC

The BBC are wrong on this!!!

Wow, a new low from the BBC. An obituary-like homage to GaryLineker when they are the ones who have caused the problem

Get rid of Gary Lineker and his solidarity friends. Pick new commentators.

Get him back on please. Guy speaks the truth

Newsflash. Ken Bruce not interested in hosting Match of the Day!

Tory channel, pathetic bias

Dear BBC, if you’re worried about impartiality then when will Fiona Bruce, Laura Kussenberg and Richard Sharp be “stepping back”? At least Gary Lineker didn’t donate hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Tory party to get his bbc job.

linekerisright

So the BBC is telling Gary to stay out of politics. Meanwhile, Richard Sharp, Chairman of the BBC was previously a Tory donor and loan fixer for Boris Johnson which he failed to declare during his BBC appointment process. Reeks of hypocrisy You just couldn't make this up

The double standards and hypocrisy is terribly appalling. How is BBC different from RTV?

.uck off BBC tory propaganda machine. You are a disgrace and you have lost what little moral compass you had left. Shameful and now you will find the justice you have coming.

What about crisps?!

he's loathed

Good permanent riddance to all 3. Good opportunity to really freshen up MOTD which has become jaded. Surely we can easily find a new team of 3 out of UK population of 67 million to talk about …..football!

He’s made his millions out of licence fees now he feels he can break his employers rules. So be it then if his employers respond by taking him off air. Who needs him anyway?

Why Lineker not Attenborough boycottmatchoftheday

And here comes Linekar he's, there are some BBC Directors they think it's all over. It is now.

You blew it You really messed up with this Gary is now the voice of the nation You are the sound piece of ToryFascistDictatorship

You ought to be ashamed

Take control. If YOU stopped paying your TV Licence and everyone else did the BBC wouldn't be able to pay him or their other overinflated salaries. Cancel yours TODAY! DefundTheBBC = DefundLineker

Stand up to Lineker and his acolytes. We don't pay our licence to be dictated to by these over paid half wits.

No obituary for Garry thank you very much! The BBC need to write an apology to him and the UK for being the broadcast arm of the Conservative Party OR you are well past the beginning of your end.

What a weird article

Sack Richard Sharp

Is this the BBCs version of the corner flag photo? XD

you've lost it

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BBC acting like Gary's dead 🤣

IStandWithGary BoycottBBC

End of day wrap up meeting is gonna be some laugh…. “So all in all how do we think today went team?”

Up his own arse

Lineker thinks he's bigger than BBC. That he can do and say anything he likes. His tweet has divided the country. Those who think Braverman is a Nazi and those who think he was wrong to claim this. His mates have come out in support. If Lineker and them don't leave Davie must.

Shame on you BBC, feels like putin s russhitia today.

EndtheBBCnow these clowns need shutting down, petition your mp

Absolutely shocking. So much for the BBC's so called impartiality. It's nothing more than the propaganda wing of the fascist Tory government and has been for some time.

Equal highlights of all games without the pundits waffle seems a good call MOTD

BBC have hit the lowest of the low……you’ve gone full scum level now

We want GaryLineker back hosting BBCMOTD. I think I speak for a lot of us when I say: We saw what ToryLiars did & are doing to the NHS. Now we see what they're doing to the BBC. I want Tory Stooges RobbieGibb, Richard Sharp & Tim Davie out of BBC. IStandWithGary

Er, so why have you suspended him from BBCMOTD despite the huge support he has & fact that UN has effectively said same thing as GaryLineker while your Chairman Richard Sharp is a tory donor who organised £800k loan for Boris majority agree with GaryLineker

Putin's love child

It's time for the BBC to put an end to the licence fee too.The programmes are mostly rubbish anyway only thing worth watching was MOTD pundits like Gary make that show. nevermind I can find something on amazon or Netflix instead 😀 itv has the championship & other leagues 😀

Quick Simon, press the obituary switch and let's get the fuck out of here.

It’s the END of the BBC today. You won’t recover from this censorship of middle of the road views by such people as GaryLineker You’re more interested in affirming extreme right wing views.

BBC: National broadcaster who became a Tory propaganda mouthpiece

Biased Broadcasting Company, Tory pay masters, remember Jonny Rotten spoke out about jimmy saville and BBC banned him..... oh Tim Westwood.... BBC protects the guilty

Bring back Des

Who?

Remeber when the BBC set the standard for world class journalism.

Just dropping L after L after L after L lads.

Omg he died?

Sack him

Ha ha ha made a mess of this haven’t you!!

You know you’re on the wrong side of history in this, right?

He only became a fixture because no one else did the show. MoTD existed before Lineker and will exist when hopefully he leaves for good. He's a crap presenter, and the show will be just as good without his nonsense.

Over paid crisp seller!

Any truth to the rumour you're changing your name to Pravda?

To compare a immigration policy to 1930 s nazi land ... its a utter joke ... How does it feel lefties you lot set the rules .....

Awk-ward

Has he snuffed it

Surely this is parody?

Thank god he’s not in charge otherwise we would be living next door to terrorist and god knows what else.

Selfservatives and The BBC removing your free speech like it's 1930s Germany BoycottBBC

A football star who became a Saturday TV fixture A Saturday TV fixture who became a gladiator A gladiator who defied an employer

For fixture read obstruction.

BBC you are at this point just disgracing yourself further

This is the end of the BBC.

Oh dear. You're certainly trying to do SOME kind of face-saving here, but it's so meek and pathetic that I can't even tell what it's trying to accomplish. Grow some spine, you snivelling cowards.

He's not dead y'nar. Weird.

He's not dead you Tory sucking gobshites

Where’s the “off-air” switch?

Did he die? 😭🤦🏻‍♂️

I know SEO is king and all that but...really?!

That sentence is as ridiculous as despicable.

Did he die!?!

Any journo covering this story is a coward and a scab

Just more gross propaganda from the Tory puppets

Last time I watched him on TV was 1996... I have no idea what he has done since then ..

Lol.

What a load of bollocks, committed to impartiality. Is that why you let Alan sugar say what he wants? Not to mention the constant digs at Labour and the defense of the current government. Who are you trying to fool?

no longer hiding that you are the corrupt Conservatives mouth piece

Get in the bin. Propagandists.

'...and he shall have his vengeance, in this life or the next'

He didn’t say it whilst on the show, but when he was on his down time. I think you guys really messed up by firing someone for speaking his mind(and speaking the truth). If he’s gone, I’m gone. So hereby I’m boycotting anything BBC until he’s reinstated.

And still should be. It shouldn't matter what his politics are. He's there to comment on football.

The football star who brought down the BBC

This says a lot about our country 🤔🙄

Too many overpaid presenters/ champagne socialists using a gifted position to vocalise personal opinions… stick to sport!! I think all were close to their ‘sell by date’ … parachute in GabbyLogan who has been exemplary and a real advert for what is good in sports commentary 👍

did Gary die?

I for one will not watch MOTD until Gary is reinstated.

Failed footballer , failed tv presenter .....good rid to Lineker...!

Rest in peace 😔

Shame on the BBC.

As obits go, it is a bit premature.

The BBC!! The Tory propaganda machine!!! Never thought I would ever say that!

In support of Gary, I will be refusing to present MOTD if I get asked by the BBC

Bring back Gazzer!!

Thought he'd took a step back from MOTD, not died ffs

Rip

So sad! RIP from a Carlisle fan 😢

Why does this sound like an obituary? 🤣

Is he dead or suspended?

Lmao

He’s not dead

Just like an ex-partner. Just let it go. Stop using his name for more clicks

Sack the lot of them. Talking about football isn't difficult. Every bloke in every pub can talk about it. Even some women too.

He's not dead but the BBC may as well be.

So after suspending him you just killed him? Nice one lads 👍

Why is BBC reporting this ? 😭😭

Rebrand the show, get rid of these millionaire ex footballers and get football bloggers on. Save a fortune.

This nation truly imploding in all ways

Good. I think they all have enough money from their football careers and they are quite cringe in the way they make any event in football about them like stale farts who wont disappear (Lineker stripping off when Leicester won the league is point in case) it should be fan based.

You've f**ked it lads

Fired for having an opinion. Very 1930’s Germany.

Are you guys OK?

ImWithGary you've stuffed up BBC

Absolute BS.

Lovely obituary ❤️

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Gary Lineker 'doesn't fear BBC suspension' as he stands by Nazi Germany commentsBREAKING: Gary Lineker has shared that he ‘does not fear suspension by the BBC’ over his Nazi Germany comments. mangoshagger69 Arrogant pr!ck!🤬 That’s only because he knows he’s over paid Lets see how impartial the BBC really are?......SACK or SUPPORT GaryLineker and his co-opting of small boats to thd holocaust
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Gary Lineker's Nazi Germany comments causes major free speech row on GMBGary Lineker’s comments about the language used by the government in relation to migrants coming to the UK has caused wide-reaching controversy. Free speach even if it is co-opting small boats to the holocaust anybody support this is either a holocaust denier or completely ignorant to 1930 Germany
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