| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD 16:57 - Mar 10 with 27581 views | SitfcB |
What a load of twaddle, fair play to him for sticking to his guns, can imagine he disagreed with them when they told him to probably delete the tweet and not to comment in the future. [Post edited 10 Mar 2023 16:58]
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:03 - Mar 10 with 1720 views | Mark |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 18:48 - Mar 10 by keighleyblue |
Quite the opposite old chap. I feel this is the moment that scales will start to fall from certain peoples eyes at what this state is doing to the country. |
I hope so.
All credit to Gary Lineker, Ian Wright and Alan Shearer. England heros. |  | | |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:09 - Mar 10 with 1693 views | The_Major |
And now Alex Scott.
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| On a positive note.... on 19:11 - Mar 10 with 1657 views | Bloots |
...I expect that MOTD on Saturday will now simply be a highlights show with no presenters talking load of irrelevant guff.
Long may it continue. |  |
| "The sooner he comes back the better, this place has been a disaster without him" - TWTD User (July 2025) |
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| Politics apparently. (n/t) on 19:12 - Mar 10 with 1646 views | Bloots |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:01 - Mar 10 by SitfcB |
What exactly is MOTD about? |
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| "The sooner he comes back the better, this place has been a disaster without him" - TWTD User (July 2025) |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:13 - Mar 10 with 1656 views | DinDjarin |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:09 - Mar 10 by The_Major |
And now Alex Scott.
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At least one good thing has come out of this. |  | | |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:16 - Mar 10 with 1641 views | EastTownBlue |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:09 - Mar 10 by The_Major |
And now Alex Scott.
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Interesting choice of GIF though
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:16 - Mar 10 with 1633 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:13 - Mar 10 by DinDjarin |
At least one good thing has come out of this. |
Yes, it is great to see the solidarity between presenters making a stand against Fascism. [Post edited 10 Mar 2023 19:16]
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:19 - Mar 10 with 1601 views | keighleyblue |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:16 - Mar 10 by Nthsuffolkblue |
Yes, it is great to see the solidarity between presenters making a stand against Fascism. [Post edited 10 Mar 2023 19:16]
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Just imagine if the entire British population took a similar stand. |  | | |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:19 - Mar 10 with 1602 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:42 - Mar 10 by Whos_blue |
Maximum respect to Wrighty.
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Shearer has done the same, Alex Scott seems to have hinted she will also pull out.
We'll have Richard Keyes and Ron Atkinson at this rate.
Massive miscalculation from the beeb this. |  |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:22 - Mar 10 with 1572 views | The_Major |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:19 - Mar 10 by BlueandTruesince82 |
Shearer has done the same, Alex Scott seems to have hinted she will also pull out.
We'll have Richard Keyes and Ron Atkinson at this rate.
Massive miscalculation from the beeb this. |
Yeah, it is a bit Eddie Youds against Arsenal of an own goal. | | | |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:30 - Mar 10 with 1525 views | Trequartista |
They could ask one of their former presenters to make a comeback.
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:32 - Mar 10 with 1485 views | BrianTablet |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 18:52 - Mar 10 by GavTWTD |
Well I would definitely watch that. |
Fascists, every last one of them. |  |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:37 - Mar 10 with 1450 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:19 - Mar 10 by BlueandTruesince82 |
Shearer has done the same, Alex Scott seems to have hinted she will also pull out.
We'll have Richard Keyes and Ron Atkinson at this rate.
Massive miscalculation from the beeb this. |
Micah Richards has even though he wasn't due to be on it! | |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:37 - Mar 10 with 1450 views | Samuelowen88 |
And another one
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:42 - Mar 10 with 1416 views | MattinLondon |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:37 - Mar 10 by Samuelowen88 |
And another one
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Whoever presents it, even if they dislike GL and have no sympathy for him, will be seen as a massive prick by a lot of people.
I expect a massive u-turn from the BBC may well be what’ll happen. |  | | |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:45 - Mar 10 with 1386 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 18:51 - Mar 10 by BuffaloBill |
Not sure how this is classed as a "football" post. It isn't - can thus be moved please. Very bored by this and don't want to see it in the football section. |
It is headline news on (rival sports broadcaster) Sky Sports News too.
Funny how politics has a tendency to impact on sport, really. Almost like politics does matter. | |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:55 - Mar 10 with 1324 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:45 - Mar 10 by Nthsuffolkblue |
It is headline news on (rival sports broadcaster) Sky Sports News too.
Funny how politics has a tendency to impact on sport, really. Almost like politics does matter. |
Even Piers Morgan has defended him.
When the BBC has Nigel Farage standing shoulder to shoulder with it there needs to be questions | |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:56 - Mar 10 with 1319 views | Ryorry |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:42 - Mar 10 by MattinLondon |
Whoever presents it, even if they dislike GL and have no sympathy for him, will be seen as a massive prick by a lot of people.
I expect a massive u-turn from the BBC may well be what’ll happen. |
If they don't u-turn, at this rate they'll either have to pull the prog or just put it on as a series of captioned clips - which would look like a Monty Pythons Flying Circus episode. They could call it 'Mess-up of the Day', or 'Own Goal of the Season'. |  |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:59 - Mar 10 with 1306 views | Samuelowen88 |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:56 - Mar 10 by Ryorry |
If they don't u-turn, at this rate they'll either have to pull the prog or just put it on as a series of captioned clips - which would look like a Monty Pythons Flying Circus episode. They could call it 'Mess-up of the Day', or 'Own Goal of the Season'. |
Who's left?
Jenas?
Think Dan Walker has ruled himself out already. | |
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| A 60 minute programme.... on 20:01 - Mar 10 with 1293 views | Bloots |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:56 - Mar 10 by Ryorry |
If they don't u-turn, at this rate they'll either have to pull the prog or just put it on as a series of captioned clips - which would look like a Monty Pythons Flying Circus episode. They could call it 'Mess-up of the Day', or 'Own Goal of the Season'. |
....with extended highlights of each game and no dullards in the studio getting paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to state the bleedin obvious sounds great to me.
Everyone moans about the "experts" constantly anyway, and yet now we appear to not be able to live without them.
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 20:03 - Mar 10 with 1277 views | The_Major |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:59 - Mar 10 by Samuelowen88 |
Who's left?
Jenas?
Think Dan Walker has ruled himself out already. |
There goes Jenas.
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 20:07 - Mar 10 with 1245 views | The_Major |
A legend speaks.
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 20:10 - Mar 10 with 1212 views | Ryorry |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 18:46 - Mar 10 by The_Major |
"Hello, I'm Fiona Bruce, and welcome to Match of the Day. With me to review the action are Big Ted, Little Ted, and a Dalek." |
"... and my husband, former CEO of the advertising agency which was paid £3.9million by the Tory Party to advertise for them, and who therefore, unlike Gary Lineker, will be completely unbiased - just as I am, obvs". | |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 20:18 - Mar 10 with 1141 views | Churchman |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 18:46 - Mar 10 by The_Major |
"Hello, I'm Fiona Bruce, and welcome to Match of the Day. With me to review the action are Big Ted, Little Ted, and a Dalek." |
Big Ted and Little Ted won’t take part and I think it’s hurtful to suggest they might. I think you should give your head a wobble.
The Dalek? Not so sure. They might rope in a Cyberman mate too, I suppose.
The question is, how the heck do Daleks get up the stairs? |  | | |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 20:20 - Mar 10 with 1094 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 19:19 - Mar 10 by keighleyblue |
Just imagine if the entire British population took a similar stand. |
Well this has blown up. Mrs Swanners just mentioned it to me, so obviously I came on here for the news.
What a humungous clusterfu*k the BBC have made of this. They could have released a statement saying something along the lines of ‘we are aware of Linekers’s comments, and whilst we don’t condone them because we are an impartial broadcaster our presenters are free to express their own views in their own time’. Job done.
They haven’t, because one can only assume this is political and the screws have been applied from the top (their Tory backgrounded and still connected top). |  |
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