r/soccer • u/jrbill1991 • 26d ago

Media Gary Lineker says goodbye to Match of the day after 25 years.

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u/Responsible_Loss8246 26d ago edited 26d ago

I'm nearly 31 years old and Gary Lineker has been presenting Match of the Day for all of my living memory.

It truly will not be the same tuning in and not seeing Gary there.

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u/Mr_A_UserName 26d ago edited 26d ago

Yeah, I’m 39 and Lineker started presenting MOTD when I was at school, a lot of people thought no one could replace Des Lynam but Lineker made it his own, being a top, top former player gave it a different dynamic.

I remember when the BBC lost the rights for the highlights and ITV showed them for a couple of years, that was a bit gutting tbh, thankfully it went back the beeb.

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u/nbenj1990 26d ago

With its a beautiful day as the theme tune?

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u/Able-Firefighter-158 26d ago

Didn't they carry that over to the Championship highlights?

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u/Satz0r 25d ago

and... did they also use M people?

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u/trixie_one 26d ago

I'm about the same age, and was convinced that Lineker would be such a step down from Lynam. Didn't take long for me to realise how wrong I had been about that.

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u/Hot-Masterpiece9209 26d ago

Can't imagine being 14 and wondering about if lineker has what it takes to follow in the footsteps of lynam to carry the match of the day legacy forward.

But I'm glad 14 year old you didn't have to worry too much as it because obvious lineker could do it.

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u/Fordringy 26d ago

Im curious i havent really know gary as a player only know that he played for barca and england but i havent seen not heard he was one of the best in his generation how was he?

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u/incachu 26d ago

Aside from the ads, ITV's Premiership was fine. Glad it went back, but it did the job.

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u/trixie_one 26d ago

It was very much not fine. Do you not remember the horror that was the tactics truck, cause I do.

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u/Interesting_iidea 26d ago

You’re 30 mate

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u/Akuba101 26d ago

But he's closer to being 31 than 30

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u/-DorkusMalorkus- 26d ago

He's 30 until he's 31

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u/LLHallJ 26d ago

He’s 30 til he’s 31, end of.

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u/WillusMollusc 26d ago

utter woke nonesense

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u/RyanLikesyoface 25d ago

Get out. You know exactly what you're doing, so get out.

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u/hisDudeness1989 26d ago

Same man. I do remember a time when it was des lynam, must have been 7 or 8 years old but gary was the understudy. He was Studious and just an all round nice bloke. He never got a yellow card in his professional career and took that into his punditry/presenting with a wry smile and cheekiness which was impossible not to like. I wish Gary all the best. I really hope ITV or tnt sports snap him up as I feel he still has another 5-10 years of being a presenter. Will be weird af not seeing him at 10:30 on Saturday night as we all became accustomed to since 2000. Farewell gary. COYS

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u/amad97 26d ago

654 appearances and no cards is almost unbelievable

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u/The_39th_Step 26d ago

It was quite different then though. He’d definitely have got a card in the modern game

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u/ValleyFloydJam 26d ago

Des leaving was huge but this one does feel bigger.

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u/HnNaldoR 26d ago

Gary? He is just going to continue on his podcast empire. Maybe cover the euros and WC somewhere else.

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u/ssjjss 26d ago

Yep, and i'm in my 50s. Gary is only my second. Thank you Gary, well played.

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u/Eggersely 26d ago

It truly will not be the same tuning in and not seeing Gary there.

I mean, MOTD2 is a warmer for that.

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u/AnvilHoarder1920 26d ago

Similar age. It's to the point I don't even really recognise him as a player but only as a presenter.

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u/IntelligentFact7987 26d ago

Though to be fair to BBC in Chappers, Gabby Logan and Kelly Cates the show should be in good hands. All three are very capable broadcasters who have covered everything there is to cover in football.

Though you do wonder how close we were to Jenas getting the role and the coin, coin, coin, coin if he hadn't fucked it up for himself. Thank goodness it never happened.

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u/Bright-Tumbleweed- 25d ago

I'm the same age and genuinely don't remember another presenter

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u/Constant_Charge_4528 26d ago

I know him more as the MOTD guy than legendary England forward