To step down from MOTD after this Season.
Now I don't watch MOTD...haven't for about 20 years apart from snippets here and there...but I don't mind him. Was a helluva' player and always comes across as a decent bloke who talks sense.
Will I miss him?? No. But best of luck in his next venture.

Maybe he’s expanding his crisp portfolio.

I used to have a vey high regard for Lineker when he was a fantastic player for club and country. But then he retired and eventually became a ridiculously overpaid TV presenter, alongside his oppos Wright and Shearer - and IMO abusing his position by pontificating his political views across social media. I still watch MOTD but these days I copy it and watch it on Sunday am, fast forwarding through the tripe, only watching the match highlights themselves.

Apparently the Beeb intend to reboot MOTD so this may be the end for Shearer too - no great loss there either. God knows what the reboot will look like but it will doubtless involve several box ticking presenters and will not purely encompass the ‘men’s game’ as it has during the 50 years of its existence to date.

And you yourself would complain and totally disregard a very high salary if offered??

Shearer could be replaced by a scaffolding plank with a face painted on…certainly be more interesting.

I'd go for Des Lynam, with Alan (you win nothing with kids) Hansen and Mark Lawrenson

However if it's a reboot- probably be a black lesbian- so most likely be Alex Scott, with Jill Scott and Jermaine 'Fingers' Jenas- (they should be safe, with them both being dykes)!

Might put myself forward - now that I identify as a black disabled lesbian, reckon the disabled bit could just swing it!

Watching Lineker and Co was like seeing a group of tedious geography teachers on a stag night out in a tea room discussing the merits of their respective lawn moors.

A totally pointless question as I would never have been offered such a salary especially from an organisation such as the Beeb which is still ridiculously funded by Joe Public via the extortionate TV licence. Just seen that Lineker will not be disappearing from MOTD until after the 2026 World Cup so we will need to put up with t*at for a while yet

I wouldn’t say £3.26 a week is extortionate for the TV Licence considering what other companies charge for subscriptions

if he had just stuck to football and not involved himself in politics he,d have gone down much better.

Gary " Woke " Lineker

Why should anyone have to pay to watch their own TV and be threatened with jail for financing the BB bloody C…..check out the number of women in jail for not paying for a stupid bloody licence…..that’s what’s criminal.

Nah, those cosy chats after each game were coma inducing.

You have to pay to watch any tv whether it be the BBC or subscription, compared with subscription channels £3.26 a week is a bargain enabling you to watch any tv channel, ITV, Freeview etc.

I don't pay for a licence and my TV works remarkably well.

You are missing the point, unless there has been some drastic recent change the UK terrestrial channels ITV 1, Channel 4, and Channel 5 remain free-to-air ie all except the Licence-funded, woke infested Beeb. There are also many other free to air channels available via Freeview as long as you have that bloody licence to hand when PC Beeb comes knocking at the door.

I access Sky etc via Virgin Media subscription which is entirely by choice and I can happily live without BBC iPlayer or ITV X. The UK terrestrial channels survive via advertising revenue so why in the 21st Century does the Beeb need, or be permitted to continue to be propped up by Joe Public instead of paying their own way? IMO The licence should have been abolished several years back when the equally outdated compulsory dog licences were scrapped.

Sorry Mutts, that was a response to Jamie!

Are you on commission from the BBC….

I got it and completely agree with your post.

I could take what Lineker says with a pinch of salt.... and vinegar...

You lost me when you said 'always talks sense'

A totally pointless question as I would never have been offered such a salary especially from an organisation such as the Beeb which is still ridiculously funded by Joe Public via the extortionate TV licence. Just seen that Lineker will not be disappearing from MOTD until after the 2026 World Cup so we will need to put up with t*at for a while yet [/quote]

I wouldn’t say £3.26 a week is extortionate for the TV Licence considering what other companies charge for subscriptions[/quote]
Why should anyone have to pay to watch their own TV and be threatened with jail for financing the BB bloody C…..check out the number of women in jail for not paying for a stupid bloody licence…..that’s what’s criminal.[/quote]

You have to pay to watch any tv whether it be the BBC or subscription, compared with subscription channels £3.26 a week is a bargain enabling you to watch any tv channel, ITV, Freeview etc.[/quote]
Are you on commission from the BBC…. [/quote]

Just saying it’s a good deal, trying to encourage people to buy one instead of getting locked up, I never watch the BBC, I can’t remember the the last time I had a licence tbh.

No it’s not. It’s a compulsory tax that can lead to imprisonment to keep alive an organisation that is past its sell by date, despite boasting about it’s own excellence, which sadly was many decades ago….. it’s time is up.

and a tax to be paid for the woke propaganda machine with a certain slant on everything from news to drama that unfortunetly many still believe they are telling the whole truth. even dramas have something lefty brought into them even if its one unnecesaty character or sentance.

If you don’t want to pay the licence fee just write to the BBC saying you never watch TV I did, they said they would send some one to check but they never did.

Do it online...takes 30 seconds.

I'd rather have a chat with his brother,Wayne.surrounded by dolly birds in one of the many bars he owns....the stories we could share eh..

They gain the respect of a Nation over many years.Medals.Honours...and then tear holes in it after five minutes on social media..Why do so many do it ?

Aye Sussex...why do you post on here??

Why shouldn’t he

You have been a champion for LGBTQ rights for years,Mutley.Did you not question his World cup pay check then?

Lineker might be stopping presenting MOTD but he will still be working on other football programmes.
The BBC has confirmed that Match of the Day host Gary Lineker is to step down from the flagship football show at the end of this season, but will host BBC Sport's coverage of the 2026 World Cup. He will also front the BBC's coverage of the FA Cup 2025/2026.

It was a joke hence the wink.
Back in the day 99% of people wanted Sussex banned and their was only me and a few others who stuck up for him.

No I didn't because I didn't know how much it was for...but I bet it was an obscene amount.

Criticise a country for it's record on human and gay rights and then turn up for the World Cup panel for an obscene amount of money ..I'm sorry but this does sit right with me..

Ah, PJ's Ban Sussex polls..


Does he still throw tantrums with anyone who disagrees with him? Run the show,so to speak?

Examine your wink..it looks like Joe Biden on the pot.

If you have been to a magistrates court for not paying the tv licence you would find that you are guilty of receiving a TV signal without a licence. Not watching the Beeb is not a defence. The funds are used to finance the BBC but one is not paying to watch the BBC, it is for receiving the signal which covers many channels.

It is most certainly extortionate - and would be even if it were 1 pence per year.

One definition of extortion is that it is the act of demanding money with menaces, and that is precisely the case with the TV Licence. Pay up, or be punished.

If our lass drops dead tomorrow morning, then cancelling the bastard will be my second action following a brief phone call with the undertaker.

Get real….…the ‘receiving a signal’ line is bollocks, as you openly admit it goes to finance the BBC, an organisation that if it became self financing would have to prove it’s as good as it’s own ego mistakenly thinks it is.

but the bbc do not get every penny of the licence you pay but the majority of the licence money.

just imagine other political names from the left and the right having big opinions on football and people follow every word they spout about it by pretending to be experts. some will believe and follow them like some do with gary,s politics.

It’s a rip off, end of.

it is, but how many would sign up to pay it to watch programmes add free if the bbc went down that line. i do it for youtube just to avoid them but i do not need to do which is the reason we argue about the licence fee.

I took out the ad free trial on YouTube. Ran out now and all the adds do my head in now!!! I don't think I noticed them as much before.

all ads do my head in and i pick up a book to read when they are on. who ever buys anything because they are just advertised on the telly and how many can actually remember an advert 15 minutes later when new ones are shown. think nowadays the only interest people have in watching them is counting the white faces still on them and the make up of the average family shown.

There is a alternative to YouTube alley Smartube, advert free no subscription, it’s exactly the same as YouTube, a lad put it on my smart tv.

Why Essex

Cheers Jamie