Alongside a photograph of one such article in , George tweeted: "This is very untrue. Why do papers lie? In the summer of , it was reported that Gary was in a relationship with chef Gizzi Erskine, after the two were pictured partying together backstage at All Points East festival. However, Gary and Gizzi's representatives denied any claims, stating: "There is no relationship.
Last year in an interview with The Sun , he confirmed that he was "singlely-singley-single-single". Even the sight of a female is very rare. Like this story? Sign up to our newsletter to get other stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Onloan: Meet the monthly fashion rental subscription service changing the game.
We use our own and third-party cookies to improve our services and show you related advertising with your preferences by analyzing your browsing habits and generating the corresponding profiles. If you go on surfing, we will consider you accepting its use. You can change the configuration or get more information here. I Accept. He then had spells with F. Barcelona and other big clubs before returning to Tottenham Hotspur. Through all these years, he was England's man up front, saving them more than once during the big matches.
He has captained them for a few years too. As an example of his value: in the World Cup, England had a lousy 1 point from the first two matches against Portugal and Morocco. Lineker's hat-trick saw England win against Poland, and on England went into the quarter-finals, where they beat Paraguay as well, before crashing out to Argentina, thanks to one of the greatest goals of all-time scored by Diego Maradona. Guess who scored England's only goal of the match Lineker produced two penalties by his dazzling runs, and scored from both, securing England's victory.
In the next match, he became one of only three England men's players ever to have scored in a World Cup semi-final the others being Bobby Charlton against Portugal in and Kieran Trippier against Croatia in when he capitalized on a rare mistake by the West German defence and equalized for England with an extremely cold-blooded strike when England were trailing The equalizer in the 80th minute sent the game into extra time and then penalties, making it one of the most epic and memorable games in England's history.
Sign In. Edit Gary Lineker. Showing all 40 items. He was an English footballer who played for the national team from '92 and was captain from ' His son George underwent surgery for leukaemia in , which briefly meant he had to put a hold on his footballing career. He and Michelle are patrons for Leukaemia Busters, a fund raising organisation. Younger brother, Wayne, ownes a number of bars, aptly called "Bar Lineker", in the Mediterranean. His six goals in the Mexico World Cup earned him the honour.
In , Harry Kane became the second, also playing for England and also scoring six goals in that year's World Cup. He scored 48 goals for England, just one goal short of the record set by Bobby Charlton. His first England hat-trick was against Turkey on 16 October His first goal as an England international was against the Republic of Ireland on 26 March On 21st October , his first club and home team Leicester City went into administration.
Immediately he formed a consortium of agents and former players to bid to get the club out of administration. After putting in a six-figure sum of his own money, and donations from other former players, the consortium clled 'New Fox Plc' took over the club in Feburary He retired from international football with eighty caps and forty-eight goals, one fewer goal than Sir Bobby Charlton's England record which Charlton accrued over caps.
In what proved to be his last England match, against Sweden at Euro 92, he was substituted by England coach Graham Taylor in favour of Arsenal striker Alan Smith, ultimately denying him the chance to equal—or even better—Charlton's record.
He had earlier missed a penalty that would have brought him level, in a pre-tournament friendly against Brazil. He was visibly upset at the decision, not looking at Taylor as he took the bench. Lineker made his Barcelona debut against Racing Santander, scoring twice. His Golden Boot-winning performance at the finals generated much anticipation of success at the Camp Nou, and he did not disappoint, scoring 21 goals in 41 games during his first season, including a hat-trick in a 3—2 win over archrivals Real Madrid.
Lineker played in Barcelona's shock home and away defeats to Dundee United. Barcelona manager Johan Cruyff decided to play Lineker on the right of the midfield and he was eventually no longer an automatic choice in the team. In May , Lineker resigned from his role as columnist for The Mail on Sunday in protest over the sting operation against Lord Triesman that reportedly jeopardised England's bid to host the World Cup.
Triesman resigned as chairman of the bid and the FA on 16 May after the publication of a secret recording of a conversation between the peer and a former ministerial aide, during which he claimed that Spain and Russia were planning to bribe referees at the World Cup in South Africa. Lineker then began working as an anchor for the English language football coverage for Al Jazeera Sport, which is broadcast throughout most of the Middle East.
He left the Qatar-based network in On 13 January , Lineker and Bux announced they were divorcing, after six years of marriage, the reason given being Gary not wanting more children. Lineker met with fans' groups to persuade them to try and raise money to rescue his former club. The club was eventually saved from liquidation. However, the jury was unable to reach a verdict. It became known during the case that the article had actually been ghost-written by a journalist at the Sunday Telegraph following a telephone interview with Lineker.
Following retirement from professional football, he developed a career in the media, initially on BBC Radio 5 Live and as a football pundit before replacing Des Lynam as the BBC's anchorman for football coverage, including their flagship football television programme Match of the Day, and as a team captain on the sports game show They Think It's All Over from to Following the departure of Steve Rider from the BBC, Lineker, who is a keen recreational golfer with a handicap of four, became the new presenter for the BBC's golf coverage.
Also, he presented Grandstand in the London studio while then-presenter Desmond Lynam was in Aintree when the Grand National was abandoned because of a bomb alert at the racecourse in Lineker was made a freeman of the City of Leicester in and he has been referred to as "Leicester's favourite son". Having scored 9 goals in 23 appearances over two injury impacted seasons for Nagoya Grampus Eight, he announced his retirement from playing in September The English national media had previously reported that he would be returning to England to complete his playing career at Middlesbrough or Southampton.
Lineker has appeared in a number of adverts for the Leicester-based snack company Walkers. He officially joined Nagoya Grampus Eight after playing his final game for Spurs on 2 May , when he scored the consolation goal in a 3—1 defeat by Manchester United on the last day of the season.
Shortly before accepting the offer from Nagoya Grampus Eight, Tottenham had rejected an offer from ambitious Second Division club Blackburn Rovers, who had recently been taken over by steel baron Jack Walker. This was despite Lineker having a goal controversially disallowed for offside and also having a penalty saved by goalkeeper Mark Crossley.
Lineker had contributed to Tottenham's run to the final. In the semi-final he scored twice in a 3—1 win over North London rivals Arsenal. He was the top division's second-highest goalscorer in —92 with 28 goals from 35 games, behind Ian Wright, who scored 29 times in 42 games. Despite Lineker's personal performance, Tottenham finished this final pre-Premier League season in 15th place.
His last goal in English football came on the last day of the season in a 3—1 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford. It was an extensive history of the World Cup focusing on the 'Golden Boots' top scorers. Lineker is also the only player to have been the top scorer in England with three clubs: Leicester City, Everton and Tottenham Hotspur. Notably, he never received a yellow or red card during his year career.
In a senior career which spanned 16 years and competitive games, Lineker scored a total of goals, including goals at club level. After his retirement from football he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame. A keen supporter of Leicester City, he led a consortium that invested in his old club, saving it from bankruptcy, and was appointed honorary vice-president.
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