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GARY LINEKER: THE QUEEN MOTHER OF FOOTBALL

Last Saturday night, as usual I tuned into Match Of The Day, no pundits, no commentators, the show was pure bliss. This much reduced format came about due the fact that the Queen Mother of football (Gary Lineker) had took the decision not to present highly popular sports programme, due to comments he had made earlier that week on social media. The Queen Mother was quickly joined in this boycott by his co presenters “Al” (Alan Shearer) and “Wrighty” (Ian Wright) who also stated the they would not be appearing on the show as an act of solidarity (have to say that I was impressed that the three of them could spell solidarity).

Given the furore surrounding Lineker’s comments, I can’t help feeling that the BBC have missed a golden opportunity to get rid of Lineker, who is long past his sell by date. The very fact that viewing figures without the Queen Mother of football and his two glove puppets mates “Al” and “Wrighty” were up by half a million should be a clear indication of what the public think of the three presenters.

Lineker’s self congratulatory smugness has, as the years roll by become more gut wrenching than even I thought imaginable. Naturally the two parties will come to some sort of amicable arrangement that will see The Three Stooges return to our screens on Saturday night to dish out their sickly sweet drivel of all things football related. Punditry, who needs it, certainly not me.