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Gary Lineker Quotes

born 1960 England

Gary Winston Lineker, OBE (born 30 November, 1960 in Leicester) is a former English international footballer, playing as a striker for Leicester City, Everton, FC Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur, and Nagoya Grampus Eight. After his playing career, he became a broadcaster for BBC Sport remaining with the BBC until May 2025.

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Football is a simple game, twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.

Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for ninety minutes and at the end, the Germans win.

I always score one against the Germans.

There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I'm out of order?

The best place to watch Wimbledon F.C. is teletext. As you can tell, I dislike Wimbledon. Hate them, even.

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(in the build-up to the France-Portugal semi-final at the 2006 World Cup) "This is the BBC and we will be completely impartial, so allez les bleus. With me tonight holding their lucky coqs sportifs under the desk are..."

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gary Lineker (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.