The BBC Loves Us.

[PeterWithesShin]

He didn't. He's mentioned it a fair bit over the years.

[martin o`who??]

I'd like to like Lineker - he's considered a bit of a nice chap in the household - but almost every week when he opens his gob once too often he continues to convince me he is a complete, smug, self-important twat.

Nothing personal.
;-)

I may be wrong but from memory, Lineker may not have ever scored at Villa Park ?
That's probably a good enough reason for him not to like us

I seem to remember him saying VP was his favourite ground because he always got a good reception there, and, i dont care what anyone says about him - what a player at every level he played, if only the rest had had his attitude, we`d have won a world cup again perhaps.

[pauliewalnuts]

I loved Lineker as a player.

He did one thing and did it very effectively. I also think he's not too bad as a broadcaster.

[saunders_heroes]

Lineker should have been a Villa player. I'm positive he once said he fancied playing for Villa with us being the biggest Midlands club and all that. Jimmy Greaves was always advising Ellis to sign him, but he ended up at Tottenham and the rest is history. He was a great striker.

[pauliewalnuts]

That thing about Lineker never getting a yellow or red card is absolutely incredible.

Wasn't there also some story about the "great" Wolves side of the 1950s going years without a booking, too?

[Ads]

...which tells you everything you need to know about smarmy Tory twat Lineker.

Lighten up you dull Trot.

[dave.woodhall]

He should send a thank you card every year to Ian Bowyer.

[Dr Butler]

He should send a thank you card every year to Ian Bowyer.

indeed...oh what might of been 

[Sexual Ealing]

Lineker should have been a Villa player. I'm positive he once said he fancied playing for Villa with us being the biggest Midlands club and all that. Jimmy Greaves was always advising Ellis to sign him, but he ended up at Tottenham and the rest is history. He was a great striker.

I feel like I'm about to walk into why-didn't-Barry-take-the-penalty territory here but I'm sure I remember reading that Ellis agreed a deal with Lineker to sign for us from Barca but SGT put an end to it as his £10k per week wages would have upset the dressing room.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Lineker should have been a Villa player. I'm positive he once said he fancied playing for Villa with us being the biggest Midlands club and all that. Jimmy Greaves was always advising Ellis to sign him, but he ended up at Tottenham and the rest is history. He was a great striker.

I feel like I'm about to walk into why-didn't-Barry-take-the-penalty territory here but I'm sure I remember reading that Ellis agreed a deal with Lineker to sign for us from Barca but SGT put an end to it as his £10k per week wages would have upset the dressing room.

I've heard that story before. I think it was Herbert himself who said it. But as with everything about Herbert, you have to take it with a very large pinch of salt.

[montague]

Mrs M thinks he is hot!!

[LeeB]

Mrs M thinks he is hot!!

Who, Doug?

[chrisw1]

I've no idea why.

Experience teaches me it'll be because he's a rotten, selfish pro-war scumbag.

WTF?

What's the point of bringing this sort of shite to the thread?  You sound like a parody of Rik in the Young Ones.

[dcdavecollett]

...even if it is true.

[Percy McCarthy]

I've no idea why.

Experience teaches me it'll be because he's a rotten, selfish pro-war scumbag.

WTF?

What's the point of bringing this sort of shite to the thread?  You sound like a parody of Rik in the Young Ones.

WTF yerself. That's exactly the kind of polemic I come here to read.