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Contents 1 (No subject) 2 Error 3 eh? 4 Everton Stats 5 Japanese 6 Brasseye 7 International career 8 Picture

[edit] (No subject)

I like the original entry:

Greatest striker in front of goal, never been booked. Mmm, isn't it! Not 'alf

Aye, and had a big nose. Des Lynam's replacement on the BBC's Match of the Day program. Also an unfunny panelist on They Think Its All Over.

--The Cunctator

One less than Moore's record in what? Caps or goals?

Also, I think the claim that he has never been booked needs further investigation. Players tend to say things like that, though it's not unusual for a striker to go uncautioned for a long time, everyone will earn a card eventually :)

The record of never having been booked is well known. AFAIK he was actually booked once but succesfully appealled against it. The record part refers to goals.GordyB 13:31, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Error

He was actually replaced by Alan Smith, not Alan Shearer, in his final appearance for England. Alan Shearer has never played for Arsenal.

Having being a year ahead of Gary Lineker at the City of Leicester Boys School, what evidence is there for the part about him being a medical student? In 1976, at the time he would have been at Kings, he would have been 15, and wouldn't have taken his O or A levels. We'd have heard about that at school! GGA6 (talk) 17:49, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

He got 4 O levels BBC. Hakluyt bean (talk) 23:40, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

The tale about him being a medical student is not borne out by the only biography of him , which I consulted in Leicester Central Reference Library. I will change it later, and cite the source - why does it keep being added back? GGA6 (talk) 17:49, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

There's a MySpace page http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=100823535 that repeats the medical school story, but it doesn't look particularly legit. Incidentally, if he was born in November 1960, he would almost certainly have taken his A-levels in 1979, by which time he was playing for the Leicester first team, so they look a bit iffy too. I'm ditching the King's College reference, and would query the A-levels. AuntFlo (talk) 11:58, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Here's the information from the printed biography Gary Lineker: Strikingly Different by Colin Malam, which is in the Leicester Central Reference Library Local Studies Collection. He got 4 O levels, and his school reports are quoted, saying he needed to work harder. He left school at 16, and to no-one's surprise, there is no mention of Kings College Medical School. Perhaps the other sites copying Wikipedia will take note. GGA6 (talk) 17:49, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] eh?

At the moment he's currentley living with his wife and two sons? Where are the other two? Petsco 12:14, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

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Tamsin: Question? How is it possible for Lineker to have been born in November 1960 and have been a medical student BEFORE joining Leicester City in 1976? He would have been only 15 at the start of the 1976-7 academic year!!!

[edit] Everton Stats

Can somebody check the Everton stats. I'm fairly sure he didn't play 138 games in two seasons and I know for a fact he scored more than 25 goals. 82.42.208.252 18:09, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind, I found the info! It was 38 goals in 52 appearances. Someone just made the old stat up! 82.42.208.252 18:13, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese

Unfortunately it has to be corrected that Gary Lineker speaks Japanese. He might be able to speak a few words, but he is definitely not fluent.

It would be frankly amazing if he had in just two years achieved a level of proficiency in Japanese that could sensibly be called "fluent". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.85.192.125 (talk) 08:52, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I am sure I remember Lineker recieving a yellow card in one his last club games for a badly timed tackle and the regret in which it was recieved as it was his only booking. I might be wrong - can anyone confirm or deny this?

I think that was another player and also, happened relatively recently?.

I can confirm that the above incident happened to Alan Smith of Arsenal. He had never been booked in his whole career and then in the 92/93 cup final against Sheff Wed he picked up a booking.

[edit] Brasseye

Anyone think it's worth mentioning his appearance on the Paedogeddon special of Brasseye in 2001?

• Not really - if that should be mentioned anywhere, it's in the article or section which describes that programme/episode. I don't think it's really necessary to mention every single trivial little tv appearance here (imdb currently lists 53 appearances for Lineker has himself). Guinness (talk) 14:33, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] International career

The games listed are not Lineker's. They appear to be Bobby Charlton's, though why it counts 48 when he scored 49 is a bit confusing

Paul Derbyshire

Either weird vandalism or a copy-and-paste where they forgot to actually edit. I've removed it. --Jameboy 00:10, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Your both wrong. Links scored 48 in 80 games. I have corrected the table, that read 31! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.232.132.42 (talk) 17:31, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

First impression of looking at this article is how stupid the picture looks, could someone find an actual picture of lineker or just not have one at all. Simplyirresistiblepalmer (talk) 19:09, 21 September 2008 (UTC)