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‘It wasn’t meant to end this way’: Lineker signs off from Match of the Day

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Gary Lineker bade farewell to Match of the Day and his career at the BBC on Sunday night in the only appropriate manner: with a montage.

The 64-year-old largely held it together as he was ushered towards the exit door of the BBC ’s top sports programme.

Only a sniffle betrayed his deeper feelings as he signed off for the last time.

There were little chuckles at the prospect of free pints at Shearer’s Bar at St James’ Park.

The Chelsea defender Levi Colwill was compared to a prime Lineker in the box’ by Richards .

There was a graphic that got the West Ham manager wrong and Lineker momentarily confused Brighton and Bournemouth .

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60

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60

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informal

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English

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41

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