How Good Was Gary Lineker, Really?

[@FootballIconic]

Correction for 6:20: Harry Kane is another Englishman to have won the Golden Boot. this was in the 2018 World Cup. He scored 6 goals throughout this tournament. Apologies for the error!

[@ciaolongos8713]

Re-upload. Great vids looking forward to the next uploads keep it up.

[@vikdaddy]

Pretty big error

[@caeserromero3013]

Shearer won the golden boot at Euro 96...

[@vikdaddy]

@@caeserromero3013 Not a World Cup

[@tiffa0112]

Harry kane . The only player to score 200 goals and never win anything 😂👍

[@sobrevalorado]

Here in Barcelona, Lineker is one of the most loved players EVER. Possibly, he and Johan Neeskens were the only ones who made people happy and never went wrong with the club, the fans the media , etc.

[@jamesalandixon]

Being a good goal scorer is basically about knowing where to run and when to run and having the mental strength to keep making those runs over and over again even though 95% of the time the ball doesn't come to you. Nobody was better at that than Lineker.

[@ShaneJoshua1980]

Rush came close and for me Fowler could have been unstoppable.

[@annandune]

@@ShaneJoshua1980 Rush was perhaps on a par with Lineker. I'd edge it to Lineker but you could make a case for either. I don't think Fowler was the same type of striker. He was incredibly skilful and probably scored more spectacular goals ( the one I remember was where he flipped the ball over his head on the edge of the area and then volleyed it home ) but I am not sure he was quite as good at what Rush and Lineker did.

[@LivegoodWilliam]

When I use to play at school, I tried.to play in a fashion combining Lineker and Barnes they were my 2 idols growing up. The only thing is I was completely shit at football so not even close 🤣🤣

[@vaibhavsharma6872]

Means people shit for no reason on CR7

[@TeamOfThe80s]

Perfectly said

[@CC-dd6fm]

In some ways, his success as a presenter has buried his success as a world-class striker. That's how good he is at everything he tries.

[@ianarn]

He wasn’t great at presenting when he started! He was as wooden as the door! Now he must have worked really hard to improve as much as he has.

[@lem8829]

Not great at marriage

[@jacksonirving4594]

@@lem8829 hear we go. Non football playing and commentating comment don't take long too raise there ugly head. Be whinging about the wages he unfortunately gets paid off the Bbc not his fault he's been successful at everything else.

[@zootsoot2006]

@@lem8829 Or politics.

[@Ramjet164]

Not to those who watched him back in the day

[@TheToledoTrumpton]

Lineker's big thing was that he hit the target a lot. he always gave the ball a chance to go in, and that makes a huge difference to your chances of racking up the goals.

[@PaulAJohnston1963]

He also sell crisps, seriously a great play with fantastic instinct. You only get easy tap ins if you are in the right place at the right time.

[@TitiniusAndronicus]

Lineker was a striker worthy of winning a World Cup. Clinical, reliable and humble.

[@garethjones2746]

Correction Kevin Keegan in 1979 won the ballon dor whilst playing in Germany, he also won the league there. So kevin keegan succeeded in Europe before him.

[@FootballIconic]

Very true. Although, I didn't say that Lineker was the first. There have been a few before him.

[@mintywebb]

How about John Charles? Or Greavsie?

[@jookingstudio5292]

They built a statue for John Charles at Juventus.

[@davgat79]

And was a much better player than Lineker ever was.

[@chrisgabb9242]

I dont doubt gary Lineker wasn't a great finisher a great goal scorer bck in the day. But in recent years his stuck his nose and spoke out in politics when his clearly out of his depth. Personally i think people should be judged on merit or the content of they're character... If a person is good at they're job they're good at they're job its simple and if a person is a horrible or nasty or vindictive then they are not a nice person. Treat and gudge people on merit on they're ability or potential ability and how they are as people as individuals... Otherwise anythink else by the definition is racist like you shouldn't judge people on how decent or intelligent they are just based on the natural colour of they're hair... Thre are just simply good and bad people and more gifted and not so gifted... Like i'm white and as a teen i was blond an people at times tried to say i was stupid as by being blond was often seen and used as a way to call me stupid at times... But am i or was i ever really offended from that, nope and sod that and if some people didnt like me back then or dont like me now or thought i was stupid or think i'm stupid now or what ever, they're perfectly free to think and feel how they wish maybe in the past i was a twat for example and they dont like me from then but since an for many years after i could also be a complete and very different person to how some might remember me, exact same goes for them or others, some people at school i might of hated an some of those people i also likely never actually knew or what they lived through and sum of them if i met them now i might really get on with now where bck when i was a teen at school i wouldn't of or vice verser, many might of not liked me back in the day but if they knew me now i might not be the kind of person they thought i was and didn't like or i might of been exactly what they didnt like. But if a person happens to not like me for what ever reason some likely wouldnt even been able to stand me but would that of ment that they were a bad person or somthink... nope absolutely no . I dont wnna be disliked but sumtimes thats life. i sumtimes myself wont like people who like me or who i like but who dont like me such is life... But my point is gary Lineker for example was like a move star & golden globe awarder who gave a speach who called it out and basically said take your reward if your called up but shut the hell up... The likes of tom hanks for example wont have a clue what its like for the average american let alone for the average brit here. Exact same goes for the likes of gary Lineker and many others, sure they have a right to speak they're mind and speak out how they feel and be heard but they're right to a voice shouldn't also take the priority or have more say over other... Like just becuz gary linker for example is rich and famous and at times likes to try and talk politics dosnt mean he actually knows anythink at all about politics and in certain political subjects... Like shut up and leave many of the more informed speak they're mind instead of lies and thinking you know whats best for the public when you clearly but inderstandable are well out of your own depth not the common peasant no more, instead his a rich football presenter. Like when fans booed against the knee its been clearly constantly shown up the knee is done in support for blm which is a radical extreamist far left movement, people like gary Lineker and Gareth southgate trying to claim that the knee isnt political minded is rediculas... The knee has clearly been obviously shown to be a stance in support for the radical extreamist far leftist movements black lives matter and antifa. Neo nazi's are pure scum but seriously the kind of dangeriouly mental and completly brain washed the nutcase the main character was in a very extream movie american history x with edward norton.. Originally blm came about under obama, but then antifa came along in like 2016. Put it this way i'm english/british and i'v never once come accross of anyone as far right extreamist as any of the neo nazis in the movie american history x for example. But the far left is probably jst as bad if not worse come accross over the years time from time very politically extreamist people, i myself also came close by getting so constantly brainwashed enough to a point by a mate who drilled it into me cuz he was so dam fixated over islam that he came close could of potentially from being brainwashed himself he could of potentially of brainwashed myself aswell as a mate i had at the time... Good gezza But we digged deeper all religion aswell as many others like i regard myself as none religious... But from what i see religion can also bring purpose... Religion has also been a massive tool like to wipe and punish solders who disobeyed they're orders..

[@bryankilvinski]

The no yellow or red cards is particularly impressive :) Particularly when you look at players now

[@deftonesenthusiast]

yeah but look how it easy it is to get a yellow card compared to back then

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Incredible!

[@daviddee9336]

One word for what he did was INSTINCT. He knew where he had to be or adapted to be in a position to score. Outstanding player who would be worth a fortune in today’s market.

[@braindonor8753]

He was rapid too wasnt he. So quick.

[@daviddee9336]

@@braindonor8753 so hard to pin down and that’s a nightmare for defenders because you see it week in week out where penalties get given away because they’ve misjudged the pace

[@daweshorizon]

I was there. He was good. Very good. And a good human being. Love and peace.

[@VanderlyndenJengold]

Me too - great player, nice man. When he went to Spurs there was talk of him coming to my team and I wish he had.

[@D_B_Cooper]

I’m a Scotsman and Lineker was electric. One of the greats and underrated. There’s plenty of Spurs games from that era on KZbin and you can see how isolated he was up front yet still scored 30 a season. A brilliant player and I think a genuinely decent person

[@AbdulKareem-uy6hk]

He's definitely a decent man...

[@kabes9288]

This channel needs to blow up

[@SmartStr33t]

I remember him having a reputation for just knocking it in: he wasn't one for flashy plays like some footballers who came after him, but he was one for being in the right place at the right time and knowing what kind of kick would beat the goalkeeper. From the perspective of consistent results, that is all you really want from a striker.

[@Skibbitypappappa]

I mean....the video shows lots of running through and quality finishing though lol. I think in his later years at Spurs he had alot more "fox in the box" type goals but earlier on in his career he was quite pacey to be fair

[@jbosco3970]

It is harder than most people think. The number of non strikers miss the net from inside the 6 yard box is quite high. Not having a go at you. Just highlighting the skill needed to finish.

[@SmartStr33t]

@@jbosco3970 I totally agree. I was more just reflecting that I used to think he was just "in the right place at the right time", but then look at how many he scored compared to so many others (I think he still has highest number of England goals in a tournament to this day). I realsied when watching this video that to be that "lucky" takes a lot of skill that most strikers simply don't have.

[@davidblackman7536]

As the the old adage attests.. if it was that easy they'd all be doing it.

[@GuzQuebec]

He was way more than just a poacher, still one of the best poachers ever. For me the 2nd only behind Romario, who was also way more than just a poacher.

[@andisadler2897]

Lineker-he never got booked in his whole career i think. Truly a gentleman who loves crisps.

[@zootsoot2006]

What gentleman doesn't?

[@wolfeflambe]

Salt and Lineker flavour especially

[@gdogg3710]

Friendly against France in 1992 - England started with Shearer and Lineker up front. Only time that ever happened and probably our greatest ever front pairing on paper...

[@TFB97]

We would have won the world cup with those 2 together in their prime. 🙌🏻

[@a.tanner8524]

That was certainly a dream pairing up front. Shame that Lineker was at the end of his career at that point otherwise the 90’s might have panned out very differently indeed.

[@guerrilla5002]

did we win?

[@gdogg3710]

@@guerrilla5002 1-0…I think Shearer scored

[@MrCol104]

Wow. I didn’t realise this. What a partnership that would be.

[@noelchoi9888]

Knew he was a top player back in the days. Never seen him play though. You could never imagine he was a footballer when you see him working for BBC, top presenter.

[@FootballIconic]

Yeah, he's clearly worked really hard to mold his media presence. Fantastic player and presenter!

[@danpreston564]

@@FootballIconic the BBC spent a fortune on making him a good presenter.

[@Martinw_909]

@@FootballIconic 😂😂😂

[@philwill0123]

@@chrisgabb9242 geez, what a rant. Fact is, he was playing in the time when black players had bananas thrown on the pitch and were getting the monkey chants and the national front recruitment at the football. So his opinion is worth listening to rather than whinge about. I would ask if you would be this vitriolic if he said the complete opposite and was very right wing and less compassionate? And as for talking about BLM and antifa negates your argument. Are you disputing players actual lived experiences of racism and team mates support of not wanting to deal with racism? Or are you just shouting that BLM is terrorism, and completely ignoring the real reason for the players protests, which is eradication of racism, which they STILL experience, and people like you still demand they shut up and ignore it?

[@skyskye9074]

@@philwill0123 Omg shut up educate yourself taking the knee for blm Marxist movement it’s disgraceful do you even no what blm stand for?

[@ablemiller4731]

what a Goal Machine. Wow Maximum Respect to Mr Gary Lineker .

[@MrThedonhead]

He was a great player and just imagine how many goals he would get today with scoring being easier and it's easier to get a goal every two games

[@christopherbentley578]

Saw him play quite a few times over the years. Was always quick and a great finisher, but after his spell playing right wing in Spain he was a great all round forward. Would be worth a fortune in todays terms. Brilliant.

[@Michael-cb5nm]

American here..first time I saw him (and England) play was the 1990 World Cup. His goal against Germany was pure magic. Along with Gazza, he was my favorite player of the tournament.

[@aronpickering2154]

I was in Camp Nou to see him score a hatrick in El Clasico back in the 80s. Glorious.

[@brusselssprouts560]

I am a CFC fan, and a year younger, and I would have loved him to pull on the Royal Blue shirt. He would score for any team he was in. Magnificent footballer, and a magnificent person too.

[@ArcadeMusicTribute]

Gary Lineker was so brilliant. My favorite England striker of all time and I thought he was the best in his generation of English football players. I almost felt a bit sorry for him as I have felt some other players were not up to his level on the National Team.

[@jammo4571]

Even Alan Shearer

[@pink43560]

He was a superb, clinical striker. The equaliser against West Germany in 1990 Semis was probably the best live clutch moment I’ve seen.

[@philgallagher1]

The single season he spent at Everton he actually scored 42 goals in all competitions. Not only did we finish runners up in the League, but we were also runners up in the FA Cup. To make matters worse we lost out to our city rivals Liverpool in both competitions. We were devastated to lose him, but having bought him for less than £1M we sold him for just under £3M making a profit of £2M in 12 months. Funnily enough, the season before he arrived, and the season after he left we won the League!!

[@Prodigy_Fan]

We didn't make as much profit on him as we should as due to a sell on clause we had to pay Leicester a cut of the fee.

[@lw7090]

One of my heroes as a boy. Great striker

[@loganpadayachee6048]

Me too❤

[@DingKong]

He was a world class striker. Performed everywhere and at every level.

[@joshuafrench2273]

Great video. Should definitely do a video on gazza

[@FootballIconic]

On the list!

[@rooneye]

There are so many though already. I'd like to see more less known players, who were great. Like Gary. Everyone knows how good Gazza was.

[@barryhercules6486]

@@rooneye Totally agree, everyone knows how special Gazza was - the Lineker video was very educational and informative as many football fans still don't realise or underappreciate just how good Lineker was. (His goals were incredibly scrappy but he scored LOADS ) We are all well aware that Gazza was a Bad-Ass Player. But a Gazza tribute video may be nice to add to the millions that already exist 😉

[@bazd884]

Well I did watch his whole career. He was very very good.

[@t2d748]

He's a gift. A Leicester legend, always will be. Hate him or love him, he was fucking exceptional at what he did during his time and noone that has more than 2 braincells can say otherwise.

[@Grandmastergav86]

Great footballer, as a person...well...we won't talk about that here!

[@joebees21]

@@Grandmastergav86 Why isn't he a good person?

[@bluevan12]

@@joebees21 Clearly doesn't share his world view. He isn't an evil person put it that way.

[@gareth2736]

@@joebees21 I think the issue for.many fans is that he is anti-racism and anti-brexit and even believes in having compassion towards refugees. In some people's eyes this makes him "woke" and therefore a terrible person.

[@LearningDrummerSam]

@@gareth2736 The cheek of it! I'll have no basic compassion for my fellow Human Being in MY sport

[@rupeoverlay3153]

I remember him at Everton and then the 86 World Cup. What a player

[@dylanplays_yt4531]

For the first time in a long time I have made it to the end of a KZbin video this was really well put together.The perfect mix of facts and clips of goals,just very very well put together and a joy to watch.I have liked and subbed and intend on watching all your fantastic videos thank you for making these I really mean it there brilliant

[@vikdaddy]

"Old ham athletic"

[@hamonryechinaski180]

Im fom north. Ol'dam. Whalley Range=wally range Darwen=Darren

[@GonzoGonzalez1000]

New car st. lee United

[@guinnessharvey4476]

I grew up in the 80s. Let me assure you, this dude was savage in front of goal. Great video btw!:) 👍

[@tensevo]

Absolute legend, true sportsman, true gent.

[@lwandomadikizela2213]

One of the few players that never got a card in his life. He was that disciplined with his great goal scoring abilities.

[@maxchur]

i thought this channel had well over a million subs from the quality of the many videos of yours i’ve seen. i have no doubt if you stick with this you will explode soon my guy. you deserve it, your vid’s are some of my absolute favourite and the quality is insane

[@phillsmith9255]

Lineker was England's striker when I first started watching football as a kid, when he was playing you knew you had a chance, he was a one chance one goal type of striker, intelligent, very quick, brave, defenders used to kick lumps out of him and he wouldn't react, he didn't get booked once during his whole career, he'd just go score the winner, in today's game with 2 inside forwards/wingers either side of him he would score bag fulls of goals.

[@xfoolsgoldx]

It's amazing that Gary was so successful. He didn't appear to do much or have much of skill but he just had a great knack of being in the right place at the right time that is a great skill in itself👍

[@jasonshiers5771]

GL was probably the best striker I've ever seen play,If he was around now days he would be worth silly money.

[@Pragwo1f]

For us boomers he was the stand-out striker. 'A good turn of pace'..? He was lightning quick, with a quick brain to match.

[@turboearl5398]

He was unbelievable for Everton in 85/86 and very unlucky not to win something (runner up in the league and FA cup) most probably would of won the league title with Everton in 86/87 as Everton went on to win their 2nd league title in 3 seasons. But obviously he left for Barca. Fantastic footballer.

[@scenczyk1429]

Great video! Had no idea Gary had been such a weapon!! SUBSCRIBED

[@goattm2]

The first British player to succeed abroad was Wales' John Charles with Juventus.

[@CCCoNeTiMe]

Keegan, Wilkins, Hateley, Woodcock, Blissett, Cunningham...

[@jackgower3606]

Okay? He didn’t say he was the first lol, he said ‘one of the first’

[@CCCoNeTiMe]

@Dan Addy Maybe, but you just abuse the privilege.

[@joyfulzero853]

Jimmy Greaves went to Juventus from Chelsea in 1961 and he said though he was never happy there it turned him from a boy into a man because of the excessively 'physical' attention he received from the defenders in every game. He came back to England to join Spurs.

[@AbdulKareem-uy6hk]

@@CCCoNeTiMe , your comment is hilarious. I fell off my chair reading it 🤣🤣🤣

[@hammyhamster8349]

People forget the huge role Beardsley played in creating chances for Lineker.

[@grahamquayle7346]

Lineker is/was a class act. Respect

[@ianarn]

He was lethal around the six yard box. Some said he was a goal hanger but he had brilliant vision and was very prolific especially before his hepatitis bout took away some of his pace. He should have a league title from the first division to his name.

[@Mark-sc4bu]

Arguably along with Alan Shearer, Gary Lineker is the most prolific English goal scorer ever. At a time when strikers were literally kicked off the park by defences, Gary Lineker's skill and speed were phenomenal. He had the knack of being in the right place at the right time in a way that few strikers have been able to emulate. He was the thinking footballer and this allowed him to be one step ahead of the defenders around him. A true great and certainly in the top twenty greatest strikers of all time.

[@marcjohnson7734]

My era... he was phenomenal..

[@iamkaivalya]

By the end of 2021 I hope you gain atleast 500K subscribers.Quality content man!! Your channel deserves more Tinashe.Looking forward for more marvel content!!

[@FootballIconic]

Thanks so much, brother! Really appreciate it!

[@da1bigdeal]

6:20 Didn't Harry Kane win the Golden Boot in 2018 too?

[@FootballIconic]

You're spot on. Mistake on my part!

[@mintywebb]

So was he with two other clubs that year too?

[@loganpadayachee6048]

Lineker won the golden boot with 3 different clubs and highest goalscorer in 1986 World Cup. Also highest goalscorer for Barcelona in Spain. Kane is no match to him

[@joelomuron2670]

This channel deserves soooo many more subscribers

[@Dibbdroid]

I was at his debut, it was New Years Day not the beginning of the season. He wasn't great at the start but soon became a hero.

[@AbdulKareem-uy6hk]

Gary lineker is also an articulate man. He's a proper gentleman. Has good values too. He has done a lot for his community and I believe was either enrolled or had admission to read Medicine. He wasn't a typical footballer, even in his time....

[@AbdulKareem-uy6hk]

Gavin Peacock, Alan Shearer, Gareth Southgate, Andy Cole, David Beckham I'm sure there are others who I have missed out who have great temperaments that I cannot think of right now. They are all by nature introverts but well mannered and focused....

[@thetwitterlectual9528]

Striker for the big occasion. Not just for the number of goals he scored, but for the number of CRUCIAL goals, or goals under pressure that he scored.

[@hitthurdeaux]

Exactly this. 86 FA Cup final: goal. 86 World Cup win or go home vs Poland: hat trick; Round of 16 vs Paraguay: brace; Quarter final vs Argentina: goal. 88 Copa Del Rey final: creates only goal with a great shot blocked by keeper. 89 Cup Winners’ Cup final: hockey assist for 1-0 with brilliant cross. 90 World Cup Quarter final: brace to tie up score twice vs Cameroon, then ties it versus West Germany. 91 FA Cup semis North London Derby: brace for 3-1 win into the final, where he has a legitimate goal incorrectly ruled out. Lineker was so reliable for the big occasion. Much more so than his successors Shearer and Kane.

[@thetwitterlectual9528]

@@hitthurdeaux Great reply. Much as I like shearer and Kane, Lineker is the best player for the big occasion that we have had in England.

[@robertdawson7460]

World class striker , pace and natural goal scorer . Top scorer 1986 world cup golden boot .

[@jookingstudio5292]

Linekar was great. When he was at Leicester he would run all day

[@SadKenRockBottom]

I was around, I watched him when he was a Spurs player, Football was so magical back then for me.

[@Sebastian_Najmanovich]

You were younger. Same with me. Everything was better. The grass was greener.

[@fmotlgreen6814]

@@Sebastian_Najmanovich Nostalgia's only part of it though, diving wasn't as prevalent as it is today...

[@peterpereira3653]

Gary Lineker one of the very best finisher that English football has produced.And he was one of the best in his era.

[@Howling-Mad-Murdock]

Lineker was amazing as a goal scorer. I had a pot on my arm the same year he did in the World Cup, I was still playing football for the school team with it on and after scoring a hat trick the headmaster called me Gary Lineker at assembly. 😁

[@gazzatommo1677]

Cool story, GARY

[@davidheseltine85]

I've just realised this is the 3rd video I've watched of yours over the past week or so and you only have 695 subscribers. Some really good information in these, so I've subscribed. Keep it up!

[@FootballIconic]

Thanks so much! Will do!

[@fenderek666]

I remember him arriving at Barcelona and scoring a hat trick against Real Madrid. Awesome player.

[@annandune]

I think Forest expressed an interest in buying him either at the time Everton did or at the time Tottenham did, or maybe even both. Considering the talent Forest already had in the team, the addition of Lineker would have made them definite title contenders. In particular, Clough ( who was underused by England ) was an incredibly talented player and was perhaps as good at creating chances for others as scoring himself. Lineker would have thrived in that team. Sadly, he didn't really see Forest as a 'big' club and chose to go to Spurs who have never really been more than a cup side.

[@Kwamya10]

I love your presentation buddy. These are great videos. I'm waiting for a Jay - Jay or Kanu video.

[@ezrapeprah-kwakye3727]

Very underrated..RESPECT THE MAN

[@fantasmadelzacamil7767]

Mexico 86 I was 9. Watching the world cup and saw Linekers game. He cheeky as a pom. A good on him. I'm from El Salvador.

[@Prodigy_Fan]

Lineker was as deadly a striker as you'd find, certainly in European football, from around 1985 until the end of his career in English football.

[@graceygrumble]

It's hard to get booked if you never make a tackle! He was a super striker, though. Goal-scoring machine!

[@deanfallon9526]

One of the first subscribers after the Keane video, wishing you all the best for the future of this channel! Another great video

[@FootballIconic]

Thanks man!

[@jacksmith4460]

I was around in his prime, and he was never considered the best striker in the world (up against the likes of Van Basten, Romario, etc) but he was one of the best, he was world class and a great goal scorer. How good was he? very good, out and out poacher in his prime, and a bit more pace based when younger. Put it this way, he was a better finisher than Kane, but not as complete as Kane and not as good in the air

[@hammyhamster8349]

Kane is a great finisher with his head and lethal from about 15 yards. Lineker's better 1 on 1 or pouncing in the 6 yard area. Lineker's positional sense was excellent. Kane is the better player but imagine if he had Lineker's pace.

[@nmarcus7233]

Great points

[@haroldkane9714]

As someone who grew up watching linekar he is probably the quickest striker over the first five yards that has ever played the game

[@lewisartuk]

Lineker was a great striker his movement in the box was devastating the space he created on turns etc was awesome

[@carlosabianfernandez2058]

Gary Winston Lineker was one of the few English football players who was succesful out of England when played at Barça.

[@bawtreerd]

Great video What a player he was

[@ThexMJT]

Would have loved to see Lineker playing today, would be a cracking player.

[@simonprice4129]

Lineker & Rush we’re the most feared forwards in the eighties in the UK, for me Rushie edges it as being the best of the two 😋

[@Btulz69]

He had the pace and the telephatic understanding to be at the right place at the right time

[@mrharry448]

It was almost supernatural his ability to time his runs and get an inch on the defender. Just look at the montage behind this video. Not a single showy goal just the most clinical goalscoring ever seen. You used to just assume that he would meet every ball into the box as if the defenders were not even there.

[@nazirkhalifa5377]

Win, lose, or draw he always seem to be be amongst the goals, he had a knack of being in the right place at the right time.

[@jonathanhorner8709]

Gary was the original Fox in the box. If it wasn't for the blind linesman in the World Cup 1990 semi final he would surely have a World Cup winners medal as well as the Golden Boot.

[@simongreen1607]

I wonder what would of happened if Lineker joined Utd instead of Spurs when he came back to England.

[@davidrichards613]

Same for Gazza when he left Newcastle. He chose Spurs having done all but sign the paperwork for United. Wonder if Fergie could've got his head right.

[@kenwoolley3003]

@@davidrichards613 I think even Fergie may have struggled with Gazza he just had a self destruct streak

[@annandune]

Man Utd still would not have won the league. They had spent the whole of the eighties shelling out the big money for the best players but never moulded a team. The big difference for Man Utd was when the league became the premiership and the money just went off the scale. The game went from being 'who had the best team' to 'who have the best squad' and, at this point, Man Utd's superior spending power came into its own. For the success Fergie had at United, it took him eight years to win the league for the first time and something like a subsequent six to win a Champion's League, something they wouldn't have achieved had they had to win the league the previous year to qualify. At the point when Lineker joined Spurs, United were still very much waiting for their moment and even the addition of the country's ( and possible the world's ) best striker would not have changed that.

[@captainblimp4133]

Oh shut up join United instead of Spurs...

[@annandune]

@@captainblimp4133 Actually, outside of Arsenal and Liverpool, the best choice at this time would have been my club, Nottingham Forest. With the best left back in the country ( Pearce ), the best centre back in the world ( and possibly of all time - Des Walker ), and one of the best passers in the game ( Nigel Clough ) as well as Roy Keane and a whole other bunch of top quality players, he may have been the missing ingredient to take us to a title success. He wouldn't have transformed United into a title winning side for exactly the reasons I explained above.

[@photismichael5774]

To my mind his only career mistake is signing wιth Tottengham instead of Ferguson's ManU when he came back from Spain. He would probably win a premiership title and a golden boot as well.

[@tomosb95]

Absolutley fantastic footballer, amazing his achievements whereever he played. Same he can't keep hid mouth shut now!

[@willatkinson9729]

John Charles was the first British player to make a significant impact on the Continent. He was hugely successful at Juventus where he was idolized. Juve even built a statue in honour of him. John Charles was so good, he could play at centre half or centre forward. He was world class in both positions although it was said that he could have played anywhere on the pitch. Gary Lineker was an excellent striker, but to say that he was the first British player to succeed on foreign soil is massively innacurate.

[@ngg987]

Love this series!! Keep it up

[@johnbarry1965]

My favourite striker ever, COYS!!!!

[@LabourOfLove1965]

i had season ticket when he played for spurs. harassed defenders, good first touch, very quick, rashford/vardy quick. great finisher. class player week in week out. he's very modest. today he would be 100 million, at least. he was that good. arguably world class. people forget.

[@shrsth6504]

You deserve thousands of subscribers

[@azapro911]

Lineker was one of the greatest finishers of his time, got to be if you're Golden Boot winner at 'Maradona's World Cup' despite not reaching the semi-finals. Could have won more, never seemed to time his move to a club quite right.

[@jedw9983]

Saw him plenty of times. A really good player, more dependent on his pace than anything else. Fantastic in an England shirt, and his World Cup performances were something else.

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

He loves England and the English people, he’s done so much to make our lives so much more vibrant, since his retirement.

[@danielkutner5223]

So much respect for Gary lineker

[@robertlawler6423]

He was a very good player I remember him scoring a few goals against us a few times lfc

[@mrbarr63]

He was deadly. Great player.

[@EvoGoody]

Amazing goal scoring record and incredibly consistent. Strikers can go on goal droughts but not Gary Lineker.

[@JohnJohn-cu7nk]

Was a good striker ,third best in the English first Division at the time.Mersyside had probably the the three best strikers in Europe.

[@simoncarlile4961]

Look at those snow covered and mud caked pitches from the eighties.Magic.Pitches nowadays look like bowling greens.Oh and line acher was class for us(Spurs).

[@anthonyscott1089]

That made me laugh. It was ex England international Mick Channon who called him Line acher in his unique Hampshire accent.

[@paulbehan575]

prayed for Atkinson to nap him......i was sick when he went to Everton....what a player

[@davidconreen6607]

I'm gutted Gazza, Shearer , Ronaldinho or Robben didn't sign for Utd but I'm glad he hasn't put a stain on our Club to be honest mate. Regards, Dave the Rave /Raver Wythenshawe Red

[@jimmyfoot832]

Linekar..... Pure class as a sportsman... Not to mention football

[@SpookySloth10]

gotta say i like your videos, keep doing vids like this and the only way is up

[@FootballIconic]

Thanks so much! Really appreciate it!

[@SpookySloth10]

@@FootballIconic no problem! i hope you start to grow soon. interesting and informative videos