OFFSIDE QUOTE ME HAPPY Lineker talks about unfortunate moment
On his 60th birthday recently, Gary Lineker spoke about the fateful episode when he s**t himself during the opening clash for his country at the 1990 World Cup.
On the Match of the Day podcast he said: “I’d been ill overnight and it was the opening day of the cup and I’d woken up a few times with diarrhoea, etc. I didn’t want to tell Bobby Robson because I thought he might leave me out of the team and I wanted to play, as always.”
“We go out for the second half, we’re ten minutes in and I’m starting to cramp and I think, ‘Oh, I’m in trouble here.’ I ran across and tried to block something, then sort of fell to the ground and relaxed for a second ... it just went ‘boom.’”
At least he can laugh about it now!
“The goal is equivalent of a Lebanese mixed grill.” BBC Sport’s Matt Newsum describing Bournemouth’s third goal that gave them the lead against Reading. A wonder-strike by Lewis Cook apparently!
Visited a premier Sydney golf club today. Was told I wouldn’t be able to play wearing black socks with black shoes and I needed to buy white club socks. Leaving this open for discussion, but I said out of principle, I’d prefer not to play than bow to archaic rules.” Australian broadcaster Ewan Porter revealed that he was not allowed to play at a golf club because he was wearing black socks. He later said he has been banned by the club for taking his tale public on social media.
“I know a lot of people go on about the hand of God. It made Peter Shilton anyway!” Gascoigne couldn’t resist a dig at his former England teammate Peter Shilton’s expense while paying tribute to Diego Maradona.
DIARY DATES 1st: Happy New Year
7th-25th Feb: Horseracing - Dubai World Cup Carnival (
dubairacingclub.com)
18th-31st: Tennis - Australia Open Melbourne, Australia (
ausopen.com)
25th-4th Feb: The Ernest Doe Show - with a diff erence (
ernestdoe.com)
6th: Rugby Union - Six Nations round one, Italy vs. France (Stadio Olimpico, Rome); England vs. Scotland (Twickenham Stadium) (
sixnationsrugby.com)
7th: Rugby Union - Six Nations round one, Wales vs. Ireland (Principality Stadium, Cardiff ) (
sixnationsrugby.com)
13th: Rugby Union - Six Nations round two, England vs. Italy (Twickenham Stadium, London); Scotland vs. Wales (BT Murrayfi eld Stadium, Edinburgh) (
sixnationsrugby.com)
11th: Rugby League - The Betfred Super League begins (Old Traff ord) (
superleague.co.uk)
13th: Rugby Union - Six Nations round four, Italy vs. Wales (Stadio Olimpico, Rome); England vs. France (Twickenham Stadium) (
sixnationsrugby.com)
14th: Rugby Union - Six Nations round four, Scotland vs. Ireland (BT Murrayfi eld Stadium, Edinburgh) (
sixnationsrugby.com)
14th: Rugby Union - Six Nations round two, Ireland vs. France (Aviva Stadium, Dublin) (
sixnationsrugby.com)
27th: Rugby Union - Six Nations round three, Italy vs. Ireland (Stadio Olimpico, Rome); Wales vs. England (Principality Stadium, Cardiff ) (
sixnationsrugby.com)
28th: Football - 2021 Carabao Cup fi nal (Wembley Stadium) (efl .com)
28th: Rugby Union - Six Nations round three, France vs. Scotland (Stade de France, Paris) (
sixnationsrugby.com)
16th: Horseracing - Cheltenham Festival begins (
thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham)
20th: Rugby Union - Six Nations round fi ve, Scotland vs. Italy (BT Murrayfi eld Stadium, Edinburgh); Ireland vs. England (Aviva Stadium, Dublin); France vs. Wales (Stade de France, Paris) (
sixnationsrugby.com)
Peter Shilton
“It’s frustrating that members aren’t even allowed to get their daily exercise by playing a round on their own in the fresh air, yet you’ve got locals having sex in the bunkers. Where’s the social distancing in that?” A couple were recently caught engaging in sexual relations within a bunker at Glenbervie Golf Club.
In his article on page 22 of this issue, Richard Wing, currently working in Holland, says that the language barrier brings about some very entertaining moments. “Certain words can be mis-translated quite easily with several strange looks,” he says. “One tip coming to The Netherlands, “Neuken in de keuken” does not mean “How are you?”. We can’t possibly print what it does mean, but Google Translate will be able to!
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“Results bring belief. They bring confi dence. I have set it out to the players, where we are standing this year and the challenges we are going to face. I was involved in two relegations and that is where we are going to be this year. We have to be comfortable around it.” Fulham Manager, Scott Parker speaking after the 2-1 win over Leicester City.
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