Tag: lineker

Four goals in 33 minutes: the day Gary Lineker tore Spain apart

This feature is part of Virtuoso “Fackin’ hell,” came the unexpected salutation, uttered with the unique cadence only a cockney-imitating-Spaniard can. La Roja’s oft indomitable goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta had wasted no time…

Gary Lineker in the Land of the Rising Sun

On 14 May 1992, Gary Lineker scored his final goal in English football as Tottenham Hotspur lost 3-1 to Manchester United. Following the game, players, managers and fans across the UK began to…