It paid dividends, as Steven combined down his flank with Stevens, as ever, to set up an opening goal for Gary Lineker ; Hodge then set up Lineker's second, and Steven delivered a corner which went uncleared, allowing Lineker to complete his hat-trick.

He has four sons with his ex-wife Michelle and is now married to model Danielle Lineker.

Lineker left school with four O Levels.

Lineker scored three hat-tricks for Everton ; at home to Birmingham City in a 4 – 1 league win on 31 August 1985, at home to Manchester City in a 4 – 0 home win on 11 February 1986, and then in the penultimate league game of the season on 3 May 1986, when they kept their title hopes alive with a 6 – 1 home win over Southampton.

Lineker ended his career with an injury-plagued spell in Japan's J.

Following the departure of Steve Rider from the BBC, Lineker, who is a keen recreational golfer with a handicap of four, became the new presenter for the BBC's golf coverage.

In 2002, Lineker took on his first acting role, barring roles playing himself in films such as Bend It Like Beckham or in the adapted-for-television stage play An Evening with Gary Lineker, as the voice of Underground Ernie on the BBC's children's channel, CBeebies.

It transpired in the case that the article had actually been ghost-written by a journalist at the Sunday Telegraph following a telephone interview with Lineker.

In 1998, Lineker provided his voice ( along with Des Lynam ) for the menu screens in EA Sports ' World Cup 98.

Lineker would pair up with Alan Hansen, fellow MOTD pundit to voice the post match comments on the game, with Barry Davies voicing the commentary.

Lineker has been actively involved with other cancer charities such as Leukaemia Busters, where between 1994 and 2005 Gary and Michelle were the charity ’ s patrons.

Lineker is now honorary vice-president of Leicester City, along with former players Gordon Banks and Peter Shilton.

However, he still maintained a regular place in defence, and after the retirement of Gary Lineker in 1992, Adams unofficially shared the captaincy of England with David Platt, though Adams became England captain outright before Euro 96, as Platt's place in the side became less secure.

England internationals Peter Shilton, Gary Lineker, David Nish, Steve Whitworth and Emile Heskey, as well as Don Revie, who played for and managed England all began their careers with the Foxes.

In a related matter, Kewell sued Lineker in 2005 for defamation of character, but, with the jury unable to agree on a verdict, the parties had to settle out of court.

In extra time he found Gary Lineker with a through-ball from which Lineker won, and subsequently scored, a penalty which proved to be the winning goal.

After they went 1 – 0 down early in the second half, Gascoigne's Spurs team-mate Gary Lineker equalised for England with ten minutes remaining to force extra time.

Lineker scored twice and Peter Beardsley once as England went through 3 – 0 and into a quarter final meeting with Argentina, a match which again would ultimately form part of the legend of Shilton's whole career.

It was his 119th appearance for his country as England drew 1 – 1 with the Republic of Ireland in the opening group game ; Shilton would later perform heroics as England got through the group, beat Belgium 1 – 0 in the second round match, and then edged past Cameroon 3 – 2 in the quarter finals, thanks to two Lineker penalties after England went 2 – 1 down.

He has also written a body of serious or semi-serious work, including stage plays such as An Evening with Gary Lineker.

England started strongly with Lineker hitting a post and Glen Hoddle striking the crossbar with a free-kick.

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Mariner won two more England caps but a sign of things to come had arrived in the shape of Mark Hateley, a tall but skillful young striker exactly in the Mariner mould, while Gary Lineker and Peter Beardsley also establishing themselves as an international strikers.

Barnes was later described by Bobby Robson as being part of " The best front four in Europe "-The others being Gary Lineker, Peter Beardsley, and Chris Waddle.

The first group game on 12 June was against an England team that included Gary Lineker, Bryan Robson and Houghton's club mates Peter Beardsley and John Barnes.

During his first spell at Newcastle, Beardsley became a regular in the England side and teamed up with striker Gary Lineker, who described Beardsley as " the best partner I could ever have ".

Ironically, it was Lineker who made way for Beardsley when manager Bobby Robson gave him his debut as a substitute on 29 January 1986 in the 4 – 0 friendly victory over Egypt in Cairo.

England scored seven goals in the tournament, of which Lineker scored six ( winning the Golden Boot for doing so ); the other goal came from Beardsley in a 3 – 0 victory over Paraguay in the second round.

Beardsley contributed in that match with a spectacular cross to Steve Hodge, which allowed Hodge to make England's second goal for Lineker.

They were once again drawn in the same group as England, which included Lineker, Robson, Beardsley and Barnes as well as Paul Gascoigne and Chris Waddle.

Gary Winston Lineker OBE ( born 30 November 1960 ) is an English former footballer, who played as a striker.

The same year, Heskey made a six-figure donation to aid a consortium led by Gary Lineker in their bid to buy-out his former club, Leicester City, who were experiencing financial difficulties.

* 20th century famous residents have included Richard Beckinsale, former footballer Gary Lineker, British pop group Five Star who resided at the Stone Court estate, London Road, between 1987 and 1990, Chesney Hawkes, Brian Blessed, Diana Dors and Billy Ocean.

Platt made a pass to Tony Daley who wasted a chance to pass to Lineker in the open.

Platt made a pass to Tony Daley who wasted a chance to pass to Lineker in the open.

It was his 81st England cap, bringing him up to ninth in the all-time rankings, ahead of Gary Lineker and team-mate Michael Owen, who had briefly drawn level with Neville during the World Cup.

MOTD is presented by former England captain Gary Lineker, who is usually joined by England teammate and former Newcastle United captain Alan Shearer and Liverpool and Scotland defender Alan Hansen as well as Mark Lawrenson.

If you do not believe me, then take the word of Gary Lineker who did not mind taking a swipe at his BBC bosses to point out how friendly and accommodating the locals have been.

He received great plaudits from football writers who appreciated the unhurried intelligence of his play and unflappable demeanour and was touted by some as a possible replacement for Gary Lineker, who retired from the England team in 1992, although he seemed the absolute opposite of the type of player favoured by manager Graham Taylor.

The campaign was the brainchild of DLKW Creative Directors Malcolm Green and Gary Betts, who had previously found fame when they launched the Gary Lineker Walkers Crisps campaign.

He then sold Gray to Aston Villa and brought in Gary Lineker who scored more than 30 goals in the 1985 – 86 season and established himself as a world class striker before his transfer to FC Barcelona.

There they faced Paraguay, and it was a sliding, stretching Hodge who kept in an over-hit cross from Glenn Hoddle, by pushing the ball into the path of Lineker to tap home.

In 1993 Japanese J-League side Nagoya Grampus Eight who at the time featured former England striker Gary Lineker toured Australia, training in Tasmania for a month, and playing a friendly against the senior Tasmanian state side.

Bryan Robson famously said that, “ It ’ s not a question of who will replace Lineker, but who will partner David Hirst ” and, at one point, this looked inevitable.