Gary Lineker

[Blue83]

thats interesting and big Laurie was absoluteky right to call them out but its clear where Lineker wanted to go.

Isn't it funny though that even back then, when we were if not the best then definitely one of the best teams, the media had zero respect for us

 

[donny]

So when he returned from Barcelona he chose Spurs not us......

Venables again.

 

[Joey66]

Venables again.

Yes that connection I suppose we had no chance of re signing him......
He's made more out of TV pundit, and Walkers crisp than kicking a ball......

 

[donny]

Yes that connection I suppose we had no chance of re signing him......
He's made more out of TV pundit, and Walkers crisp than kicking a ball......

It all happens in London TV media etc.even then.

 

[BigBlueConk]

Remember when we signed him, going to a pre season game at Wigan, testimonial for Brian Hamilton.
If I recall right it was the first time he played in an Everton shirt.

I was there! 6-0 was it?

 

[blulouie]

I found the vid of them on grandstand



From 6 minutes, snake

Lineker & Venables put in a ridiculous position there.
Fair play to McMenemy.
The only snake in that clip is Des Lynam .

 

[jayonenote]

Sounds like he really hates us here Especially around the 2:25 mark

Not at all..He says Everton was the best football team he ever played for.

 

[PITA]

What I remember of that time was that the RS announced that Rush was being sold to Juve. Oh, how we celebrated.
Then we got told that Lineker was being sold to Barca. Oh, how we cried.
Then we got told that Lineker's move was immediate but Rush's was delayed by one season (he was loaned back to the RS).

Everton that.

Then of course he came back a season later and stuffed us again in the FA Cup final.

 

[PITA]

I found the vid of them on grandstand



From 6 minutes, snake

Lawrie McMenemy displaying his undoubted class while all around are failing miserably.

 

[PITA]

Not at all..He says Everton was the best football team he ever played for.

I think that @navidson was being sarcastic.

 

[Philw]

I found the vid of them on grandstand



From 6 minutes, snake

thats interesting and big Laurie was absoluteky right to call them out but its clear where Lineker wanted to go.

I hadn't seen that before - it's a little bit sickening to watch. Fair dues to Lawrie McMenemy telling them they're out of order.

Kendall, by his own admission in his autobiography, was negotiating a move to Barcelona for himself during the spring of 1986 to takeover from Terry Venables that summer. Ok, it fell through in the end, but it really has to be asked did Kendall take his eye off the ball during a critical part of the season in which we ended up blowing the double?

Lineker came back from the World Cup and was basically told he was surplus to requirements and free to talk to Barcelona. Kendall did nothing to keep him. Was it down to HK still coveting the Barca job and was hoping to follow him there?

Seems like it was already pretty much a done deal from the way they were talking then, tho Lineker was a bit sheepish at first, his "No comprende" line was a pretty clear indication.

 

[Kris75]

I found the vid of them on grandstand



From 6 minutes, snake

I had never seen this! Shattered my dreams! Haha realised a long time football was a soulless machine.

 

[Kris75]

Yes that connection I suppose we had no chance of re signing him......
He's made more out of TV pundit, and Walkers crisp than kicking a ball......

Although, as such a prolific striker what wages would he be on as a player today? Obviously the game has changed since the eighties but if he was playing today he'd probably be one of the best paid players.

 

[Kris75]

Isn't it funny though that even back then, when we were if not the best then definitely one of the best teams, the media had zero respect for us

I thought that was fantastic by him!

 

[SantaClausisanEvertonian]

Possibly the most smug, self-serving and sanctimonious cretin ever to wear the Royal Blue shirt.
He rarely mentions us because he turned a championship winning team into runners-up.
HK was spot on selling him; an opinion which history has proven to be well-founded.