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  • 5/25/2025
Watch Gary Lineker’s last appearance on Match of the Day: “It wasn’t meant to end this way”BBC One

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00:00It comes to Lineker, that's a good play.
00:03Now here's Lineker.
00:07We're now, we're, we're magnificent now.
00:11Can the England catch and finish? Yes, he can.
00:14It's Gary Lineker.
00:16The end of an era.
00:20It wasn't meant to end this way,
00:23but with the title race over and the relegation places confirmed,
00:26the Champions League was all we had left to talk about.
00:28I'm delighted to say, joining us for this one.

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