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Gary Lineker’s leaving Match of the Day so enjoy these 16 times he gloriously owned Piers Morgan into next season

The BBC has confirmed that Gary Lineker will be leaving Match of the Day at the end of the season, returning for one final hurrah at the 2026 World Cup.

We’ll miss him on Match of the Day but he’s been doing it for 25 years now so it’s been a pretty good run. And we reckon he’ll remain an influential voice – doubtlessly more so – on Twitter whether he’s presenting a weekly football highlights or not.

And one of the things we most enjoy about Lineker on Twitter is when he puts his old sparring partner Piers Morgan to the sword. And he surely never did it better than on these 16 favourite moments.

1. When Morgan trolled David Beckham

2. When Morgan criticised Daniel Craig’s jacket

3. When Morgan said Emma Radacanu couldn’t handle pressure

4. When he brought Piers Morgan’s launch ratings magnificently down to earth

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5. When they disagreed about a red card

6. On Morgan’s Spitting Image puppet

7. On cricketing insults

8. On playing for England