BBC confirm Gary Lineker’s replacement on Match of the Day
They’ve confirmed the show’s new lineup The BBC have confirmed who will replace Gary Lineker as host of Match of the Day. Gary Lineker confirmed in late 2024 that he would be leaving Match of the Day in 2025, after 26 years in the role. Despite his departure from the BBC’s flagship football highlights show, Lineker […]
1 year ago
Kelly Cates set to replace Gary Lineker as Match of the Day host with two other presenters
The 49-year-old will leave Sky at the end of the season. Sky Sports presenter Kelly Cates has been announced as Gary Lineker’s replacement on BBC’s Match of the Day. Cates will join a three-person Match of the Day presenting team, sharing hosting duties with Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman. Chapman currently fronts Match of the […]
1 year ago
Mark Chapman ‘doesn’t want to share’ MOTD job with female co-presenter
Chapman has ‘made it clear this isn’t something he would want to do’ Mark Chapman is reportedly not keen on sharing Match of the Day hosting duties with presenter Kelly Somers. This week, the BBC announced Gary Lineker would stepping down as host of the flagship football highlights show at the end of the season. […]
1 year ago
LISTEN: Mark Chapman gives an emotional, inspiring speech about the city of Manchester
A moving tribute to a great city
9 years ago
It sounds like Mark Chapman made an embarrassing Freudian slip introducing Arsenal on MOTD2
Freudian slip or smoking gun?
9 years ago
Mark Chapman on parenting, punditry and the time Ed Balls got upset about coverage of Norwich
There are times reading Mark Chapman’s new book, The Love of the Game: Parenthood, Sport and Me, that you find yourself asking why do we do this? Why do we give our lives over to sport when there might be so many other ways to spend our time? Chapman has devoted huge chunks of his life […]
10 years ago