‘I perceive why followers moan in regards to the 3pm blackout as a result of you may watch any recreation overseas. It’ll go sooner or later as broadcasters cough up additional cash’ Gary Lineker discusses present TV guidelines with FourFourTwo

March 29, 2025

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Gary Lineker has spent the previous 26 years within the BBC studios on Saturday afternoons, watching the 3pm kick-offs on tv.

A blackout at present prevents any Saturday 3pm recreation from being proven stay throughout the UK, however the BBC have entry to the matches inside their very own studios, as they put together for Match of the Day that night.

Lineker has hosted the programme since 1999, and watches the 3pm video games in entrance of a financial institution of TV screens, along with the Match of the Day pundits.

Gary Lineker speaks out on TV blackout rule

Match of the Day presenter, Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker is the present presenter of Match of the Day (Picture credit score: BBC)

Lineker steps down as presenter of Match of the Day in Could – throughout an unique chat with FourFourTwo, he admits he’ll miss his Saturday afternoons together with his pundit friends.

“That’s in all probability the one factor I’ll miss, and having the banter with the boys whereas we watch,” he says.

Gary Lineker on his podcast The Rest is Football

Gary Lineker can be a podcast host (Picture credit score: https://www.youtube.com/@therestisfootball)

“Except… I don’t know if the Beeb would permit me to construct my very own load of tellies at dwelling!”

As one in all tv’s most high-profile figures for many years, Lineker has seen the medium change over the previous 26 years, however tells FourFourTwo that he can be cautious about scrapping the blackout rule.

“I believe the blackout rule is OK as it’s, however I perceive why followers moan and groan as a result of you may watch any recreation you need at 3pm when you stay in America, South Africa or someplace,” he says.

“I believe the blackout will go sooner or later, as a result of they’ve to seek out new methods of getting the broadcasters to cough up more cash.

Gary Lineker presents at the Premier League Hall of Fame

Gary Lineker presents on the Premier League Corridor of Fame (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)

“However would it not take away from the crowds who go to matches within the Championship, League One or League Two? We’ve obtained to watch out.

“And would folks begin to assume, ‘I’ll simply keep at dwelling and watch it on the telly?’

“A part of what makes the Premier League nice is the environment within the grounds and the very fact they’re all the time full. On tv, that appears nice. If it’s half empty, it makes such an enormous distinction.”

‘I perceive why followers moan in regards to the 3pm blackout as a result of you may watch any recreation overseas. It’ll go sooner or later as broadcasters cough up additional cash’ Gary Lineker discusses present TV guidelines with FourFourTwo

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