davieG Posted 13 May 2016 Posted 13 May 2016 Lineker returns to film 'Leicester's Impossible Dream' tribute to Premier League Champions By DavidWOwen | Posted: May 13, 2016 Leicester's Impossible Dream: Gary Lineker filming his football documentary at the Richard III statue in Cathedral Square Comments (0) Leicester welcomed returning hero Gary Lineker today as he filmed a new documentary celebrating the city's latest football greats. The 55-year-old Foxes legend and Match of the Day host will present a documentary entitled'Leicester's Impossible Dream: Gary Lineker's Story Of The 2015/16 Premier League'. It will try to make sense of his home-town club's historic march to the Premier League title, something Lineker, like most fans, are still coming to terms with. The Mercury caught up with the city's favourite son at the statue of Richard III in Cathedral Square. He said: "It's always great to be back in Leicester. "But especially at such an auspicious moment in time for the city and its football club. "I am filming a documentary which goes out on Tuesday night, looking back on the most remarkable football season I can remember." Gary and his BBC camera crew enjoyed a whistle stop tour of some old haunts, including Lineker's fruit stall in the market, where he used to help out his dad as a youngster. He said: "I recognised a few familiar faces on the market which was really nice. "I do come here a bit and the welcome people gave me was truly wonderful. "But I never thought it would be under such circumstances – filming a documentary on , what is the greatest shock in English football, or possibly sporting history." As well as the market, Gary and his crew also filmed in Town Hall Square, and at the former JC Sports shop in Market Place – now the Leicester City Official Merchandise Shop. Market trader Roger Toon, who now mans Lineker's fruit and veg, said: "It was great to see Gary down here again. Brilliant bloke." Dinesh Chatwani, owner of the Leicester City Merchandise Shop, said: "He did his filming outside and them popped in and asked to have a shirt printed with his name on it. "I remember him from the old days at Filbert Street. Top man." Yesterday's filming concluded at The King Power Stadium. The 45-minute documentary will be screened at 10.45pm on Tuesday on BBC One. Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Lineker-returns-film-Leicester-s-Impossible-Dream/story-29269712-detail/story.html#ixzz48YwBaYmU Follow us: @@leicester_Merc on Twitter | leicestermercury on Facebook
Webbo Posted 13 May 2016 Posted 13 May 2016 He was in town today around the market, presumably filming for this. Apparently he wasn't that friendly.
promised land Posted 13 May 2016 Posted 13 May 2016 He was in town today around the market, presumably filming for this. Apparently he wasn't that friendly. Do you blame him if he's working? If you were doing your job and loads of people kept interfering, I'd imagine you'd get a bit cheesed off by it. Time and place for everything.
TrentFox Posted 13 May 2016 Posted 13 May 2016 He was in town today around the market, presumably filming for this. Apparently he wasn't that friendly.What was he looking for? Was it beetroot?
ousefox Posted 13 May 2016 Posted 13 May 2016 A few people have said he's a bit of a knob in real life
jammie82uk Posted 13 May 2016 Posted 13 May 2016 A few people have said he's a bit of a knob in real life I wouldn't say he was, his brother on the other hand.....
fuchsntf Posted 13 May 2016 Posted 13 May 2016 A few people have said he's a bit of a knob in real life People said we wouldnt win the title...so much for people!!! Actually hes not a bad guy, always up for a chat, when not busy. def not a pumped up squirt of a diva. A little earlier when spotted around Filbo, or The new Kp, was never short, or tackey with people.
Webbo Posted 13 May 2016 Posted 13 May 2016 I wouldn't say he was, his brother on the other hand..... Somebody told me tonight that his brother is going on Celeb Big Brother.
GaelicFox Posted 13 May 2016 Posted 13 May 2016 Somebody told me tonight that his brother is going on Celeb Big Brother. C**k , saw a fierce woman from Essex smash him round the chops in his bar one night , he ran off LOL
Strokes Posted 13 May 2016 Posted 13 May 2016 Somebody told me tonight that his brother is going on Celeb Big Brother. I used to live over the road from his brother, he was a knob.
Freeman's Wharfer Posted 13 May 2016 Posted 13 May 2016 He was in town today around the market, presumably filming for this. Apparently he wasn't that friendly. Do you blame him if he's working? If you were doing your job and loads of people kept interfering, I'd imagine you'd get a bit cheesed off by it. Time and place for everything. A few people have said he's a bit of a knob in real life Have heard several accounts of him being a knob. Also heard that he's the celebrity with the most amount of skeletons in the closet too (he soon shut up when Joey Barton alluded to that on Twitter a couple of years ago)
Rincewind Posted 13 May 2016 Posted 13 May 2016 He was probably buying some cheap LCFC undies from one of the stalls.
Sionnach gorm Posted 14 May 2016 Posted 14 May 2016 If I call him a willy puller will w@nker come up?
SpinneyHillRanger Posted 14 May 2016 Posted 14 May 2016 So consensus is Gary could be knob (sometimes) but his brother Wayne is definitely one
Oxshottfox Posted 14 May 2016 Posted 14 May 2016 Was a dad at the school I send my kids to for a while, opinion seemed to be he was a bit of a helmet but he was always decent with me
KFS Posted 14 May 2016 Posted 14 May 2016 So consensus is Gary could be knob (sometimes) but his brother Wayne is definitely one Anyone making The Only Way is Essex appearances is definitely a knob.
GaelicFox Posted 14 May 2016 Posted 14 May 2016 Anthony Hegirty shut down Gary this week Refused Gary an interview with Vardy for the thread documentary Isn't Garry our president or something ? Anthony might be back down Leicester station telling everyone the train arriving at platform 3 used to have his career on it
jammie82uk Posted 14 May 2016 Posted 14 May 2016 Somebody told me tonight that his brother is going on Celeb Big Brother. He definitely fits the criteria to go on that show
purpleronnie Posted 14 May 2016 Posted 14 May 2016 He definitely fits the criteria to go on that show Yep he's not a celebrity for a start.
ElusiveEd Posted 14 May 2016 Posted 14 May 2016 Pains me to say that the twice iv'e met Gary he was vile. Colleagues who have had the misfortune to be around him have said the same too. I'm gutted really as he's a footballing God at Leicester TBH, other than his football ability and heroics saving our club, I've never heard a good word said about him.
SpacedX Posted 14 May 2016 Posted 14 May 2016 Pains me to say that the twice iv'e met Gary he was vile. Colleagues who have had the misfortune to be around him have said the same too. I'm gutted really as he's a footballing God at Leicester TBH, other than his football ability and heroics saving our club, I've never heard a good word said about him. I strongly suspect that there are many with similar testimonies about our current striker. Vile is a strong word. I'd be intrigued to learn how. I've met Gary on several occasions and he was completely the opposite. Either way, those that know him well would be the only ones that are qualified to comment and tend not to. I'm sure that there are situations and encounters that he has acquitted himself well and others in which he has been a total dick. Quite often, all the internet tends to recall is the latter. 'A few people have said' or 'common knowledge?' - isn't it better to form an objective opinion based upon your own experience be that positive or negative - (as in the above post) - as opposed to relying on the anecdotal?
ElusiveEd Posted 14 May 2016 Posted 14 May 2016 I strongly suspect that there are many with similar testimonies about our current striker. Vile is a strong word. I'd be intrigued to learn how. I've met Gary on several occasions and he was completely the opposite. Either way, those that know him well would be the only ones that are qualified to comment and tend not to. I'm sure that there are situations and encounters that he has acquitted himself well and others in which he has been a total dick. Quite often, all the internet tends to recall is the latter. 'A few people have said' or 'common knowledge?' - isn't it better to form an objective opinion based upon your own experience be that positive or negative - (as in the above post) - as opposed to relying on the anecdotal? 1st sentence - I suspect you are probably right. 2nd sentence - I couldn't possibly divulge the "Hows" without revealing or alluding to my employment position which could land me in jeapody, not to mention data protection issues. 1st paragraph - I'm the first to praise someone if their actions towards me warrant it, unfortunately in these cases, it didn't. And why should only people who know him be the only ones qualified to comment on him? I don't know Donald Trump but that does not mean I can't comment on him. Freedom of speech and all that. 2nd paragraph - I did form an opinion based upon my own experience. - See my first paragraph.
SpacedX Posted 14 May 2016 Posted 14 May 2016 2nd paragraph - I did form an opinion based upon my own experience. - See my first paragraph. Which is precisely why I said this... 'A few people have said' or 'common knowledge?' - isn't it better to form an objective opinion based upon your own experience be that positive or negative - (as in the above post) - as opposed to relying on the anecdotal? - Acknowledging that you did form an opinion based upon your own experience, on the two occasions you met him 'he was vile', which regrettably due to data protection issues pertaining to your 'position' you are unable to share the details of. So I'll disregard it entirely. And why should only people who know him be the only ones qualified to comment on him? I don't know Donald Trump but that does not mean I can't comment on him. Freedom of speech and all that. Granted, I suppose that should read as 'qualified to comment upon his personal traits with any degree of accuracy'. The rest is subjectively formed observation and anecdotal conjecture. Most objections to Trump are either in respect of his abhorrent rhetoric or his equally questionable barnet. Which is entirely legitimate. His reputation as a man of dubious character and business integrity is also not without ample testimony and demonstrable history - which enables us, qualifies us if you like, to draw substantive conclusions about the man. In respect of Lineker, in the absence of similarly exhibited behaviour, I would rather have slightly more to go on than simply reading on the internet that 'a few people have said', before I draw the conclusion that he's a knob. And 'common knowledge' - argumentum ad populum - is fallacious at best. I prefer facts to factoid - and no one, including yourself, has offered any. In the absence of this, perhaps it's best to reserve judgement and returning to the OP address the documentary that the man was here to make instead?
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