Gary Lineker is not a nice man. He was horrible to me

HOLLOWAY CLAIMS BBC HOST WAS 'DISMISSIVE'

- By Mike Walters

BARELY an inch below his right eye, Ian Holloway was sporting the scar from surgery to remove a cancerous spot.

But in a surprising volley from the 62-year-old, it would appear Match of the Day anchor Gary Lineker has got under Holloway's skin and the wound has not healed.

Lineker is nearing the end of his 26-year stint as sultan of a Saturday night institution, but Holloway is convinced the former England captain has never forgiven him for presiding over his beloved Leicester's relegation to the third tier in 2008.

And in his new scattergun memoir, which sprays machine-gun fire across a raft of topics from football to ghosts, UFOs and dog poo, the Swindon manager lets rip in all directions.

Holloway said: "Here's a cat among the pigeons. Gary's not a nice man in my experience and maybe it was because of my time at Leicester.

"All I know is he was horrible to me and, in my opinion, dismissive and disrespectful. While I was at Blackpool, I was invited on Match of the Day but it was obvious Lineker didn’t want me there. He didn’t speak to me once and didn’t even say hello.

BARELY an inch below his right eye, Ian Holloway was sporting the scar from surgery to remove a cancerous spot.

But in a surprising volley from the 62-year-old, it would appear Match of the Day anchor Gary Lineker has got under Holloway’s skin and the wound has not healed.