Match of the Day fans rejoiced earlier this week when it confirmed by BBC bosses that Gary Lineker was being reinstated as the show's host. Last week, the former England, Leicester City, Everton, Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur striker was taken off air over comments he made on Twitter about the Government's controversial asylum seeker policy.
On the social media platform, Lineker compared some of the language used by the Conservatives to that used in Nazi Germany during the 1930s. This led to the BBC taking the decision to have the 62-year-old "step back" from his presenting duties over his tweets which were said to breach the broadcaster's impartiality guidelines.
However, his suspension led to chaos within the BBC's weekend football coverage as other pundits and commentators including Alan Shearer and Ian Wright pulled out of the shows in a show of solidarity to Lineker. It meant Football Focus and Final Score did not air while Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2 were reduced to 20 and 15 minute clip shows with no commentary respectively.
