‘Lineker never misses a chance’ – Fans in stitches as BBC show host trolling Alan Shearer in throwback clip from 2007

FANS hailed Gary Lineker's lethal trolling aft helium enjoyed a travel down representation symptom astatine Alan Shearer.

All-time Prem apical scorer Shearer never won a large honour successful 10 years astatine Newcastle.

And erstwhile the 2 ex-England strikers got together in the BBC Match of the Day studio connected FA Cup fourth-round day, Lineker went consecutive there...

Admittedly, it came connected the time Newcastle fought backmost to oust League One Birmingham 3-2, albeit with a arguable goal.

But backmost successful 2007 the communicative could not person been much antithetic erstwhile the two sides met astatine St James' Park successful a round-three replay.

Toon cult leader Nolberto Solano adjacent bagged an ain extremity arsenic Brum triumphed 5-1 - contempt a extremity from James Milner.

Birmigham bagged netted 3 times after Steven Taylor saw reddish for the Magpies.

And Shearer's MOTD workfellow Shay Given was the Newcastle goalkeeper that day.

Lineker showed a flashback clip from 18 years ago, erstwhile Shearer was an MOTD rookie aft retiring arsenic a subordinate astatine the extremity of the erstwhile season.

Beeb big Lineker was seen addressing grinning big-name pundits successful 2007.

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The ex-Tottenham and Barcelona striker said: "No shortage of cupful winners, though, successful the studio.

"Alan Hansen with Liverpool, Lee Dixon with Arsenal and... Alan Shearer, who went adjacent a mates of times with Newcastle."

The 2007 Lineker past mocked Shearer for being "really confident"  Newcastle would bushed Birmingham backmost past - and for ever predicting his old nine were acceptable for glory.

He said to the 260-goal Prem marksman astatine the time: "I accidental this would beryllium emblematic if this is the twelvemonth they spell and bash it, present you've retired?"

Shearer admitted ruefully: "I've been saying it for the past 10, 11, 12 years - this mightiness conscionable beryllium our year."

MOTD past returned to unrecorded coverage, with gleeful viewers suggesting "Lineker ne'er misses a chance!" to taunt pal Shearer.

One reckoned the ex-Barcelona ace delivered a "straight bullet".

And different instrumentality twisted the knife by saying of Shearer: "He ne'er won thing astatine Newcastle that's for definite unless helium played for them successful the 60s."

By this stage, Given mightiness person thought he'd escaped instrumentality - for being betwixt the sticks.

But Shearer past joked Birmingham's 5-1 triumph was "only due to the fact that Shay was in goal".

Given said, "Don't look astatine me, lads!" - earlier adding: "I know, I cognize - I can't remember!"

One spectator responded: "Some things ne'er change! Shearer taking Ls adjacent disconnected the pitch, and Shay caught successful the crossfire."