Harry Kane: The Moments That Made Them

Summary

The Rest Is Football

Episode: "Harry Kane: The Moments That Made Them"

Date: April 8, 2026 | Host: Goalhanger | Presenters: Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards dive deep into the career of Harry Kane, dissecting the moments that defined him as one of football’s greatest modern number nines. From his meteoric rise, early loan struggles, and iconic goals to the debate around his legacy and potential Premier League return, the panel brings their signature blend of experience, humor, and insight. The trio also touch upon wider topics – from the evolution of the striker role to football culture and dressing room traditions – all wrapped in classic banter and fond respect for Kane’s journey.

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Main Discussion Points and Insights

Will Harry Kane Ever Return to the Premier League?

• Kane's Current Status: Now a star in Germany, scoring over a goal per match for Bayern Munich.
• Chasing Shearer’s Record: Lively banter about whether Kane will return to challenge Alan Shearer’s Premier League goal record.
  • “He’s not going to come back.” – Alan Shearer, (01:36)
  • “He could come back… Imagine having that tag just for that. Premier League top goal scorer.” – Gary Lineker, (02:49)
• The group debates age, club loyalty, and realistic clubs for Kane if he returned (03:22–04:53).

On Premier League Goal Records and Erling Haaland

• Alan predicts that if Haaland stays healthy and Man City avoid serious sanctions, Haaland will eventually break the record.
  • “If there’s not a relegation punishment for Manchester City, if there’s any punishment at all, then I think Haaland, without any major injuries, will at some point beat your [record].” – Alan Shearer, (04:53)
  • “I just want to be alive.” (05:27)

Harry Kane’s Rise: Loans, Rejection, and Resilience

• Praise for Kane’s perseverance through multiple loan spells (Leyton Orient, Millwall, Leicester, Norwich), initially doubted at every step.
  • “He had to go on law[n] and work really hard.” – Richard Keys, (05:46)
  • “Couldn’t get in the Leicester team… it’s crazy, isn’t it?” – Alan Shearer, (06:00)
• Reflection on the now-famous "Troy Deeney goal" play-off moment, with Kane and Vardy on the Leicester bench – a testament to overlooked potential (06:31–07:19).

Linguistic Side-Track: "Dived" vs. "Dove"

• A comical back-and-forth on the correct past tense of “dive” (08:02–08:59).
  • “He dove.” “He dived.” “I’m gonna use it this weekend.”
    (07:54–08:59)

Youth Development: Loan Spells and Boot Cleaning

• Discussion about the value of young players going on loan—a route Kane exemplified.
  • “You just have to play, don't you?” – Gary Lineker, (10:34)
• Nostalgia and disagreement over old-school boot cleaning and kit duties for apprentices.
  • “Best thing ever, the old apprenticeship.” – Richard Keys, (12:07)
  • “I'm not cleaning your boots.” – Gary Lineker, (12:24)
  • Fondly recalled (and smelly) tales of kit room chores at Leicester (13:56–14:13).

Kane’s Great Goals: Crucial Moments

1. First Premier League Goal (11:19)

• Squad number 37 for Spurs, opened his account with a knack for smart positioning.
• Discussion on number allocations and “earning” your preferred shirt (11:39–12:01).

2. Statement Performance: Spurs 5-3 Chelsea (15:12)

• Described as a solo goal “with balance and power,” showing Kane’s ability as both scorer and creator.
  • “He’s not just a number nine, he’s nine and a half, isn’t he?” – Alan Shearer, (16:13)
  • Kane’s evolution into a deep-lying forward praised (16:13–16:28).
• The panel discusses the tactical shift of modern forwards, influenced by players like Thierry Henry.

3. Iconic Derby Goal vs. Arsenal (20:18)

• Kane’s wonder-strike in a North London Derby, while wearing a protective mask.
  • “He has no right to shoot from there, especially with that mask on…” – Richard Keys, (20:47)
  • Revealed as the all-time leading North London Derby scorer (21:07)

4. All-Round Striker: Goal vs. Crystal Palace and Partnership with Son (22:33–25:51)

• Praised for accuracy, movement, and “already picturing the finish before the ball arrives.”
• Discussion of the legendary Kane-Son combination (most goal combinations in a season).
  • “He had that great partnership, didn’t he, with Heung-min Son over many years…” – Alan Shearer, (24:59)
  • “37 goals and assists together in one season?” – Gary Lineker, (25:52)
• The panel imagines Kane as a “brilliant midfield player” due to his passing range and intelligence.

Wider Reflections and Banter

Football Traditions and Celebrations

• The evolution of goal celebrations, from spontaneous joy (arms raised) to more choreographed routines.
  • “I never had anything thought out about any kind of celebration… nobody did back then.” – Alan Shearer (24:12)
  • Gentle teasing about the “iconic” Shearer one-arm raise and Kane's low-key celebration.

Legendary Status and Statues

• Alan Shearer recounts the story of his own statue at Newcastle United. It was moved inside the stadium after a change of ownership (27:39–28:05).
  • Speculation about a statue for Kane at Spurs if he returns, or even at Wembley should England win the World Cup.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I can’t see why he would leave Germany. He’s playing for a great club… he’d be treated like a king there. They must love him.” – Alan Shearer (02:30)
• “No disrespect, Danny Welbeck’s still scoring goals, isn’t he?” – Gary Lineker (02:15)
• On perseverance: “To be knocked down, to be told, ‘not quite good enough’, then to come back and do what he’s done… is remarkable.” – Richard Keys (06:01)
• “He’s not just a number nine, he’s nine and a half.” – Alan Shearer (16:13)
• “That was the last time you were hard, wasn’t it?” – Richard Keys, joking about Lineker’s kit room days (14:13)
• “14. [Goals in North London Derbys]. It’s not bad at all.” – Gary Lineker (21:13)

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• 01:08–04:53: Debate on Kane’s potential return to England and pursuit of Shearer’s record
• 05:33–07:58: Kane’s early career struggles and pathway through loans; famous Leicester moment
• 08:02–08:59: Banter on the use of “dove” vs “dived”
• 10:13–14:13: Discussion on loan spells, boot cleaning, and football apprenticeship culture
• 15:12–17:08: Analysis of Kane’s standout goals and his evolutions as a forward
• 20:18–21:14: North London Derby special; Kane’s record against Arsenal
• 22:33–27:14: Kane-Son partnership, goal celebrations, and footballing partnerships
• 27:39–28:23: Legendary status: statues, legacies, and hallmarks of greatness

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Conclusion

The episode offers a rich, affectionate, and often hilarious look at Harry Kane’s career and the shifting world of the modern striker. Whether reminiscing about muddy kit rooms or breaking down deadly finishing, Lineker, Shearer, and Richards bring warmth, expertise, and plenty of banter, reinforcing Kane’s status as a Premier League and England legend—with the feel that his story may not be over yet.

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Goodbye from Gary, Alan, and Micah – see you for the next essential football chat.

Transcript

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[Alan Shearer]

Hello and welcome to the rest is football. With Mike and Richard, Alan Shearer and me, Gary Enico. We've got another episode of Premier League greats the moments that made them. And in this one we've got someone that was looking like they might challenge certain Han Shearer's goal scoring record at one point in the Premier League. I'm sure you've already guessed it. He's now starring in Germany and banging in goals for fun, the great Harry Kane.

[Gary Lineker]

There's still time.

[Richard Keys]

Yeah, there is. Going back.

[Alan Shearer]

He's not going to come back.

[Gary Lineker]

He could come back. Why, what's he offer you? I'm not sure you know exactly the amount.

[Richard Keys]

47 is it?

[Gary Lineker]

So realistically that'd take him 43 seasons if he doesn't come back.

[Alan Shearer]

Well, the way he's scoring goals now, two probably. If he played all the. He had 2:47, he would have. But why would he come back just to beat his record?

[Gary Lineker]

I would definitely go over there, win some trophies, come back.

[Alan Shearer]

What is he now, 32?

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

So if he does two more seasons there, that's 34.

[Alan Shearer]

So you think he score that amount of goals when he's 35, 36.

[Gary Lineker]

That's a free. Free seasons, yeah. No disrespect, Danny Welbeck's still scoring goals, isn't he?

[Alan Shearer]

Not anything like enough to challenge the

[Gary Lineker]

likes of 47 free seasons. He could do that. Depending what team.

[Alan Shearer]

Hey, depending what? I just can't, I can't see why he would leave Germany. He's playing for a great club, he's scoring a goal A game on average, if not slightly better. At present he's, you know, unless there's family reasons. Homesick, something like that. But, God, he'd be treated like a king there. They must love him.

[Gary Lineker]

Would you not come back now?

[Richard Keys]

Great discussion, lads. I'm enjoying this.

[Gary Lineker]

I would definitely come back. Imagine having that tag just for that. Premier League top goal scorer. That's just. It's got a ring to it.

[Alan Shearer]

Oh, I don't. I'm sick of hearing it.

[Gary Lineker]

This fight. This bell's getting so much work.

[Richard Keys]

Show me some respect then.

[Alan Shearer]

I really hate.

[Gary Lineker]

Oh, hello. How you doing, man?

[Alan Shearer]

But the thing is, you know what happened. He'll come back and Ireland will go past him anyway. In fact, probably before he comes back, because he's not going to come back now. He's not going to let him go, are they? Bayern Munich?

[Gary Lineker]

No, not now. Not now.

[Alan Shearer]

I mean, you know, if he, if, if he goes to them and says, I desperately want to go home, I'm a bit homesick. Strange, then where's he gonna go? But his age, right? So realistically now we're talking at least 33. Probably before he went. Yeah, maybe 34. Who's gonna spend a fortune on a player? There's no. You're not gonna get anything back. You. Spurs. Spurs, Spurs. But that, that would be two spurs, wouldn't it? To do that and pin all the hopes on someone in their mid-30s, it's

[Gary Lineker]

guaranteed goals, isn't it?

[Alan Shearer]

I'm not sure it is. When you get to. No, because, you know. No, it's not. I mean, he could do. He could do what Lewandowski's doing. He could do what Ronaldo did. But don't forget Lewandowski's playing for Barcelona. I mean, I don't want to be rude to Tottenham, but we all know in real terms you finish in the league table roughly equivalent of your spending power and what you buy. I mean, you can talk about great coaches and they prove things and they have good spells at clubs, but generally it's usually around however much you budget for. And Tottenham, you know, they're on that scale. They're a mid table club and I played for them. I really like Tottenham, but. And they're a well run business, but they're not run as a football club, so. So would they be good enough to do that at that stage? I cannot say. I think your record's safe until Harlem beats it. And if Harlan be here long enough,

[Richard Keys]

I'm not sure he'll be.

[Alan Shearer]

Well, it depends. If something ever happens with 115 charges. If anything ever does happen with that and then they suddenly get knocked down to League one or two, which I don't think anything like that will happen. But if something like that happened, then he'd probably leave and things would change. But given a fair run, if there's. If there's not a relegation punishment for Manchester City, if there's any punishment at all, then I think Haaland, without any major injuries will at some point beat your. And I just want to be alive.

[Richard Keys]

Someone better hurry up and do it.

[Alan Shearer]

That's going to be one great episode of Rest is Football.

[Gary Lineker]

I'd love that.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah.

[Richard Keys]

What a player he is. Do you know what I like about him?

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah.

[Richard Keys]

He's had to do the hard work first. As in it didn't work for him at the beginning. He had to go on law and work really hard.

[Alan Shearer]

He went to Orion, Millwall, Leicester and Norwich.

[Richard Keys]

It was that which tells you how,

[Alan Shearer]

you know, he couldn't get in the Leicester team.

[Richard Keys]

Yeah, I know. It's crazy, isn't it, when you think. I mean his attitude. To be knocked down, to be say, to be told, not quite good enough, we're going to send you out on loan. Actually not quite good enough on loan. We're going to send you somewhere else. And then to come back from that and do what he's done and doing is. Is remarkable. And then to. Not only to do it in the. In the Premier League and in Germany, to be. To be England captain, to do it at the highest level, to score and get golden boots and all of this, it's.

[Alan Shearer]

I've got so much respect in time for him and he's such a top guy. Seems as well, really. Well, I. I saw a clip recently. Have you. You must have seen it. We've all seen it. But I tend to see it a lot because of. Obviously it gets thrown at me a bit. You ever seen the goal where Leicester get a penalty in the last minute and it's basically battling for. To go up and. Or to reach the playoffs, I think. And Leicester get a penalty. And it was a dive, to be honest. The keeper saves it. The ball goes right up the other end of the pitch. Ball's crossed Troy Dini scores that famous goal.

[Gary Lineker]

Right.

[Alan Shearer]

And there's a little cut on there. Where on the bench for Leicester. Vardy and Kane. All right? Yeah. No, he didn't. Couldn't even get on in Leicester's team.

[Gary Lineker]

And then finally, who missed the penalty?

[Alan Shearer]

Njok. Yeah. I can't miss the p. He Won the penalty. Although he definitely dived. He definitely dived. Even as a Leicester man, I recognise

[Gary Lineker]

a dive when I see one just on that. Is it dove or dived? Because I've heard people say dove. Is that a word?

[Alan Shearer]

He dived, yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

Dove or he dove.

[Richard Keys]

I'm like, that's a soap.

[Gary Lineker]

I thought, I've dove. Look. What is dove a word? Come on. It is. You see? It is.

[Alan Shearer]

Other soaps, other soap brands are available

[Gary Lineker]

unless you want to sponsor them. Okay.

[Alan Shearer]

And then they're definitely available.

[Gary Lineker]

What is dove is a word.

[Alan Shearer]

Yes. Dove's a word. Yeah, yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

He dove.

[Alan Shearer]

He dove.

[Gary Lineker]

So why do people say it's the past tense? Yeah, but he dived. People just say dive, don't they? He dived. Yeah, but he dove. Do you know what I mean? Well, he dove. That's what I'm saying.

[Alan Shearer]

He definitely.

[Gary Lineker]

No, the brain's in here.

[Alan Shearer]

You definitely don't go, he doved.

[Gary Lineker]

Okay? He dove, past tense, and he dived. Why do people say he dived then? Because that's past tense.

[Alan Shearer]

Because it's a. It's the male version of it. It's she, dove. He dived.

[Gary Lineker]

Can someone. Can someone explain that?

[Richard Keys]

They're just both.

[Alan Shearer]

They're abnormally. There are both. There are certain terms that are like that, that boast. Both things are.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah, okay.

[Alan Shearer]

He shined, he shone. There's one.

[Gary Lineker]

Ah,

[Alan Shearer]

yes, There you go. So I still am the brains.

[Gary Lineker]

So you are the brains. Yes.

[Alan Shearer]

Not.

[Gary Lineker]

It don't sound right, does it?

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah. This episode is powered by Fuse Energy. Before we kick off, a quick pre match warm up from Fuse. Today's question is, which club recorded the most clean sheets in the Premier League last season? Was it A, Manchester City, B, Liverpool, C, Aston Villa or D, Arsenal?

[Gary Lineker]

I'm gonna play reverse psychology here. Why would you put Villa in there?

[Alan Shearer]

Is that your answer?

[Gary Lineker]

No, it's not. I'm going Liverpool.

[Alan Shearer]

Liverpool. That was a quick change there, wasn't it, Alan? Who are you going for?

[Richard Keys]

Villa.

[Alan Shearer]

Mike has sucked you in there, hasn't he?

[Richard Keys]

Yes.

[Alan Shearer]

That is not the answer. The answer, the team that recorded the most clean sheets of which neither of you even gave him.

[Gary Lineker]

You know what? I know it.

[Richard Keys]

I don't know it.

[Gary Lineker]

It's Arsenal because Raya got the most. He got the Golden Glove, didn't he?

[Alan Shearer]

Correct. It's arsenal with 13 clean sheets. The best sides don't give things away. It should be the same with your energy. Get more than just lower [e-mail] football. Use the code.

[Gary Lineker]

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[Alan Shearer]

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[Gary Lineker]

You just have to play, don't you?

[Alan Shearer]

You didn't have to go on loan, did you? Well, because you were too.

[Gary Lineker]

Well, I did in the end.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah. Did you? You never went on.

[Gary Lineker]

You. Yeah, I went on load to Fiorentina. Did I?

[Alan Shearer]

Oh then, yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

Where I played against Harry Kane again. We won that game. No, I was playing up against. I was playing right back. Shadley, I think it was.

[Alan Shearer]

What was that in Europa.

[Gary Lineker]

Europa League.

[Alan Shearer]

Europa League. What round?

[Gary Lineker]

It might have been quarters. We got, we.

[Alan Shearer]

Oh really?

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah, we got. Then we went to Seville and got absolutely battered.

[Alan Shearer]

Well, they used to. The Spanish clubs won the that competition year in, year out. So good all sorts.

[Gary Lineker]

Seville and Villareal was so good around that time.

[Alan Shearer]

Right, our first moment of. And there are a lot of moments for Harry Kane. There's a lot of great goals in there. That's his first goal in the Premier League, Ericsson. And it's stared in Harry Kane, who's got into some good positions in this game. First of many.

[Gary Lineker]

Squad number 37. Yeah, I don't remember him.

[Alan Shearer]

How many goals you've got to score before you get the number of your choice

[Gary Lineker]

depend because you. You lot was horrible. Lil, you know, you've seen your pros.

[Alan Shearer]

What do you mean? You.

[Gary Lineker]

You lot was horrible.

[Alan Shearer]

What do I mean?

[Gary Lineker]

How you couldn't come in what cars you wanted, you couldn't get what number you had to clean boots and all that.

[Alan Shearer]

Well, that's. Everyone's an apprentice, you mean.

[Gary Lineker]

It was nonsense, absolute nonsense. How am I cleaning someone's boots and I'm better than them? Makes no sense.

[Richard Keys]

See, I totally disagree with that. No, it was the best thing ever. The old apprenticeship.

[Alan Shearer]

Cleaning. Yeah, cleaning the boots, cleaning the dress room.

[Gary Lineker]

Cleaning your boots would have been.

[Richard Keys]

No, cleaning the pro boots. Yeah, it's good for you.

[Alan Shearer]

Like washing the dressing rooms, cleaning the loose.

[Richard Keys]

Respect.

[Gary Lineker]

No, no, you can have respect, but I'm not cleaning your boots.

[Richard Keys]

If you're a 16, 17 year old, you should be doing that.

[Alan Shearer]

It's like military service. You used to have to do it, you didn't want to do it, but you have to do it. I mean nowadays we don't have military Service, it might come back, who knows? They're talking about it.

[Gary Lineker]

No, I didn't.

[Alan Shearer]

No.

[Gary Lineker]

I don't mind getting the boots ready and all that sort of stuff and sorting out the kit and all, putting it up, hanging it up, that's like a pleasure. But cleaning someone's boots.

[Alan Shearer]

Clean your own boots, clean your own.

[Gary Lineker]

Good job.

[Alan Shearer]

I was in charge of cleaning the first team dressing room at Leicester. Even though the Training ground was 10 minutes away, we used the dressing room at Filbert Street. So my job was basically clearing up the kit and mopping the thing, cleaning the loos and all that sort of stuff and had spicks back. But in those days, far different from now. I say once again now, Micah, that you only have one training kit which you wore in the week and then at the weekends it would get laundered and washed. So. And they used to have these hanging baskets and I had to put, find the number on each kit to put on the appropriate hanger and then we'd put it in a drying room overnight. So if it'd been raining or something like that, blah, blah, blah. Can you imagine what it was like someone's like slip or boxes or whatever. And the socks, the socks used to just stand up on their own and you're talking lots from. And you didn't know which ones were mud and which ones were. Oh, it was so. And the stench in the. It stayed with me forever. The stench of the kit. By Friday when they trained all week, it was. I mean. No, but you know what? It made me hard.

[Richard Keys]

That was the last time you were hard, wasn't it?

[Alan Shearer]

Oh, here we go. Again.

[Richard Keys]

So Micah doesn't like the idea of cleaning boots anyway.

[Alan Shearer]

No, it's too good for him.

[Gary Lineker]

No, I know it's spoiled.

[Alan Shearer]

You see they sport nowadays.

[Gary Lineker]

You sport the kit, irony kit, all of that salt socks, perfectly. But boots, I would. Yeah, iron the socks, make sure they're all crisp. Yeah, I don't mind that.

[Alan Shearer]

Is that a thing, ironing socks?

[Gary Lineker]

Where's this going?

[Alan Shearer]

No, I just wondered.

[Gary Lineker]

For your kit?

[Alan Shearer]

Yes, iron.

[Gary Lineker]

I don't mind that.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah, all right.

[Gary Lineker]

Washing them, ironing. No problem.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah, all right. Our second moment. It's almost a statement, like performance, I think it was when it's a great games when spurs beat Chelsea by I think five, three. Harry scored a couple, got an assist, won a penalty. But you look at him, Harry Kane.

[Gary Lineker]

Oh, what a goal. One of their own.

[Alan Shearer]

I mean he is one of the great long range finishers, isn't he?

[Gary Lineker]

Another number 18.

[Alan Shearer]

18. He's getting closer to what he wants.

[Richard Keys]

That's just a brilliant solo goal. It's got everything about it, hasn't it? The balance and the power and the pace and the ability to go past players with the ball and protect the ball and then get your shot away like that into the corner.

[Gary Lineker]

Oh, look at that one.

[Alan Shearer]

This is your second goal.

[Gary Lineker]

I mean, that one.

[Richard Keys]

What a touch that is.

[Gary Lineker]

Look at the position he's in, though. His first goal is going one side and then he's going into. To the pocket. Can we say the pocket. Are you all right with that? Get a space.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

And then the finish. That's when you talk about. So Thierry Henry was the first one, really, that I saw who would not stick in his position. So he'd be out left, wouldn't he? And then Harry Kane, the way he's been able to develop his game where

[Alan Shearer]

he's not just a number nine, he's nine and a half, isn't he?

[Gary Lineker]

He's nine and a half. Yeah.

[Alan Shearer]

I mean, he can play 10. He's been playing for 10 for Bayern Munich quite a bit this season.

[Gary Lineker]

And it works when you've got pace.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

On the wings.

[Richard Keys]

And it works, by the way, when you've got his ability to pass it the way he does.

[Alan Shearer]

Such a good passer. I mean, he.

[Gary Lineker]

As an.

[Alan Shearer]

As an all round center forward. He's got, I would say, the only thing that you could probably go if he had a bit more pace, an electric over. I mean, he's not slow, but he's not rapid. I mean that. I mean, if. Could you imagine if he was lying in quick as well? Like Harlan went to the brain though,

[Gary Lineker]

I think, because he's not quick. That's why he's got such a good brain.

[Alan Shearer]

He has got incredible football.

[Gary Lineker]

That's why he drops into them little pockets there. Yeah, he's so good.

[Alan Shearer]

I mean, he does.

[Gary Lineker]

And it's hard to defend that. You see where the defenders were there. It's like, what do you do in that situation? Because he's playing as a number nine, but he's going over the left well,

[Richard Keys]

especially if you've got someone who's prepared to run past him.

[Alan Shearer]

You need that. Which we didn't. England didn't really have in the Euros until. Or Southgate didn't choose to play that way. You know, I hear he was struggling a little bit fitness wise. And he's back now. Oh, he's his absolute best. Which is. Let's hope he stays that way for England for the World Cup.

[Gary Lineker]

By the way, just while we're on this topic, have you spoken to Gareth Southgate? I saw him at paddle the other day, let's say that. On the pod the other day.

[Alan Shearer]

No, no.

[Gary Lineker]

So I'm at paddle the other day

[Alan Shearer]

and he blanked you again.

[Gary Lineker]

He didn't blank me. I don't know if I'm in my own head, but, like, because of the situation at the time and it was quite frosty with you, wasn't he?

[Richard Keys]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

So I've still not said hello to him since I saw him in a coffee shop.

[Alan Shearer]

Remember, he's probably thinking, why you so off with him?

[Gary Lineker]

Maybe that's.

[Alan Shearer]

Maybe it. Maybe you got approach. I mean, what do we say? We never saw anything. Anything bad against him.

[Gary Lineker]

You called him, didn'. You said there was. It's all your fault.

[Alan Shearer]

Well, were they in the game that we were talking about? Were they?

[Gary Lineker]

Yes. There you go.

[Alan Shearer]

I mean, you could have said a different. I could. You know, you could have said they were really, really poor or terrible or awful or. What's the difference?

[Gary Lineker]

I'm just scared of.

[Alan Shearer]

It's a swear word. Oh, you can't say a swear word. It's just letters in a different order. The spell a swear word. You know, it's not exactly.

[Gary Lineker]

Should I go up to him next time I see him and just say,

[Alan Shearer]

and he was truthful.

[Gary Lineker]

So sorry, it wasn't me. And Alec, was Gary.

[Alan Shearer]

Fine, Fine.

[Richard Keys]

Sir.

[Gary Lineker]

Sir Gareth. Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah, He's. I'm sure he's okay. I mean, he's. He's not a child.

[Gary Lineker]

I know. Yeah.

[Alan Shearer]

I mean, we all. We're in the world of football. We know people talk about people in football. Yeah. He's not.

[Richard Keys]

He was a pundit himself. He knows what it is. It's like.

[Gary Lineker]

But why was he fostering with you then?

[Richard Keys]

Maybe he didn't like.

[Alan Shearer]

I think what happens as well is don't forget, right, you're the England manager and you. You're in this, like, bubble with all your team, you know, and you've got Harry Kane there and all. Everyone's around. And then you do a press conference and you sit there and the journalists who don't like to say it themselves go, did you hear what Lineker and Richardson Shearer said about your team? And they just said, they'll say. They said you were shit. And then it's them, oh, why are they constantly having a go at us? It's with no context on what we've said about Gareth in the past and all these sort of things. And that's what happens. So they. So he, by his own admission, he says he never listens to any of this stuff, so he wouldn't have actually heard our discussions and how I think fundamentally fair we were. So I think that's what's probably happened there. But next time I see him, I'll run away. Not at all. He'll be fine. Group chat, getting quiet. Drop a tik tok clip, trends, memes,

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[Alan Shearer]

Right, let's go on to our third moment or this. This great hit against Arsenal. This was in North London Derby. What a massive opportunity for Tottenham this is.

[Gary Lineker]

And here is Harry Kane for Tottenham. Oh, what a goal. A classic Derby goal from Harry Kane. Catch him if you can.

[Richard Keys]

Oh, what a goal this is.

[Alan Shearer]

Isn't it a beauty?

[Richard Keys]

Oh my word.

[Alan Shearer]

Yes.

[Gary Lineker]

Again, look where he is though, guys.

[Alan Shearer]

I know.

[Richard Keys]

I mean he has no right to

[Alan Shearer]

shoot from there, especially with that mask on which he takes off. What number is he now?

[Richard Keys]

Oh, he's see him even having a little glance, didn't you?

[Gary Lineker]

Oh, what.

[Alan Shearer]

What an angle.

[Richard Keys]

That is brilliant.

[Gary Lineker]

Top scoring at North London Derby.

[Alan Shearer]

Top scorer of all time in North London Derbys. All time in Premier League history.

[Gary Lineker]

Premier League?

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

14.

[Alan Shearer]

Wow.

[Gary Lineker]

It's not bader.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah, it's not bad at all.

[Gary Lineker]

Did you score through the Derby or not?

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

Did you?

[Alan Shearer]

Scored two in the semi final. The FA cup for starters. Excuse me, 1990. Well, you asked, I just answered.

[Gary Lineker]

Very aggressive, you said.

[Alan Shearer]

I was. That's good. A few against the Gooners. Scored two at highway, actually, for Leicester. One.

[Gary Lineker]

Did you?

[Alan Shearer]

My. When I was a kid, yeah. And Tony Woodcock scored too. And the keeper, Pat Jennings was in goal for Arsenal. And this sticks in my head, like. It's weird, isn't it? The odd thing sticks in your head. I was through one on one. I was coming in from like a Thierry Henry position with absolutely no resemblance to Thierry Henry whatsoever in terms of my ability. But as I came in, it was on my right foot and Pat Jennings came out and I thought me, he's miles out. Like he's positioning so bad. He's left me the whole goal to shoot at. So I just went bosh. And as I went to hit it, he done me. He dumb it. And he started to dive across. I thought he gets a hand on it, but not quite enough. And it just. And it just trickled in.

[Gary Lineker]

So he dove.

[Alan Shearer]

And then Woodcock scored in like the 95th minute. No, I scored.

[Gary Lineker]

No, I Said he dove.

[Alan Shearer]

Oh, he dove.

[Gary Lineker]

Yes.

[Alan Shearer]

Yes. I didn't dive. He does.

[Gary Lineker]

I'm gonna use it. I'm gonna try and use it this weekend.

[Alan Shearer]

Use it. Use it when you're soaping yourself. I'm suburb. What a strange episode. Strange episode. The complete striker. Yeah, complete, I think, in terms of. Look, this is him. Oh, this is against Crystal Palace. He got two and Bale got the other two in this game, actually. But, I mean, come on. Goodness me. God. So accurate.

[Richard Keys]

Do you know? I mean, he's starting that, right. And for them. For him then to get into that picture and have that. Into that position, I should say. But then have the picture already in his head where and how he's going to hit it and where he's going to put it. You've got like that to think of that. I mean, look where. Look where he starts off from there and follows it. So he already knows where the keeper is.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah, he had a little look up as the balls come into him as well.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah.

[Alan Shearer]

I mean, what a goal. He kisses his wedding ring.

[Richard Keys]

Do not like his celebration.

[Gary Lineker]

His celebration is as bad as yours. As bad as bad.

[Richard Keys]

We'll need to take him out with this conversation.

[Alan Shearer]

But honestly, if you're a player that say it's full back, so you're. You're not going to score that many goals, so you probably think, I need to do something special. But if you score goal after goal after goal after goal, like Shearer and Kane, then if you, you know, you've got a. You've got to come up with too many things.

[Gary Lineker]

You have anything?

[Alan Shearer]

I just got. No, no one. The celebrations weren't really.

[Richard Keys]

I mean, we celebrated a lot of time. You were two arms in the air.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah. I don't know, I just. I never had anything thought out about any kind of celebration because nobody did back then.

[Gary Lineker]

So what. What's your celebration all about?

[Alan Shearer]

I've never got a clue. Or is it just like it's all about me?

[Richard Keys]

I haven't got a clue. Just did it when I was young.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

And then it just carried on.

[Richard Keys]

Just happened.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah, yeah. Just carried on.

[Gary Lineker]

It is iconic, though, isn't it? Even though it's. But it's iconic, though. I remember playing one of the striker back in the day. What it was.

[Alan Shearer]

See, I'm gonna have a press conference now, right. So I'm gonna go, Shearer. And the press goes. Do you know what? Mike thinks you're. They wouldn't even add in the celebration.

[Richard Keys]

Take that bit.

[Gary Lineker]

Oh, yeah.

[Alan Shearer]

That's how they do it. He had that great partnership, didn't he, with Hyung Min son over many years where, you know, assist each other and they score off each other's passes, etc.

[Gary Lineker]

Oh, that's a lovely ball. Kane to Son for four. Kane and Son and spurs at their very best.

[Richard Keys]

This is one of the. One of the passes that he plays for son was like typical. Harry Kane is the one. He can go deep and we're talking about when he's got players running off

[Gary Lineker]

him, that's a great finisher because he can only go there to score really, can't he?

[Richard Keys]

This pass.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah, he's got such a great passing range as well.

[Gary Lineker]

I mean, them two together.

[Richard Keys]

Yeah. Dangerous, was it?

[Gary Lineker]

37 goals and a sister got together in one season?

[Alan Shearer]

I think.

[Gary Lineker]

I think goal combinations are called.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah. Gonna. Do you think? I think Harry Kane would. Made a brilliant midfield player when the game's open.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah. I feel as though passing wise.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah, definitely passing wise for sure.

[Gary Lineker]

But you still have to get around the pitch, don't you, to make that space, you know, drops deep. That's because he's not supposed to be there. So everyone else is already marking their man and he's allowed to get. That's why he's so intelligent. That's why he's so good.

[Alan Shearer]

I always think it's important to a partnership and it's so helpful if you can trust each other and stuff. I mean, I would pick out Beardsley for me with England and Alan Smith. When I played for Leicester, that was the longest spell out any club was at Leicester. So me and Smudge had a really good relationship. Everton with Graham Sharp, you know.

[Richard Keys]

Yeah, I was. I was lucky as well. I had Chris Sutton at Blackburn, which worked straight away. Me and Les ferdinand, we had one season together, me and Les.

[Gary Lineker]

Is that all?

[Richard Keys]

96, 97. And we scored 49 goals between us.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

How many did you score?

[Alan Shearer]

48. It was. It was.

[Richard Keys]

I don't know how many. I can't remember how many, but it was 49 between us and the assists and I think he missed two months.

[Alan Shearer]

Can I ask you a question about your career? Were you ever not the highest goal scorer aside from until once you became a regular? Not your first couple of years?

[Richard Keys]

Yeah, not. It's last season at Southampton I was. But the three or four before that I wasn't.

[Alan Shearer]

No, that's right.

[Richard Keys]

And there was a couple in Newcastle when I was out injured for a while.

[Alan Shearer]

Oh, for the season, yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah. Talk about legendary status with Harry Kane. But you the statue when did you know you was getting it?

[Richard Keys]

It was the old chairman that did it. Freddie Shepherd.

[Alan Shearer]

Do you know when he did it? He didn't his last year. And he said, this is how you move in

[Gary Lineker]

more peace than me.

[Alan Shearer]

Didn't they? Did they move?

[Richard Keys]

Yeah. It was outside originally. It was just outside the ground. Under the. Under Mike Ashley's.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah.

[Richard Keys]

Era. Then he left and then moved it. Moved it back inside.

[Alan Shearer]

Just outside. Yeah. That's a bit. It's a bit sad that.

[Gary Lineker]

It's a nice moment, though, isn't it? We've not talked about. Yeah.

[Richard Keys]

Harry might have one at spurs soon. Harry.

[Gary Lineker]

That's what I mean.

[Alan Shearer]

That's why he'll get one at Wembley if we win the World Cup.

[Richard Keys]

Just a bit.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah.

[Alan Shearer]

And he'll be captain. Just a bit. It's not impossible.

[Gary Lineker]

Good shout.

[Alan Shearer]

Not impossible.

[Gary Lineker]

Good shout.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah. On that note, what a beautiful way to finish this episode of Rest is football. Goodbye from me.

[Gary Lineker]

Goodbye from me.

[Richard Keys]

Goodbye from me.

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