SAINT LINEKER FALLS FOR NET SPOOF

‘The long nights and early mornings are obviously getting to Gary Lineker. The normally silky smooth BBC World Cup anchorman must be sick as a parrot after ending last night's highlights programme with a piece of commentary from a US sports site. Over footage of the US's second goal in their shock 2-0 win over Mexico, he read: "Two soccer points to no score! Eddie Lewis makes a cross-pitch play from the left zone, finding Landon Donovan alone in the danger area. He top-bodies the sphere into the score bag and Mexico have a double-negative stat!" Gary, Lawro, Hansen and Schmeichel then enjoyed a smug chuckle at those daft US of A hicks who wouldn't know a soccerball sphere if it hit them in the face. Unfortunately for Lineker, the piece wasn't actually from a US soccer site but from our very own Guardian Unlimited Football site, now famed for its comedy minute-by-minute commentary on the game. Who's laughing now, jug-ears?’