Gary Lineker

I did tell family, but I was interviewed about 20 years later and the last question was, you know, there's a rumour that you had an accident on the pitch in Italia 19.

I told the story and then it sort of went viral.

I mean, it was the opening game of the World Cup in 1990.

We were playing in Cagliari, and I hadn't very well overnight.

My stomach was off.

I don't know what it was.

Food poisoning, was it?

I don't think it was probably food.

It might have been, or a bug.

It might be nerves or something.

I don't think so.

So...

We go out on the pitch and I didn't tell Bobby because I wanted to play, you know.

And then I started cramping up again about half an hour into the game and I thought, but I lasted till half time and I ran in the loo and blah, blah, blah.

So then I go back out for the second half, thought I'd probably be all right now.

And then about 10, 15 minutes into the second half, I start cramping up again.

I'm thinking, oh, my God.

And the ball goes out to their left-hand side.

So I'm running out there, and I thought, well, I might get this, and I slid to try and tackle.

And as I slid, I relaxed, and it just went whoosh.