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Lineker has plenty to answer for as Chapman throws down challenge

Mark Johnston: set to get on down at headquarters
Mark Johnston: set to get on down at headquarters

Gary Lineker caused a sensation over the weekend after keeping a promise made on Twitter last year to present Match Of The Day in his pants if Leicester City won the Premier League.

In the event, it was much less the sight of Lineker in his undergarments that caused a storm but rather the size of said garments, with many protesting he was wearing shorts and not briefs.

However, there has been an even more unwelcome result of ‘Pantsgate’ with At The Races presenter Matt Chapman threatening to strip down in an attempt to discover why Lineker’s decision has been greeted in the manner it was.

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