Gary Lineker hails Patrick Bamford for hitting out at Twitter trolls who tell him to 'stick to football' in response to his climate change activism as the presenter claims it 'only seems to apply when fans disagree'

Gary Lineker hailed Leeds United star Patrick Bamford for hitting out at Twitter trolls who told the striker to 'stick to football'.

Bamford revealed that he has been left annoyed by 'nonsense' claims from fans on social media that he and the TV presenter 'shouldn't have an opinion' on topics outside of football.

Lineker is used to receiving the same responses for talking about politics and the former striker backed the Elland Road man.

'It annoys me. I saw it on Twitter that someone had a go at Gary Lineker for talking about politics, saying that he should talk about football only, because "That's what you're good at.