Gary Lineker collects million-pound dividend after Goalhanger toasts £10m profit

Gary Lineker collects million-pound dividend after Goalhanger toasts £10m profit

Gary Lineker has shared in a £5m dividend after Britain’s biggest independent podcast business toasted bumper profit. Lineker, a former England footballer and BBC presenter who co-founded Goalhanger and remains one of its largest shareholders, collected more than £1m of the payout after it reported rocketing membership numbers and pre-tax profit of £10m. The Kennington-based [...]

Gary Lineker nets £1m payout as Goalhanger profits more than double

Gary Lineker has received a payout of more than £1m after Goalhanger Podcasts, the company behind The Rest Is Football and The Rest Is History, more than doubled its annual profits. The company reported a pre-tax profit of £9.8m for last year, up from £4.2m in 2024, according to its latest accounts filed at Companies House. It paid dividends of just over £5m to shareholders, compared with £36,000 for 2024. Revenue rose to £37.8m, from £15.4m the…