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Thousands of people have responded to a tweet by football legend Gary Lineker after his mother's car was stolen.
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The sports broadcaster put the tweet online at 11.49am yesterday and less than 48 hours later more than 14,700 people had re-tweeted his message.
Lineker, 53, also said a lot of his mother's possessions were in the car because she was moving house and said that she was "heartbroken".
The Match Of The Day presenter added: "For all those who are trying to help, thank you. And for all those doing the, why only a Corsa joke, she's well into her 70's kids. Haha"
Lineker asked for anyone with any information to contact the police.