Eagle eyed viewers have highlighted a mistake on Gary Lineker’s final Match of the Day as the presenter’s BBC career came to an end.

Lineker hosted his final BBC show on Sunday night and hinted at the start that it ‘wasn’t meant to end this way’ after being axed amid an antisemitism row.

The show was peppered with references to his departure from co-hosts, commentators, and even Liverpool boss Arne Slot before a moving finale.

Amid the glowing tributes for Lineker, fans highlighted a mistake during Match of the Day’s typical Premier League coverage.

Having concluded analysis of Arsenal’s win over Southampton with pundits Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, Lineker began switching attention to Ipswich’s clash against West Ham.

Fans noticed David Moyes was pictured as the West Ham boss on Match of the Day on Sunday

Lineker was presenting the show for the final time before his departure from the BBC

Moyes, who had managed West Ham in two spells, had led Everton to victory over Newcastle

‘Relegated Ipswich signed off from the Premier League looking to end a run of eight straight defeats at Portman Road, West Ham were their opponents,’ Lineker said.

As Lineker spoke, graphic showed both the Ipswich and West Ham club crests alongside the Tractor Boys’ boss Kieran McKenna and David Moyes, rather than current Hammers’ boss Graham Potter.

Fans were quick to point out that while Moyes had two spells in charge of West Ham, the 62-year-old had left the club at the end of last season.

‘Error on Match of the Day. David Moyes is not the manager at West Ham,’ one fan wrote.

Another said ‘How did Match of the Day contrive to put David Moyes on the West Ham graphic tonight? I mean yes, he was their manager, but it’s been a while.’

‘Match of the Day had a stinker here putting Moyes next to West Ham as they cut to the highlights,’ a third wrote.

‘David Moyes as West Ham manager? C’mon, Match of the Day, keep up,’ added another.

Moyes, however, would feature in the coverage as his Everton side earned a 1-0 victory against Newcastle earlier in the programme.

Graham Potter was in the West Ham dugout for their victory over Ipswich on the final day

A touching seven-minute tribute video was aired celebrating Lineker’s career on the show

Lineker was axed last week by the BBC after sharing a pro-Palestine Instagram video which featured an emoji of a rat, with critics accusing him of promoting a familiar anti-Semitic slur.

At the end of Sunday’s show, wrapping up his £1.4million role, he paid tribute to the wider team, saying: ‘Let me take the opportunity to thank all the other pundits I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the last 25 years. You’ve made my job so much easier.

‘Also, thanks to all those you don’t see at home. The work that goes into making this iconic show is a huge team effort. 

‘From the editors to the analysis team, from the commentators to the floor managers, from the producers to the camera operators, from the PAs to the subs. Thank you all you’re the very best. Everyone else did all the hard work and I got the plaudits.

‘It’s been an absolute privilege to host Match of the Day for a quarter of a century. It’s been utterly joyous.

‘I’d like to wish Gabby (Logan), Mark (Chapman), and Kelly (Cates) all the best when they sit in the chair The programme is in the best of hands.

‘My final thank you goes to all of you. Thank you for watching. Thank you for all your love and support over the years. It’s been so special. I’m sorry that your team was always on last. Time to say goodbye.’

Speaking to Shearer and Richards on his podcast, The Rest is Football, Lineker admitted he too had made a mistake during his closing message.

Lineker revealed he lost his script for the final segment of his last Match of the Day 

Micah Richards and Alan Shearer joined Lineker for his final outing on the football review show

‘I always finished with the Premier League table and then a closing line, which I again did last night.

‘For the first time ever, because of everything that was going on, I completely lost what we call “the copy”, which is the written form of what I read out over the tables.

‘That’s written by the subs [sub-editors]. It needs to be accurate, you can’t make any mistakes.

‘For the first time in 26 years, I couldn’t find it.

‘It wasn’t there so I just busked, which was a bit different. There were a couple of tears, I was fighting it back a bit with my closing lines.’