Summary:
Match of the Day's former backdrop is to be auctioned off in a bid to buy it.

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The BBC have decided to put Match of the Day's old London set up for sale and could raise around £10,000 from the auction which will take place in November. Match of the Day's 70-ft long former backdrop, which was used on the show from 2007 to 2011 before the programme was relocated to Salford, will be among a set of BBC items sold by auctioneers Peaker Pattinson. Host Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and former pundit Alan Hansen are just some of the high-profile names who used to sit on MotD's famous sofas on Saturday nights to provide a highlights show of the weekend's Premier League fixtures. Match of the Day host Gary Lineker, pictured in October 2010, sits in front of the old backdrop . Lineker joked that Alan Hansen (left) and Alan Shearer (right) could be interested in purchasing the MotD set . The BBC, including Match of the Day, moved their media base from London to Salford in 2011 . Lineker, speaking to The Sun on Sunday, joked that Hansen or Robbie Savage could be in the market for the BBC set. 'Maybe Alan Shearer or Robbie Savage will have a bid or even Mr Hansen if he's feeling nostalgic,' said Lineker. 'Either way this is a chance to get your hands on a little, or rather big, piece of BBC history.'