Photo clippage: Lynam special

To mark the man's (inevitable) return to football presentation...

1) Des hooks up with Henry Kelly and the actor T.P. McKenna for a St Patrick's Day soiree at Green's Oyster Bar in London, 1986:


















2) A few months later, Brendan Foster, Tony Jacklin and Emlyn Hughes join Des at Wimbledon to launch that year's summer of sport on the BBC:
























3) Cher and Meatloaf drop in to the Des Lynam Show on Radio 2, 1998:


















4) The Sir Peter O'Sullevan Annual Awards lunch, 2001. "So I said to him, I said, 'Boggy! Avast ye with that tinned chicken! And be quick about it!'"