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Alan Shearer Fifty Defining Fixtures
About this book
Alan Shearer OBE (born 13 August 1970) is an English footballer whose prowess saw him score a hat-trick in his professional debut in 1988 while playing for Southhampton. Leaving Southhampton in 1992, Shearer went on to play as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United, where he stayed until the end of his career in 2006. Widely regarded as one of the world's best strikers, his goalscoring talent saw him bcome both Newcastle's and the Premier League's top goalscorer in the 1995/96 season. During his career as a player, he captained England in 1996 and Newcastle from 1999 and scored a massive 283 league goals, of which 260 were in the Premier League, and a recored eleven Premier League hat-tricks. Named Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1994 and the PFA Player of the Year in 1995, Shearer is one of the greatest footballers England has produced. In Alan Shearer: Fifty Defining Fixtures, Tony Mathews oulines why Alan Shearer deserves to be recognised as a legend of the beautiful game.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Introduction
- The Alan Shearer Fact File
- 1 - Chelsea 0 Southampton 1: League Division One: 26 March 1988
- 2 - Southampton 4 Arsenal 2: League Division One: 9 April 1988
- 3 - Southampton 2 York City 0 (won 3-0 on aggregate): Rumbelows League Cup: 3 October 1989
- 4 - England 3 Republic Of Ireland 0: Under 21 European Championship Qualifier: 13 November 1990
- 5 - England 2 France 0: Friendly International: 19 February 1992
- 6 - Crystal Palace 3 Blackburn Rovers 3: Premier League: 15 August 1992
- 7 - Blackburn Rovers 7 Norwich City 1: Premier League: 3 October 1992
- 8 - England 4 Turkey 0: 1994 World Cup Qualifier: 18 November 1992
- 9 - Blackburn Rovers 2 Manchester United 0: Premier League: 2 April 1994
- 10 - Trelleborgs 2 Blackburn Rovers 2 (lost 2-3 on aggregate): UEFA Cup 1st round, 2nd leg: 27 September 1994
- 11 - Blackburn Rovers 1 Leeds United 1: Premier League: 1 February 1995
- 12 - Premier League: Liverpool 2 Blackburn Rovers 1: 14 May 1995
- 13 - Blackburn Rovers 5 Coventry City 1: Premier League: 23 September 1995
- 14 - Blackburn Rovers 7 Nottingham Forest 0: Premier League: 18 November 1995
- 15 - Blackburn Rovers 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1: Premier League: 30 December 1995
- 16 - Blackburn Rovers 3 Wimbledon 2: Premier League: 17 April 1996
- 17 - England 4 Holland 1: European Championship, Group A: 18 June 1996
- 18 - Everton 2 Newcastle United 0: Premier League: 17 August 1996
- 19 - Newcastle United 2 Wimbledon 0: Premier League: 21 August 1996
- 20 - Newcastle United 5 Manchester United 0: Premier League: 20 October 1996
- 21 - Newcastle United 7 Tottenham Hotspur 1: Premier League: 28 December 1996
- 22 - Newcastle United 4 Leicester City 3: Premier League: 2 February 1997
- 23 - Newcastle United 5 Nottingham Forest 0: Premier League: 11 May 1997
- 24 - Stevenage Borough 1 Newcastle United 1: FA Cup 4th round: 24 January 1998
- 25 - Newcastle United 1 Sheffield United 0: FA Cup semi-final: 5 April 1998
- 26 - Arsenal 2 Newcastle United 0: FA Cup Final: 16 May 1998
- 27 - Newcastle United 4 Southampton 0: Premier League: 12 September 1998
- 28 - Newcastle United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (after extra time): FA Cup Semi-final: 11 April 1999
- 29 - Manchester United 2 Newcastle United 0: FA Cup Final: 22 May 1999
- 30 - Newcastle United 0 Aston Villa 1: Premier League: 7 August 1999
- 31 - England 6 Luxembourg 0: Euro 2000 Championship qualifier: 4 September 1999
- 32 - Newcastle United 8 Sheffield Wednesday 0: Premier League: 19 September 1999
- 33 - Chelsea 2 Newcastle United 1: FA Cup semi-final: 9 April 2000
- 34 - Newcastle United 4 Arsenal 2: Premier League: 14 May 2000
- 35 - England 2 Romania 3: 2000 European Championships, Group A: 20 June 2000
- 36 - Coventry City 0 Newcastle United 2: Premier League: 6 September 2000
- 37 - Newcastle United 2 Liverpool 1: Premier League: 26 November 2000
- 38 - Newcastle United 4 Manchester United 3: Premier League: 15 September 2001
- 39 - Newcastle United 3 Charlton Athletic 0: Premier League: 20 April 2002
- 40 - Newcastle United 2 Manchester City 0: Premier League: 18 January 2003
- 41 - Newcastle United 3 Bayer Leverkusen 1: UEFA Champions League, Group A: 26 February 2003
- 42 - Newcastle United 1 Southampton 0: Premier League: 4 October 2003
- 43 - Marseille 2 Newcastle United 0 (lost 0-2 on aggregate): UEFA Cup, semi-final, second leg: 6 May 2004
- 44 - Middlesbrough 2 Newcastle United 2: Premier League: 14 August 2004
- 45 - Bnei Sakhnin (Hapoel) 1 Newcastle United 5 (won 7-1 on aggregate): UEFA Cup 1st rd, 2nd leg: 30 September 2004
- 46 - Manchester United 4 Newcastle United 1: FA Cup Semi-final 17 April 2005
- 47 - Newcastle United 2 Portsmouth 0: Premier League: 4 February 2006
- 48 - Newcastle United 3 Wigan Athletic 1: Premier League: 15 April 2006
- 49 - Sunderland 1 Newcastle United 4: Premier League: 17 April 2006
- 50 - Newcastle United 3 Celtic 2: Alan Shearer Testimonial Match: 11 May 2006
- Picture Section
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements