Archive for May, 1998

Monthly Archive

Alan Shearer The Man

By N.O On Sat 16 May 1998 | Comments Off

By Robert Crampton

The Times Magazine
May 16 1998

I met Shearer in Newcastle on the day that he was launching his autobiography an anodyne account of the 27 years since he was born, in Newcastle, in 1970. The day before his press conference here, Newcastle had beaten Sheffield United 1-0 to go through to today’s FA Cup Final.

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Fans Crown Shearer Angel Of The North

By N.O On Wed 13 May 1998 | Comments Off

By The BBC

May 13 1998

Newcastle United fans have played a spectacular tribute to their hero Alan Shearer by hoisting a replica of his shirt onto the 65ft statue of Tyneside’s Angel of the North.

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Alan Shearer - The Simple Man

By N.O On Sat 9 May 1998 | Comments Off

By Oliver Holt

The Times
May 9 1998

Shearer’s public image is of a hero, a good guy, sometimes dull and mundane. A sinister side to his nature has recently come to the fore, however, and brought unwelcome attention By Oliver Holt

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