By Robert Crampton
The Times Magazine
May 16 1998I 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.
Archive for May, 1998
Alan Shearer The Man
By N.O On Sat 16 May 1998 | Comments Off
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.
Alan Shearer - The Simple Man
By N.O On Sat 9 May 1998 | Comments Off
By Oliver Holt
The Times
May 9 1998Shearer’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
