Source: Eurosport
Shearer Confirmed As Newcastle Boss
Alan Shearer has been named Newcastle manager for the final eight games of the season, the club have confirmed.[LNB][LNB]Alan Shearer Factfile[LNB]1970: Born August 13, Newcastle.[LNB]1988: Signs professional forms with Southampton on April 14, five days after making his full debut for Saints when he became the youngest player to score a Football League hat-trick in a 4-2 win over Arsenal at The Dell.[LNB]1990: Scores three goals in 26 league matches for Saints in 1989-90.[LNB]1991: Nets four times in 36 league games during 1990-91 season. Earns England Under-21 call-up, going on to score a record 13 goals in 11 appearances at that level.[LNB]1992: Makes senior England debut at Wembley on February 19, scoring in 2-0 win over France. Travels with England squad to European Championships in Sweden, playing in 0-0 draw against France in Malmo.[LNB]July - Moves to Blackburn in then British record £3.3million deal. Scores twice on debut in 3-3 draw with Crystal Palace. Goes on to net 22 times before suffering cruciate knee ligament injury against Leeds on Boxing Day and missing the rest of the campaign.[LNB]1994: Voted Footballer of the Year having scored 31 Premiership goals in the 1993-94 season.[LNB]1995: His 34 Premiership goals leads Blackburn to their first championship for 81 years. Voted PFA Player of the Year.[LNB]1996: Becomes first player to reach 100 goals in the Premiership, taking just over three seasons to do so. Wins Golden Boot as top goalscorer at Euro 96.[LNB]Moves to hometown club Newcastle in then world record £15million deal.[LNB]Injury sees Shearer miss large parts of 1996-97 season, but he still scores 28 goals in all competitions as Newcastle finish second in the Premiership and qualify for the Champions League.[LNB]1997: Suffers a broken leg and ruptured ankle ligaments during the pre-season Umbro Tournament at Goodison Park in July and misses England's final two World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Italy.[LNB]1998: Scores the only goal of the game as Newcastle beat Sheffield United at Old Trafford on March 7 to reach FA Cup final. Finds the net twice as England beat Portugal 3-0 at Wembley on April 22.[LNB]April 30 - Appears to kick Leicester midfielder Neil Lennon in the face during goalless draw at Filbert Street.[LNB]May 6 - Charged by the Football Association over the incident.[LNB]May 12 - FA disciplinary panel return not guilty verdict.[LNB]June/July - Plays in all four of England's World Cup games, scoring the opener in the first match with Tunisia and from the penalty spot during the 90 minutes in the second-round penalty shoot-out defeat against Argentina.[LNB]1999: May 17 - Finishes the Premiership season with a tally of 21 goals.[LNB]June 3 - Named captain of England team to face Sweden in European Championship qualifier at Wembley, his 50th cap.[LNB]August 7 - In opening match of season - his 100th game for[LNB]Newcastle - is sent off for first time in his career for serious foul play. Relationship deteriorates with manager Ruud Gullit.[LNB]August 25 - Dropped by Gullit for St James' clash with rivals Sunderland.[LNB]Comes on as substitute but does not score as Newcastle lose 2-1.[LNB]September 4 - Shearer keeps England captaincy and scores hat-trick in 6-0 win over Luxembourg at Wembley in Euro 2000 qualifier.[LNB]September 19 - Scores five goals in 8-0 rout of Sheffield Wednesday, Sir Bobby Robson's first match at St James' Park.[LNB]2000: February 26 - Announces he will retire from international football after Euro 2000 finals.[LNB]June 17 - Scores winner in Euro 2000 1-0 victory over Germany after having steroid injection in knee.[LNB]June 20 - Scores penalty but his international career ends in dismal failure as England are eliminated by a 3-2 defeat to Romania.[LNB]2001: April 3 - A second operation on tendinitis in his knee leaves Shearer struggling to be fit in time for the new season.[LNB]July 16 - Wins OBE in Queens' Birthday Honours for services to football.[LNB]November 27 - Nets twice in first half of Worthington Cup fourth-round clash with Ipswich to bring up a century of goals in a Newcastle shirt.[LNB]2002: April 20 - Scores 200th Premiership goal against Charlton at St James' Park.[LNB]October 19 - Scores the 300th goal of his club career when he converts a penalty for Newcastle against his old club Blackburn.[LNB]November 23 - Scores his 100th Premiership goal for Newcastle in 5-3 defeat at Manchester United, becoming the first man to accomplish the feat with two clubs.[LNB]December 26 - Scores the 350th goal of his career.[LNB]February 26 - Nets his first Champions League goal from open play against Bayer Leverkusen, goes on to complete hat-trick by half-time.[LNB]March 15 - Scores his 144th Newcastle goal in his 200th league appearance for[LNB]them, a penalty in a 2-0 win at Charlton which takes him third in the all-time list of Magpies goalscorers.[LNB]October 4 - Scores his 250th career goal in Newcastle's Premiership match against Southampton.[LNB]2004: August - Announces he will retire at the end of the season.[LNB]2005: February 2 - Scores 250th Premiership goal in Newcastle's 1-1 draw at Manchester City.[LNB]2006: April 1 - Announces he will play on as player-coach for the 2006 season.[LNB]January 7 - Scores his 200th goal for Newcastle against Mansfield in the FA Cup third round, equalling the club record of Jackie Milburn.[LNB]February 2 - Newcastle announce Shearer will assist caretaker boss Glenn Roeder following Graeme Souness' dismissal.[LNB]February 4 - Scores 201st goal for Newcastle at home to Portsmouth to become top scorer in the club's history.[LNB]April 21 - Admits his career has been ended by a medial ligament injury sustained at the Stadium of Light.[LNB]July 30 - Announces he has turned down a role in then England boss Steve McClaren's backroom team having already agreed a contract extension with the BBC as a pundit.[LNB]2008: Interim Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear announces Shearer has turned down the chance to join the coaching staff at St James' Park.[LNB]2009: March 31 - Reports suggest he will be announced as manager of Newcastle until the end of the season with the Magpies third from bottom of the Premier League.[LNB]
