He's done it!

On Saturday, in Newcastle's FA Cup match versus Mansfield Town, Shearer banged in goal number 200 for Newcastle, equaling Jackie Milburn's record.

It's no suprise really, once Shearer had decided to stick around for another year, no one doubted he'd reach (and now inevitably surpass) Jackie's record.

It was a very important goal too! 10 minutes to go, it was still nil-nil... Phew!

I watched the match highlights on Match of the Day tonight, it's actually a neat little goal. Bramble does well to win the ball out wide, plays it inside to Nobby who advances, slides a neat through ball to Luque, which takes him too wide for a shot so he back heels it, the ball essentially STOPS just outside the 6 yard box, and Alan jumps on it, fires it far post...

Check out the BBC's VIRTUAL REPLAY! (How cool is this??)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/virtualreplay/premiership/index.shtml?148251

Queue the fans! Too bad it wasn't a full house, but I think in the end about 40,000 showed up, so I'm sure there was a decent roar!

To get some comparison, take a look at Andy Cole's 9 year stay at Man United, he scored just over 100 goals, and I'm sure you could argue he had a hell of a lot better service than Alan has had! How about Robbie Fowler at Liverpool? from 1993 to 2001, ~ 120 goals... Neither one are close to the consistency that Shearer has shown...

He is a LIVING LEGEND...

Here's a shot of Al and I, back in 2000 when we hung out after Newcastle's friendly with DC United...

¶ Monday, January 09, 2006