England after skipper Shearer

By Matthew Jones
December 15 2002

Alan Shearer appears to have been asked to play for England. Everybody is doing as much as they can to get Shearer back on the International scene, but will he go back?

Alan Shearer has always said that he is not going to go back and play for England, but it appears that he is still wanted.

Statistics show that he is still one of the best strikers and he still has a few years left in him. He scored plenty of goals for his county and 300+ for his club. It is things like that that prove just how good he really is.

We all saw his goal against Man U - what a cracking goal it was. Every goal he scores causes another debate "Was that his best"?

Football fans up and down the South East and other parts of the country often have the right idea in watching the live game on Sky Sports with the volume turned down low and putting on the commentary on 1548 Capital Radio Gold SportsTime (with Jonathon Pearce and Tony Gayle – “Sponsored by Sports.com – Click Here for Football”).

Pearcey RAVED about the gaol as soon as it was struck – he put words to the emotions before ANYONE else could. “OH WHAT A VOLLEY!” he roared. Indeed! No truer words were spoken in the instance of such excellence.

You can say what you want about his records since and before, the clubs he’s joined and those he turned down, and the future of the man – but you can’t doubt he’s scored some fantastic goals. As I’ve said, his international ones spring to mind, but I’m sure you’ll all be reminding me of his excellent goals at club level.

And just to pre-empt some of you: how about the winner against Spurs in the FA Cup Semi. Or the free kick really early on in his return to Newcastle, where everyone thought for sure he’d place it on the head of Les Ferdinand.

Everybody is doing as much as they can to get Shearer back on the International scene, but will he go back?