SHEARER: Wor Jackie's 200 Goal Record Is Safe
By Matthew Jones
October 23 2003
Newcastle United skipper and former England striker Alan Shearer has said that he has "no chance" of overtaking Jackie Milburn as Newcastle United's top goal scorer, stating that he won't be around long enough to score the 46 more goals needed.
Newcastle United skipper and former England striker Alan Shearer has said that he has "no chance" of overtaking Jackie Milburn as Newcastle United's top goal scorer.
Shearer is now 33 years old and has 154 goals to his name. Wor Jackie's 200 goals is still the record on the club's scoring charts, and Shearer doesn't believe he will be around long enough for that record to be broken.
He said: "I don't think I'll be around long enough to catch Jackie Milburn, that's for sure. But I'm delighted to have overtaken the great Len White.
"He's a very famous name in Newcastle as anyone will tell you - including my old man. Len's a hero of his, so I'm very pleased and honoured."
Former Newcastle star Peter Beardsley has also spoken out, claiming that Shearer was right to stay in international retiremen, despite being asked to return.
He said: "Alan proved what a great player he was and kept going and going. Now it has got to the stage where everyone would like him to come back.
"But he remembers the stick he took. It wasn't right and if he was to come back and it didn't go well, it would probably start again."