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Hi all,
I have chosen some stories from Shearer's book <MY STORY SO FAR>. They are just a resume of what Shearer wrote. I have tried not to change or destroy what he wrote. The book printed a lot of picture inculding his beautiful wife Lainya and two little girls. But sorry that I don't have a scanner so I can't scan them to you. Finally, hope Alan have had a great birthday today.
Enjoy the stories!

FION (August 13, 1998)

1. After he joined Newcastle...
In Anfied, Everytime when I got the ball I was booed. One section of the crowd even hit me with the chant, 'One greedy bastard.' I had taken that for 4 years from Manchester United fans and the last people in the world I expected it from were Blackburn supporters. I thought I deserved better than that after all the good times I had shared with them.

2. It was a funny story he wrote which I marked from "My Captain's Tale" which is one of the article of his book.
An Italian cable TV company has asked me to do a promotional film in which I was to be portrayed as the James Bond of goalscoring. I was supposed to say, partly in English and partly in Italian, 'The name's Shearer. Alan Shearer. My job-goals.' I could not get it right. It was not me. In the end I just said, 'Hello, my name is Alan Shearer.' delivered in my best Geordie accent.

3. It was about England's Gazza...
The England players all used to grab a few hours sleep before each of the Euro 96 games, everyone that is except Gazza. He was so hyperactive, he rarely sat still let alone went to sleep. The players did not need the wake-up calls, because Gazza would open his bedroom window, turn on his portable CD player and wake up the whole hotel.

4. When Alan was voted in the 3rd place of the World Footballer...
I have a very strong will to win, which can be an embarrassment. When I was invited to attend the World Footballer of the year awards in Hisbon early in 1997, I was voted in the 3rd place behind Ronaldo and Weah. I declined the invitation to attend the official banguet afterwards. Because my motto is first is best, second is nowhere and third is a failure.

5. It was about his earlier injury which I didn't realise before. Man U 0- Newcastle 5 that game, his superb cross to Les Ferdinand...
The moment I remember most was when I crossed the ball from out on the right for Ferdinand to score the third goal. I turned towards the fans with my arms up to celebrate. But what the fans didn't know was that my pleasure was mixed up with pain. As I crossed the ball I suffered an injury but I kided myself that the injury was not too serious. I just tried to play. I was scoring regularly, as well. I got my first hat trick for Newcastle in a 4-3 win over Leicester, one of the goals was a free kick. It was a pain shot, but it was worth it.

6. It was about an earlier problem of Newcastle-Kenny leave...
If Kenny were to leave Newcastle, I reckon there would be a queue of 5 or 6 of the biggest clubs in the world who would be ready to take him as manager. That says all you need to know about his reputation and ability. It's easy to forget about the changes Kevin made when he first took over. People gave him time. They say he is one-off but so is Kenny. My message to Newcastle fans is to give him a chance and he will get it right.

7. It was marked from "The Road To Recovery", after Shearer suffered his serious injury last year, and was waiting to recover...
One day in August when Lainya was ill and we were both lying in bed.No one around us. Lainya was dying for a cup of tea but neither of us could do anything about it.We did laugh about this afterward but that moment was really bad.

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