Alan Shearer ‘feared BBC sack’ if TV cameras picked up actions at Newcastle sport

On Jan 30, 2024

Alan Shearer is an England legend, Premier League-winner, and the division’s high scorer of all time.

But earlier than all that, he’s Newcastle via and thru, as proved by his current look within the away finish at Craven Cottage. The Magpies travelled to Fulham within the fourth spherical of the FA Cup on Saturday and triumphed 2-0 in entrance of arguably the membership’s best participant of all time.

And whereas his days on the sector could also be lengthy over, that does not imply he finds it any simpler to be a prepared bystander so near the motion. In truth, the 53-year-old feared his outbursts from the viewers could have put his BBC profession in jeopardy.

“You know when the ref makes a poor decision, and you can hear all the fans go, ‘That’s f*****g useless,'” stated Shearer on The Rest Is Football. “Well I found myself doing the same to the referee.

“I used to be considering, ‘If the cameras are on me now…’ Honestly, I needed to suppose, ‘Calm down, Alan, otherwise you may get your self sacked right here for shouting on the referee!”

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Alan Shearer 'feared BBC would sack him' if TV cameras picked up actions in Newcastle away end — The Magpies legend was swarmed with fan consideration
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Alan Shearer was in the away end as Newcastle beat Fulham in the FA Cup — Fans known as on Shearer to “give them a song”
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Goals from Sean Longstaff and Dan Burn secured a dominant 2-0 win in west London and bagged Eddie Howe’s males a spot reverse Blackburn within the subsequent spherical of the match. The FA Cup has been a welcome distraction from Newcastle’s current struggles within the Premier League, the place they’re at present driving a four-loss streak.

After tumbling out of the Champions League and Carabao Cup, the FA Cup now appears like Newcastle’s solely lifelike shot at silverware this season. And it will not be the final time Geordie supporters see their hallowed determine within the thick of it.

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Shearer added: “My son said to me, ‘Dad, I’ve got a spare ticket. You always said you’re going to come to an away game with me. Why don’t you come to the game?’ And I was like, ‘Are you mad?’

“He stated, ‘Come on, you will find it irresistible. It’ll be superb!’ Then I assumed, ‘Actually, it isn’t a nasty thought’. Then the extra I considered it, the extra I assumed, ‘I’m gonna do it, why not’. He persuaded me and I went [to the game], and I’m positively going to do it once more. I completely cherished it. It was every little thing – chaos, insanity, pleasure. It was simply sensible.”