One fan mounted the £250,000 brass statue of Alan Shearer and sat on its head. Another, shirtless and replete with a flourishing beard, puffed on a vape and stared into the distance.

Speaking to The Rest Is Football podcast, Shearer - who was in the crowd as Newcastle clinched the Carabao Cup - backed calls for a Howe statue. The 54-year-old also ranked Howe above Robson and ...

Alan Shearer has suggested there’s an outsider ... As Newcastle’s all-time top scorer, a statue of the former England ...

Alan Shearer believes Eddie Howe would be deserving of a statue outside St James’ Park if he manages to end Newcastle United’s 70-year wait for domestic silverware this afternoon. Newcastle ...