Alan Shearer : fifty defining fixtures
Matthews, Tony, 1943 April 9-2016
Book
Alan Shearer OBE (born 13 August 1970) is an English footballer whose prowess saw him score a hat-trick in his professional debut in 1988 while playing for Southampton. Widely regarded as one of the world's best strikers, his goalscoring talent saw him become both Newcastle's and the Premier League's top goalscorer in the 1995/96 season. During his career as a player, he captained England in 1996 and Newcastle from 1999 and scored a massive 283 league goals, of which 260 were in the Premier League, and a recored eleven Premier League hat-tricks. Named Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1994 and the PFA Player of the Year in 1995, Shearer is one of the greatest footballers England has produced. In this book Tony Mathews oulines why Alan Shearer deserves to be recognised as a legend of the beautiful game.
Main title:
Alan Shearer : fifty defining fixtures / Tony Matthews.
Author:
Matthews, Tony, 1943 April 9-, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2016.
Collation:
156 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781445651323 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.334092
Language:
English
BRN:
2325078