Shearer named in Team of the Decade


By Matthew Jones
April 9 2003

Newcastle United's hot stiker, Alan Shearer (Who is leading the Player of the Season poll) has today been named in the "Team of the Decade", after more than 750,000 fans from over 180 different countires recorded their votes. Who else is on the squad? You will have to read on :) United skipper Alan Shearer who is currently leading our Player Of The Season poll, has just been named in the TEAM OF THE DECADE

Shearer said: "The Domestic Team Of The Decade would give any side a run for their money and I am very grateful to those people who selected me for the team.

"During my 10 seasons in the Premier League, I have played in a number of different teams, the Blackburn championship winning team, the Kevin Keegan team of the mid-1990s and now Sir Bobby Robson's exciting youg team.

"All of those sides have had a backbone of terrific domestic players and being bracketed alongside the best of those is a terrific feeling."

The full team - Seaman, G Neville, Pearce, Adams, Bruce, Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, Ince, Shearer, Owen - Recorded over 750,000 votes from over 180 different countries.

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