Alan Shearer is coming home – Statue on the move | OneFootball

Amongst the countless shameful actions of the 14+ years of Mike Ashley at Newcastle United, nothing sums him up better than the way he treat Kevin Keegan and Alan Shearer.

The club’s two greatest living legends, both willing to do anything they could to help THEIR club, the pair of them answering the call when Ashley asked.

In return, Mike Ashley acted absolutely disgracefully to both Alan Shearer and Kevin Keegan, with KK successfully winning his case for constructive dismissal when the then owner secretly gave Dennis Wise final say on transfers, despite Keegan having been assured he would be the main man for signings in and out.

As for Alan Shearer, after Mike Ashley asked him to, he put in a detailed plan as to how to take the team / club forward after relegation in 2009, a plan for promotion and then moving forward beyond that. Ashley didn’t even bother replying.

Roundly condemned by both Newcastle fans and media, Mike Ashley reacted by petulantly renaming Shearer’s bar at the Gallowgate end of St James Park.

This followed by something even worse.

When a statue of Alan Shearer, Newcastle United’s greatest ever goalscorer, was commissioned by Freddie Shepherd, it wasn’t allowed on club property in 2016. Having to be placed as close as possible on Barrack Road, on council owned land.

However, following on from countless other positives since Mike Ashley left, Alan Shearer is also now set to come home.

Newcastle City Council now have planning application 2022/0048/01/DET:

Proposal:

‘Relocate existing Statue, erection of new plinth and demolition of existing plinth and replace paving.’

Location:

‘Land Adjacent To Saint James Park Strawberry Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4ST’

In terms of distance, the Alan Shearer statue is not going to move very far.

However, symbolically, this is yet another massive step forward.

Alan Shearer set to make the short run across from Barrack Road, to the bottom of the steps which lead up to the South West Corner of St James Park.

The Shearer statue to now be placed only a short distance away from the Sir Bobby Robson one.