Career in Pictures: Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer

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The 2002-03 campaign saw Newcastle United return to the UEFA Champions League. What will be most remembered is Shearer’s phenomenal hat-trick against Bayer Leverkusen, sealing a 3-1 home win, which kept the hosts’ hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals alive.

The Toon Army lost their first three fixtures in the first group stage, before recovering with three successive victories to progress into the second stage, before the likes of FC Barcelona and Inter Milan proved too strong.

However, Newcastle did improve significantly domestically, finishing third in the Premier League, with Shearer netting 17 times in 35 games.

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