Today's podcast has a personal touch to it, as a Newcastle fan talking about Shearer can only be so rational. 

Date of Birth: 13 August 1970
Place of Birth: Gosforth
Clubs played for: Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United

Individual Honours
Player of the season 1995
6x PFA Team of the Year
3x Premier League Golden Boot
4x Premier League player of the Month
Euro 1996 Top Scorer (5 goals)
Premier League All-Time record scorer (260 goals)
Newcastle All-Time record scorer (206 goals)

Team Honours
1994-95 Premier League 

Essential watching / reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmN8oMJ8Y5A - Greatest Premier League goals - including the strike against Everton I mention on the podcast.
https://theathletic.co.uk/2039387/2020/09/08/the-premier-league-60-no-2-alan-shearer/ - George Caulkin Premier League 60 piece on The Athletic
https://theathletic.co.uk/1697605/2020/04/03/newcastle-united-greatest-goals-alan-shearer-everton/ - piece on the Everton goal

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing  https://twitter.com/SJStobbart

Today's podcast has a personal touch to it, as a Newcastle fan talking about Shearer can only be so rational. 

Date of Birth: 13 August 1970
Place of Birth: Gosforth
Clubs played for: Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United

Individual Honours
Player of the season 1995
6x PFA Team of the Year
3x Premier League Golden Boot
4x Premier League player of the Month
Euro 1996 Top Scorer (5 goals)
Premier League All-Time record scorer (260 goals)
Newcastle All-Time record scorer (206 goals)

Team Honours
1994-95 Premier League 

Essential watching / reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmN8oMJ8Y5A - Greatest Premier League goals - including the strike against Everton I mention on the podcast.
https://theathletic.co.uk/2039387/2020/09/08/the-premier-league-60-no-2-alan-shearer/ - George Caulkin Premier League 60 piece on The Athletic
https://theathletic.co.uk/1697605/2020/04/03/newcastle-united-greatest-goals-alan-shearer-everton/ - piece on the Everton goal

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing  https://twitter.com/SJStobbart

A look back at Liverpool and Premier League icon, Steven Gerrard. Breaking down his career the stats, honours, greatest moments and  his legacy. 

Born: May 30th 1980
Height : 6 ft 0 in 
Position: Midfielder

Team Honours

• 2004/2005 UEFA Champions League 
• 2x FA Cup 
• 3x League Cup 
• 2000/2001 UEFA Cup 
• 2001 UEFA Super Cup 
• 2006/2007 UEFA Champions League Runners-Up 

Individual Honours 

• •2005/2006 PFA Player of the Year
• 8x PFA Team of the Year (#1 in PL history)
• 2008/2009 FWA Player of the Year
• 3x UEFA Team of the Year
• 3x FIFA FifPro World XI
• Voted UEFA All-Time Champions League XI (Alongside Xavi and Iniesta - ahead of Kaka and Zidane on the bench) 
• 2005 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
• Ballon D’OR 3rd Place 2005 (1. Ronaldinho 2. Lampard) 
• Awarded an MBE for his services to football, on the back of Liverpool Miracle of Istanbul. 

Footballing CV

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool (1998-2015) 710 Appearances / 186 Goals (Only player in Liverpool storied history to finish in the top five in both appearances and goals.) 
• International: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England (2000-2014) 114 Caps, 21 Goals 

Gerrard essential watching/reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eJtMb_8u-I - Gerrard best Premier League goals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in1BAMIE42k - The Miracle of Istanbul
https://theathletic.co.uk/2036889/2020/09/02/premier-league-60-steven-gerrard-liverpool-rangers-no-8/ - Micheal Cox Athletic piece

*COMPETITION TIME* - Make sure you listen to my https://www.buzzsprout.com/1076521/episodes/7824367-ranking-premier-league-managers-2021 the end to get involved - the winner will be announced at the end of the month.

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing  https://twitter.com/SJStobbart

A look back at Liverpool and Premier League icon, Steven Gerrard. Breaking down his career the stats, honours, greatest moments and  his legacy. 

Born: May 30th 1980
Height : 6 ft 0 in 
Position: Midfielder

Team Honours

• 2004/2005 UEFA Champions League 
• 2x FA Cup 
• 3x League Cup 
• 2000/2001 UEFA Cup 
• 2001 UEFA Super Cup 
• 2006/2007 UEFA Champions League Runners-Up 

Individual Honours 

• •2005/2006 PFA Player of the Year
• 8x PFA Team of the Year (#1 in PL history)
• 2008/2009 FWA Player of the Year
• 3x UEFA Team of the Year
• 3x FIFA FifPro World XI
• Voted UEFA All-Time Champions League XI (Alongside Xavi and Iniesta - ahead of Kaka and Zidane on the bench) 
• 2005 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
• Ballon D’OR 3rd Place 2005 (1. Ronaldinho 2. Lampard) 
• Awarded an MBE for his services to football, on the back of Liverpool Miracle of Istanbul. 

Footballing CV

A look back at Liverpool and Premier League icon, Steven Gerrard. Breaking down his career the stats, honours, greatest moments and  his legacy. 

Born: May 30th 1980
Height : 6 ft 0 in 
Position: Midfielder

Team Honours

• 2004/2005 UEFA Champions League 
• 2x FA Cup 
• 3x League Cup 
• 2000/2001 UEFA Cup 
• 2001 UEFA Super Cup 
• 2006/2007 UEFA Champions League Runners-Up 

Individual Honours 

• •2005/2006 PFA Player of the Year
• 8x PFA Team of the Year (#1 in PL history)
• 2008/2009 FWA Player of the Year
• 3x UEFA Team of the Year
• 3x FIFA FifPro World XI
• Voted UEFA All-Time Champions League XI (Alongside Xavi and Iniesta - ahead of Kaka and Zidane on the bench) 
• 2005 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
• Ballon D’OR 3rd Place 2005 (1. Ronaldinho 2. Lampard) 
• Awarded an MBE for his services to football, on the back of Liverpool Miracle of Istanbul. 

Footballing CV

Wayne Rooney breakdown assessing the Manchester United forward legendry career on the pitch. 

Born: Oct 24th 1985
Height : 1.75cm
Position: Forward

Clubs:  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Everton (2002-2004 / (2017-2018) - 28 goals 117 appearances 

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Manchester United (2004-2017) - 253 goals, 146 assists, 559 games, 101 yellow cards, 3 red cards 

🇺🇸D.C United (2018-2019) - 23 goals, 48 appearances 

International:

 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England 53 goals, 20 assists, 119 appearances 

Individual Honours

• 2009/2010 PFA Player of the Year 
• 2x PFA Fans Player of the Year 
• 2009/2010 FWA Player of the Year 
• 2x PFA Young Player of the Year 
• 3x PFA Team of the Year
• 2004 Golden Boy Award 
• 2011 FIF Pro World XI
• 5th Ballon D’OR voting in 2011

Team Honours

• 2007/2008 UEFA Champions League 
• 5x Premier League 
• 2015/2016 FA Cup 
• 3x League Cup 
• 2016/2017 UEFA Europa League 

Rooney video compilation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiYioCRuSRM - Fenerbache Hat-Trick!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLkVsOMRIoY - Top 5 Premier League goals (From record breaking free kicks to rocket fuelled volleys and THAT bicycle kick against Man City, which is your favourite Rooney Premier League goal?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoeuimVCseo&t=1s - Boxing in the kitchen (the best minute of your day, maybe your week)

*COMPETITION TIME* - Make sure you listen to my https://www.buzzsprout.com/1076521/episodes/7824367-ranking-premier-league-managers-2021 the end to get involved - the winner will be announced at the end of the month.

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing  https://twitter.com/SJStobbart

Wayne Rooney breakdown assessing the Manchester United forward legendry career on the pitch. 

Born: Oct 24th 1985
Height : 1.75cm
Position: Forward

Clubs:  

Wayne Rooney breakdown assessing the Manchester United forward legendry career on the pitch. 

Born: Oct 24th 1985
Height : 1.75cm
Position: Forward

Clubs:  

A look back on Jose Mourinho first season in charge of Chelsea. The Portuguese manager announced himself as "The Special One" and behind John Terry and Frank Lampard led the Blues to there first title in 50 years.

Manager: 🇵🇹 Jose Mourinho   
Premier League: 1st Champions  Pld 38 / W 29 / D 8 / L 1 /  Pts 95
FA Cup: Fifth Round
League Cup: Champions
UEFA Champions League: Semi-Finals
Top goalscorer:
League: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lampard (13)
All: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lampard (19)

Season Awards
PFA Player of the Year: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Terry 

FWA Player of the Year: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lampard PFA Fans Player of the Year: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lampard 

Premier League Manager of the Season: 🇵🇹 Jose Mourinho 

Manager of the Month: November and January 

PFA Team of the year: 🇨🇿 Petr Czech, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Terry, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lampard,  🇳🇱 Arjen Robben

Premier League Player of the Month:  🇳🇱 Arjen Robben: November, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Terry: January, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Cole: March, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lampard: April 

Starting XI: 4-3-3 (Proactive counter-attacking, defensive shape off ball the key)

GK 🇨🇿 1 Petr Czech
RB 🇵🇹 20 Paulo Ferrreira
CB 🇵🇹 6 Ricardo Carvalho
CB 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 26 John Terry (C)
LB 🇫🇷 13 William Gallas
DM 🇫🇷 4 Claude Makelele
CM 🇵🇹 30 Tiago
AM 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 8 Frank Lampard
WF 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 10 Joe Cole
WF 🇮🇪 11 Damian Duff / 🇳🇱 16 Arjen Robben
CF 🇨🇮 15 Didier Drogba  / 🇮🇸 22 Eidur Gudjohnsen

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing  https://twitter.com/SJStobbart

I hate asking on the podcast as it ruins the show but iTunes reviews and ratings would be amazing, there like gold .

Essential reading / watching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGQH9cyA91M&t=228s - Football Made Simple tactical breakdown