‘What are you telling me that for?’ - Alan Shearer’s furious reaction to Newcastle United result
Alan Shearer was raging with BBC producers for telling him Newcastle United were trailing Bromley 1-0 yesterday.
Despite being arguably the most well-known Toon supporter and the club’s all-time leading goalscorer, the 54-year-old was not tuned in to watch Eddie Howe’s men book a fourth-round place. Shearer was on co-commentary duties for Arsenal vs Manchester United - a game the Red Devils won after extra time and penalties.
Both games kicked off at 3pm and Newcastle fell behind on eight minutes through a vicious Cameron Congreve strike. Lewis Miley replied with a worldie of his own but the Magpies went into the break level.
The game spun, however, when Howe introduced the A-team, with Anthony Gordon and Bruno Guimaraes having an expected impact. Newcastle then coasted to a routine 3-1 win to set up a fourth-round trip to League One outfit Birmingham City.
Speaking on the Rest Is Football podcast, Shearer revealed he was furious as producers whispered in his ear that his hometown team were losing. He said: “Newcastle were playing as well and it kept flashing up on my phone.
“The guys in my ear were telling me ‘Ah, Newcastle are 1-0 down’. I’m thinking ‘I’m meant to be ******* concentrating on this game, what are you telling me that for!”
Gary Lineker added that the new structure - which sees no replays from the third round onwards - needs to be revised further. This came after Tottenham Hotspur were held in 90 minutes by Tamworth before blowing the National League outfit away in extra time.
“We still have extra time,” he said. “Personally, I think if they’re going to take away replays, they should take away extra time,” Lineker revealed on The Rest Is Football podcast.
“Because otherwise, it really favours the strong teams - because they’ve got bigger squads, and they can put on their best players in extra time like Spurs did (against Tamworth). And they went on to win.”