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Alan Shearer was beating tears by speaking during the parade of the Carabao Cup trophy in Newcastle, while the former striker paid an emotional tribute to his father in front of thousands of fans.
The legend of the Magpies joined the club’s faithful during a bus parade on Saturday to celebrate its first domestic trophy since 1955.
Shearer’s father, also appointed Alan, died at the age of 80 in May 2024 following a reappearance of cancer. He was diagnosed in February after having already beaten the illness at the age of 65.
Alan Sr. chose the melody of the theme of the match of the day to play in the crematorium and Shearer describes the portage of the coffin as “the most difficult thing I have ever done”.
Shearer’s father was also passionate about Newcastle, growing up near Gosforth. His death noted that he missed his club finished their trophy drought, 70 years earlier this month when the Magpies beat Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao Cup final.
Shearer revealed that his father was present to watch Newcastle win their last trophy in 1969, when they won the Cup of the Integrated Fair.
Alan Shearer torn apart during the Newcastle Carabao Cup Trophy Trophy on Saturday afternoon
The legend of the Magpies has joined thousands of fans in downtown Newcastle to celebrate
The players passed on an open bus while Newcastle fans celebrated the end of their drought of 70 -year -old domestic trophy
Speaking during the parade in downtown Newcastle, the top scorer of all time in the Premier League said: “ YouAh, unfortunately, my father died last May.
“He was lucky to be in the final in 69. I just want him to hang for a year more just to see and taste this.
“But he would have watched and would have been as proud as me.”
The Newcastle procession left St James Park on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. with the streets lined with hundreds of thousands of worshiper fans, the jubilant atmosphere.
The Open Top bus has sown towards the city of the city, where a post -ticket celebration for a Q&R with legends of the Newcastle Club, notably the Ferdinand and Alan Sheare.
The current team went on the stage to greet their fans at 6.30 p.m., with Newcastle Superfans Ant and Dec leading a song of “Toon!” Toon! ‘
The players and the staff on stage have in turn noted the Cup, with Ant and DEC crying out encouragement and the mass of fans encouraging them.
After interviews with Eddie Howe and deputy director Jason Tindall, club captain Bruno Guimarães leads the crowd in a song of Hey Jude.
Goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka then took the microphone to direct a song to the winger Jelinton with the words: “He is Brazilian, he costs only 40 million pounds sterling.”
