If NFL betting players can remember the days of Marshall Faulk, who scored touchdowns at an amazing pace in St. Louis, then soccer betting players would compare that to Alan Shearer, arguably the most clinical English striker of the last 15-20 years.
Shearer began his career at Southampton, playing alongside the brilliant Matt Le Tissier, then he was sold to Blackburn, where he helped Rovers win the Premiership in 1994-95. After four years there, Shearer then moved to Newcastle, where he became a legend and eventually, he was given the armband as club captain. However, he decided to retire in 2005-06 with a tally of 379 goals in 733 matches.
For England, Shearer scored 30 goals in 63 caps, winning the Golden Boot at Euro 96, but the team never really accomplished much, although that’s not due to Shearer.
Shearer will be remembered for a simple, no-nonsense style of play, and he was arguably the best penalty taker in the history of the Premiership. He was a center-forward that held up the ball as well as anyone, and he was a menace in the box. He’ll forever be a legend at Newcastle, where he managed the team for the final eight matches at the end of May 2009, and while they ended up relegated, the team was sunk before Shearer got involved. Shearer will go down as one of the top five English strikers of all time, and online betting players may never see a center-forward like this again.
