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'Perfect number nine' - Newcastle stars reveal what it was like to play alongside Alan Shearer

It was on April 17, 2006 that Alan Shearer scored his 206th and final goal for Newcastle United.

The Magpies' legendary number nine banished the demons of a penalty miss against Sunderland with an emphatic spot-kick at the Stadium of Light.

It was the last act of a storied career, with Shearer limping off with a knee injury during the 4-1 victory which would prove to be his final match in black-and-white.

It was a premature ending but one that perhaps could not have been scripted better for a legend who remains both the Premier League's and the Magpies' all-time leading goalscorer.

The former world-record signing's name and United are now synonymous across the globe as a result of these unprecedented achievements.

But what was it like to play alongside a legend in the making, a figure so cherished he would go on to be labelled 'Mr Newcastle'?

Click enter above to read our special feature with some of the biggest names to have played alongside him in black-and-white, and those youngsters coming through who learned so much from 'Big Al'.

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