Shearer: this game is not about me

SKIPPER Alan Shearer insists Newcastle’s quest for long-overdue silverware takes priority over his own FA Cup dream.

Shearer, who retires at the end of the season, goes into what could be his last cup tie tonight when the Magpies face champions Chelsea in a quarter-final clash at Stamford Bridge.

The 35-year-old Geordie talisman would love to sign off with an elusive Cup winner’s medal in May, but is acutely aware that it is 37 years since Newcastle won a major trophy - the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup - and 51 since they last lifted the FA Cup.