Do or die for Newcastle

Newcastle skipper Alan Shearer will go into tomorrow night’s do-or-die Champions League clash with Feyenoord fearing that the ghosts of the past will come back to haunt him.

The 32-year-old striker will lead his side out at the De Kuip Stadium ready to give his all for the cause, but acutely aware that even further heroics in Rotterdam may not be enough to make the dream of qualification for the last 16 a reality.