Shearer
Americannoun
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“He’s cost his country massively,” former England captain Alan Shearer said on ‘The Rest is Football.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Other top earners at the BBC last year included Greg James, Stephen Nolan, Laura Kuenssberg, Vernon Kay and Alan Shearer, but Gary Lineker dropped significantly after leaving two months into the financial year.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Over the years, we might have had someone come out and say that we stuck together and we were brilliant," former England captain Alan Shearer told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
But after referee Jalal Jayed made his way over to the pitchside monitor at the recommendation of the VAR and ruled the goal out, Shearer said on BBC One the Paraguayan had "conned the referee".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Five minutes later Jim Shearer and the Jersey cow were marching up the road, and impulsive Anne was driving along the Green Gables lane with her twenty dollars.
From Anne of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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