Alan Shearer has revealed the real reason behind his emotions during the triumphal victory of the Carabao Cup of Newcastle 2-1 against Liverpool on Sunday.
The URACAS celebrated the triumph of an important national trophy in 70 years with tens of thousands of followers at the Wembley Stadium.
One of them was Shearer, who lost two FA Cup finals in the famous land during his career as a 206 goals with Newcastle.
But his former team finally finished his trophy drought with a 2-1 victory over the Premier League leaders thanks to an impressive exhibition and goals of Dan Burn and Alexander Isak.
While many thought that the lack of 70 -year -old in Tyneside was the reason for Shearer's tears, he went to Rest is football Podcast to clarify it.
'I must admit that I had one or two tears at the end when the final won because I thought about my old man. I was looking, '' he said.
Alan Shearer has revealed the real reason behind his tears in the final of the Newcastle Carabao Cup
The Legend of the Uracacas opened in the death of the father, also called Alan, as he admitted that he thought of him during the final
Shearer's dear Newcastle finished his trophy drought with a 2-1 victory over Liverpool on Sunday
'He was at the end of 69' when they won the first cup, so he saw a sample and would only have been there yesterday (Sunday).
Shearer's father also called Alan, died at 80 last year after a cancer recurrence.
He was diagnosed in February 2024, since he has already overcome the disease at the age of 65.
'He had been looking down, you know? Even in his last days it was all about Newcastle, if they do well and win a trophy. Me and Will, and my daughter Chloe and her boyfriend, We will give you a small assent.
In August 2024, Shearer wrote a column in The Atlético Describing his father's influence on his life and career, highlighting the emotional wounds left by his death.
He wrote: 'Without my dad here, a part of me feels lost and without ties and I hope you can understand. Without wanting to be too Maudlin, maybe I might think of him when the theme of the game's game sounds this weekend. I know I will. And, if it is correct and feel appropriate, think about your family too.
'Without my dad throwing a ball into my little plug legs, I would never have been Newcastle's no 9, moving away from the gallowgate end with my right arm in the air. Without my parents filling and emptying their bottle of penny, I would never have owned the boots to become a footballer.
“My life is his life, my mom's life, her sacrifice, her normality, our stubbornness, my dream, those things we have, always in time, never late and our silent and tacit pride between us.”
Last year, Shearer paid tribute to the sacrifices that his father made to help him become a footballer in a column for Atlético
He wrote: “Without my dad throwing a ball into my little plump legs, I would never have been Newcastle's No 9, moving away from the gallowgate end with my right arm in the air.”
His father was so mainly that he refused to attend Newcastle games after Shearer was appointed manager manager
However, on Sunday, he published a photo in Wembley before the final with his son
Shearer was seen from party until late at night after Newcastle finished his 70 -year wait for a domestic trophy
Shearer described his father as a strong Newcastle fan who stopped attending matches at St James' Park for protest against Mike Ashley's property.
His father did not even go to his games after being appointed his manager in 2009, saying: “I have made my decision and attach.”
But he had not denied his quiet love for his son, and as Shearer explained, “he broke the habit of a lifetime” by praising him when he broke the record of the Uracas goals in 2006.
“He was not a poetic man, my dad, he was as punished as they come, a type of type, a geordie grafter, but when he was a child, we sat on television as a family on Saturday nights watching the most prominent aspects of football. So how for a chip? Shearer wrote.
'I arrived at the end of last season with the blinkers. I appeared in the game of the day a couple of times and slim it through it, as I did for my work of experts in the European championship, but here and now it feels different.
'Without my dad throwing a ball into my little plug legs, I would never have been Newcastle's no 9, moving away from the gallowgate end with my right arm in the air.