ON THIS DAY

Alan Shearer made his England debut against France in February 1992 while on Tuesday 20th June 2000 he won his last cap for England having scored 30 goals in the 63 appearances for his country. Mind you, had England done a little better in that last match against Rumania in the 2000 European Championships Shearer might have won a cap or two more. It was the last group match for both sides and after England had beaten Germany but lost to Portugal in the first two group fixtures they needed a draw against Rumania to progress to the knockout stages. They looked to be getting that draw with just a couple of minutes of the match remaining - it was 2-2 with Shearer and Michael Owen the scorers - but then Phil Neville gave away a penalty and of course the Rumanians scored from it. So Rumania won 3-2, they progressed to the quarter-finals and Alan Shearer and his England team-mates were on there way home.

New Arsenal manager Bruce Rioch signed Dennis Bergkamp from Inter-Milan for £7.5 million. Arsenal’s best-ever signing?