00:00After all the nods and winks, the hints and hopes, it was true, Shearer was back, albeit as a substitute,
00:06only a spectator when John Barnes made the day memorable on his own account.
00:11Steve Watson delivered the pass, Barnes scored his 200th League and Cup goal.
00:21The lead lasted for more than an hour.
00:26Then Nathan Blake peeled away from Darren Peacock, put Bolton level, and peeled off his shirt to start the day's
00:34fashion in celebration.
00:36It prompted Newcastle to put their shirt on the man so crucially on the outside looking in all season.
00:42Peter Beardsman led the welcome back.
00:45In stoppage time, the inevitable followed.
00:51Pistone's deep cross, Shearer meeting it, and Tomuri Ketspire scoring the winner.
00:58Well, fashion was fashion, and Ketspire wasn't going to be left out, but not even that could eclipse the attention
01:03attracted by his fellow substitute.
01:06It's been a tough time for me.
01:07The last five and a half, six months have really been difficult, but there's worse people off than myself in
01:13the world.
01:14I kept telling myself that, but it is hard when you're denied doing something you love and that I've been
01:20doing all my life.
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