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Newcastle legend Shearer in Sunderland shirt - the photo they all wanted
It's a time for putting charity before dignity – but sporting a Black Cats' strip was a step too far for Magpie hero Alan Shearer.
The Geordie star refused to wear a Sunderland AFC top to raise money for Sport Relief.
The former Newcastle United captain appeared on television on the BBC's One Show last night, where he was asked by presenter Adrian Chiles to take part in the "Shirt of Hurt" campaign for Sport Relief.
Chiles had himself donned a Wolverhampton shirt, the sworn enemy of his favoured West Bromich Albion, for the national fund-raiser.
But for Shearer, the thought of wearing red and white stripes was too much.
"I would rather give you a lot of money than put that on. My life wouldn't be worth living if I went back to Newcastle after putting that on," he said.
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