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Stan Collymore didn't get along with Alan Shearer(Image: Bob Thomas Sports Photography via Getty Images)

Stan Collymore has explained that he never got along with Alan Shearer.

The pair of prolific strikers never played for the same team at club level, with Collymore plying his trade with Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and Aston Villa - while Shearer etched his name into the annals of history with Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.

However, the two did share the pitch while on international duty for England, where they struggled to see eye-to-eye, according to Collymore.



He said: "I remember being around England camps, and my England debut - I made my England debut with Alan Shearer.

"And we didn’t really get on either.

I think that there always is a little bit of push and pull - famously Andy Cole and Teddy Sheringham didn’t get on."

Explaining his subconsious reasoning as to why he was never pally with Shearer, he added: "I think that when you score goals, and goal-scorers have to have some sort of ego, I think that you’re always thinking, ‘I want to be better than them, and I’m going to do everything I can do to be better than them'.

"So I think that that always provides a healthy tension, as long as there’s goals going in on the pitch, it really doesn’t matter if you get on with somebody on or off the pitch." Collymore's England debut came in the form of a 2-1 win over Japan in July 1995's Umbro International Trophy, lining up alongside Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Darren Anderton and Gary Neville, to name just a few.

His second cap for the country came just eight days later in the same competition, as the Three Lions were handed a 3-1 loss by Brazil, with Collymore appearing as a substitute for Shearer in the 90th minute.

Collymore's third and final appearance in an England shirt came in a World Cup qualifier against Moldova in September 1997, replacing Les Ferdinand in the 83rd minute.

Collymore made his England debut in June 1995(Image: David Cannon/ALLSPORT)

With no goals from his three caps for England, it's a far cry of the achievements of Shearer - who represented the nation 63 times and scored 30 goals across all competitions.

After kicking off his career with Stafford Rangers in 1989, Collymore played for Crystal Palace, Southend United and Forest, before arriving at Anfield in 1995.

During his two-year stint with the Reds, the now 54-year-old scored 35 goals and provided 18 assists across 81 games, before moving on to his boyhood club of Aston Villa.
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