Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shearer bai ci kwallo ba a wasan farko da Ingila ta doke Portugal da ci 3-2, amma ya yi hakan yayin da Ingila ta doke Jamus da ci 1 a Charleroi, yana tabbatar da cewa Ingila ta doke maƙwabtansu na Turai a karon farko tun bayan gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1966. Don ci gaba da kasancewa a gasar, Ingila kawai ta buƙaci yin wasa da Romania a wasan rukuni na ƙarshe, kuma Shearer ya zira kwallaye yayin da Ingila ta shiga cikin rabin lokaci 2<unk>1, amma Romania ta ci nasara 3<unk>2. Gasar Ingila ta ƙare, haka kuma aikin Shearer na kasa da kasa. Daga cikin wasannin sa 63, ya jagoranci tawagar sau 34 kuma ya zira kwallaye talatin; an sanya shi a matsayi na shida a jerin 'yan wasan Ingila masu cin kwallaye tare da Nat Lofthouse da Tom Finney. Shearer ya kasance a cikin ritaya na kasa da kasa duk da jita-jitar dawowa a lokacin gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2002 da kuma
Kamfen din Gasar Zakarun Turai na 2004, kuma ya sake karɓar tayin zama mataimakin manajan Steve McClaren bayan gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2006 - wani matsayi da Terry Venables ya cika.