... fellow competitor Robbie Savage in their race to be the first to sit on half the seats in the iconic Wembley Stadium – a brutal 45,000 seats each.
After days at the top of the leader board, Shearer took his final seat of the brutal challenge at the Royal Box at 5:22pm, 13 minutes ahead of his competitor with Savage completing their epic task at 5:35pm.
Alan Shearer: “I can’t swear, but I’m absolutely knackered. I’m going to change my number if the CEO of Sport Relief tries to contact me again!
“It was desperate at times. When I woke up on Tuesday morning I thought to myself – Al, you’re not going to do this.
"I felt dreadful, my muscles, my legs, my knees – I’ve had 9 operations on my knees and they are absolutely hanging off.
"It was hard and we felt like packing it in many times, but you can’t pack it in –you’ve gotta keep on raising that money, and it’s well worth it when you finish.”