England captain Alan Shearer will manage Newcastle United for the remainder of the season.Hughton then resumed control with Colin Calderwood as his assistant, but in the five league matches since then Newcastle have drawn two and lost three and dropped from 13th place to 18th and into the relegation zone.
Shearer was offered a position on Newcastle's coaching staff when Keegan became manager early in 2008 but turned it down.
As a player, he scored 30 goals in 63 appearances for England before retiring from international football in 2000.
Although born in Newcastle, he made his league debut for Southampton and won a league championship medal with Blackburn Rovers before moving to Newcastle for a then world record fee of £15 million in 1996.
