Shearer was promoted to the first team after spending two years with the youth squad. He made his professional debut for Southampton on 26 March 1988, coming on as a substitute in a First Division fixture at Chelsea, before prompting national headlines in his full debut at The Dell two weeks later. He scored a hat-trick, helping the team to a 4–2 victory against Arsenal, thus becoming the youngest player, at 17 years 240 days, to score a hat-trick in the top division, breaking Jimmy Greaves' 30-year–old record. Shearer made a total of 158 appearances in all competitions, scoring 43 goals. This is a official Southampton shirt (2016/17) signed by Alan Shearer on the reverse with his name & number. The shirt was personally signed by Alan at a signing session in Manchester, 27th February 2019. The item comes with an Allstarsignings certificate of authenticity which will have photographic proof inserted into it & our tamper-proof hologram. FRAMING All of our items are framed using our professional in-house framing service with high quality materials. We use black frames with mount colors to suit & relevant accompanying inserts. Please feel free to contact our friendly framing team to discuss your framing requirements