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Agony for Shearer as Newcastle United relegated
NEWCASTLE United have been relegated from the Barclays Premier League after losing 1-0 at Aston Villa.
Damien Duff's deflected 38th-minute shot from Villa’s stand-in skipper Gareth Barry past his own ’keeper Steve Harper sealed Newcastle’s fate.
It means that Magpies legend Alan Shearer has failed to work the miracle he was brought in to try and achieve with eight games remaining.
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Newcastle join already-relegated West Brom and Middlesbrough, who lost 2-1 at West Ham, in the Coca-Cola Championship next year.
Sunderland and Hull City stay in Barclays Premier League despite losing to Chelsea and Manchester United respectively.