His shot beat Kevin Pressman but could not beat the woodwork and it came bouncing back off the crossbar.

BBC: Coventry 1-1 Sheff Wed

Claridge should have wrapped things up for Millwall with eight minutes but Owls keeper Kevin Pressman got the faintest of touches to deflect his effort wide for a corner.

BBC: Sheff Wed 0-1 Millwall

Both keepers were soon in action, Wednesday's Kevin Pressman easily dealing with a 25-yard shot from Darren Wrack and his opposite number James Walker saving with similar ease from Shefki Kuqi.

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And with just 10 minutes remaining, up popped Shearer to fire the ball past Kevin Pressman, write his name into Magpies folklore and bring relief to the majority of the 41, 459 in attendance.

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