There's nothing more valuable to any football side than goals - which is something Newcastle have found to their cost more than most over the past two or three years. That is why Liverpool spent £35m on Andy Carroll, why Newcastle fans have cried foul over the club's resistance to buy proven scorers and why Alan Shearer's name will be written into Newcastle folklore as long as the club exists. Over the course of the Premier League, only precious few players have even scored more than 25 goals for the Magpies, despite an embarrassing amount of money being spent on scorers and providers. And those names all deserve celebration. There's a reason we love strikers - and the number nine in particular - and it is these 14 men who have scored the goals that have turned the Gallowgate into a writhing mass of excitement the most...
