Alan Shearer will end his Newcastle career without a trophy after Chelsea shattered his FA Cup fairytale with a 1-0 victory in the quarter-finals at Stamford Bridge.

Dreams of Shearer ending his playing days with a Stanley Matthews-style happy ending proved unrealistic but Glenn Roeder's team simply did not have the power to match Jose Mourinho's double-chasers and they finished the game with 10 men after a harsh red card for Robbie Elliott in the last minute.

John Terry scored the only goal in the fourth minute to book the Blues into the last four along with Liverpool, West Ham and either Charlton or Middlesbrough.