The argument over who had the biggest inauguration crowd is a battle for second place, as far as Newcastle United fans are concerned.
President Trump s advisors have been ridiculed for claiming the event in Washington DC to mark the start of the new commander-in-chief s tenure was more popular than that of Barack Obama in 2009, despite strong visual evidence to the contrary.
But Newcastle s fanatical supporters showed both politicians what real adulation looks like when local boy Alan Shearer was signed from Blackburn Rovers for £15million in 1996.
And the 46-year-old television personality, who briefly managed the club after becoming both Newcastle and the Premier League s record goalscorer, is clearly a fan of the comparison, sharing the tongue-in-cheek image on social media.
