41.  Former Wimbledon striker Fashanu has declined to take the stand.

42.  Former Brazilian striker Edmundo got the injury-time equalizer to cancel out an Emerson penalty and send the game into extra time.

43.  Former England striker Steve Bull retired Tuesday because of a persistent knee injury.

44.  Former Inter Milan striker Marco Branca scored a hat trick for Middlesbrough and Colombian international Hamilton Ricard got the other.

45.  Former Sarawak striker Affendi Julaihi who received quite a reception from the home crowd was the first player to take a first look at goal.

46.  He equalized after Blackburn went ahead with a Kevin Gillespie goal and did so again after former Magpies striker Andy Cole put Blackburn in the lead again.

47.  Icelandic striker Eidur Gudjohnsen netted both Blues goals at St. James Park with former England striker Alan Shearer replying for the Magpies in between.

48.  In the coaching ranks, former Liverpool striker Ian Rush quit second division Wrexham despite the offer of a coaching role at the club.

49.  It was seen as a largely ceremonial gesture to organized labor, but former strikers took it as more than symbolic.

50.  Last year, former Glasgow Rangers striker Duncan Ferguson was charged with criminal assault and jailed for three months for head-butting an opponent.