Robbie Fowler
Robbie Fowler
Robert Bernard "Robbie" Fowleris an English former professional footballer and manager who played as a striker from 1993 to 2012. Fowler was known for being a natural scorer with an instinctive goal-poaching ability...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth9 April 1975
kids thinking england
I don't really think kids care much these days - they just tell you to f*** off.
want england praying
If you pray for things, I am proof that they can happen. I want to repay the manager's faith in bringing me back. (on re-signing for Liverpool)
commitment passion games
Stuart is good for Manchester City. It is not hard to see his passion for the game, and his commitment. (on Stuart Pearce)
england honest frightening
Honest to god, I'm so happy it's frightening! I'm just so chuffed - that's all I can say. (on playing for Liverpool again)
hate kids thinking
I used to hate Ian Rush when I was young, because I was a devout Evertonian in those days, and he seemed to score every time Liverpool played against us. It's strange to think he used to support Everton too when he was a kid. He was brilliant to me at Anfield always giving me good advice.
moving two next-move
The treble parade would have been the most perfect moment of my footballing life, but for the two people standing behind me, clearly already plotting their next move.
firsts commodity persons
Houllier did what he had to do – I’m not the first person to be treated like a disposable commodity
doubt able normal
Maybe if I'd not been able to kick a ball it would have been different, but I doubt it because all my mates are decent blokes now, just normal fellas with families.
special routine would-be
Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it.
careers stuck flattering
An image has stuck for most of my career and it isn't flattering.
christmas summer children
Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love.
came cheeky english-athlete football lad literally played
I was a cheeky little lad who played football every night, pissed around with his mates, and overnight, literally overnight, came fame.
bringing faith pray proof repay
If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I want to repay the manager's faith in bringing me back.
charge english-athlete kick last season taking temporary took
After taking temporary charge last season he took us from looking down at the fringes of another relegation scrap, to within a kick of getting into Europe.