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
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The best player EVER (Leo Messi) without a shadow, if you didn't think/know already...
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I sometimes think I've needed a bit of an arm around me in my career - which I've not always got from certain managers and coaches who didn't understand me.
kids thinking england
I don't really think kids care much these days - they just tell you to f*** off.
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.
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Last season I counted four fingers at them for the number of European Cups Liverpool had won. Next time, I can just stick my whole hand up.
asking dark decision finished fit people score
People keep on asking me, but I'm as much in the dark as everyone else - and all I can do is score goals. I've not finished that many games. But it's the manager's prerogative - he's got a decision to make, and if he doesn't think I'm fit enough it's up to him.
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For me to get anywhere near him is a fantastic achievement and to surpass him by one - I'm delighted. I grew up an Everton fan but Kenny is a proper Liverpool legend and to get anywhere near him is fantastic.
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If I'm honest, until I got married, I was always at me mum's, even when I had my own flat, and she carried on cooking and washing and ironing for me.
bit crazy english-athlete half maybe tougher transfer typical
If they had been a bit tougher in the transfer market, they could have got me for half that. It was crazy and maybe typical of what was going on.
bad catch english-athlete
We had been getting some bad results, now it is up to us to make up the ground and catch Manchester United.
acceptable england english-athlete perfectly quite science stuff
When I got there, all the pasta and science stuff hadn't quite caught on in England - things that were perfectly acceptable then wouldn't be tolerated now.
acceptance changed english-athlete footballer plenty spotlight time
I've made plenty of mistakes, I know I have, and during my time as a footballer things have changed so that the spotlight is now even more intense.
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When I emerged Liverpool had a tradition of their players working hard and playing hard, back before the Nineties and through all the glory era.
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I don't really thinks the kids care much these days - they just tell you to f*** off.