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Robbie Fowler   

Date Of Birth : 09/04/75
Birthplace : Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Position : Striker
Height : 1.80m (5'11")
Weight : 73kg (11st 7lb)
Squad Number : 9

As a youngster, Robbie was an ardent Everton supporter. While at Nugent secondary school, he was selected for Liverpool Schools' Under-14 team and was spotted by Liverpool scout Jim Aspinall. He began training with Liverpool once a week and signed schoolboy forms with the club. Two years later he signed on as a YTS trainee and turned professional in April 1992 on this 17th birthday. He helped the England Uner-18 team to win the European Championship in the summer of 1993 before making a scoring first-team debut in Liverpool's 3-1 win in a first-round Coca Cola Cup tie at Fulham, in September 1993. He really started to make a name for himself when he grabbed all five goals in the second leg at Anfield two weeks later. By doing so, he became only the fourth player in Liverpool's history to score five in a senior fixture. He score his first League hat-trick against Southampton In only his fifth League game, and his first 13 games for the club yielded 12 goals, for which his reward was an England Under-21 debut against San Marino in November 1993. He marked this by scoring England's opener in the third minute. Although unable to sustain his goal-a-game ration throughout the season, and despite being out for almost two months with a hairline fracture of the ankle, he nonetheless finished his first term as the Reds' Leading scorer with 18 goals in all competitions. He began the 1994/95 season by scoring five goals in Liverpool's first three League games, including the fastest-ever Premier League hat trick in 4 minutes 32 seconds against Arsenal. Becoming most commonly compared as a goal-poacher with Jimmy Greaves, his seemingly inexorable progress was temporarily halted by his sending-off in an Under-21 international in Austria in November, for which he was suspended by UEFA for four games. However, he ended a season in which he was Liverpool's only ever-present with a Coca Cola Cup winners' medal after their defeat of Bolton at Wembley, and with the coveted PFA Young Player of the Year award. He was also comfortably the club's leading scorer again with 31 goals, becoming the first Anfield player for six years to top 30 goals. He also made his first appearance for the England 'B' side. Despite being left out of the side at the beginning of the 1995/96 season in favour of Rush and Collymore, he still finished as Liverpool's top striker, scoring 36 goals in all competitions, and helping Liverpool to an FA Cup Final appearance. Fowler was rewarded with a full England cap in April 1996 against Croatia, and subsequently played in the European Championships. The 1996/97 season was another fantastic effort by Fowler, with Stan Collymore as his partner, where he notched 31 goals in all competitions. He also scored his first goal for England in a friendly against Mexico. Fowler had his fair share of press during the season as he was fined by the UEFA for wearing a 'support the sacked Liverpool dockers' T-shirt, which he proudly displayed when he scored a goal. Then there was also the infamous penalty incident at Highbury, where David Seaman was adjudged to have brought Fowler down in the box, and Liverpool were awarded a penalty. Fowler then tried to tell the referee it was not a penalty, but his strange request was rejected. Fowler stepped up and took a weak penalty, which Seaman saved, but the rebound was drilled in by Jason McAteer. Robbie missed the start of the 1997/98 season with injury, but returned to partner teenage prodigy Michael Owen in attack. For the first time in his career, Fowler seemed to be struggling with his form, and he lost his England place in February. Ironically, it was Michael Owen who replaced him in England's line-up. In 1998/99, critics were questioning whether the respective talents of Fowler and Owen could be harnessed in the same side. Their response was to forge an excellent working partnership that yielded forty goals, despite the pair missing numerous games through injury or suspension. While a couple of unsavoury incidents with Graham Le Saux and a 'derby' goal celebration raised questions about Robbie's maturity, Houllier responded with an act of faith in the striker by making him vice-captain for the 1999/2000 season. 

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