From 1994-97 Fowler was a phenomenon Then his knee blew, he put on a bit of weight, got wealthy and lost a hit of focus For 3 seasons he was one of the most exciting strikers I ever saw

Villa fan here, born 86, love Robbie, grew up watching his era, he was one of the best!!!!

He’d score even more nowadays, pure striker

Shearer Sheringham ferdinand fowler Cole, banging 30 goals a season. And people think this now is a golden generation , with toney and Watkins. Come on

This guy just knew how to finish from anywhere and what touch that took on instinct, an alien of a talent in his prime and an LFC legend regardless, firm handshakes sir, you were very special on the pitch

Arsenal fan here. Fowler was unbelievable in his time and would walk into any team in the world today. He was pure class

Scotland,Wales,Republic Ireland would've killed for a Robbie Fowler back then, he'd have had 100 caps+

Sheringham and shearer were in the way...then Owen came along... that was just the reality

The lifting of the shirt to reveal support for the Liverpool dockers a class move. Raised the profile of the striking dockers instantly. ]You gotta admire Robbie for that.

As a Man UTD fan Robbie Fowler frightened me when we played Liverpool! He was exceptional. Unknown why he wasn't respected more in his time is confusing really. UTD and Liverpool have had some of the best forwards in the game! Mo Salah now.

I remember Shearer didn’t score for England in about 2 years, but he was still undroppable for some reason. I didn’t get it at the time, with the amount of quality strikers England had

Robbie fowler was top drawer. Even though it pains me to say it being an Everton fan. Back then I could watch Liverpool games with my father who is a red btw and truly enjoy his talent an cheered them on in Europe because it was good for the city when either of the teams did well . I haven't watched a Liverpool game for years though, there is too much animosity from a newer generation on both sides.

This guy was the best technical finisher I have ever seen. It’s not just scoring the goals it’s the way he scored them. Amazing and a huge shame he didn’t get the games with England. Football politics 🤦🏻‍♂️

One of the most natural finishers ever. He was like the English Romario to me ❤

Though I hated Liverpool, and still do, Robbie Fowler was for me the most talented and natural finisher. He always reminded me of that older kid that just took the piss of us nippers.

Liverpool fan here, was a big fowler fan, it was his lack of pace and physical attributes that cost him his England career, and his first team place at Liverpool when houllier came in.

In Robbie’s day u had footballers who cud run, today it’s runners who can play football.

Robbie was great , this was an era with Shearer , Sheringham, Ferdinand , Wright etc. Just unlucky, I personally think he should have got more chances but they were all excellent players. I never understood why Robbie wasn't brought on towards the end of extra time in Euro 96 vs Germany. Who do you want taking a crucial penalty ? Robbie Fowler or Gareth Southgate?

Left foot, right foot and head. A complete striker. In his first few seasons he was one of the best young strikers I have ever seen. Natural talent and then some.

He was pure class, unlucky that shearer was everyone’s favourite and got picked regardless. As strikers go though Robbie was the most gifted striker of his generation

Top Striker

FOUR full England game for Robbie Fowler is absolutely astonishing!

As a United fan, there was a moment in time when Robbie was the best sticker in the premier league and he always played well against us when we were the best team in the land.

He knew how to hit the back of the net. Classy

One of the very best!!

Fowler was the most natural predatory English finisher I’ve ever seen... such a sweet and deadly left foot, no back lift! It’s unfortunate because he was never quite the same after injuries and he wasn’t given a look-in before those injuries so we missed out! International football you get half chances, he was the best at taking those... he’d have made a great international striker but as usual England only cared about strength or pace etc...

The challenge Fowler had was he did not have a great partnership with Shearer and Shearer was the one leading the line for England at the time. So mangers will always pick shearer and who would compliment him the most. England played a rigid 442 at the time

Coming from an Arsenal fan. Fowler was lethal and another league above Owen

Liverpool fan born in 85 Grew up watching Robbie he was my favourite player and still is, absolutely brilliant striker, it’s shocking how little he got to play for England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I remember not understanding it back then 🤷‍♂️ it’s crazy!

Fowler was so clinical, in his prime. I used to love watching him and Mcmanaman, except when scoring hat-tricks against Arsenal

The only thing Fowler didn't have was pace. He was one of the most natural finishers I've ever seen.

Back in the Days when i listened to alot of the games on Radio..i remember that name being called out Fowler!

Fowler was my idol growing up, and his partnership with collymore was exciting to watch! Shame he didn’t get a look in with England but venables just preferred shearer and sheringham, which did work to be fair..

He was a massive talent Big character A normal lad who was always going to be what what he was going to be. It wasn't through a lack of talent.👌

Ian wright was the same 4 times in 5 years he scored 30+ in all comps from 93-98 never really got look in either. Can’t blame managers for picking shearer but these two were very unlucky.

"Did it irritate you... This isn't personal btw so don't get irritated..."

Same thing is happening to Solenke this season not even a 20 minute cameo

Deadly and baffles me how he didnt play more than he did for England. No one better inside the 18 yard box, clinical.

The face and neck become one. Robbie "The Pelican" Fowler.

Alan Shearer was the number 1 England goalscoring striker from 1992 onwards for the rest of the 90's pretty much. The question was who should partner him, and Venables & Hoddle both liked Sheringham, and so did Shearer.

Robbie Fowler…what a goal scorer…. One of the best we have had in my time of watching football….class.

Strange how there is a dirth of quality strikers when in the 90s there were several.

He was a REAL club player with so much skill and talent, I enjoy watching him even now from footage taken in the 1990's. Perhaps he was the MOST exciting player to WATCH.

I was born to Irish parents in North London, in 82. Was mad for The Arsenal from the age of 5. Started going regularly as a Junior Gunner when I was 7 or 8. Watched them for years and years. Give up my season ticket in 2018. Just not that arsed with modern football these days. The game itself, all the fuckin palaver that goes along with it. Me first favourite player was Kenny Sansom. Then, David Rocastle. Then, Alan Smith... then, Wrighty. Ian Wright. So, I'm at secondary schools in London and nobody could argue with me that Wright wasn't the best striker in England. Then, Robbie Fowler came along. I remember watching him, then, as a fuckin 12-13-14 year old and thinking "This bloke's a fuckin genius." Loved him. And this was before social media. Internet. Clips here and there. I just remember every time I saw him, just thinking - "Natural talent. Born to do this." The touch. His awareness. The types of goals he could score. Left and right. But, cos of injury, you could say he never reached his peak. What he could do, for me, was unrivaled. Still my favourite English striker.

As a liverpool fan during that time we never really thought about who was better fowler or owen. Owen was the new kid on the block but fowler was more than proven. He was an incredible finisher. If anything i just seen them as a partnership but i suppose thats just how he thought of it because they both had to compete to get an england chance. All them england strikers were top players but only robbie fowler would have found 10 yards of space in a crowded box and just appeared in it and buried it with his left foot.

The toxteth terror for a reason, he was a phenomenon and his record showed how good he was. He was pour talent like Suarez.

He saw Graeme Le Seaux drinking a glass of red wine and reading the Guardian, put two and two together. The rest is history. 👍🏼😂😂😂

I’ve watched Robbie from the KOP and this lad was the best but as he said it’s down to the manager who was in just wanted their players and to be honest they missed out on him

One of the mst natural and gifted goal scorers ever.

Fowler and Wrighty were two of the best finishers I've ever seen. Shearer just couldn't be dropped because of how well he played for England. That made it hard for other pure finishers (though Wrighty had everything), and successive managers played Shearer alongside more of a playmaker forward.

The man with still the best celebration in the prem scoring then sniffing the line then went back for a second sniff hahahaha 😂

I wish he wore the rangers shirt before he retired 🇬🇧🇬🇧

The main difference now is the space defenders give you. Fullbacks like wingers etc. Back then back fours were solid and focused in their third. Peak Fowler would score 40 goals a season nowadays

Fowler, what a ledg, I will never forget that four minute hattrick. However in today's game Owen would get more goals, without that pace Robbie would struggle to get the same amount of chances as today's defenders are so well organised. Myself I think Ian Wright would be a superstar in today's game as Wrighty had the extra pace plus bounced off defenders. Fowler was very talented but now you either have to have amazing pace like Son or be the big man like Kane or Haaland. Looking back to those days Fowler was unlucky in that Shearer and Sheringham were around and we had world class Darren Anderton. It was a hell of a forward line and those three suited the team dynamic more, I think they just held the ball better. So in my opinion while it was harsh it was fair, Ian Wright and Andy Cole had the same problem.

Andy Cole scored 187 PL goals and only got 15 caps for England. He had more to complain about than Robbie Fowler (26 caps) with regards to lack of England apperances.

Jwordan trying to look like ray winston 😂

My man looked pissed in the thumbnail.

Sheringham, Shearer, Fowler - in that order. Amazing players.

Nobody was dislodging Shearer

He was a great striker could score most types of goals. Like Wright didn't get enough eng caps, both better than Owen who got played due to his speed. Strikers were much better then and also come up against better defenders. Fowler, Wright, Cole, Shearer would score for fun in this PL.

Would be good to get Robbie Keane on here. Very interesting football journey / career..

Leeds fan here, Fowler was fantastic

He got on the pitch at about 3 major tournaments. That's pretty decent.

There's no mystery here whatsoever. Fowler was a brilliant and natural finisher in his early years with Liverpool and perhaps you could make an argument that during this early period he could have got more caps but when you look his entire 1st spell @ Liverpool closely, even during this period which was his most prolific, he only averaged 15 goals per season! He played between 1993 and 2001 and scored 120 goals. Those are the facts! These figures don't compete with Shearer or Cole. Then you had Les Ferdinand, Wright, Sheringham and Le Tiss to also take into account. Then you also had the emergence of Michael Owen, who even Liverpool picked ahead of Fowler! The bottom line is this. There were better players available while Robbie Fowler was playing. End of.

Played alongside Emile Heskey for Liverpool. Fowler 26 England Caps. Heskey 62 England Caps.

Shearer and sheringham was a better combination and owen had blistering pace, wright was also in tve same boat as was les ferdinand who was very unlucky , sheringham offered england someghing differnet , he drifted deeper and was a perfect foil for shearer.

How is this different from the other one?

Would Simon Jordan just shut up for a few seconds and stop interrupting him!

Frank mc avennie and Tony cottee both scored 30 goals each in the same team

Robbie, you were in the top 3 in the prem when you were playing, loved watching you, England missed out

Him & Andy cole would of been a lethal partnership for England

Could you just imagine if Fowler & Owen were playing now? They would be playing at Barcelona/Real Madrid/Man City and be sold for 120 million

Some players don't perform the same for their country as they do at club level or vice versa. Fowler had similar caps to Wright which was more than Cole and Ferdinand got. Shearer was the no 1 prolific striker and it wouldn't work putting a Cole, Fowler, Wright or Ferdinand with him tactically so they used a pure footballing brain in Teddy Sheringham for Shearer to play off. Bare in mind not only Shearer but Klinsmann said how great Teddy was to play alongside. Also Shearer won the Prem in 95, Cole won the Prem in 96 and 97, Ferdinand was challenging for title with Newcastle around then, Liverpool were miles off, plus I think it was 98 Fowler responded to the coke rumours by snorting the line on the pitch, all the above clearly show we he didn't make more apps for England. Owen came on the scene but LFC won 5 cups around that time under Houllier?

Can someone explain to me why youtube videos have random words in capitals?! POURS?!?!

Players are fitter, stronger these days… more difficult for attacking players to find space.

Imagine if he'd played for Scotland, Ireland or Wales, would have scored hundreds

Because England have always bottled important decisions in football. Southgate is a bottler, and the FA are bottlers for not sacking him years ago. They'll probably bottle this whole Man City fiasco as well. With their resources and general influence in the game, in another universe England would have at least 3 stars above their crest. But they always find a way to fumble the relay baton at the last handover

Wrighty, Owen, Teddie, Les Ferdinand ...Shearer was a dead cert so loads of strikers chasing just one place.

The England set up is weird. Even now we have Cole palmer and grealish sitting on the bench and ward prowse not even being picked. There are so many english lads simply over looked. I notice rashford, sterling, mainoo, bellingham definitely dont get over looked. i think we could have some ideas why

Football was different back then, it wasn't about pure stats. It was more about football, just because you score a load goals it didn't mean your playing for England. Today is so different. It's like to today people go mad about Haaland but he's only got crazy stats because he going extra hard in the rubbish games. In the big games Haaland is often quiet. Think about it like this Haaland will play three games Luton, Arsenal, Liverpool. If he scores four against Luton but does nothing in the other two proper games, the stats will still say 4 in 3 games when it's really not. It's 4 goals against a crap team. The game has not improved it's got much worse. It's improved physically but that's not an actual football improvement.

He was so unlucky. Part of a very gifted generation. Andy Cole, Shearer, Ian Wright, Dwight Yorke big Les Ferdinand. People say it's Shearer keeping him out, but truth is a lot of the time he wasn't even second fiddle.

I agree. In Euro 96 the Semi Final, in extra time instead of bringing in Robbie Fowler, Terry Venables brought in sick bed Darren Anderton. What a waste of space! 😏😏😏😏😏😏

Capped for England 26 times scored 6 goals Shearer capped 63 times scored 30 goals and also a golden boot winner at the Euros.

Do another line m8

Man Utd supporter here, going on over 40 years. Fowler was absolutely phenomenal. God, I hated him lol. Nothing but respect for him now. He's probably underrated, if anything.

I really liked him at city

The way liverpool break now and waste opportunities if they had fowler or owen up front they would have put 6 past city the amount of chances the team now creates

Top striker but shearer Ferdinand were perfect combo . Would love to have seen fowler with Sutton laying balls off for him . England could of fielded 3 teams in the 90s . Ian Wright in the same boat .

He scored 100 goals before he got a cap??? Unbelievable

The managers get it wrong sometimes

Shearer didn't score a goal or England for two years when Fowler was banging in 30 a season for Liverpool. And Venables still picked Shearer to start every game. So it was literally impossible for any of those other great strikers of that time to get fair crack of the whip.

I wish Newcastle had signed fowler and not owen

I agree that Fowler was better than Owen, I think Owen had only pace and when his pace was gone he could not adapt his game in the same way that someone like Shearer for example did. Fowler had a better all round game except for the pace.

Problem with Robbie was Robbie. His behaviour to other players like LeSaux and then pretending to do lines of Charlie on the pitch didn’t exactly ingratiate him to the FA. It would be good if him to acknowledge how much of a pr1ck he was.

Certainly was shit hot 🔥 in his prime awesome striker 👏

The pool of English in the prem inthe 90s was huge now with the influx of overseas players in the league makes the English players standout more they is less to choose from. Plus him taking coke fa didn't need another gazza saga again

Ian Wright had a similar style to Stan Collymore, so wud had been something, Wright n Robbie up front. Thing is tho, the amount of goals Shearer scored...can't really leave him out. N he linked up with sheringham great. And when Owen appeared with that pace, you Couldn't leave him out either 🤷

Perhaps two top forwards from Liverpool couldn't be selected ahead of others ? , or any club , personally I felt Fowler better striker than Owen , however partnerships with Heskey and other England players may have influenced managers to pick Owen more. And with his head right Stan Collymore would have been a sensation like Keegan , Charlton and Lineker

What I find crazy how Robbie fowler and Andy Cole were destroying the league but when it comes to international football they were struggling like mad

The player before his knee blew and after are two different players. As a skinny kid he was the best since Jimmy Greaves.After the long lay off he came back 2 stone heavier and was never the same player. Dont forget how fast he was as a kid,not as fast as Owen ,not far off tho.