Fowler: My Autobiography - Softcover

After scoring six goals in his first four senior games, the seventeen-year-old Robbie Fowler was pronounced the greatest goal-scoring talent since Jimmy Greaves. It was the beginning of a turbulent, majestic and fascinating career of the striker the Kop called 'God'.

The skinny, baby-faced Toxteth lad, who had tramped the same streets as the rioters, quickly became the Premiership's brightest hope. Robbie Fowler was a millionaire, an idol and an inspiration to every kid who kicked a football. Yet his incredible potential was never quite realised. Injury and controversy - not least his snorting of the touchline after scoring at Everton - meant he never became the world-beater so many predicted. With unbelievable frankness, Robbie talks openly about his relationship with managers and coaches, his friendships and rivalries, and how he has coped with the elation, frustration and pressures of life at the top flight of football.

In this utterly candid autobiography, Robbie Fowler looks back on what was, what wasn't and what might have been - as well as looking to the future. 'Fowler' is the story of one of the game's true icons, and the story of the modern game itself.

Robbie Fowler was first signed to Liverpool in 1992, on his seventeenth birthday, where he scored an amazing 171 goals in 330 matches. In 2001 he signed for Leeds, but struggled with injury and joined Manchester City two years later. He was the winner of the Young Player of the Year in both 1995 and 1996 and has been capped by England twenty-six times. He is married with three daughters.