Carlos Vela has been likened to Robbie Fowler, as Gunners boss Arsene Wenger banks on the Mexican to make a big impact on Arsenal’s football betting odds in the coming weeks. Injuries to Robin Van Persie and Nicklas Bendtner have thrust Vela into the limelight and the 20 year old came on during the second half of Saturday’s Premier League defeat to Sunderland. The youngster is also currently...
After losing 1-0 at Sunderland, Arsene Wenger said, "We were not at our level. Some players struggled, really, to prepare, mentally, for a game like that. Because you know after an international break it's how well and how quickly the team can focus." Watching his interview on Match of the Day, I was struck by how deflated he was. Wenger is a great actor, as George Graham was, but here he...
Corrections and clarifications. In a leading article about Thierry Henry ( In praise of... Thierry Henry , 17 May 2006, page 32) we correctly stated that Arsenal's then captain "created goals", but due to an editing error we neglected to say that he did so "in unconventional ways". After France's match with Ireland on Wednesday, in which the French striker twice handled the ball,...
France's captain missed the perfect opportunity to produce an act of genuine sportsmanship Thierry Henry had about five seconds in which to decide to join the immortals. While William Gallas wheeled away from the point-blank header which gave France the lead over the Republic of Ireland during extra time in their World Cup play-off last night, Henry's reaction could have gone one of two ways. In the...
Has there been a better team goal in this season's A-League than Wellington's second against Newcastle last night (about two and a half minutes into this )? If Paul Ifill's surging run down the left was typically impressive, Costa Barbarouses' nonchalant flick was sublime. And Chris Greenacre's finish was no less classy. It's tremendous to see the Phoenix so buoyant in the league despite the loss of...
The next edition of Premier League Lessons sees Liverpool’s own, Robbie Fowler, remembered. “I hate talking about football. I just do it, you know?”- Robbie Fowler None of the 12,541 people who were there could have imagined what they were going to see, but Liverpool’s supporters were about to witness something special at Anfield on the evening of October 5, 1993. Eighteen-year-old...
Darren Lewis is back with his handy guide to today's biggest news stories, and there could be interesting moves coming up for the likes of Sven Goran Eriksson, Emile Heskey and Robbie Fowler. To find out more, you know what to do...
Wondering how Robbie Fowler’s doing out playing for North Qld Fury? Heres a video of one of his latest matches, a 5-0 loss to Gold Coast United followed by a kung-fu kick…
There's been a few incendiary goal celebrations over the last week or so, from Emmanuel Adebayor's now infamous sprint and slide in front of the Arsenal fans, to Gary Neville's charge down the touchline at Old Trafford on Sunday.The Manchester United defender is now facing an FA charge for his behaviour, but it's not the first time he's found himself in hot water for celebrating with a little too much...
Robbie Fowler pretended to sniff coke. Paul Gascoigne mimicked booze pouring down his throat. Roger Milla's dance around the corner flag and Diego Maradona's wild charge toward a TV camera are World Cup memories.
From Robbie Fowler's pretend coke-sniffing to Paul Gascoigne getting imaginary booze poured down his throat, goal celebrations have been a colorful part of football for years. But Emmanuel Adebayor's celebrations in front of the Arsenal fans at the weekend has dragged the game into the mire.
I came across a Fox Sports Australia article about Robbie Fowler scoring goals again in the A-League. That got me thinking about the contrast in the twilight football career of Fowler and Beckham. Robert Bernard Joseph Fowler, now aged 34, turned professional in 1992 started his football career in Liverpool. David Robert Joseph Beckham, also aged 34, turned professional in 1992 with Manchester United....
As the EPL and the rest of Europe completes the first month of the domestic season, it is interesting to look at the travels of perhaps the EPL’s greatest finisher: one Robbie Fowler. Having been discarded by Blackburn amidst the outing of old friend Paul Ince, many wondered what Fowler’s next move would be. MLS [...]