Vintage video: Fowler's greatest hits

In a season in which the world’s most famous cup competition has thrown up surprise after surprise, would any of us really be shocked if Robbie Fowler popped up and scored the winner for Cardiff on Saturday?

Now in the twilight of his distinguished career, the 33-year-old might have thought his trophy-winning days had passed. But footballing fairytales have a habit of unfolding in the most mysterious ways and the Toxteth Terror has always enjoyed a ‘special’ relationship with the FA Cup.

Most of us will remember ‘that suit’ on Fowler’s first appearance in a final in 1996. That day he went home a loser, but he made up for it five years later when he helped Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-1 in Cardiff.

The former Liverpool striker, known on the Kop simply as God, has lost a yard, or three, of pace over the years, but a quick glimpse into the not-too-distant past is enough to remind us that when Fowler gets a sniff of goal, he rarely refuses the invitation.

Here's our tribute to his greatest hits...God, he was good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_rkhfl6Oww&feature=related

Ben Smith

Comments

[john]

i was made up for robbie when cardiff qualified, the fellas an absolute legend round here. wouldn't suprise me in the slightest if he popped up with the winner!