INDEX

Ablett, Gary, 273

AC Milan, 283

Adams, Tony, 97, 121, 132, 186

Adebola, Dele, 19, 30, 176

Agger, Daniel, 244, 248

Albert Dock, Liverpool, 67

Aldridge, John, 2, 35, 36, 283

Allardyce, Sam, 261

Alli, Dele, 3, 146

Alonso, Xabi, 52, 235, 236

Ancelotti, Carlo, 278

Anderton, Darren, 121

Anelka, Nicolas, 222–223, 227

Anfield Wrap (fan podcast), 299

Armani, Giorgio, 114

Armstrong, Chris, 81

Arsenal, 82–83, 105, 131–133, 169, 184–187, 199

Ashby, Gerald, 132–133

Aspinall, Jim, 19–20, 21

Asprilla, Tino, 106

Aston Villa, 105, 108, 136

Australia, 260–265

Babb, Phil, 114, 158, 172

Babbel, Markus, 173, 188, 191

Ballack, Michael, 236

Barcelona, 280, 288–294

Barmby, Nicky, 111, 173, 180, 181, 182

Barnes, John, 2, 22, 41, 47, 49, 74, 75, 81, 83, 88, 107, 109, 127, 136, 281–282, 283

Barnsley, 257

Baros, Milan, 235, 237

Barrett, Tony, 300

Barton, Joey, 237

Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 236

Beardsley, Peter, 2, 41, 111, 116

Beckham, David, 6, 214

Bellamy, Craig, 244

Benítez, Rafa, 235–240, 243–244, 248, 250

Bennett, Ian, 178, 180

Bent, Junior, 71

Berbatov, Dimitar, 236

Berger, Patrik, 128, 132, 137, 149, 151, 182, 186

Best, George, 3

Birmingham City, 125, 176–180

Biscan, Igor, 236

Bjornebye, Stig Inge, 172, 309, 311

Blackburn Rovers, 55, 88–89, 105, 259–260, 262

Blair, Tony, 113

Blatter, Sepp, 134

Bolton Wanderers, 44–46, 86–87, 208, 228

Bosnich, Mark, 108, 109, 309, 310

Boss Night, 299–301

Bould, Steve, 97

Bowyer, Lee, 200, 209, 213, 314

Bradley, Graham, 160

Bridges, Mickey, 206

Brisbane Roar, 285–286, 294, 317

Bristol City, 69–70

Bronckhorst, Giovanni van, 51

Bulgaria, 111

Buriram (club), 273

Burke, Ben, 300

Burrows, David (‘Bugsy), 55

Butt, Nicky, 77, 102

Buxton, Ted, 117

Cadamarteri, Danny, 151

Calisto, Henrique, 271–272

Calvey, Ste, 12, 78, 91, 156–157

Camara, Titi, 168, 172

Campbell, Sol, 52

Cantona, Eric, 85, 96, 101–103, 115

Capello, Fabio, 278

Cardiff, Millennium Stadium, 176, 184, 197

Cardiff City, 253–254, 257–259

Carragher, Jamie, 2, 137, 148, 180, 235, 236

Carson, Scott, 236

Caskey, Darren, 53

Cassidy, Tom, 299, 300, 301

Champions League: (2001), 181, 201; (2007), 246–250; (2018), 280; (2019), 296–306; prize money, 193

Charlton Athletic, 192, 249–250

Charnock, Phil, 40

Chelsea, 146, 175, 199, 204, 236, 246–249

Cissé, Djibril, 235, 239, 244

Clough, Nigel, 53, 54, 56, 59, 82

Cole, Andy, 89, 111, 227, 237, 238

Cole, Joe, 246

Coleman, Chris, 85

Collymore, Stan, 91, 92, 94, 95, 104, 105–107, 111, 132, 136, 206–207

Contra, Cosmin, 189

Cook, Mal, 22

Coutinho, Philippe, 292–294

Coventry, 108

Craven Cottage, 57, 208

Crossley, Mark, 243

Crouch, Peter, 239, 244

Cruyff, Jordi, 125, 190

Crystal Palace, 81, 84–85, 176

Dacourt, Olivier, 149, 200

Dalglish, Kenny: at Blackburn, 55, 88–89; at Liverpool, 1, 20–21, 33–34, 36–37, 40–41, 128

Deportivo Alavés, 125, 187–191

Dicks, Julian, 55

Diouf, El Hadji, 229, 235

Dixon, Lee, 83, 97, 186

dockers’ strike (1996-67), 130–131

Dortmund, Germany, 188

Dove & Olive (football team), 13–14

Dudek, Jerzy, 236

Dundee, Sean, 235

Dunn, David, 259

Durie, Gordon, 121

Ehiogu, Ugo, 108, 109, 310

Elleray, David, 179

Emerton, Brett, 260

England: Euro 96, 116–126; RF’s debut, 110–112; UEFA Youth tournament (1993), 43, 50–53

England Schoolboys, 24–26

European Championship (1996), 110–112, 118, 120–125

European Cup Winners Cup (1997), 135–136

Evans, Roy, 73, 75, 80, 91–92, 107, 127, 131, 136–137, 138, 143–144, 252

Everton, 15–17, 20–21, 37–38, 73–75, 147–149, 222–223, 289

FA Cup Final: (1996), 112, 115; (2001), 183–187; (2008), 257–258

Fazackerley, Derek, 225

FC Haka (Finland), 196

Ferdinand, Les, 106, 111

Ferdinand, Rio, 200, 209, 213, 292

Ferguson, Alex, 88, 278

Ferguson, Ian, 262–264

Ferri, Jean-Michel, 167

Filbert the Fox, 210–212

Firmino, Roberto, 17, 289, 294, 298

five-a-side football, 29–30

Flaherty, Paul, 19

Flowers, Tim, 88

Football Echo, The, 312

Forrester, Jamie, 43

Fowler, Bobby (father), 6–8, 18, 19, 34, 43–44, 51, 56, 58, 63, 87, 161, 224, 251–252, 287

Fowler, Jacob (son), 154, 246, 287–289, 291, 292–295, 300, 303, 305

Fowler, Jaya (daughter), 194, 273

Fowler, Kerrie (wife), 149, 169, 194, 204, 207–208, 227, 246, 260, 263

Fowler, Mackenzie (daughter), 201

Fowler, Madison (daughter), 169, 194, 273

Fowler, Robert (formerly Ryder): childhood football, 4–9, 12–15; Liverpool Schoolboys, 18–19, 30–32; LFC Youth Development Scheme, 21–23, 27–30; England Schoolboys, 24–26; Associated Schoolboy with LFC, 34–37; LFC Apprentice, 38; UEFA Youth tournament (1992), 43–44; first team debut (1993), 55–60; record hat-trick against Arsenal (1994), 83–84; first international, 111–112; 100th goal for Liverpool, 129–130; transfers to Leeds, 204–209; transfers to Manchester City, 216–217; 150th Premier League goal, 228; return to Liverpool, 239–241; signs with Cardiff City, 253–254; marquee player with North Queensland Fury, 261–265; signs with Perth Glory, 265; player-manager at Muangthong United, 268–269, 271–273; Liverpool Ambassador, 283–284, 305; manager to Brisbane Roar, 317–318; injuries, 69, 73, 138, 139–141, 170–172, 213, 214–215, 218, 254–257

Fowler, Scott, 1, 66, 274

Fowler Education and Football

Academy, 274–275

France, 50–51

Francis, Trevor, 179

Friedel, Brad, 172

FSG (Fenway Sports Group), 270, 305

Fulham, 55, 57–59, 61, 176, 243

Fulwell, Simon, 114

Gallen, Kevin, 51, 52

Garcia, Luis, 236

Gascoigne, Paul, 3, 118, 119, 121–122, 124

Gaydamak, Alexandre, 252

Geremi, 248

Germany, 125

Gerrard, Steve, 3, 151–152, 173–174, 189, 193, 235, 236, 243, 244, 248, 249, 280

Giggs, Ryan, 104

Ginola, David, 106

Goater, Shaun, 220

Goodison Park, 17

Goram, Andy, 121

Grant, Tony, 19, 22–23, 24–26, 30, 317

Grobbelaar, Bruce, 49

Guardiola, Pep, 247

Hamann, Dietmar, 168, 173–174, 180, 188, 202

Hansen, Alan, 77

Harkness, Steve, 69, 71–72, 87, 98–99, 106

Harry’s Heroes: The Full English (TV programme), 281–282

Hasselbaink, Jimmy Floyd, 230, 253

Heggem, Vedge, 151

Heighway, Steve, 24, 25, 27, 33, 37, 43, 53, 128

Henchoz, Stéphane, 168, 179, 185, 189

Henderson, Jordan, 291, 292, 303

Hendry, Colin, 88

Henry, John, 305–306

Henry, Thierry, 185

Herrera, Martin, 188–189

Heskey, Emile, 168, 171, 175, 176, 178, 184, 199, 202–203, 210, 260

Heysel Stadium disaster (1985), 148

Hierro, Fernando, 124

Hillsborough disaster (1989), 37, 40, 57

Hoddle, Glenn, 125, 131, 142

Holland, 51–52, 120

Hong Kong, 118–120

Houghton, Ray, 2

Houllier, Gérard, 142–146, 147, 152, 165, 166, 168, 173, 182, 185, 186, 189, 193, 196–198, 200–201, 205, 235

Howey, Stan, 107

Hughes, Brian, 179, 180

Hughes, Mark, 260

Hughes, Neil, 93

Hutchison, Don, 23, 45, 59, 60, 69, 79–80, 307

Hysén, Glenn, 41

Hyypia, Sami, 168, 187, 191

Ince, Paul, 3, 117, 137, 143, 146, 167, 259–260

Irwin, Denis, 182

Istanbul, UEFA Champions League Final (2005), 236–237

James, David, 96, 100, 102, 109, 114, 167, 208, 230–231, 310, 314–315

Jeffers, Francis, 151

Joachim, Julian, 43, 52

Johnson, Andy, 125, 179, 180

Johnson, Seth, 200

Johnstone, Jimmy, 3

Jokanovic, Slavisa, 275

Jones, Dave, 253–254

Jones, Lee, 42, 82

Jones, Rob, 59, 60, 69, 87, 107, 158

Josemi, 236

Junior, Roque, 236

Juventus, 236

Kanu, Nwankwo, 258

Karmona, Antonio, 191

Keane, Robbie, 200, 206, 213, 229

Keegan, Kevin, 107, 172, 216, 220, 225–226, 228

Kendall, Howard, 72

Kenny, Paddy, 245

Keown, Martin, 82

Kewell, Harry, 206, 235, 236, 243, 250, 314

Kiely, Dean, 192

Kiev, 201

Klopp, Jürgen, 195, 288, 303, 306

Kluivert, Patrick, 51

Kompany, Vincent, 290

Koumas, Jason, 181

Kroldrup, Per, 244

Kromkamp, Jan, 244

Kuyt, Dirk, 244, 248

Kvarme, Bjorn, 167

Labour Party Conference (1996), 113

Lampard, Frank, 280

Lazaridis, Stan, 179

Le Saux, Graeme, 146–147

Le Tallec, Antony, 235

Le Tissier, Matt, 104, 282

League Cup Final: (1995), 86–90; (2001), 125, 176–181

Leather, Mark, 141, 170, 178

Ledley, Joe, 253

Lee, Rob, 106

Lee, Sammy, 41

Leeds, 105

Leeds United, 199–200, 202, 204–209, 212–217, 214–215

Leicester City, 201, 210–212, 290

Leonhardsen, Oyvind, 137

Lightning Seeds, The (band), 110, 113

Lilleshall, 25

Lineker, Gary, 148, 292

Litmanen, Jari, 173

Little, Brian, 108

Liverpool FC, 18–23, 28–30, 36–47, 53–63, 68–76, 81–109, 127–153, 167–203, 235–250, 281–285, 287–306

Liverpool Legends, 283

Liverpool Reserves, 38, 41

Liverpool Schoolboys, 18, 30–32

Ljungberg, Freddie, 185

Lynch, Bob, 30–31, 43, 87

MacAllister, Gary, 121

Macauley, Hughie, 22, 27, 29

Macca & Growler Company, 160, 161

Madrid, Champions League final

(2019), 296–306

Magaluf, Mallorca, 78–79

Manchester City, 104, 209, 216, 218–234

Manchester United, 77, 88, 101–105, 126, 182, 199, 237

Mandela, Nelson, 297

Mané, Sadio, 84, 296, 298

Mansour, Sheik, 237, 270

Maradona, Diego, 266–267

Martyn, Nigel, 84

Masters Football (TV programme), 283

Materazzi, Marco, 149

Matheson, Don, 263

Matteo, Dominic, 23, 78, 87, 91, 158, 172, 200

McAllister, Gary, 173–174, 180, 182, 189, 191, 192, 313

McAteer, Jason, 93–94, 98, 106, 108, 109, 114, 133–135, 220

McCann, Gavin, 140

McCarthy, Benni, 260

McCoy, Tony, 157, 160

McGorry, Brian, 274

McGrath, Paul, 108

McManaman, Dave, 161

McManaman, Steve, 2, 23, 24, 32, 60, 67, 69, 82, 83, 85, 86–87, 98, 100, 103, 106, 114, 116, 119, 121, 130–131, 132, 143, 148, 152, 157, 158, 160, 167–168, 221–222, 283

McPhail, Stephen, 253

Meagher, Mick, 158

Melwood (LFC training facility), 22, 27, 37, 168

Merson, Paul, 282

Messi, Lionel, 6, 292, 293

Middlesbrough, 128–129, 229–232, 257

Miklosko, Ludo, 312

Millenium Stadium, Cardiff, 176, 184, 197

Mills, Danny, 200, 314

Milosevic, Savo, 108, 310

Mocelin, Magno, 191

Molby, Jan, 19, 41, 74, 83, 283

Molyneux, Kieran, 300

Moores, David, 126, 157

Moran, Ronnie, 56, 60

Moreno, Javi, 52, 189

Morgan, Chris, 244

Morientes, Fernando, 239, 243

Mourinho, José, 246, 247

Moyes, David, 244

Muangthong United, 268–269, 275

Mueller-Wohlfahrt, Hans, 255

Murphy, Danny, 137, 182, 200

Musampa, Kiki, 230

Myhre, Thomas, 140, 149

Nadal, Miguel, 124

Nedved, Pavel, 128

Nelson, Ryan, 260

Neville, Gary, 52, 77, 103–104, 121, 219–220

Neville, Phil, 77, 103

Newby, Jon, 173

Newcastle United, 105–106, 289

Nistelrooy, Ruud Van, 238

North Queensland Fury, 261–265

Norway, 137–138

Norwich City, 227

Nottingham Forest, 105

Nunez, Antonio, 236

Nurding, Louise, 114

O’Connor, Martin, 179

Oldham, 62

O’Leary, David, 202, 205, 206, 212, 214

Olympiakos, 283

Origi, Divock, 289, 290, 292, 294, 302, 303

Osman, Russell, 71

Owen, Michael, 137, 138, 139, 142, 143, 168, 171, 175, 176, 177, 181, 184, 186, 188, 193, 194, 205, 209–210, 292

Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex, 303

Paris Saint-Germain, 135–136

Parry, Rick, 167, 239, 269

Pearce, Stuart, 120, 225–226, 229, 232, 238

Penny Lane, Liverpool, 18

Perth Glory, 265

Philippon, Dr Marc, 256

Piechnik, Torben, 49

Pipe, Martin, 161

Pires, Robert, 185

Platt, David, 122

Plymouth Argyle, 268

Portsmouth, 252, 257–258

Powell, Ted, 51

Poynton, Ged, 291

Preston, 254

Purse, Darren, 178, 179, 256

Queen’s Park Rangers, 105

Queudrue, Frank, 231

Ramsey, Aaron, 253

Raven, David, 236

Real Madrid, 221–222, 283

Redknapp, Harry, 80, 252–253, 257, 278

Redknapp, Jamie, 23, 59, 67, 69, 80, 89, 98, 100, 104, 109, 114, 116, 158, 177, 187, 202, 311

Redmen TV, 299

Reid, Peter, 268

Reina, Pepe, 248

Reyna, Claudio, 230

Ridsdale, Peter, 200, 206, 212, 213, 215, 253, 259

Riedle, Karl-Heinz, 137, 139

Rioch, Bruce, 44

Ripley, Stuart, 88

Robben, Arjen, 248

Robinson, Paul, 260

Robson, Bryan, 117, 118, 119, 122

Rodgers, Brendan, 298

Rome, 181

Ronaldo, Cristiano, 237–238

Rooney, Wayne, 3, 238

Rosenthal, Ronny, 36, 41, 45

Royle, Joe, 62

Ruddock, Neil (‘Razor’), 47, 55, 61, 62, 81, 87, 97–100, 106, 134, 158, 281–282, 309

Rush, Ian, 3, 16, 36, 42, 47, 49, 59, 60, 61, 69, 75, 82, 83, 85, 91–92, 94–95, 96, 104, 107, 126, 127–128, 129, 212

Ryder, Marie (mother), 4, 10, 56, 58, 66

Salah, Mo, 131, 289, 294, 295, 298, 302

Saunders, Dean, 41, 42

Saunders, Tom, 33

Scales, John, 114, 158, 159

Schmeichel, Peter, 103, 104, 308

Scholes, Paul, 43, 77

Schwarzer, Mark, 231, 232

S-Club 7, 81

Scotland, 121

Scott, George, 63, 144, 202, 204, 228, 239

Seaman, David, 83, 120, 121, 124, 132–133, 186–187

Seedorf, Clarence, 51

Seu-Vaga, Ronarit, 269, 271–272, 275

Shannon, Dave, 22, 27, 29

Shaqiri, Xherdan, 294

Sharp, Graeme, 16

Sharpe, Lee, 282

Shearer, Alan, 3, 88, 89, 90, 110–111, 116, 120, 121, 124, 227

Sheffield United, 244–245

Sheffield Wednesday, 94–95, 169

Sheringham, Teddy, 49, 111, 121, 123

Sherwood, Tim, 88

Shevchenko, Andriy, 236

Shinawatra, Thaksin, 237, 269–270

Shinawatra, Yingluck, 269

Sibierski, Antoine, 227

Singleton (football team), 13–14

Sissoko, Momo, 244

Skelly, Frank, 22, 65

Smicer, Vladimir, 168, 177, 178, 189

Smith, Alan, 314

Smith, Walter, 149

Snodin, Ian, 74, 75

Solskjaer, Ole, 280

Song, Rigobert, 172

Songkhla (club), 272

Souness, Graeme, 41, 42–43, 44, 46–47, 53–54, 57, 63, 68–69, 72

Southall, Neville, 74, 75

Southampton, 104, 289

Spain, 52, 122–124

Spartak Vladikavkaz, 96, 98

‘Spice Boys,’ 112–114

Spice Girls, 81, 114

Spion Kop 1906 (fan group), 299

Spirit of Shankly (fan group), 299

Srnicek, Pavel, 106

St John, Ian, 127

Stannard, Jim, 59

Staunton, Steve, 109, 172, 308–309, 310

Steadman, Dr Richard, 256

Sterling, Raheem, 3, 209

Steven, Trevor, 16

Stewart, Paul, 41, 45

Stoke City, 176

Suárez, Luis, 292–294

Sunderland, 202–203

Switzerland, 120

Sydney FC, 261, 264

Taylor Report (1990), 57–58

terraces, 57–58, 75–76

Thailand, 268–275

Thomas, Michael, 45, 80, 95, 103

Thompson, David, 137, 172–173

Thompson, Max, 42

Thompson, Phil, 38–39, 68–69, 145, 182, 186, 196–199, 200, 201, 202–203

Thorvald (football team), 15

Through the Storm (TV documentary), 93, 94

Tinnion, Brian, 71

Tomic, Ivan, 189

Tottenham Hotspur, 48–49, 229, 298, 301–302

Townsville, Australia, 263

Toxteth, Liverpool, 1–3

Tranmere Rovers, 181

Turkey, 53

Turkyilmaz, Kubi, 120

UEFA: Champions League Final (2005), 236–237; coaching badges, 276–280

UEFA Cup: (2001), 187–192, 313; (2002), 214; (2005), 228; (2007), 246–249

UEFA Youth tournament: (1992), 43–44; (1993), 50–53

Umbro Cup, The, 117

Unsworth, David, 311–312

Valencia, 143

Van Den Hauwe, Pat, 48

Vassell, Darius, 237

Venables, Terry, 110, 116–118, 120, 123, 125, 214

Vernon Sangster Centre, 22, 29

Viduka, Mark, 200, 206, 211, 212, 216, 228, 314

Vieira, Patrick, 185

Vladikavkaz, 96, 98

Walker, Mike, 72

Waller, Mark, 201

Walters, Mark, 41, 45, 49

Warner, Tony, 87

Warnock, Neil, 244–245

Warnock, Stephen, 260

Watson, Dave, 74, 311

Weaver, Nicky, 230

Webster, Jamie, 299

Welch, Keith, 71

Wembley Stadium, 257

Wenger, Arsène, 160

Werner, Tom, 305

West Bromwich, 257

West Ham, 208

Westerveld, Sander, 168, 178, 179, 180, 185

Whelan, Ronnie, 41, 74, 126

Wigan Athletic, 260

Wijnaldum, Gini, 293

Wilcox, Bobby, 251–252, 291

Wilcox, Jason, 206

Wimbledon, 171

Wolverhampton Wanderers, 38

Woodburn, Mick, 93

Woodgate, Jonathan, 200

Woodward, Sir Clive, 278

World Cup: (1998), 142; (2002), 214

Wright, Alan, 109

Wright, Ian, 111

Wright, Mark, 41, 132, 136

Wright-Phillips, Shaun, 227, 231

Yeboah, Tony, 96

Yorke, Dwight, 108

Ziege, Christian, 173, 179, 180