Robbie Fowler's Kiwi In-Laws:
Robbie Fowler's New Zealand connections: (A) He's the brother-in-law of former All White and current Hawkes Bay United player David Mulligan (born in Bootle, Merseyside). Mulligan's brother Kevin is married to Fowler's sister, Lisa. (B) Kevin Fallon's oldest son Sean played with Robbie in Liverpool's youth and reserve sides in the 1990's & they still keep in touch:
From Kevin Fallon's blog (often interesting reading) but there won't be any more on the Mt Albert Grammar School website for reasons evident in the news this week!!!
https://www.mags.school.nz/Story?Action=View&Story_id=6763
7 May 2014:
"I just finished a book called "Fowler - My Autobiography". If you want a down to earth football autobiography read this.
Robbie Fowler was a working class lad from Toxteth. For the uninitiated, that is a rough part of Liverpool that was made world famous for the Toxteth riots in 1981. Fowler lived through this historic British episode and survived to eventually become a world class football player for Liverpool and England.
He tells his story in a down to earth, working class way. He writes as he talks, using the English working class idiom such as "me Mam" for my mother. I enjoyed it because Robbie Fowler played football at Liverpool in the A, B and reserve teams with my oldest son Sean. Fowler went on to fame and fortune and Sean got released - that's football. They are still friends today.
One interesting quote in the book came from one of the old guard at Liverpool, Ronnie Moran. He said the football academies of today teach the kids everything but how to play football!
Another connection is that Robbie's sister Lisa visited MAGS to pick up an international cap for former MAGS player David Mulligan; she spoke on the MAGS stage during her visit. She married David's brother Kevin. It's a small world, indeed. Robbie will never have to worry about working class conditions again for he has invested wisely, and, at the time of writing his book, was the owner of 100 houses!"