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Back in March this year, 33-year-old Stoke City striker Michael Owen announced that he would retire from professional football at the end of the 2012/13 season. And despite his recent lack of first-team action, he must and will be remembered...read more »

When Michael Owen this week publicly declared what he considered to be his Premier League team of the year, the former England striker unsurprisingly stoked the ire of a number of dissenters – largely with club allegiance at the root...read more »

He arrived onto the scene of English football in great fashion, netting on his Premier League debut and grabbing plaudits as Liverpool lost 2-1 to Wimbledon on the penultimate day of the 1996-97 season. That was his first bow into...read more »

At first glance Stoke City and Everton have little in common.  The Merseysiders’ historic trophy haul far outstrips that of their Potteries counterparts, the current teams that represent the two clubs approach the game with vastly differing styles, and expectations...read more »

Many have left Anfield for the Theatre of Dreams, or walked alone from Old Trafford to don the historic kit of Liverpool but there has always been a stop gap. Michael Owen was at Real Madrid and Newcastle before cutting...read more »

With a full midweek Premier League and Championship programme preceding the weekend’s usual action, and a festive fixture jam on the horizon, squads everywhere will be stretched and opportunities will arise for hitherto outsiders to stake their claim for regular...read more »

As sure as the leaves turn brown and start dropping from the trees, the debate over diving rears its head every Autumn as the Premier League starts getting into its stride. This season, it’s Suarez, Bale and Welbeck. In previous...read more »

And so begins another chapter in Michael Owen’s up-and-down footballing career – not long after the door slammed shut on the summer transfer window of 2012, Stoke manager Tony Pulis secured the services of the seemingly forgotten former England striker...read more »

Football can be stranger than life sometimes. As the summer transfer window ended in calamity for Liverpool, the prospect of Michael Owen making a sensational return to Anfield has become more tangible in the last few days. Should Liverpool take...read more »

Whilst a number of people are pulling the Reds apart for a lackluster performance against Arsenal on the weekend, I think some of the criticism was misplaced. I felt like the Reds moved the ball about quite nicely (though Steven...read more »