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Michael
Owen captains England
(Picture
from BBC SPORT Football
Internationals England Owen predicts bright future)
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Click to see Spring 2007
1 May - plays first game since his
injury, a 1-0 away defeat to Reading in the
Premiership
26 May - plays for England B v
Albania B at Turf Moor, Burnley, a 3-1 victory.
Archive:
- June 2000 -
Michael is added to the pages.
Plays for England against
Portugal in Euro 2000
Euro 2000 raises Michael's
profile.
Plays for England against
Germany in Euro 2000.
Scores for England against
Romania in Euro 2000
- September 2000 -
Scores twice for Liverpool v
Southampton, but Liverpool lose a 3 goal lead...
Scores for England v France
hat-trick for Liverpool v Aston Villa - this time
Liverpool win !
Scores for Liverpool v
Manchester City
Seventh Premiership goal this
season for Liverpool v Sunderland
- October 2000 -
Capped in England's last ever
game in the old Wembley, lose to Germany 1-0.
Keegan resigns, Owen dropped.
On front covers of both 'Match' and
'Shoot!'
- November 2000
Scores for Liverpool versus
Slovan Liberec in the UEFA Cup. Selected for
England but pulls out through injury.
- December 2000
Scores for Liverpool versus
Fulham in the Worthington Cup quarter-final.
- January 2001
Scores for Liverpool versus
Arsenal
- February 2001
Michael appears in an Umbro
advert
Own Owen's shirt !
Corinthian have launched a new
Microstars series, and Michael's figure is one of
the initial 23.
Scores twice for Liverpool
versus AS Roma in the UEFA Cup 4th round first
leg
Michael is 53rd most kissable
person !
Michael makes the 'Sunday
Mirror' Rich List
Liverpool win the League Cup
Final, but Michael stays on the bench
Sven-Göran Eriksson picks Michael for
England in a friendly versus Spain- Sven-Göran's
first game in charge.
- March 2001
Capped for England in 3-0 win
against Spain, in Sven-Göran Eriksson's first
game in charge.
Scores for Liverpool in the
UEFA Cup quarter Final v FC Porta
Sven-Göran Eriksson picks Michael for
England squad for World Cup qualifiers.
Scores in 1-1 draw for
Liverpool v Derby County in the Premiership
Scores for England in 2-1
victory v Finland in World Cup qualifier
Michael scores in his second
successive England match in 3-1 victory v Albania
in World Cup qualifier.
- May 2001 -
Goal for Liverpool v Bradford
City, and a hat-trick for Liverpool v Newcastle
United.
Another two goals for Liverpool
v Chelsea
FA Cup Final win with
Liverpool, Michael scores twice and is Man of the
Match.
UEFA Cup win with Liverpool.
Liverpool qualify for the
Champions League as Michael scores against
Charlton Athletic
Selection for England versus
Mexico
Update - FA Cup Final joke
report and Michael plays for England v Mexico
- June 2001
Update
includes being capped for England v Greece,
appearing on Match magazine cover 4 weeks in a
row and pioneering new boot for Umbro.
- July 2001
Michael sponsors
'Sporties' and 'Socca-Sacs', and fronts several
magazines.
- August 2001
Michael opens
the season with a hat-trick for Liverpool versus
FC Haka, and wins the Match/Nickelodeon Super
Striker 2001 award.
Scores for
Liverpool in Charity Shield win, but did not in
England defeat against the Netherlands.
Scores as Liverpool
win the Super Cup - and scores for Liverpool v
West Ham United on the opening day of the season.
'Julie and Me ... and
Michael Owen Makes Three' - children's book
by Alan Gibbons.
- September 2001
Scores a hat-trick
for England v Germany in Germany in Landmark
English match
Two more adverts
including Tissot watches
Scores again for
England versus Algeria
Scores for
Liverpool versus Boavista in the Champions League
Sir Bobby Charlton
encourages Michael to get his England goals
record
Scores for
Liverpool versus Everton and is on front middle
and back of 'Match'
Injury to Michael's
hamstring means he'll be out for about 6 games
(p.s. it lasted 7).
- October 2001 -
Michael scores for Liverpool v Charlton
Athletic in his first game back from injury
- November 2001
Michael gets 2 for
Liverpool v Manchester United
Update - scores for
Liverpool against Blackburn Rovers and Barcelona
- tipped to be European Footballer of the year -
and is on the front page of 'Match' (again)
- December 2001
Update - scores
for Liverpool against Derby County
Scores for
Liverpool versus Middlesbrough, the 5th
Premiership match in a row.
Third placed in BBC
phonevote of Sports Personality of the Year.
Wins World Player
of the Year in World Soccer Magazine and is on
the front cover of 'Shoot Monthly'
Michael announced as European Footballer
of the Year 2001
Sir Bobby Charlton and Pelé
give their views
on Michael.
100 Up ! Michael scores his 100th
Liverpool goal versus West Ham United.
Michael
Owen joins the greats
George Best and Bobby Charlton
(Picture
from BBC SPORT FOOTBALL
Owen joins British greats)
January
2002 -
Update including 'Match' front
pages, other front pages, trading card packets,
Total Action Football, and two goals for
Liverpool versus Birmingham in the FA Cup
Close Up: Michael Owen reviewed
100 Greatest Sporting
Moments
- Michael's hat-trick in England 1-5 win is at
no.2, Argentina goal is no.14, and treble win v
Alevas is at 32.
Scores for Liverpool versus
Southampton.
February
2002 -
Scores for Liverpool vesus
both Leeds and Ipswich Town in the Premiership,
is on front page of 'Match' again, and pulls out
of England squad v the Dutch.
March 2002
Michael is on the
the cover of Match magazine, and is out with
hamstring injury.
Micheael's World
Cup qualifying hat-trick versus Germany is a top
4 Sporting TV Moment in 2001.
Michael is wins his
33rd cap versus Italy at Elland Road - plus
update of adverts
April 2002
Michael scores
for Liverpool in the Premiership against Charlton
Athletic, Sunderland, and twice against Derby
County; is made captain for England for the first
time v Paraguay and scores in the 4-0 win; makes
'the Rich List'; receives his 'European
Footballer of the Year' trophy; and fronts 'Shoot
Monthly's World Cup 2002 special.
Update - March
summarised.
May 2002 Captains England v South Korea and
Cameroon, plus latest front covers, and adverts.
From here Next Generation
news was cut back to concentrate more on the 70-71
Players.
July 2002 includes details of his World Cup
campaign.
August 2002
Liverpool lose the Community Shield to Arsenal
September 2002 Capped against Portugal,
plus August games totals.
October 2002 Capped against Slovakia
and Macedonia, hat-tricks versus Man City and
Spartak Moscow, plus September games review.
November 2002. October games
review.Also see
News Michael makes Top
Earners' list.
December 2002 November games review,
plus Michael is one of the country's top earners
and becomes a father.
News Michael is on 2DTV
January 2003 December games review,
Michael has a goal drought.
February 2003 Accused of gambling
excessively, and plays in the League Cup
semi-final.
News Michael is featured on
2DTV.
March 2003 Plays for England v
Australia, has a dry goal spell, and wins the
League Cup Final.
April 2003
Models new England kit, plays for England v
Liechtenstein and scores, plays for England v
Turkey, scores 4 goals v West Brom, makes the
young person's Rich list and is on the front
coverof FourFourTwo.
May 2003 Michael is capped versus
South Africa, ends the season with 30 goals in
all competitions
June / July 2003 Capped versus Serbia and
Montenegro, and wins his 50th cap v Slovakia
-scoring twice. Scores in the pre-season
friendlies.
August / September 2003 (no headlines)
October / November 2003 Capped versus Croatia
(scores once), Macedonia and Liechtenstein
(scores again), OPTA player of September, Speed
Shooter launched, leads Premiership
goalscorers...Michael Owen Products started.
December 2003 / January
2004 Michael has a mid-season
break ! Injury keeps him out of action.
February / March 2004 Michael has 9 games
without a goal - equalling his personal longest
spell.
Captain of Question of Sport, March 2004
11 February 2004
Michael's goal in a 2-1 home Premiership victory
against Manchester City ends a spell which
equalled the longest goal-barren period of his
career. Michael had failed to score in any of 9
first team matches stretching back to his games
prior to injury in November 2003. The only other
time he had 9 consecutive first team games
without a goal was from September to November
1997, in the second season of his career.
18 February plays for England against
Portugal in Faro. The score was 1-1.
April / May 2004
20 March
Michael is on the front cover of Match
20 March 2004 edition, where he is the main
player of 5 England players
March 2004 England lauch a new England
away shirt and once again the campaign is headed
by Michael, mainly with John Terry amongst
others.
3 April 2004 Back on the Match cover
again as Michael offers Striker's tips!
Summer 2004
Adverts.include
Persil, Lucozade, Spor, Umbro and Reebok.
Front Covers include being the
was the main player (of 3) on the front of the
July 2004 edition (no 119) of FourFourTwo
and Shoot Monthly at the same time. He
was also one of the main players on the front of Match
! on 5 June 2004 and 12 June 2004.
1 June Michael plays for England
in a friendly versus Japan at the City of
Manchester Stadium the score is 1-1 aned Michael
scores England's goal - which now pulls him ahead
of Geoff Hurst as 11th on the list of England's
all time highest goalscorers.
5 June Michael plays in England
friendly against Iceland at the City of
Manchester Stadium.
13 JuneMichael plays in
England's Euro 2004 match against France in
Lisbon, which ends 2-1 to France.
17 June Michael plays in
England's second match of the Euro 2004 campaign,
a 3-0 victory against Swizerland in Coimbra.
21 June The final group match in
Euro 2004 sees England qualify in second place
with a 4-2 win against Croatia in Lisbon. This is
only the third time in his England career that he
has gone 4 games without a goal - he has never
gone 5 games.
24 June Michael scores as
England played theEuro 2004 host nation,
Portugal, in Lisbon in the quarter-final.
Portugal win on penalties after a 2-2 draw after
extra time. Michael scored his penalty! Michael
has now played 60 games for England and scored 26
goals, which finally takes him into the Top Ten
of English Highest goalscorers, equal with Bryan
Robson.
18 August Michael scores the
second goal in the 50th minute of England's 3-0
victory versus Ukraine. The match was a friendly
played at St James' Park in Newcastle. It is
Michael's 26th goal for England. Michael is now
the equal ninth highest goalscorer for England
with David Platt.
Autumn 2004
4 September plays for England in a
World Cup qualifier away to Austria in Vienna.
which ends in a 2-2 draw.
8 September plays a World Cup
qualifier away to Poland. England win the match
2-1. Michael was booked in the match.
9 October plays for England in a
World Cup qualifier home to Wales at Old Trafford
in Manchester. England win 2-0.
13 October plays for England in
a World Cup qualifier away to Azerbaijan in Baku. England win
1-0. Michael is England captain in the absence of
David Beckham, and scored England's only goal in
the 22nd minute. This is Michael's 27th goal and
raises him to equal 8th with Steve Bloomer in the
all time list of highest goalscorers for England.
Michael has captained England 7 times now, and so
far remains unbeaten in these games.
17 November plays for England in
a 'friendly' away to Spain in Bernabeu Stadium in
Madrid. England lose 1-0.
Winter 2004/05 Includes: 4
January - appears on the cover of Hello
9 February plays for
England v the Netherlands
Spring 2005: Includes:
26
March -scores in England's 4-0 win over
Northern Ireland
30 March - plays for England v
Azerbijan
31 May- scores a hat-trick v
Coumbia in 3-2 victory in New York, USA
Summer 2005: Includes
17
August - plays for England in their
humiliating 4-1 international friendly defeat
against Denmark in Parken Stadion, Kĝbenhavn.
31 August - moves to FA
Premisersip side Newcastle United for 16,000,000
pounds.
Autumn 2005: Includes
3
September - plays for England in the
World Cup qualifer against Wales away at the
'Stadiwm Y Mileniwm' in Cardiff. England
unconvincingly win the match 1-0
7 September - plays for England
in their shock 1-0 defeat to Northern Ireland in
a World Cup qualifier at Belfast's Windsor Park
10 September - makes his debut
for Newcastle United in the FA Premiership
playing at home against Fulham.
18 September - gets his first
goal for Newcastle United in 3-0 away victory v
Blackburn Rovers in the FA Premiership
8 October - plays for England in
the World Cup qualifier v Austria at Old
Trafford. England win 1-0.
12 October -plays for England in
the World Cup qualifier v poland at Old Trafford.
England win 2-1, and Michael scores his 33rd
goal.
12 November - plays for England
in an international friendly v Argentina in
Geneva, Switzerland. England win 3-2 thanks to 2
very late goals from Michael, which takes his
tally to 35.
Summer 2006: Includes
3 June plays in England's
friendly v Jamaica and ended as a 6-0 victory at
Old Trafford in Manchester. Michael scored his
36th goal for England to make it 4-0 after just
32 minutes.
10 June plays in England's
opening game of the World Cup tournament v
Paraguay at the Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt,
Germany. It ends as a 1-0 victory to England.
15 June plays in England's
second group game of the World Cup tournament v
Trinadad and Tobago at Frankenstadion, Nürnberg,
Germany. It ends as a 2-0 victory to England.
20 June plays in England's third
group game of the World Cup tournament v Sweden
RheinEnergiestadion, Cologne. It ends as a 2-2
draw. Michael falls down injured in just the 4th
minute of the game, and is certain to not only
miss the rest of the tournament, but much of next
season also.
25 June Michael is currently
seen in television adverts for Domino's Pizza and
Asda, and is in every magazine in the country
advertising Umbro, Accurist and Northern Rock.
Spring 2007
1 May - plays first game since
his injury, a 1-0 away defeat to Reading in the
Premiership
26 May - plays for England B v
Albania B at Turf Moor, Burnley, a 3-1 victory.
Further links on this
site include the following ...
Sons and Daughters
See Michael's
father at Terry Owen
See a full list of
Michael's goals for England
See the wonderful world of
product endorsement at Michael Owen Products
Links on other sites
include ...
All the latest
headlines including Michael can be seen at Michael Owen - Latest News
Headlines
There's a game by
game career record at www.soccerbase.com - The
Internet Soccer Database
Michael's England
profile is at and waddle steps up -Owen's
record...
...and at England
fc.com's Player Profile - Michael
Owen England FC
Michael is the
England's national side's 5th youngest debutant, see England's Youngest Players
There's headlines
and career details at Michael Owen _ Liverpool -
SoccerAge
As he sponsors their clothes there's quite a lot
of reference at UMBRO.COM
- 'The Football Authority'
On Liverpool's Official site see Michael
Owen - This is your Life
There's some original artwork at Art
About Face Football - Michael Owen
Fans' sites include :
The World of
Michael Owen
Michael Owen The
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Trimmer's Michael Owen Home Page
Michael
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Michael Owen Fan
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