Liverpool icon Fowler goes through shirts from his incredible career

Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler has given fans a unique insight into his stunning career through the various kits he wore as a player.

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During the latest episode of BT Sport's What I Wore series, Fowler was asked to talk about some of the pivotal moments of his playing days as they worked through the kits that defined his career.

Fowler quickly become a hero at Anfield as he rose through the ranks of the club's youth system before making the No 9 shirt his own with 163 goals in 344 appearances for the Reds leading to him earning the nickname 'God'.

Now 44, Fowler admits at the start of the episode that he was actually most fond of Liverpool's bitter rivals during his childhood.

'I did grow up an Everton fan,' he explained. 'I grew up with my mum and her side of the family were all Blues. My dad would take me to the game and one Christmas I did actually get an Everton bike. It was just blue with an Everton sticker on it.

'This sounds really silly but I remember having an Aston Villa top as well and I also had a Tottenham shirt too. I haven't got a clue why. I just loved football and really enjoyed watching good teams.

'In terms of Liverpool or Everton, I was never a horrible Everton fan where I disliked Liverpool. I grew up in a tough time and football was a big release for everyone because of what was happening in society.'

Fowler joined Liverpool's youth academy in the summer of 1991 and then agreed a professional contract with the Reds in April 1992.

His penchant for goals was evident when he made a goal scoring first-team debut in Liverpool's 3–1 League Cup win at Fulham in September 1993.

Fowler quickly established himself as a strike partner for the superb Ian Rush and his importance to the team quickly grew.

However, after moving along the kit rack to find the strips for the 1995/96 campaign, Fowler believes that season was where he was at his best.

'I've got two favourite Liverpool shirts and this is one. Maybe it doesn't look the greatest with the heavy cricket-style collar but when I think back on my football career, I think certainly my best year was wearing these. I thought that kit was brilliant but I scored a lot of goals in that one.

'I felt confident in this one but I'm a confident lad anyway. I was in a dressing room with proper legends but it didn't faze me. I'm not saying I deserved to be there but I felt comfortable there because of this inner belief. I think that sort of helps you score goals and be a little bit of a player.

'I wasn't certainly big headed or egotistical but it was just like a bit of inner confidence.'

Fowler was voted PFA Young Player of the Year in both 1995 and 1996 with only Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney and Dele Alli to also win the award in consecutive seasons.

He was also widely considered to be the most natural finisher playing in the Premier League at that time.

When asked how he thought he compared to the league's other great strikers of the time, Fowler claims he had no doubt about his quality.

'I said before I was a little bit confident and you look at these players, the likes of Alan Shearer and Les Ferdinand, (Gianluca) Vialli, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank, these are all unbelievable players I would back myself against any of them.

'It sounds stupid because my record might not be as good as any of them but I never felt out of place.'

After playing a major role in Liverpool's treble-winning season in 2001 under Gerard Houllier, Fowler then saw his role in the team diminish throughout the following campaign.

The emergence of Michael Owen and Emile Heskey's partnership had meant there was less reliance on Fowler to score goals and he admits he felt forced out of his boyhood club when he left for Leeds in 2001.

'You sort of know deep down that you're not really in the manager's thoughts and he'll tell you one thing and maybe do other things. It's hard to take because Liverpool was my life and, if I'm being honest, the only club I wanted to play for.

'But things happen in football, you do need to adapt, to move on and as much as it was my decision to leave Liverpool I felt as though I was forced out. That's the hard thing about it. I wanted to play and I wanted to stay there and make things happen but sometimes you're not always wanted and I didn't feel though I was wanted so that's why I left.'

After scoring 14 goals in 31 appearances for Leeds, he then moved to Manchester City but largely struggled for fitness and form.

He spent over three years at the Etihad Stadium but then won a dream move back to Liverpool with Rafa Benitez now at the helm of the club in 20016. Fowler rejoined on a free transfer and received a standing ovation from the Anfield crowd on his return.

Fowler admits heading back to his former club was the highlight of his career.

'Coming home to Liverpool, a club I never wanted to leave, was the best thing ever for me', Fowler added.

'This was better than scoring goals, better than winning trophies. Me going back to Liverpool was the best thing that ever happened to me on a football pitch.'