Year Zero
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Year Zero: The making of Robbie Fowler (Liverpool, 1994/95)
By Seb Stafford-Bloor last updated
Year Zero How could it be that a goalscorer as prodigious as the Toxteth tyro remains so revered, yet also deemed a disappointment? Seb Stafford-Bloor recalls the season 'God' was outed as a Red
Year Zero: The making of Zinedine Zidane (Juventus, 1996/97)
By Nicky Bandini published
Year Zero When a 24-year-old French Euro 96 flop arrived at Juventus, he was quickly branded a waste of money. The course of that season changed everything
Year Zero: The making of Frank Lampard (Chelsea, 2004/05)
By Garry Hayes last updated
Year Zero Three years after an £11m move from West Ham, Lampard was a fine midfielder but yet to prove himself a special one. Then a new gaffer swaggered into Chelsea...
Year Zero: The making of Dennis Bergkamp (Ajax, 1986/87)
By Dolf van Aert published
Year Zero Thirty years before last season’s resurgence, Ajax had a similar renaissance thanks to a teenage schoolboy. Yet it was a late plane flight that made the non-flying Dutchman’s career take off...
Year Zero: the season that made Thierry Henry at Arsenal (1999/2000)
By Joe Brewin published
Year Zero On this day 20 years ago, Arsenal changed forever. But things weren't so easy for the Frenchman: in his first season at Highbury, a doubt-riddled 22-year-old came close to giving up on himself. Then everything changed...
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