Editing Robbie Fowler (section)

=== Cardiff City ===
On 21 July 2007 Fowler signed a two-year contract to play for [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ecclestone-eyes-arsenal-deal-as-fowler-joins-cardiff-458257.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090917125631/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ecclestone-eyes-arsenal-deal-as-fowler-joins-cardiff-458257.html |archive-date=17 September 2009 |title=Ecclestone eyes Arsenal deal as Fowler joins Cardiff |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |first=Marc |last=Padgett |date=22 July 2007 |access-date=4 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He missed the season's opening fixtures due to a lack of fitness,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2318835/Dave-Jones-rues-Cardiff-Citys-striker-shortage.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2318835/Dave-Jones-rues-Cardiff-Citys-striker-shortage.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Dave Jones rues Cardiff City's striker shortage |access-date=4 December 2013 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | location=London | first=William | last=Johnson | date=13 August 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref> making his debut in a [[League Cup]] tie on 28 August.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/6963490.stm |title=Cardiff 1–0 Leyton Orient |access-date=13 September 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport | date=28 August 2007}}</ref> He scored his first two Cardiff goals on 22 September against [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]], scoring with two headers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/6996433.stm |title=Cardiff 2–2 Preston |access-date=13 September 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport | date=22 September 2007}}</ref> Fowler scored twice in his next game, a third round League Cup tie against [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Brom]], which Cardiff won 4–2.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7008015.stm |title=West Brom 2–4 Cardiff |access-date=13 September 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport | date=25 September 2007}}</ref> This led to a fourth round tie against Fowler's former club Liverpool, at [[Anfield]], to which even the Liverpool faithful crowd urged Fowler to score seeing that it may be the last time he would play in Anfield but Cardiff were knocked out in a 2–1 defeat.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7017625.stm |title=Coventry to meet West Ham in cup |access-date=13 September 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport | date=29 September 2007}}</ref>

In November, Fowler travelled to [[Frankfurt]], Germany to see Dr. [[Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt]], a specialist sports injuries doctor, to try and resolve a recurring hip problem that had left him lacking fitness in early season fixtures for the Bluebirds.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7087020.stm |title=Fowler seeks to solve hip worry |access-date=13 September 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport | date=9 November 2007}}</ref> The treatment involved taking around twenty-eight injections into his hip. He returned to full training in late November and made his comeback on 15 December as a late substitute in a 1–0 defeat against [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fowler-targets-charlton-2221605 |title=Fowler targets Charlton |date=30 November 2007 |access-date=4 December 2013 |publisher=[[South Wales Echo]] }}</ref> However he went on to suffer another injury blow just days later after a mistimed tackle in training from club captain [[Darren Purse]] left him with damaged ankle ligaments.<ref>"Terry Phillips A to Z of football, pg60" ''[[South Wales Echo]]'' Retrieved on 30 December 2007</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/robbie-fowler-fresh-injury-blow-2212855 |title=Robbie Fowler in fresh injury blow |access-date=4 December 2013 |work=[[South Wales Echo]] |date=21 December 2007 }}</ref> Due to the new injury blow Cardiff and Fowler made plans for him to go to [[Colorado]], United States to undergo keyhole surgery on the hip problem, which had plagued him in recent seasons, in the hope that it would finally resolve the problem.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7163268.stm |title=Fowler facing hip operation in US |access-date=13 September 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport | date=28 December 2007}}</ref>

On 17 January 2008, it was announced that Fowler could miss the rest of the [[2007–08 Cardiff City F.C. season|2007–08 season]] for Cardiff after his hip operation revealed that the injury was worse than previously thought. Surgeons were forced to perform a micro-fracture for the hip to heal properly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/robbie-fowler-out-season-2203225 |title=Robbie Fowler out for season |access-date=4 December 2013 |work=[[South Wales Echo]] |date=17 January 2008 }}</ref> Despite this, he attempted to make a comeback at the end of the season to play in the [[2008 FA Cup Final|FA Cup final]] against [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] and was included in the 18-man match squad.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7380184.stm |title=Fowler in Cup final fitness race |access-date=19 May 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport | date=5 May 2008}}</ref> He did not feature in the game in and thus did not receive a runners-up medal having not made an appearance in the competition.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7393770.stm |title=Portsmouth 1–0 Cardiff |access-date=19 May 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport | date=17 May 2008 | first=Phil | last=McNulty}}</ref>