Editing Robbie Fowler (section)

==== Winning the cup treble ====
The [[2000–01 in English football|2000–01 season]] was Fowler's most successful season. He scored 17 goals, appeared in three finals, and lifted three trophies in a unique [[Treble (association football)|cup treble]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/1485742.stm|title=Liverpool primed for title assault|access-date=13 September 2008 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=13 August 2001}}</ref> In the absence of Jamie Redknapp, who was sidelined by injury, Fowler was named as Liverpool captain when he started.<ref name="LFCHistory"/> However he found himself the third-choice Liverpool [[Striker (association football)|striker]], with Houllier favouring a forward [[partnership]] of Michael Owen and [[Emile Heskey]].<ref name="LFCHistory"/>

He took part in a fourth-round [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] hammering of [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]], scoring a hat-trick in an 8–0 victory, which was second only to the club's biggest ever win in 1986 – a 10–0 defeat of [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Shaw |first=Phil |date=30 November 2000 |title=Football: Fowler hat-trick leads Liverpool record rout |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/fowler-hattrick-leads-liverpool-rout-624651.html |url-status=dead |access-date=15 January 2011 |archive-date=6 May 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130506011710/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/fowler-hattrick-leads-liverpool-rout-624651.html }}</ref> In the [[Football League Cup Final 2001|League Cup final]] against [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]], the club's first cup final since 1996, he captained the side and scored in the 30th minute. Liverpool went on to win the trophy on penalties, with Fowler scoring Liverpool's fifth in the shootout. Fowler picked up the [[Alan Hardaker]] [[Man of the Match]] award and lifted the trophy.

Fowler's season picked up from there as he scored several important goals including one against runaway champions [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and a free kick in the [[FA Cup]] semi-final against [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]. Fowler featured as a substitute in the [[FA Cup Final 2001|2001 FA Cup Final]] coming on as a 77th-minute replacement for [[Vladimír Šmicer]]. Liverpool, who were 1–0 down at that point, eventually won the game 2–1 with two goals from Owen. Fowler raised the trophy along with [[Sami Hyypiä]] and Jamie Redknapp.

Four days later he was a substitute again in Liverpool's third final, the [[2001 UEFA Cup Final]] against [[Deportivo Alavés]]. He came on in the 64th minute for Heskey with the score at 3–3. He scored seven minutes later but Alavés equalised before full-time and Liverpool eventually won with a [[golden goal]], an own goal, in the 116th minute.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/3005505/UEFA-Cup-Final-Liverpool-hit-treble-top.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/3005505/UEFA-Cup-Final-Liverpool-hit-treble-top.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=UEFA Cup Final: Liverpool hit treble top |first=Henry |last=Winter |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=16 May 2001 |access-date=4 December 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Fowler and Hyypiä then raised Liverpool's third trophy of the season together. Liverpool's next and final game of the season was against [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] and Fowler scored twice in a 4–0 victory at [[The Valley (London)|The Valley]] that assured them [[UEFA Champions League]] qualification for the next season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Liverpool party begins at Charlton |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1338359.stm |access-date=16 May 2015 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 May 2001}}</ref>