English Premier Odds

If NFL betting players can remember the days of Marshall Faulk, who scored touchdowns at an amazing pace in St. Louis, then soccer betting players would compare that to Alan Shearer, arguably the most clinical English striker of the last 15-20 years.

Shearer began his career at Southampton, playing alongside the brilliant Matt Le Tissier, then he was sold to Blackburn, where he helped Rovers win the Premiership in 1994-95. After four years there, Shearer then moved to Newcastle, where he became a legend and eventually, he was given the armband as club captain.  However, he decided to retire in 2005-06 with a tally of 379 goals in 733 matches.

For England, Shearer scored 30 goals in 63 caps, winning the Golden Boot at Euro 96, but the team never really accomplished much, although that’s not due to Shearer.

Shearer will be remembered for a simple, no-nonsense style of play, and he was arguably the best penalty taker in the history of the Premiership.  He was a center-forward that held up the ball as well as anyone, and he was a menace in the box.  He’ll forever be a legend at Newcastle, where he managed the team for the final eight matches at the end of May 2009, and while they ended up relegated, the team was sunk before Shearer got involved.  Shearer will go down as one of the top five English strikers of all time, and online betting players may never see a center-forward like this again.

NFL football betting players may compare Robbie Fowler to Terrell Owens, a prolific player of his era, but he may be more known for controversy rather than for being in fourth place in the Premier League goal-scoring standings.

\Fowler started his career playing for his childhood team, Liverpool, playing his first nine seasons at Anfield, and he scored 120 goals during that time.  However, Fowler was part of a group on the team that were well-known for partying, and the apex came in 1999 with his famous drug simulation while celebrating a goal against rival Everton.  Fowler managed to stay at Liverpool until 2002, when he went to Leeds for a couple of seasons, followed by four at Manchester City.  Fowler returned to Liverpool in 2005, but scored eight goals in 30 matches over two seasons, and his last two years in England were spent at Cardiff City and Blackburn.  Fowler is now playing in Australia with the Perth Glory after a season with the North Queensland Fury.

Fowler didn’t make much of an impact for England, scoring seven goals in 26 caps, but you get the feeling that England managers were more worried about what he would do off the pitch, rather than on, which is why he didn’t get more of a chance.

As far as talent goes, Fowler may have had the most natural talent of anyone in his era, but he never really fully realized it.  However, you have to give it up for Fowler for his sheer numbers alone, especially his prowess at Liverpool.  Sports betting players were never bored watching Fowler.

NFL betting players know all about underrated players, and when it comes to the Premiership, Les Ferdinand isn’t brought up when thinking about the best strikers in England.  Here is a reminder why he was one of the best to ever do it.

Ferdinand bounced around the lower leagues with QPR and Brentford before going to Turkey, where he blossomed with Besiktas.  Ferdinand then returned to England in 1989 with QPR again, spending six seasons between the Premiership and the First Division (now the Championship).  Ferdinand then spent two short, but prolific, years at Newcastle, scoring 41 goals in 68 matches.  Ferdinand wouldn’t score more than 12 goals in a season for the rest of his career, playing six years at Tottenham, and then a year each at West Ham, Leicester City, Bolton, Reading and Watford before retiring in 2006.

Ferdinand had just 17 caps for England, scoring five goals, and he inexplicably was left on the bench during Euro 96, after scoring 25 goals for Newcastle alongside Alan Shearer.

Ferdinand (cousin of England captain Rio, as well as West Ham’s Anton) wasn’t a flashy player, but he got the job done and really should get more attention than he does.  It really makes you wonder how good Newcastle would have been if they decided to keep Ferdinand and Shearer together, because you wouldn’t need many chances to score with those two up front.  When conversing with your friends about the top strikers in England history, bring up Ferdinand and we’re betting you’ll get a couple weird looks, but the numbers don’t lie.

NCAA football betting players don’t have to worry about their favorite players going for 19 years, but that’s what happened in England with Andy Cole, who is second all-time in the Premier League in scoring.

Cole played for Arsenal, Fulham, Bristol City and Newcastle from 1989-1995, but it wasn’t until the ’93-94 season when he netted 34 times for Newcastle that he came into his own.  Then, in 1994-95, Cole was shipped off to Manchester United, where he played with the great Eric Cantona, but it wasn’t until he was partnered with Dwight Yorke that Cole was a real threat.  He never again scored as many goals as he did that one year at Newcastle, but he scored plenty of timely goals for Manchester United, and played an instrumental role in the side that won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in 1999.  After leaving Manchester at the end of the 2001-02 season, Cole bounced around, playing for Blackburn, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth, Birmingham City, Sunderland, Burnley and Nottingham Forest.

Cole earned just 15 caps for England, scoring one goal, and many are still wondering why manager Glenn Hoddle left him off the squad at the World Cup in 1998, when he was at the height of his abilities.

Cole was a solid finisher who really should have played more for his country, but Manchester United benefitted from that as Cole and Yorke fired them to five league titles.  He also won the Young Player of the Year, and the Golden Boot in 1993-94.  Andy Cole is a Manchester legend, and online betting players are still on the lookout for the next Cole.