The top 10 strikers of the Premier League era

8. Andy Cole- Clubs: Newcastle, Man United, Blackburn, Fulham, Man City, Portsmouth, Sunderland- Goals: 187

Andy Cole signed for Newcastle from Bristol City in early 1993, helping them to promotion to the Premier League by scoring 12 goals in as many games. He then netted an astonishing 34 times in his first season in the top flight, winning the Golden Boot as well as the Young Player of the Year award.

After a decent start to 1994/95, Cole left Newcastle to join champions Manchester United for £7million. He continued to score consistently, netting 12 in 18, but his new club were pipped to the title by Blackburn.Cole almost left to join Blackburn in the summer of 1996, in a potential deal that would have seen Alan Shearer move to Old Trafford, but Shearer instead joined Newcastle.He also suffered a double leg break in a reserve team game, therefore bringing a stagnation in his progress. He bounced back to finish as joint top scorer in 1997/98 with 18 goals, and in the following campaign, he formed a devastating partnership with Dwight Yorke as United swept all before them, both domestically and in Europe.He netted sporadically rather than regularly in the years that followed, with first team chances at a premium. In December 2001, he finally made the move to Blackburn, for a fee of £8million.He netted 27 goals whilst at Ewood Park, and went on to have spells of differing success at Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth and Sunderland, before ending his playing career at Championship side Nottingham Forest in the autumn of 2008.

His final tally of 187 Premier League goals is bettered only by Shearer.

7. Robbie Fowler- Clubs: Liverpool, Leeds United, Man City, Blackburn- Goals: 163

Robbie Fowler broke into the Liverpool first team in 1993, netting over 65 times in his first three full seasons at Anfield. He is the scorer of the fastest ever Premier League hat-trick (4 minutes and 33 seconds) and won successive Young Player of the Year awards in ‘95 and ‘96.Only Alan Shearer was able to better Fowler’s tally of 28 league goals in 1995/96, two of which came in Liverpool’s famous 4-3 victory over Newcastle at Anfield.In 2001, Fowler played a huge part as Liverpool won the treble of League Cup, F.A and UEFA Cups. But his chances in the first team became progressively limited, with Michael Owen and Emile Heskey established as the main strike partnership.In November of that year, Fowler completed a £12million move to Leeds United, scoring 14 league goals in an injury hit stint. After 3 years at Manchester City, Fowler made a shock return to Liverpool in January 2006.With his best days behind him, his second coming at Anfield was only moderately successful, scoring 8 in 30. He left in 2007 to join Championship side Cardiff, and after a very brief stay at Blackburn, he moved to Australia to play in the A-League in 2009.