{"id":296524,"date":"2023-12-12T16:02:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296524"},"modified":"2023-12-12T16:02:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:02:10","slug":"fans-mock-michael-owens-apple-in-bin-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/fans-mock-michael-owens-apple-in-bin-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans mock Michael Owen&apos;s apple-in-bin story"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Michael Owen is MOCKED by fans on social media after telling story about his &#8216;bravery&#8217; growing up &#8211; as he claims that throwing an APPLE in a bin helped build &#8216;confidence&#8217; on the football pitch<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Michael Owen has been mocked by users on social media over a recent story\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Owen claimed that throwing an apple in a bin helped build confidence early on\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man City have dipped, but Gary Neville is WRONG to say they&#8217;re complacent &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Michael Owen has been mocked by fans on social media after revealing that he built &#8216;confidence&#8217; by throwing an apple in a bin at his family home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Owen, one of just six English players to win the Ballon d&#8217;Or, is fondly remembered as one of the greatest attacking talents which this country has produced on the football pitch.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With 222 professional goals across a 17-year-long career, the former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Newcastle striker was one of the best to grace the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, in a recent interview, Owen has revealed aspects of his life that helped mould him into one of England&#8217;s best ever players, as he claimed that &#8216;everything was a challenge&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Upfront with Simon Jordan, Owen said. &#8216;You know, everything was a challenge. You know I would eat an apple while watching the TV at night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/08\/78812603-12849299-image-a-1_1702282104044.jpg\" height=\"318\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Michael Owen revealed that he built &#8216;confidence&#8217; by throwing an apple in a bin at his home<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/08\/78812701-12849299-image-a-2_1702282157292.jpg\" height=\"538\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans and other users were quick to poke fun at the former Liverpool and Man United striker<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The bin would be by the TV, six metres away or whatever. I would just do it. I had the bravery to miss and for there to be a stain on the wallpaper and my Mum to absolutely scream at me and send me upstairs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wasn&#8217;t cocky at all, but the next day I would do the same and I&#8217;ll be &#8216;bump&#8217; and it&#8217;ll go right in the middle and my Dad would give me a nod of approval. My Mum would be seething, but couldn&#8217;t say anything, because it went in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That confidence, that sort of daring, that nod of approval that &#8216;I don&#8217;t want to get b******ed by my Mum here&#8217;, but I&#8217;m desperate for a little wink, a little nod from my Dad, to say &#8216;here you cocky little, you know&#8217;. That&#8217;s what I always yearned as a kid.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the claim that it helped build his confidence and shape him into the player that he was in his career, fans were quick to poke fun at the ex-Liverpool star.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of users on X, formerly known as Twitter, posted captions reading: &#8216;Michael Owen after finishing his Apple&#8217; with a video accompanying it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One video was a clip of Michael van Gerwen celebrating as he stepped up to take a shot, while pulling a hilarious face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/08\/78812653-12849299-image-a-7_1702282167503.jpg\" height=\"138\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/08\/78812697-12849299-image-a-6_1702282164223.jpg\" height=\"864\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/08\/78812699-12849299-image-a-5_1702282162773.jpg\" height=\"584\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/08\/78812693-12849299-image-a-4_1702282161631.jpg\" height=\"556\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/08\/78812695-12849299-image-a-3_1702282160304.jpg\" height=\"465\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans were quick to poke fun at Owen after seeing the video circulating on social media<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Michael Owen\u2019s dad after seeing his son get the apple in the bin two nights in a row,&#8217; another wrote before adding a clip of Harry Redknapp saying that Frank Lampard was &#8216;going right to the very top&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Michael Owen when he successfully throws his apple in the bin&#8217;, another wrote before accompanying it with a picture of former Tottenham forward Carlos Vinicius celebrating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Showing Michael Owen levels of bravery and choosing to go to the office on a Monday,&#8217; another fan cheekily wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Michael Owen after he throws an apple into the bin at home,&#8217; before adding a picture the striker celebrating while at United.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12849299\/Michael-Owen-MOCKED-fans-social-media-telling-story-bravery-growing-claims-throwing-APPLE-bin-helped-build-confidence-football-pitch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Owen is MOCKED by fans on social media after telling story about his &#8216;bravery&#8217; 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