A would-be thief was unsuccessful when attempting to break into a Stoke City soccer star's property. Prominent football players are easy victims of crime because burglars know when players are away from home at a game simply by consulting the fixture list. Not this time, though, as the intruder trying to steal from Michael Owen's house was caught by police. Owen held a running commentary on social networking website Twitter as he watched the man on his CCTV system.