In History
August 21st
1982 Tottenham Hotspurs (Charity Shield) Wembley 1-0
Ian Rush 32'
Att 82,500
phil thompsons mazy run allows Ian rush to round ray clemence for the games only goal, my brother was 10 at this point and ditched his team arsenal for us. wise move, 8 years later i was following in his footsteps albeit minus arsenal, ,,,, ,, more in march... maybe
1985 Aston Villa (Division One) Villa Park 2-2
Ian Rush 39' Jan Molby 85'
Att 20,197
1991 Manchester City (Division One) Maine Road 1-2
Steve McManaman 75'
Att 37,322
Think i was out playing all night as an 8 year old and it was one of them summer nights you were let stay out all night long with endless energy as you cycled for all you had around the area, magic summer that although this night the result was poor. City took the lead in the first half through david whyte. In the second half Whyte was through again when his shot smashed off the underside of the bar and the referee appeared to be very unsure but his linesman adjudged it to have crossed the line given us a mountain to climb. my brother used to order all the programmes and i remember in the reserves noticing the long name mcmanaman. how the hell you pronounce that i thought? My brother who was pushing 20 used to pronounce it "mc na-man" and it was macca who bravely dived in with city Keeper Tony coton for a header for his first goal. we were back in it and just seconds later we were awarded a penalty for a foul by andy hill on our new record signing Dean Saunders, Deano took it desperate to get off the mark but his spot smashed off the bar. DARN. we lost 2-1, Saunders had actually missed a penalty at this ground the previous season against the same team for Derby county, remarkably the penalty that day was saved by stand in striker Niall Quinn (a striker) although Quinn was said to be a decent keeper too, and it is even claimed on some website that he was registered as Irelands 3rd choice keeper for the 1990 world cup when they brought just 2 recognized keepers with them.
1995 Leeds United (Premier League) Elland Road 0-1
Att 35,852
pretty good match, though Liverpool lose record signing Stan Collymore to a bad injury when he is creamed by John Pemberton in the first half, no penalty is given. In the second half a marvellous volley from Tony Yeboah gave Leeds the win, other instance were a marvellous save by David James in our goal to deny Leeds Gary Mcallister while Rob Jones hit the post for us.
1999 Middlesbrough (Premier League) Riverside 0-1
Att 34,783
think Steven Gerrard in involved in a bit of handbags here, nothing noteworthy here though as we debut some disgusting green jersey.
2000 Arsenal (Premier League ) Highbury 0-2
Att 38,014
Graeme poll made a bollix of this. Arsenals first win against us since march 1994, both didi hamann and gary mcallister are sent off for us while for arsenal Patrick vieira also got sent off, it was game 2 of the season and already vieiras second red card. Lauren and thierry Henry scored for them.
2001 FC Haka (Champions League 3erd qulifying round 2ed leg) Anfield 4-1
Robbie Fowler 37' Jamie Redknapp 50' Emile Heskey 56' Wilson(OG) 83'
Att 31,602
this sealed a massive 9-1 win and including a returning goal for jamie redknapp who missed the whole of the treble season injured. we were in the group stages of the champions league.
2004 Manchester City (Premier League) Anfield 2-1
Milan Baros 48' Steven Gerrard 75'
Att 42,831
our first game at anfield under rafa benitez and we came from behind at half time to win a match for the first time since may 1999 in any competition. Nicolas Anelka gave them the lead after a mix up between Jerzy Dudek and Jamie carragher, but Milan Baros levelled it up and then had a hand in Steven Gerrards winner, i remember we were in galway for the weekend and were about to leave a pub where the reception was shit but as we stood up it cleared up and we stayed put. also remember as mentioned the outrageous skill by Djibril Cisse near the corner flag and the red card for Richard Dunne