Topic: On this day in LFC History: Personal Memories

[paulrazor]

I went that Watford game, my overriding memory of it is Dominic Matteo allowing a ball to bounce, to control it with his head and it going out for a throw. It was grim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohyvLavuW8k

I remember having a bad feeling about that game, I thought it would end up like that Barnsley home game in 1997 and it was.

Matteo looks bad in those highlights, the goal he hesitates, possibly put off by Carragher slipping.

Berger missed a sitter, good save from big Sander at the beginning

Graham Taylor spoke very well after about us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYC5_W9R3RQ Just at the end of this short clip

[Crosby Nick]

1993 - remember being in London for the weekend with my parents and ‘seeing’ the goals go in on Teletext! Think Carlton Palmer was sent off for them in the first half.

2004 - start of the Rafa era. Cisse scored on league debut but I think a draw was a fair result.

2016 - crazy game! We should have been 1 down as Walcott missed a penalty, then he did score a minute or two later and we were definitely second best until Coutinho smashed in that outrageous free kick. Then it all clicked and we scored some great goals to go 4-1, before nearly blowing it late on. A sign of the rollercoaster that first half of the season was. 7 goal thriller and I think 5 goals were scored by ex Southampton players (all of theirs, plus Mané and Lallana for us).

[paulrazor]

That Palmer tackle on Jan Molby was pretty bad alright

[Crosby Nick]

That Palmer tackle on Jan Molby was pretty bad alright

Yeah, was quite hard to get a straight red in those days! Especially for a tackle in the first half. Remember Clough scoring both and there being quite a lot of hope that’s we’d found another classic Liverpool number 7. Think he then scored away at QPR in midweek and we followed that up with a 5-0 win at Swindon and optimism was pretty high. Then it all went to shit pretty quickly!

[paulrazor]

Yeah, was quite hard to get a straight red in those days! Especially for a tackle in the first half. Remember Clough scoring both and there being quite a lot of hope that’s we’d found another classic Liverpool number 7. Think he then scored away at QPR in midweek and we followed that up with a 5-0 win at Swindon and optimism was pretty high. Then it all went to shit pretty quickly!

3 wins from 3 to begin with

We lost 4 in a row not long after that I think

Clough scored 4 in his first 4, think he only ever scored another 4 in all the time he stayed here

[disgraced cake]

2004 - Djibril Cissé scored his first reds goal as we held Tottenham Hotspur to a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane, with Jermain Defoe bagging the home side’s equaliser.

2016 – Forward Sadio Mané struck on his reds bow as we won a pulsating match 4-3 at Arsenal, with centre-back Ragnar Klavan and midfielder Gini Wijnaldum also debuting. Simon Mignolet saved a penalty from Theo Walcott, a club record fifth in the Premier League, but he put the home side in front soon afterwards. Philippe Coutinho converted a free-kick in first-half stoppage time with Adam Lallana, Coutinho and then Mané putting us 4-1 in front. However, future red Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Calum Chambers reduced the deficit, although we hung on to win.

2019 – We claimed the UEFA Super Cup for the fourth time, beating Chelsea 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out in Istanbul after our meeting ended 1-1 after ninety minutes, and 2-2 after extra time. Olivier Giroud scored the seventh of his eight goals past us to date in the first half, with a Sadio Mané brace either side of the full-time whistle putting us ahead. Jorginho converted a debatable penalty, before the match was decided from twelve yards. Roberto Firmino, Fabinho, Divock Origi, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah all scored before Adrián saved from Tammy Abraham. Joël Matip reached a century of reds games that night.

2021 – Mohamed Salah struck as we won 3-0 at Norwich City, so netting is his fifth consecutive opening League game of the season, a Premier League first. Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino had already scored.

2023 - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain signed for Beşiktaş JK, having been released by the reds earlier that summer. He struck four times in thirty outings during his first campaign in Turkey.

My thoughts:

20 years since Rafa's first game  (Probably would have been the qualifier with Graz actually). Who knew what would follow at the conclusion of the season. Hopefully some sort of celebration next May to remember what is possibly our most special success. Ideally with some new trophies in the bag!

2016. Probably my favourite ever first game of the season. I didn't really think we'd done much in that window so expected a first day defeat at a ground we'd not had a great record at. Coutinho's freekick was special and I remember we scored early on in the 2nd half through Lallana with a debut assist from Gini. He chipped in with a few assists that season. The third was glorious passing football and finished cleverly from Coutinho (did Clyne get an assist there?). Mane's was just laughable, I have no idea how or fucking why he scored it  the nervy ending suggested we had a lot more to do and defeat at Burnley the next week didn't really fill me with hope. It ended up being an important season with some decent football. At the turn of the year we blew a really good chance to put ourselves in a title fight, we wouldn't have beaten that Chelsea team to it but we should never have been hanging on to fourth until the final day. Crazy that the Arsenal game was eight years ago though, every time I view this thread the passage of time disgusts me.

The Super Cup was another lovely Istanbul night. Was nice to see Chelsea finally make it there  Classic Mane and can't forget Adrian's save to win it.

Salah loves the opening game doesn't he. Last season the only one he hasn't scored in, but did get the nice assist for Diaz. You could tell early on we'd be back to a really good level that season, even with Konate being the only signing. Nearly turned out to be the season of seasons but despite the horrible endings it'll go down in club history.

Always liked the Ox. Trophies have followed him really. A few FA Cups with Arsenal, won the league here and a few more pots here and there, and won the Turkish Cup with Beşiktaş so far. Hardly a career to be sniffed at.

[Crosby Nick]

3 wins from 3 to begin with

We lost 4 in a row not long after that I think

Clough scored 4 in his first 4, think he only ever scored another 4 in all the time he stayed here

And two of them were in that mad 3-3 with United!

[paulrazor]

And two of them were in that mad 3-3 with United!

The emergency of Fowler kind of got in the way

Maybe he just joined us too late

[Boston Bosox]

August 14th

1990- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwsedsxCoYQ Liverpools goals are here from Dalglish's testimonial, he had a hand in all three goals and glorified friendly or not you can see he was still brilliant even though he was 39 and hadnt played much in about two years.

The Sociedad team contained former Liverpool striker John Aldridge, as well as Dalian Atkinson and Kevin Richardson, all three would be back in England within a year, during which time Sociedad would eventually be managed by former Liverpool man John Toshack, not sure why all three left, maybe none of them settled.

1993- We looked good on the opening day vs Sheffield Wednesday, a very well balanced team although looking through the 11 a number of the team were getting on a bit, Nigel Clough looked unreal scoring twice on his debut but unfortunately he never really made the impact expected.

2019- Me, the mrs and the kid flew to Menorca that morning, sadly the early start caught up on me, my last full day at home I was flat out until about 11pm, unfortunately I was up at 2am for the early flight from Belfast, with an 18 month year old it wasnt easy, punched, kicked and screamed at all through the airport, I cant sleep on planes and we landed I headed straight for the bar.

We headed out for the game that night, what I should have done is go  for a sleep during the day but I didnt. An hour into the super cup final the tiredness of sleeping about 3 hours over the previous 40 hours or so caught up. I was struggling to stay awake and couldnt drink any more, deciding it wasnt fair on the family I retired to bed. Phone off, final or not I will find out tomorrow what the result was.

Given the match ended up in extra time and penalties I could only imagine the state I would have been in had I hung on

My guess is Id have gone viral for falling asleep, falling out of a chair, puking or maybe all 3. It was a shame to be in bed and missing a trophy lift but I cant say I regret it much

Thank You For The Link and the story Sorry you had to miss the trophy lift

[Boston Bosox]

August 13th

1966- There is a famous photo of both players showing the world cup around to everyone.

1997- I didnt equate John Barnes leaving and the defeat  to Leicester being the same day, I know that day my Dad went into hospital for a angioblast, a few months earlier he was lifting stuff in work and start getting pains in his chest. He got checked out and it turned out one of his main arteries was completely blocked. Since he had retired from football 25 years earlier he wasnt training much at all, his diet was poor and he had put on a lot of weight. He took the summer off work and they were to bring him in for the op on this day where they would shove a tube up his groin and blow out the blockage. He never went back to work but thankfully still with us.

I remember the news of Barnes leaving being on the news in the hospital and he was wearing something ridiculous. I didnt recall much about the Leicester game other than being very disappointed at the result.

2011- Skipping a few games but I missed that game in London, ranted about it once here and cant be bothered again although for the game itself we stormed out of the blocks. Downing hit the bar with a great run early on, Carroll had a goal disallowed, Suarez scored and missed a penalty but from an hour on it was like the team suddenly got tired and seb Larsson scored for them with a nice scissor kick. There was one moment where Suarez chased a ball down the wing and easily got beaten to it, it was like he was running in porridge, he was hooked almost immediately. That week there were many questions about how tired the team looked, Dalglish was asked about the players fitness and with typical gruff he just went something like
"why dont you go out for a run with them and see how you get on?"

2023- I was just back from a boss holiday with a chunk of the family, one of whom is captain of a ferry. So a few of the family took advantage of an offer to go to Scotland for the day, I cant remember what the price was but with mates rates it was for nothing. I decided not to go, just back from holiday I decided I would clean the whole gaff and do the washing and ironing from holiday as well as build our new hall table and shoe rack.

In the end the family who stayed home met up for this game with Chelsea, Diaz scored a cracker but it only ended 1-1, although we were robbed of a penalty late on.

My decision to stay at home was further vindicated as my familys ferry back from Scotland was delayed something like 6 hours. Thankfully given our relationship with the captain he gave up his cabin for my kid to have a nice kip and managed to wangle a few free drinks and sandwiches for the family.

They were home that late I was long in bed and didnt hear them come in (few beers and a bottle of wine saw to that)

Cheers for that

A long read but enjoyable

[Boston Bosox]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohyvLavuW8k

I remember having a bad feeling about that game, I thought it would end up like that Barnsley home game in 1997 and it was.

Matteo looks bad in those highlights, the goal he hesitates, possibly put off by Carragher slipping.

Berger missed a sitter, good save from big Sander at the beginning

Graham Taylor spoke very well after about us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYC5_W9R3RQ Just at the end of this short clip

Once Again Thanks for your memories & Links will catch up with them later today

[Boston Bosox]

1993 - remember being in London for the weekend with my parents and ‘seeing’ the goals go in on Teletext! Think Carlton Palmer was sent off for them in the first half.

2004 - start of the Rafa era. Cisse scored on league debut but I think a draw was a fair result.

2016 - crazy game! We should have been 1 down as Walcott missed a penalty, then he did score a minute or two later and we were definitely second best until Coutinho smashed in that outrageous free kick. Then it all clicked and we scored some great goals to go 4-1, before nearly blowing it late on. A sign of the rollercoaster that first half of the season was. 7 goal thriller and I think 5 goals were scored by ex Southampton players (all of theirs, plus Mané and Lallana for us).

Re 1993 Yes Palmer was sent off

[Boston Bosox]

" On This Day In L F C History "
August 15th
Games

1964 Westham United ( FA Charity Shield ) Anfield 2 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Tommy Lawrence , Gerry Byrne , Ronnie Moran , Gordon Milne , Ron Yeats ( Captain ) Willie Stevenson , Ian Callaghan , Roger Hunt , Alf Arrowsmith , Gordon Wallace , Peter Thompson
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Alf Arrowsmith out for Phil Chisnall 15' * *Liverpool’s first recorded substitution.* *
WEST HAM UNITED LINE UP
Jim Standen , John Bond , John Burkett , Eddie Bovington , Ken Brown , Bobby Moore , Peter Brabrook , Ronald Boyce , John Byrne , Geoff Hurst , John Sissons
TROPHY SHARED
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Gordon Wallace 29' , Gerry Byrne 49'
WEST HAM UNITED GOALS
John Byrne 41' , Geoff Hurst 84'
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
West Hammanager: Ron Greenwood
Referee: Stokes K
Attendance: 38,858
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 2595
LFC played towards Kop: Second half




1970 Burnley ( Division One ) Turf Moor 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence , Chris Lawler , Ian Ross , Tommy Smith ( Captain ) Larry Lloyd , Emlyn Hughes , Ian Callaghan , Alun Evans , Bobby Graham , John McLaughlin , Peter Thompson
BURNLEY LINE UP
Tony Waiters , John Angus , Les Latcham , Arthur Bellamy, Colin Waldron, Jim Thomson , Dave Thomas , Ralph Coates , Geoff Nulty , Doug Collins , Steve Kindon
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Alun Evans 19' , Emlyn Hughes 77' (Tommy Smith)
BURNLEY LINE UP
Dave Thomas 41'
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Burnley manager: James Adamson
Referee: Partridge P
Attendance: 26,702
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 2924
League game number: 2615




1972 Manchester United ( Division One ) Anfield 2 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence , Chris Lawler , Alec Lindsay , Tommy Smith ( Captain ) Larry Lloyd , Emlyn Hughes , Kevin Keegan , Brian Hall , Steve Heighway , John Toshack , Ian Callaghan
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
John Toshack 12' (Ian Callaghan) Steve Heighway 20' (John Toshack)
MANCHESTER UNITED LINE UP
Alex Stepney , Tommy O'Neil , Tony Dunne , Tony Young , Steve James , Martin Buchan , Willie Morgan , Brian Kidd , Bobby Charlton , George Best , Ian Storey-Moore
MANCHESTER UNITED SUBSTITUTION
Brian Kidd out for Sammy McIlroy 77'
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Man Utd manager: Frank O'Farrell
Referee: James V
Attendance: 54,779
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 3040
League game number: 2700
LFC played towards Kop: Second half




1982 Malaga ( Malaga Tournament Final ) Estadio Municipal de Utera Molina 1 - 1*
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar, Phil Neal, Alan Kennedy, Mark Lawrenson, Phil Thompson, Sammy Lee, Craig Johnston, Graeme Souness, Ronnie Whelan, David Hodgson, Ian Rush.
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTIONS
Terry McDermott, Howard Gayle.
LIVERPOOL GOAL
Alan Kennedy 67'
MALAGA LINE UP
Not Found - If Known Please Post - Thank you
MALAGA GOAL
Rodriguez 7'
Liverpool Lost 4 - 2 on Pens
PENALTIES SCORED
Terry McDermott & Phil Neal
PENALTIES MISSED
David Hodgson & Howard Gayle
MALAGA PENALTIES SCORED
Albis , Munoz Perez , Cannilas, Astorga
Attendance Not Found
If Known Please Post Thank you




1987 Arsenal ( Division One ) Highbury 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar , Gary Gillespie , Barry Venison , Steve Nicol , Ronnie Whelan , Alan Hansen ( Captain ) Peter Beardsley , John Aldridge , Craig Johnston , John Barnes , Steve McMahon
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Peter Beardsley out for Paul Walsh 85'
ARSENAL LINE UP
John Lukic , Michael Thomas , Kenny Sansom , Steve Williams , David O'Leary , Tony Adams , David Rocastle , Paul Davis , Alan Smith , Charlie Nicholas , Martin Hayes
ARSENAL SUBSTITUTION
David Rocastle out for Perry Groves 75'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
John Aldridge 9' (John Barnes) , Steve Nicol 88'
ARSENAL GOAL
Paul Davis 17'
Liverpool Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Arsenal manager: George Graham
Referee: Milford RG
Attendance: 54,703
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 3952
League game number: 3329





1994 Dundalk ( Friendly ) Oriel Park 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
David James, Rob Jones, Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Steve Nicol, Neil Ruddock, Jan Mølby, Michael Thomas, Jamie Redknapp, John Barnes, Steve McManaman, Robbie Fowler.
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Robbie Fowler 18' Michael Thomas 81'
DUNDALK LINE UP
J.Byrne( Van Boxtel)Kelly, Lawlor, Whelan, Doohan, Britton( Hall)McNulty, Grogon, Padmore, Irwin(Hanrahan) B.Byrne
DUNDALK GOAL
B.Byrne 64'
Attendance Approx 8,000




2007 Toulouse ( Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round 1st leg ) Municipal Stadium 1 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Pepe Reina , Steve Finnan , Sami Hyypia , Álvaro Arbeloa , Jamie Carragher , Steven Gerrard ( Captain ) Yossi Benayoun , Ryan Babel, Javier Mascherano , Andriy Voronin , Peter Crouch
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTIONS
Yossi Benayoun out for John Arne Riise 59' , Steven Gerrard out for Momo Sissoko 65' , Andriy Voronin out for Fernando Torres 78'
TOULOUSE LINE UP
Nicolas Douchez , Mohamed Fofana , Jérémy Mathieu, Albin Ebondo , Paulo César , Mauro Cetto , Pantxi Sirieix , Achille Emana , Nicolas Dieuze , Johan Elmander , Bryan Bergougnoux
TOULOUSE SUBSTITUTIONS
Bryan Bergougnoux out for Fodé Mansaré 46' , Paulo César out for André-Pierre Gignac 69' , Albin Ebondo out for Moussa Sissoko 83'
LIVERPOOL GOALS(ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Andriy Voronin 43' (Steven Gerrard)
Liverpool Manager: Rafa Benítez
Toulouse manager: Élie Baup
Referee: Vasaras K (Greece)
Attendance: 30,380
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 5038
Europe game number: 275




2010 Arsenal ( Premier League ) Anfield 1 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Pepe Reina , Glen Johnson , Daniel Agger , Jamie Carragher , Martin Skrtel , Steven Gerrard ( Captain ) Joe Cole { SENT OFF } Javier Mascherano , Milan Jovanovic , Dirk Kuyt , David N'Gog
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTIONS
Milan Jovanovic out for Maxi Rodriguez 66' , David N'Gog out for Fernando Torres 74' , Javier Mascherano out for Lucas Leiva 79'
ARSENAL LINE UP
Manuel Almunia , Bacary Sagna , Thomas Vermaelen , Laurent Koscielny , Gaël Clichy , Emmanuel Eboué , Abou Diaby , Samir Nasri , Jack Wilshere , Andrey Arshavin , Marouane Chamakh
ARSENAL SUBSTITUTIONS
Emmanuel Eboué out for Tomáš Rosický 60' , Jack Wilshere out for Theo Walcott 60' , Abou Diaby out for Robin van Persie 76'
LIVERPOOL GOAL ASSIST IN BRACKETS
David N'Gog 46'(Assist Javier Mascherano)
ARSENAL GOAL
Pepe Reina O/G 90'
LIVERPOOL RED CARD
Joe Cole 45 '
Liverpool Manager: Roy Hodgson
Arsenal manager: Arsène Wenger
Referee: Atkinson M
Attendance: 44,722
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 5209
League game number: 4221
LFC played towards Kop: First half




2017 TSG Hoffenheim ( Champions League Final Qualifying Round 1st leg ) Rhein Neckar Stadion 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Simon Mignolet , Dejan Lovren , Alberto Moreno , Joël Matip , Trent Alexander-Arnold , Georginio Wijnaldum , Jordan Henderson ( Captain ) Emre Can , Roberto Firmino , Mohamed Salah ,
Sadio Mané
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTIONS
Jordan Henderson out for James Milner 63' , Roberto Firmino out for Dominic Solanke 84' , Sadio Mané out for Marko Grujic 89'
TSG HOFFENHEIM LINE UP
Oliver Baumann , Pavel Kaderábek , Ermin Bicakcic , Kevin Vogt , Benjamin Hübner , Steven Zuber , Lukas Rupp , Kerem Demirbay , Andrej Kramaric , Serge Gnabry , Sandro Wagner
TSG HOFFENHEIM SUBSTITUTIONS
Ermin Bicakcic out for Håvard Nordtveit 52' , Lukas Rupp out for Nadiem Amiri 53' , Serge Gnabry out for Mark Uth 70'
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Trent Alexander-Arnold 35' direct free kick , Håvard Nordtveit O/G 74'
TSG HOFFENHEIM GOAL
Mark Uth 87'
Liverpool Manager: Jürgen Klopp
TSG Hoffenheim manager: Julian Nagelsmann
Referee: Kuipers B (Netherlands)
Attendance: 25,568
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 5578
Europe game number: 364




2021 Aston Villa(Behind Closed Doors Friendly) Anfield 4-1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Caoimhin Kelleher , Neco Williams, Joe Gomez, Ibrahim Konate, Owen Beck, Jordan Henderson ( Captain ) Thiago Alcantara, Curtis Jones, Takumi Minamino, Harvey Elliott , Divock Origi
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTIONS
Kaide Gordon + Others
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Divock Origi , Curtis Jones, Neco Williams , Kaide Gordon
ASTON VILLA LINE UP
Jed Steer, Axel Tuanzebe, Kortney Hause, Matt Targett, Conor Hourihane, Carney Chukwuemeka, Jaden Philogene-Bidace, Jacob Ramsey, Frederic Guilbert, Tyreik Wright , Bertrand Traore,
ASTON VILLA SUBSTITUTION
Wesley ,
ASTON VILLA GOAL
Traore
Played Behind Closed Doors




2022 Crystal Palace ( Premier League ) Anfield 1-1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Alisson Becker , Trent Alexander Arnold , Nat Phillips ( Joe Gomez 63' ) Virgil Van Dijk , Andy Robertson ( Kostas Tsimikas 63' ) Fabinho , James Milner ( Captain ) { Jordan Henderson 63' )
Harvey Elliott ( Fabio Carvalho 79' ) Luis Diaz , Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez { SENT OFF 57' )
CRYSTAL PALACE LINE UP
Vicente Guaita , Nathaniel Clyne , Joel Ward , Joachim Andersen , Marc Guéhi , Tyrick Mitchell ( Chris Richards 79' ) Eberechi Eze ( Luka Milivojevic 79' ) Cheick Oumar Doucouré (Will Hughes 79' )
Jeffrey Schlupp ( Michael Olise 88' ) Wilfred Zaha , Jordan Ayew ( Odsonne Édouard 63' )
LIVERPOOL RED CARD
Darwin Nunez 57'
LIVERPOOL GOAL (ASSIST IN BRACKETS )
Luis Diaz ( James Milner ) 61'
CRYSTAL PALACE GOAL
Wilfred Zaha 32'
Liverpool Manager: Jürgen Klopp
Crystal Palace manager: Patrick Vieira
Referee: Tierney P
Attendance: 52,970
Half-time score: 0 - 1
League position after match: 12
Game number: 5861
League game number: 4678
LFC played towards Kop: Second half

[Boston Bosox]

" On This Day In L F C History "
August 15th
Events

Born On This Day

Tom Reid ( 1905 )
Bolo Zenden ( 1976 )
Oussama Assaidi ( 1988 )
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain ( 1993 )

Signed On This Day

Brian Mooney ( 1983 )
Patrik Berger ( 1996 )
Miki Roque ( 2005 )

Sold On This Day

William Hood ( 1938 )
Larry Lloyd ( 1974 )
Ray Clemence ( 1981)
Gary Gillespie ( 1991 )
David Speedie ( 1981 )
Stephen Wright ( 2002 )

L F C Debuts On This Day

Phil Chisnall ( 1964 )
John Barnes ( 1987 )
Peter Beardsley ( 1987 )
Yossi Benayoun ( 2007 )
Dominic Solanke ( 2017 )

Scored 1st L F C Goal On This Day

Andriy Voronin ( 2007 )
Trent Alexander Arnold ( 2017 )



1905 - Centre-forward Tommy Reid was born in Motherwell. He signed from Clydebank for £1,000 in April 1926 and bagged an impressive thirty goals in 55 games before moving to Manchester United in February 1929.

1964 - We played in our first FA Charity Shield, only drawing 2-2 with West Ham United at Anfield. Gordon Wallace and Gerry Byrne twice gave us the lead, with John Byrne and Geoff Hurst both netting equalisers, with the latter being one of his nine strikes against the reds. The trophy was shared between the two clubs, as this was in the days before extra-time and penalty shoot-outs. Phil Chisnall made his reds bow in this game when he became the first ever substitute in senior English football, replacing Alf Arrowsmith after just a quarter of an hour, who had suffered a serious knee injury.

1970 - We won 2-1 at Burnley, with Alun Evans and Emlyn Hughes on target.

1972 - We beat Manchester United 2-0 at Anfield, thanks to strikes from John Toshack and Steve Heighway.

1974- Centre-half Larry Lloyd was sold to Coventry City for £240,000. He is one of a rare breed to leave Anfield in his prime, and go on to better things – helping Nottingham Forest to two European Cups, one League title, League Cup and FA Charity Shield. He had won League and UEFA Cup medals after joining the reds from Bristol Rovers for £50,000 in April 1969, appearing 218 times and notching five times.

1976 – Kevin Keegan confirmed that the upcoming season would be his final one at Anfield. He struck twenty times in 57 outings in this campaign, helping us to claim the European Cup and League title, and reach the FA Cup Final.

1976 - Bolo Zenden was born in Maastricht in the Netherlands. He signed on a free transfer in July 2005 after his one-year contract with Middlesbrough had expired. He notched twice in 47 senior reds games, as injury hampered his career at Anfield. He helped us to claim the UEFA Super Cup and FA Community Shield, as well as reach the Champions League Final in his brief time with the reds. Bolo left the club in July 2007 to join Olympique de Marseille.

1981 – Ray Clemence was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for £300,000. He had arrived from Sc*nthorpe United for £18,000 in June 1967, usurping Tommy Lawrence as first choice number one after two years. He went on to make 665 reds appearances, winning five League titles, an FA Cup, three European Cups, two UEFA Cups, League Cup, UEFA Super Cup and four FA Charity Shields in his fourteen years at Anfield.

1982 - We lost the Final of the Málaga Tournament to the home side. We drew 1-1 after extra time, with our goal coming from Alan Kennedy, but lost the penalty shoot-out 4-2. The game started so late that the action did not come to an end until around 1:15am. Terry McDermott and Phil Neal converted their spot-kicks, with David Hodgson’s being saved and Howard Gayle sending his over the crossbar

1983 – Winger Brian Mooney signed from Home Farm for £20,000. He only ever played one senior reds game, as a substitute for Jim Beglin in a League Cup win at Fulham in October 1986, moving on to Preston North End in November 1987.

1987 - John Barnes and new record signing Peter Beardsley both made their official reds debuts as we beat Arsenal 2-1 at Highbury, thanks to goals from John Aldridge and Steve Nicol, who scored an extraordinary header from the edge of the penalty box. This was Kenny Dalglish’s fiftieth League win as reds boss, coming in his 85th game - still the best record of any reds boss. Ronnie Whelan played his 200th League game for the reds that day.

1988 – Moroccan winger Oussama Assaidi was born in Beni-Boughafar. He signed from Dutch side SC Heerenveen for £2.4m in August 2012, failing to score in twelve appearances before spending a season and a half on loan at Stoke City. He was sold to UAE Arabian Gulf League side Al Ahli for a reported £4.7m in January 2015.

1991 - Gary Gillespie was sold to his boyhood heroes Celtic for £925,000. He had been Joe Fagan’s first signing, helping us to three League titles in his eight injury-ravaged years at Anfield, scoring sixteen times in 214 appearances.

1991 – David Speedie left the reds to join Blackburn Rovers. He had struck six times in fourteen outings since signing from Coventry City for £675,000 seven months earlier.

1993 – Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was born in Portsmouth. He signed from Arsenal for £35m in August 2017, netting eighteen times in 146 appearances before being released earlier this summer. He made it back from serious injury to sit on the bench as we claimed the UEFA Champions League in Madrid in June 2019 and helping us to claim the Premier League, FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup.

1994 - We beat Dundalk 2-1 in a friendly at Oriel Park, with Robbie Fowler and Michael Thomas on the scoresheet.

1996 Six weeks from the conclusion of the 1996 European Championships in England, where the Czech Republic were runners-up to Germany, Roy Evans signed Berger who was selected Player of the Month at the very beginning of his Liverpool career! The new darling of the Kop suffered with injuries but on his day he was a frightening prospect for any keeper as his left foot was a rocket launcher.

1996 - Patrik Berger signed from Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund for £3.25m, following an impressive Euro ’96. He scored 35 times in 196 reds games, before joining Portsmouth in June 2003.

2002 - Young full-back Stephen Wright joined Sunderland for £3m, after just 21 reds games. He netted twice in 105 games for them, with injuries blighting his time there, and was released in May 2008.

2005 - Liverpool confirmed the signings of young centre-backs Godwin Antwi from Real Zaragoza and Miki Roqué from U.E. Lleida. Both featured in our victorious FA Youth Cup winning campaign in 2006, but only made one senior appearance between them, when Roque made a late cameo at Galatasaray in December 2006.

2007 - Yossi Benayoun made his reds debut as Andriy Voronin’s first reds strike proved to be the only goal of the first leg of our Champions League qualifier in Toulouse, who became our hundredth different opponents in European competition.

2010 – Joe Cole was sent off for a challenge on Laurent Koscielny just before half-time in our Anfield meeting with Arsenal. David N’Gog put us in front immediately after the break, with the lead lasting until the last minute when Marouane Chamakh diverted a cross against the post and Pepe Reina spilled the rebound into his own net. Koscielny was then sent off for a second bookable offence in injury-time. This turned out to be Javier Mascherano’s 139th and final reds game.

2017 – Trent Alexander-Arnold scored his first senior goal as we won 2-1 at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the first leg of our UEFA Champions League qualifier. Simon Mignolet saved a penalty, with forward Dominic Solanke making his reds bow as we benefited when Havard Nordtveit inadvertently diverted a James Milner cross into his own net.

2020 - Jürgen Klopp was named Premier League Manager of the Season for 2019-20, having led us as we romped to the Premier League title.

2021 – Former Director Terry Smith died at Arrowe Park Hospital in Birkenhead. He was on the board from 1992 until 2007.

2022 - Darwin Núñez was dismissed in our 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace at Anfield. Wilfred Zaha put the Eagles in front before the break, but the Uruguayan was sent off for headbutting Joachim Andersen. Luis Díaz bagged the equaliser,


Also On This Day
Hillsborough Victim
Simon Bell was born in 1971

Simon's Story

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27028247


Always Remembered
Never Forgotten
Y N W A

[paulrazor]

Thank You For The Link and the story Sorry you had to miss the trophy lift

wouldn't be sorry as I am not haha

My own fault for taking an earlier kip

[JP!]

The 2019 Super Cup win is one of my favourites watching us as I watched it in the pub round the corner from my flat in Manchester with a bunch of my mates who have now all sadly moved on. I was fucking legless by pens because the game went on so long and I tend to be a nervous drinker - as I'm disabled anyway I was wobbly as fuck by the time we left, but very, very happy. Still watch the shootout occasionally to this day and will never say a bad word about Adrian.

The season that followed was quite unbelieveable.  Then COVID hit and my life hasn't really been the same since.

[Boston Bosox]

" On This Day In L F C History "
August 16th
Games

1969 Tottenham Hotspur ( Division One ) White Hart Lane 2 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Tommy Lawrence , Chris Lawler , Geoff Strong , Tommy Smith , Ron Yeats ( Captain ) Emlyn Hughes , Ian Callaghan , Roger Hunt , Bobby Graham , Ian St John , Peter Thompson
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR LINE UP
Pat Jennings , Tony Want , Cyril Knowles , Alan Mullery , Mike England , Peter John Collins , Jimmy Pearce , Jimmy Greaves , Martin Chivers , Alan Gilzean , Roger Morgan
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Emlyn Hughes 2' , Chris Lawler 37'
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Tottenham manager: BIll Nicholson
Referee: Smith DW
Attendance: 50,474
Half-time score: 0 - 2
Game number: 2872
League game number: 2575



1975 Queens Park Rangers ( Division One ) Loftus Road 0 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence , Phil Neal , Joey Jones , Phil Thompson , Peter Cormack , Emlyn Hughes ( Captain ) Kevin Keegan , Terry McDermott , Steve Heighway , John Toshack , Ian Callaghan
QUEENS PARK RANGERS LINE UP
Phil Parkes , Dave Clement , Ian Gillard , John Hollins , Frank McLintock , Dave Webb , Dave Thomas , Gerry Francis , Don Masson , Stan Bowles , Don Givens
QUEENS PARK RANGERS SUBSTITUTION
John Hollins out for Michael Leach 30'
Gerry Francis 44' , Michael Leach 72'
Liverpool Manager: Bob Paisley
Queens Park Rangers manager: Dave Sexton
Referee: Yates J
Attendance: 27,113
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 3219
League game number: 2825



1980 Crystal Palace ( Division One ) Anfield 3 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence , Phil Neal , Alan Kennedy , Phil Thompson ( Captain ) Ray Kennedy , Alan Hansen , Kenny Dalglish , Jimmy Case , David Johnson , Terry McDermott , Graeme Souness
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Kenny Dalglish out for David Fairclough 74'
CRYSTAL PALACE LINE UP
Paul Barron , Paul Hinshelwood , Terry Fenwick , Peter Nicholas, Jim Cannon , Billy Gilbert , Neil Smillie , Gerry Francis , Clive Allen , Mike Flanagan , Vince Hilaire
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBSTITUTION
Terry Fenwick out for Jerry Murphy
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Kenny Dalglish 25' (Phil Neal) Ray Kennedy 32' (Jimmy Case) Alan Kennedy 83'
Liverpool Manager: Bob Paisley
Crystal Palace manager: Terry Venables
Attendance: 42,777
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 3517
League game number: 3035
LFC played towards Kop: First half




1986 Everton ( Charity Shield ) Wembley 1 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar , Barry Venison , Jim Beglin , Mark Lawrenson , Ronnie Whelan , Alan Hansen ( Captain ) Steve McMahon , Craig Johnston , Ian Rush , Jan Mølby , Kevin MacDonald
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTIONS
Bruce Grobbelaar out for Mike Hooper 57' , Kevin MacDonald out for Kenny Dalglish 65'
EVERTON LINE UP
Bobby Mimms , Alan Harper , Paul Power , Kevin Ratcliffe , Ian Marshall , Kevin Langley , Trevor Steven , Adrian Heath , Graeme Sharp , Kevin Richardson , Kevin Sheedy
EVERTON SUBSTITUTIONS**
Kevin Sheedy out for Neil Adams 56' , Neil Adams out for Paul Wilkinson 83'
**( TROPHY SHARED )
LIVERPOOL GOAL (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Ian Rush 87' (Kenny Dalglish)
EVERTON GOAL
Adrian Heath 80'
Liverpool Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Everton manager: Howard Kendall
Referee: Midgley N
Attendance: 88,231
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 3895




1992 Nottingham Forest ( Premier League ) City Ground 0 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
David James , Nick Tanner , David Burrows , Steve Nicol , Ronnie Whelan , Mark Wright ( Captain ) Dean Saunders , Paul Stewart , Ian Rush , Mark Walters , Michael Thomas
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTIONS
Ian Rush out for Steve McManaman 46' , Mark Walters out for Ronny Rosenthal 74'
NOTTINGHAM FOREST LINE UP
Mark Crossley , Brian Laws , Stuart Pearce , Terry Wilson , Steve Chettle , Roy Keane , Gary Crosby , Scott Gemmill , Nigel Clough , Teddy Sheringham , Ian Woan
NOTTINGHAM FOREST SUBSTITUTION
Gary Crosby out for Kingsley Black 85'
NOTTINGHAM FOREST GOAL
Teddy Sheringham 28'
Liverpool Manager: Graeme Souness
Nottingham Forest manager: Brian Clough
Referee: Reed MD
Attendance: 20,038
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 4219
League game number: 3525




1998 Southampton ( Premier League ) The Dell 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Brad Friedel , Steve Staunton , Phil Babb , Vegard Heggem , Jamie Carragher , Jason McAteer , Steve McManaman , Patrik Berger , Paul Ince ( Captain ) Michael Owen , Karl-Heinz Riedle
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Patrik Berger out for Steve Harkness 75'
SOUTHAMPTON LINE UP
Paul Jones , Jason Dodd , Scott Hiley , Carlton Palmer , Claus Lundekvam , Richard Dryden , Stuart Ripley , Matt Oakley , Egil Ostenstad , Mark Hughes , John Beresford
SOUTHAMPTON SUBSTITUTION
John Beresford out for Wayne Bridge 7' , Egil Ostenstad out for Matt Le Tissier 68' , Stuart Ripley out for James Beattie 75'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Karl-Heinz Riedle 39' (Michael Owen) , Michael Owen 73'
SOUTHAMPTON GOAL
Egil Ostenstad 36'
1st Game for joint managers Houllier/Evans
Southampton league position after match: 18
Liverpool Manager's Evans / Houllier
Southampton manager: David Jones
Referee: Alcock PE
Attendance: 15,202
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 4532
League game number: 3765



2008 Sunderland ( Premier League ) Stadium Of Light 1 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Pepe Reina , Andrea Dossena , Sami Hyypia , Álvaro Arbeloa , Jamie Carragher , Steven Gerrard ( Captain ) Yossi Benayoun , Damien Plessis , Robbie Keane , Fernando Torres , Dirk Kuyt
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Damien Plessis out for Xabi Alonso 46' , Robbie Keane out for Nabil El Zhar 77' , Yossi Benayoun out for Fábio Aurélio 80'
SUNDERLAND LINE UP
Craig Gordon , Phil Bardsley , Danny Collins , Nyron Nosworthy , Pascal Chimbonda , Kieran Richardson , Andy Reid , Teemu Tainio , Steed Malbranque , El Hadji Diouf , Daryl Murphy
SUNDERLAND SUBSTITUTIONS
Teemu Tainio out for Dean Whitehead 56' , Steed Malbranque out for Carlos Edwards 73' , El Hadji Diouf out for Michael Chopra 81'
LIVERPOOL GOAL (ASSIST IN BRACKETS)
Fernando Torres 83' (Xabi Alonso)
Liverpool Manager: Rafa Benítez
Sunderland manager: Roy Keane
Referee: Wiley AG
Attendance: 43,259
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 5097
League game number: 4145



2009 Tottenham Hotspur ( Premier League ) white Hart Lane 1 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Pepe Reina , Glen Johnson , Emiliano Insúa , Jamie Carragher , Martin Skrtel , Steven Gerrard ( Captain ) Ryan Babel , Javier Mascherano , Lucas Leiva , Fernando Torres , Dirk Kuyt
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Ryan Babel out for Yossi Benayoun 68' , Martin Skrtel out for Daniel Ayala 75' , Dirk Kuyt out for Andriy Voronin 79'
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR LINE UP
Heurelho Gomes , Sébastien Bassong , Vedran Corluka , Ledley King , Benoît Assou-Ekotto , Tom Huddlestone , Aaron Lennon , Wilson Palacios , Luka Modric , Robbie Keane , Jermain Defoe
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR SUBSTITUTIONS
Robbie Keane out for Peter Crouch 68' , Luka Modric out for Jamie O'Hara 84' , Jermain Defoe out for Roman Pavlyuchenko 90'
LIVERPOOL GOAL
Steven Gerrard 56' pen
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR GOALS
Benoît Assou-Ekotto 44' , Sébastien Bassong 59'
Liverpool Manager: Rafa Benítez
Spurs manager: Harry Redknapp
Referee: Dowd P
Attendance: 35,935
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 5151
League game number: 4183

[Boston Bosox]

" On This Day In L F C History "
August 16th
Events

Born On This Day

Barry Venison ( 1964 )

Signed On This Day

Alberto Moreno ( 2014 )

Sold On This Day

John Browning ( 1939 )
John Nicholson ( 1961 )
John Molyneux ( 1962 )
Daniel Ayala ( 2011 )

L F C Debuts On This Day

Joey Jones ( 1975 )
Mike Hooper ( 1986 )
Barry Venison ( 1986 )
David James ( 1992 )
Vegard Heggem ( 1998 )
Daniel Ayala ( 2009 )
Glen Johnson ( 2009 )

Passed Away On This Day

Tommy McLeod ( 1999 )



1893 – Forward Albert Worgan signed for the reds. He struck twice in two senior outings before moving on in 1895.

1909 - Stalwart centre-half Alex Raisbeck was sold to Partick Thistle for £500. He netted nineteen times in 341 games in eleven years, becoming our first skipper to lift the League title in 1901. He went on to win a further League title five years later, as well as a Second Division championship. He returned to Anfield in 1939 as a scout, staying in that role until his death ten years later.

1924 - Legendary full-back Ephraim Longworth scored one of his four only recorded goals in a public practice game for Stripes vs. Reds. He signed in June 1910 from Leyton Orient, playing 370 times between then and 1928, and becoming the first red to captain England. He then served as Reserve team trainer, before joining the ground staff.

1939 – Left-half John Browning moved on to Southern League side Gillingham. He had signed from Dunoon Athletic in March 1934, making just nineteen appearances.

1961 – Centre-half John Nicholson was sold to Port Vale, having only made one senior reds appearance since turning pro in January 1957. He played over 200 games for the Valiants.

1962 – Right-back John Molyneux was sold back to Chester, having signed from there for £5,500 in June 1955. He bagged three goals in 249 games but did not survive Bill Shankly’s early clear-out.

1964 - Barry Venison was born in Consett. He signed from Sunderland for £200,000 in July 1986 and made 158 appearances for the reds, scoring three times and helping us to claim two League titles, the FA Cup and two FA Charity Shields in his time at Anfield. He moved on to Newcastle United for £250,000 in July 1992.

1969 - We won in the top-flight, with Emlyn Hughes and Chris Lawler on target in our 2-0 victory at Tottenham Hotspur.

1975 - Joey Jones made his reds debut as we went down 2-0 in our season opener at Queens Park Rangers, who ended the season in second place, just one point behind the mighty reds. Gerry Francis scored a goal at the end of a slick passing move that was later named as the BBC’s Goal of the Season, with substitute Mick Leach adding the second.

1980 - Both Alan and Ray Kennedy scored in our 3-0 defeat of Crystal Palace at Anfield after Kenny Dalglish had opened the scoring.

1986 - Three months after beating the Toffees at Wembley to complete our first ever League and Cup double, the two sides met again there for the FA Charity Shield. Ian Rush equalised in our 1-1 draw after Adrian Heath had scored with just ten minutes remaining, with the trophy being shared by the two clubs. Bruce Grobbelaar was replaced by substitute Mike Hooper just before the hour mark, who was making his debut, so ending Bruce’s run of 310 consecutive reds games. New signing Barry Venison also made his first-class reds bow in this match, on his 22nd birthday, while Craig Johnston played his 200th game for the club.

1992 - David James made his debut in our 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest, our first game in the newly-formed Premiership. This was also the first Premiership game to be screened live on Sky with Teddy Sheringham netting one of his seven goals against us.

1998 - The first official reds game under the joint command of Roy Evans and Gérard Houllier took place. We won 2-1 at Southampton, thanks to goals from Karlheinz Riedle and Michael Owen. Their first signing as joint bosses, Norwegian right-back Vegard Heggem, made his debut in this game. Egil Ostenstad had opened the scoring for the home side.

1999 – Scottish left-winger Tommy McLeod died. He joined the reds from the Army in October 1945, but only made seven senior appearances before joining Chesterfield in June 1951.

2001 - Reds trio Sami Hyypiä, Gary McAllister and Michael Owen were all honoured by legendary French sports paper L’Équipe for the role they played in the club’s unprecedented treble success, being named in their star-studded team of the season.

2006 - A Liverpool XI won 2-1 at Lincoln City, a game arranged as part of the Jack Hobbs transfer a year earlier. Mark González and Besian Idrizaj scored for the reds.

2007 - Commercial Director Ian Ayre started work in his new job for the club. He had previously been Chief Executive of Total Sports Asia, a brand solutions company advising international companies on rolling out Asian sports and entertainment campaigns, having once been Chief Executive and Chairman of Huddersfield Town. He said on being appointed that, “being Liverpool born and bred, this is a dream job for me”. He was promoted to Managing Director in May 2014, leaving the club in February 2017 to take charge of TSV 1860 München.

2008 – Fernando Torres struck the only goal of the game late on as we won at Sunderland in our opening League game of the season.

2009 – Centre-half Daniel Ayala and right-back Glen Johnson both debuted as we lost 2-1 at Tottenham Hotspur in our season opener. Ayala came off the bench when Martin Škrtel had to go off following a clash of heads with Jamie Carragher. Steven Gerrard bagged our goal from the spot.

2014 – Left-back Alberto Moreno signed from his hometown club Sevilla for £12m. He struck three times in 141 outings before being released in June 2019.

2021 – Centre-half Ben Davies joined Sheffield United on loan, netting once in 23 outings for the Blades. On the same day, midfielder Leighton Clarkson moved to Blackburn Rovers for the season, with whom he only played twice before returning to Anfield in January 2022.

[Boston Bosox]

The 2019 Super Cup win is one of my favourites watching us as I watched it in the pub round the corner from my flat in Manchester with a bunch of my mates who have now all sadly moved on. I was fucking legless by pens because the game went on so long and I tend to be a nervous drinker - as I'm disabled anyway I was wobbly as fuck by the time we left, but very, very happy. Still watch the shootout occasionally to this day and will never say a bad word about Adrian.

The season that followed was quite unbelieveable.  Then COVID hit and my life hasn't really been the same since.

Sorry To Hear Covid hit you hard

[JP!]

Sorry To Hear Covid hit you hard

Thanks, man. It's coming back, but it's a long road. Lost a lot of mobility through not being able to do much for 2+ years!

[paulrazor]

Thanks, man. It's coming back, but it's a long road. Lost a lot of mobility through not being able to do much for 2+ years!

I got lucky with covid, it was shit in many ways but job wise and life at home I fell in a vipers pit and came out with snake skin shoes

I hate seeing what it did to others

[paulrazor]

August 15


1987- New look, new team, the grey strip was certainly unique, I watched this last night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK4SDrf5JjA

I cant say I was blown away with breathtaking football, it was an even game, but it was a statement win. It set the tone for the season

August 16th 1992

First premier league game at Forest on SKy

Forest battered us and went on to finish bottom, sign of things to come unfortunately

[Boston Bosox]

" On This Day In L F C History "
August 17th
Games


1907 Liverpool Reds V Liverpool Whites
Practice match, at Anfield.
Liverpool Reds – Liverpool Whites 2-3 (0-1).
Attendance: 5,000.
Referee: Mr. Matt McQueen.
REDS (2-3-5): Sam Hardy; Alf West, Percy Saul; Maurice Parry, Alex Raisbeck, James Bradley; Arthur Goddard, Robert Robinson, Jack Parkinson, William Macpherson, John Cox.
WHITES (2-3-5): Edward Husbands; Harry Griffiths, Tom Rogers; Tom Chorlton, George Latham, James Hughes; Mike Griffin, Charles Hewitt, Robert Blanthorne, Harry Fitzpatrick, Allan Ramsay.
THE GOALS: 0-1 Blanthorne, 1-1 Robinson (53 min.), 2-1 Parkinson, 2-2 Fitzpatrick, 2-3 Ramsay.



1964 KR Reykjavik ( European Cup Qualifying Round 1st Leg ) Laugardalsvöllur 5 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Tommy Lawrence , Gerry Byrne , Ronnie Moran , Gordon Milne , Ron Yeats ( Captain ) Willie Stevenson , Ian Callaghan , Roger Hunt , Phil Chisnall , Gordon Wallace , Peter Thompson
REYKJAVIK KR LINE UP
Gísli Þorkelsson , Hreiðar Ársælsson , Bjarni Felixson , Þórður Jónsson , Hörður Felixson , Þorgeir Guðmundsson , Gunnar Guðmannsson , Sveinn Jónsson , Gunnar Felixson , Ellert Schram ,
Sigurþór Jakobsson,
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Gordon Wallace 3' (Phil Chisnall) Roger Hunt 46' (Phil Chisnall) Phil Chisnall 57' (Ian Callaghan) Gordon Wallace 60' (Ian Callaghan) Roger Hunt 88'
Reykjavik manager: Karl Guðmundsson
Referee: Riseth J (Norway)
Attendance: 10,268
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 2596
Europe game number: 1




1968 Arsenal ( Division One ) Highbury 1 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Tommy Lawrence , Chris Lawler , Peter Wall , Tommy Smith , Ron Yeats ( Captain ) Emlyn Hughes , Ian Callaghan , Roger Hunt , Bobby Graham , Ian St John , Peter Thompson
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Bobby Graham out for Geoff Strong 70'
ARSENAL LINE UP
Bob Wilson , Peter Storey , Bob McNab , Frank McLintock , Terry Neill , Peter Simpson , John Radford , Jon Sammels, Bobby Gould , David Court , David Jenkins
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Roger Hunt 50' (Peter Thompson)
ARSENAL GOAL
John Radford 28'
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Arsenal manager: Bertie Mee
Referee: Brady D
Attendance: 43,535
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 2821
League game number: 2533




1970 Blackpool ( Division One ) Bloomfield Road 0 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence , Chris Lawler , Ian Ross , Tommy Smith ( Captain ) Larry Lloyd , Emlyn Hughes , Ian Callaghan , Alun Evans , Bobby Graham , John McLaughlin , Peter Thompson
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Larry Lloyd out for Brian Hall 44'
BLACKPOOL LINE UP
Harry Thomson , Jimmy Armfield, Tommy Hutchison , Bill Bentley , John Craven , Glyn James , Bob Hatton , Frederick Pickering , Alan Suddick , Ralph Brown , Harry Mowbray
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Blackpool manager: Leslie Shannon
Referee: Kew GC
Attendance: 28,818
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 2925
League game number: 2616




1971 Wolverhampton Wanderers ( Division One ) Anfield 3 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence , Chris Lawler , Alec Lindsay , Tommy Smith ( Captain ) Larry Lloyd , Emlyn Hughes , Kevin Keegan , Peter Thompson , Steve Heighway , John Toshack , Ian Callaghan
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS LINE UP
Phil Parkes , Bernard Shaw , Derek Parkin , Paul Walker , Francis Munro , John McAlle , Kenny Hibbitt , James McCalliog , Bobby Gould , Derek Dougan , David Wagstaffe
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS SUBSTITUTION
Paul Walker out for John Richards
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
John Toshack 7' (Emlyn Hughes) Steve Heighway 27' , Tommy Smith 89' penalty
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS GOALS
Derek Dougan 5' , Kenny Hibbitt 78'
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Wolves manager: William McGarry
Referee: Baldwin P
Attendance: 51,869
Half-time score: 2 - 1
Game number: 2988
League game number: 2658
LFC played towards Kop: First half




1973 Anderlecht ( Friendly ) Stade Emile Verse 0 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence, Chris Lawler, Alec Lindsay, Larry Lloyd, Phil Thompson, Emlyn Hughes, Steve Heighway, Ian Callaghan, Peter Cormack, John Toshack, Kevin Keegan.
ANDERLECHT LINE UP
Not Found - If Known please post thank you
Attendance Approx 18,000




1974 Luton Town ( Division One ) Kenilworth Road 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence , Tommy Smith , Alec Lindsay , Phil Thompson , Peter Cormack , Emlyn Hughes ( Captain Kevin Keegan , Brian Hall , Steve Heighway , Phil Boersma , Ian Callaghan
LUTON TOWN LINE UP
Graham Horn , John Ryan , Bobby Thomson , Peter Anderson , Steve Litt , Alan Garner , Gordon Hindson , James Husband , Barry Butlin , Alan West , John Aston
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Tommy Smith 31' (Emlyn Hughes) , Steve Heighway 74' (Peter Cormack)
LUTON TOWN GOAL
Barry Butlin 27'
Liverpool Manager: Bob Paisley
Luton manager: Harold Haslam (Jr)
Referee: Davey H
Attendance: 21,062
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 3167
League game number: 2783



1985 Arsenal ( Division One ) Anfield 2 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar , Phil Neal ( Captain ) Alan Kennedy , Mark Lawrenson , Ronnie Whelan , Alan Hansen , Kenny Dalglish , Steve Nicol , Ian Rush , Jan Mølby , Jim Beglin
ARSENAL LINE UP
John Lukic , Viv Anderson , Kenny Sansom , Steve Williams , David O'Leary , Tommy Caton , Stewart Robson , Ian Allinson , Charlie Nicholas , Tony Woodcock , Graham Rix
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Ronnie Whelan 33' (Steve Nicol) , Steve Nicol 61' ( Kenny Dalglish )
Liverpool Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Arsenal manager: Don Howe
Referee: Hutchinson D
Attendance: 38,261
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 3832
League game number: 3245
LFC played towards Kop: Second half



1991 Oldham Athletic ( Division One ) Anfield 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar , Gary Ablett , David Burrows , Steve Nicol , Ronnie Whelan ( Captain ) Mark Wright , Dean Saunders , Ray Houghton , Steve McManaman , John Barnes , Steve McMahon
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Steve McMahon out for Mark Walters 65'
OLDHAM ATHLETIC LINE UP
Jon Hallworth , Gunnar Halle , Glynn Snodin , Nick Henry , Earl Barrett , Richard Jobson , Paul Bernard , Ian Marshall , Graeme Sharp , Mike Milligan , Rick Holden
OLDHAM ATHLETIC SUBSTITUTIONS
Paul Bernard out for Paul Kane 46' , Rick Holden out for David Currie 84'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Ray Houghton 53' (John Barnes) John Barnes 78' (Steve McManaman)
OLDHAM ATHLETIC GOAL
Earl Barrett 6'
Liverpool Manager: Graeme Souness
Oldham manager: Joe Royle
Referee: Hackett KS
Attendance: 38,841
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 4154
League game number: 3483
LFC played towards Kop: Second half



1996 Middlesbrough ( Premier League ) Riverside Stadium 3 - 3
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
David James , Mark Wright , Phil Babb , Stig Inge Bjørnebye , Dominic Matteo , Jason McAteer , Steve McManaman , John Barnes ( Captain ) Michael Thomas , Stan Collymore , Robbie Fowler
MIDDLESBROUGH LINE UP
Alan Miller , Neil Cox , Curtis Fleming , Steve Vickers , Nigel Pearson , Derek Whyte , Emerson , Robbie Mustoe , Nick Barmby , Juninho , Fabrizio Ravanelli
MIDDLESBROUGH SUBSTITUTION
Juninho out for Alan Moore 83'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Stig Inge Bjørnebye 4' (Mark Wright) , John Barnes 29' (Jason McAteer) Robbie Fowler 65' (Stig Inge Bjørnebye)
MIDDLESBROUGH GOALS
Fabrizio Ravanelli 26' pen , Fabrizio Ravanelli 36' , Fabrizio Ravanelli 81'
Liverpool Manager: Roy Evans
Middlesbrough manager: Bryan Robson
Referee: Alcock PE
Attendance: 30,039
Half-time score: 2 - 2
Game number: 4432
League game number: 3689




2003 Chelsea ( Premier League ) Anfield 1 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Jerzy Dudek , Stephane Henchoz , Sami Hyypia (Captain ) John Arne Riise , Jamie Carragher , Igor Biscan , Harry Kewell , Danny Murphy , Bruno Cheyrou , Emile Heskey , Michael Owen
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTIONS
Bruno Cheyrou out for El Hadji Diouf 54' , Stephane Henchoz out for Steve Finnan 70' , Igor Biscan out for Milan Baros 70'
CHELSEA LINE UP
Carlo Cudicini , Glen Johnson , Wayne Bridge , Frank Lampard , John Terry , Marcel Desailly , Jesper Grønkjær , Geremi , Eiður Guðjohnsen , Damien Duff , Juan Sebastian Veron
CHELSEA SUBSTITUTIONS
Eiður Guðjohnsen out for Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 46' , Glen Johnson out for William Gallas 73' , Damien Duff out for Carlton Cole 74'
LIVERPOOL GOAL
Michael Owen 79' pen
CHELSEA GOALS
Juan Sebastian Veron 25' , Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 87'
Liverpool Manager: Gérard Houllier
Chelsea manager: Claudio Ranieri
Referee: Bennett SG
Attendance: 44,082
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 4805
League game number: 3955
LFC played towards Kop: Second half




2013 Stoke City ( Premier League ) Anfield 1 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Simon Mignolet , Glen Johnson , Jose Enrique , Kolo Touré , Daniel Agger , Steven Gerrard ( Captain ) Philippe Coutinho , Jordan Henderson , Lucas Leiva , Iago Aspas , Daniel Sturridge
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTE
Iago Aspas out for Raheem Sterling 72'
STOKE CITY LINE UP
Asmir Begovic , Geoff Cameron , Ryan Shawcross , Robert Huth , Erik Pieters , Marc Wilson , Glenn Whelan , Steven N'Zonzi , Jon Walters , Peter Crouch , Matthew Etherington
STOKE CITY SUBSTITUTES
Matthew Etherington out for Jermaine Pennant 63' , Glenn Whelan out for Charlie Adam 63' , Peter Crouch out for Kenwyne Jones 81'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Daniel Sturridge 37' (Iago Aspas)
Liverpool Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Stoke manager: Mark Hughes
Referee: Atkinson M
Attendance: 44,822
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 5366
League game number: 4335
LFC played towards Kop: Second half




2014 Southampton ( Premier League ) Anfield 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Simon Mignolet , Glen Johnson , Dejan Lovren , Javier Manquillo , Martin Skrtel , Steven Gerrard ( Captain ) Philippe Coutinho , Jordan Henderson , Lucas Leiva , Raheem Sterling , Daniel Sturridge
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Lucas Leiva out for Joe Allen 63' , Philippe Coutinho out for Rickie Lambert 76'
SOUTHAMPTON LINE UP
Fraser Forster , Nathaniel Clyne , José Fonte , Maya Yoshida , Ryan Bertrand , Steven Davis , Morgan Schneiderlin , Victor Wanyama , James Ward-Prowse , Graziano Pellè , Dušan Tadic
SOUTHAMPTON SUBSTITUTES
Dušan Tadic out for Shane Long 74' , Steven Davis out for Lloyd Isgrove 82'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Raheem Sterling 23' (Jordan Henderson) , Daniel Sturridge 79' (Raheem Sterling)
SOUTHAMPTON GOAL
Nathaniel Clyne 56'
Liverpool Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Southampton manager: Ronald Koeman
Referee: Clattenburg M
Attendance: 44,736
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 5409
League game number: 4373
LFC played towards Kop: First half




2015 AFC Bournemouth ( Premier League ) Anfield 1 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Simon Mignolet , Nathaniel Clyne , Dejan Lovren , Joe Gomez , Martin Skrtel , James Milner , Philippe Coutinho , Jordan Henderson ( Captain ) Adam Lallana , Jordon Ibe , Christian Benteke
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Jordan Henderson out for Emre Can 52' , Jordon Ibe out for Roberto Firmino 70' , Philippe Coutinho out for Alberto Moreno 81'
AFC BOURNEMOUTH LINE UP
Artur Boruc , Simon Francis , Tommy Elphick , Steve Cook , Charlie Daniels , Matt Richie , Eunan O'Kane , Andrew Surman , Max Gradel , Callum Wilson , Joshua King
AFC BOURNEMOUTH SUBSTITUTIONS
Joshua King out for Lee Tomlin 61' , Max Gradel out for Adam Smith 81' , Eunan O'Kane out for Dan Gosling 87'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Christian Benteke 26' (Jordan Henderson)
Liverpool Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Bournemouth manager: Eddie Howe
Referee: Pawson C
Attendance: 44,102
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 5468
League game number: 4412
LFC played towards Kop: First half




2019 Southampton ( Premier League ) St Mary's Stadium 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Adrián San Miguel , Virgil Van Dijk , Andy Robertson , Joël Matip , Trent Alexander-Arnold , Georginio Wijnaldum , James Milner ( Captain ) Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain , Roberto Firmino , Sadio Mané
Mohamed Salah
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTIONS
James Milner out for Fabinho Tavarez 74' , Mohamed Salah out for Divock Origi 79' , Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain out for Jordan Henderson 89'
SOUTHAMPTON LINE UP
Angus Gunn , Jan Bednarek , Maya Yoshida , Jannik Vestergaard , Yan Valery , James Ward-Prowse , Oriol Romeu , Pierre-Emile Højbjerg , Ryan Bertrand , Che Adams , Nathan Redmond
SOUTHAMPTON SUBSTITUTIONS
Oriol Romeu out for Danny Ings 64' , Che Adams out for Stuart Armstrong 68' , Ryan Bertrand out for Moussa Djenepo 77'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Sadio Mané 45 +1' (James Milner) , Roberto Firmino 71' (Sadio Mané)
SOUTHAMPTON GOAL
Danny Ings 83'
Liverpool Manager Jürgen Klopp
Southampton manager: Ralph Hasenhüttl
Referee: Marriner AM
Attendance: 31,712
Half-time score: 0 - 1
League position after match: 1
Game number: 5689
League game number: 4564




2024 Ipswich Town ( Premier League ) Portman Road

[Boston Bosox]

" On This Day In L F C History "
August 17th
Events

Born On this Day

Alan Scott ( 1910 )
Oyvind Leonhardsen ( 1970 )
Jan Kromkamp ( 1980 )

Signed On This Day

Antonio Nunez ( 2004 )
Oussama Assidi ( 2012 )


Sold On This day

Allan Jones ( 1963 )
Tommy Smith ( 1978 )
Jimmy Case ( 1981 )
Ragnar Klavan ( 2018 )

L F C Debuts On This Day

Dean Saunders ( 1991 )
Mark Walters ( 1991 )
Mark Wright ( 1991 )
Steve Finnan ( 2003 )
Harry Kewell ( 2003 )
Iago Aspas ( 2013 )
Simon Mignolet ( 2013
Kolo Toure ( 2013 )
Rickie Lambert ( 2014 )
Ragnar Klavan ( 2014 )
Javier Manquillo ( 2014 )


Scored 1st L F C Goal On This Day

Phil Chisnall ( 1964 )
Stig Inge Bjornebye ( 1996 )
Chfistian Benteke ( 2015 )



1964 - We made our first appearance in European competition in the preliminary round of the European Cup. We won 5-0 at Icelandic champions Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, with Gordon Wallace and Roger Hunt both netting braces and Phil Chisnall grabbing his first reds goal. This remained our record equal away win in Europe until October 2017. The return leg was just as straightforward, as we ran out 11-1 winners on aggregate.

1968 - We drew 1-1 at Arsenal, with Roger Hunt netting our goal and John Radford on target for the Gunners with one of his seven strikes past us.

1970 - We held Blackpool to a goalless draw at Bloomfield Road.

1970 - Øyvind Leonhardsen was born in Kristiansund in Norway. He signed from Wimbledon in June 1997 for £3.5m, scoring seven times in 49 reds appearances before Gérard Houllier off-loaded him to Tottenham Hotspur for £3m in August 1999.

1971 – We beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 at Anfield, when John Toshack and Steve Heighway added to a Tommy Smith penalty. Derek Dougan netted the last of his four goals against the reds with Kenny Hibbitt also scoring for the visitors.

1973 - We held Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht to a goalless draw at their Stade Émile Versé.

1974 - Bob took charge of his first League game, a 2-1 win at Luton Town, with the goals coming from Tommy Smith and Steve Heighway.

1978 – Tommy Smith lefts the reds to join Swansea City. The ‘Anfield Iron’ had helped us to win four League titles, two FA Cups, two UEFA Cups, European Cup, UEFA Super Cup and two FA Charity Shields in his time with Liverpool, netting 48 times in 638 games since turning pro in April 1962.

1980 - Former right-back Jan Kromkamp was born in Makkinga in the Netherlands. He made just eighteen reds appearances following his January 2006 swap arrival from Villarreal, leaving after less than eight months at Anfield with an FA Cup winners’ medal.

1981 - Jimmy Case joined Brighton & Hove Albion for £350,000 after seven years at Anfield during which time he bagged 46 goals in 269 reds games, helping us to claim three European Cups, four League titles, the UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup, League Cup and three FA Charity Shields. He had four seasons in this first spell at the Goldstone Ground, netting fifteen goals in 151 games, helping to knock the reds out of the FA Cup at Anfield in February 1983. On the very same day, Mark Lawrenson made his reds bow in our 2-1 friendly defeat at Club Atlético de Madrid, with Ray Kennedy bagging our goal.

1985 - King Kenny’s first reds game as boss brought a 2-0 defeat of Arsenal at Anfield, thanks to goals from Ronnie Whelan and Steve Nicol.

1991 - Mark Walters, Mark Wright and new record signing Dean Saunders all made their official reds debuts as we saw off Oldham Athletic 2-1 at Anfield in our opening fixture of the season. Ray Houghton and John Barnes scored our goals after Earl Barrett had opened the scoring early on.

1996 - Our opening game of the season ended in a 3-3 draw at Middlesbrough, with their new signing Fabrizio Ravanelli nabbing a hat-trick. Stig Inge Bjørnebye struck the first of his four reds goals, with John Barnes and Robbie Fowler also on target for the reds. Future red Stewart Downing was one of the ball-boys that day.

2001 - It was announced that Stéphane Henchoz had signed a new contract that would tie him to the reds until 2005. He made a total of 205 reds appearances, helping us to claim five trophies in 2001 and another League Cup two years later, moving on to Celtic in January 2005.

2003 - Steve Finnan and Harry Kewell both made their official reds bows as we lost 2-1 at home to Chelsea. Michael Owen scored a twice-taken penalty, our 300th League goal since Gérard Houllier took sole charge. Future red Glen Johnson played his first League game for the visitors, with Juan Sebastián Verón on target and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink bagging the last of his seven goals against the reds.

2004 - Spanish right-sided midfielder Antonio Núñez signed from Real Madrid as part of the deal that took Michael Owen to Spain, being valued at £1.5m. He is the only player to score his solitary reds goal in a major cup final, netting a consolation in the Carling Cup defeat by Chelsea in February 2005, one of his 27 reds appearances. He moved on to Real Club Celta de Vigo in July 2005.

2006 - Darren Potter joined Wolverhampton Wanderers on loan, having not fully convinced in his seventeen senior reds outings. He made the move permanent the following January, after one goal in 24 outings for Wolves.

2012 - Moroccan winger Oussama Assaidi signed from Dutch side SC Heerenveen for £2.4m, failing to score in twelve appearances before spending a season and a half on loan at Stoke City. He was sold to UAE Arabian Gulf League side Al Ahli for a reported £4.7m in January 2015.

2013 – New keeper Simon Mignolet kept a clean sheet by saving a late penalty and its follow-up on his reds bow as Daniel Sturridge’s goal was enough to secure victory over Stoke City at Anfield. Forward Iago Aspas and centre-half Kolo Touré both also debuted in this game. As the game was an early kick off on opening day, the reds finished the match at the top of the table!

2014 – Forward Rickie Lambert and centre-half Dejan Lovren both made their reds bows against former club Southampton as we won 2-1 at Anfield, with right-back Javier Manquillo also debuting. Future red Nathaniel Clyne equalised after Raheem Sterling had opened the scoring, with Daniel Sturridge bagging the winner.

2015 – Keeper Brad Jones signed for Bradford City on a one-year deal having been released by the reds, but only played three times for the Bantams before being released just two months later.

2015 – Centre-forward Christian Benteke scored his first reds goal to see off Bournemouth 1-0 at Anfield, despite Philippe Coutinho being in an offside position and seemingly interfering with play. James Milner took over the captain’s armband for the first time after Jordan Henderson was substituted.

2018 – Estonian centre-half Ragnar Klavan was sold to Cagliari for £2m after two goals in 53 games since signing from Augsburg for £4.2m.

2019 – We won 2-1 at Southampton with ex-Saint Sadio Mané scoring on the stroke of half time. Roberto Firmino doubled our lead before an Adrián howler handed ex-red Danny Ings the chance to bag a consolation. This result took us to the top of the table after two fixtures, a position we did not relinquish for the rest of the campaign.

2020 – Young Welsh right-back Neco Williams signed a new contract, having made eleven senior appearances in his first season with the first team as we claimed the League title. On the same day, Sadio Mané won the Premier League PFA Fans' Player of the Year award for 2019-20, having struck eleven times in 35 appearances as we won the League.

[Boston Bosox]

Also On August 17th

On This Day 60 Years Ago

60 years since Reds made European bow
it is  60 years since the club's European debut in Iceland on August 17, 1964.
Our foreign adventures all began under Bill Shankly in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik.
Our opponents were the Icelandic champions KR Reykjavík and the competition was the European Cup; in a precursor for later dominance in the tournament, the travellers won 5-0.Roger Hunt notably netted twice, spearheading a line-up that included the likes of Ian Callaghan, Tommy Lawrence, Ronnie Moran and captain Ron Yeats.
Ian Callaghan recalled how their preparation for a journey into Europe was far different to that enjoyed by the current squad.
"I remember thinking to myself when we drawn to play Reykjavik: 'I didn't even know they played football in Iceland!'
"In those days we didn't charter a flight so we had to fly via Glasgow. We had a five-hour wait in Glasgow before our flight to Iceland, so Shanks decided to take us to Butlins to pass the time away.
"When we arrived at Butlins, Shanks went to the front of the bus and there was an old man in a hut at the entrance to the park. Shanks said: 'I've brought Liverpool FC, we are travelling to Iceland.' The man said: 'I think you've took a wrong turning!'
"It was all new to us and it was exciting playing in Europe. I have never been to Iceland since to tell you the truth; Reykjavik were part-time and we beat them quite comfortably in the end."
PS
Amazingly This Game was played on a Monday Night JUST TWO DAYS after drawing with West Ham 2-2 in the Charity Shield at Anfield on Saturday 15th August .

[Boston Bosox]

" On This Day In L F C History "
August 18th
Games



1951 Portsmouth ( Division One ) Anfield 0 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Charlie Ashcroft , Bill Jones , Steve Parr , Phil Taylor ( Captain ) Laurie Hughes , Bob Paisley , Jimmy Payne , Kevin Baron , Cyril Done , Ken Brierley , Billy Liddell
PORTSMOUTH LINE UP
Ernie Butler , Jimmy Stephen , Stan Earl , Reg Pickett , Jack Froggatt , Jimmy Dickinson , Peter Harris , Albert Mundy , Ike Clarke , Len Phillips , Marcel Gaillard
PORTSMOUTH GOALS
Albert Mundy 71' , Len Phillips 88' ,
Liverpool Manager: Don Welsh
Portsmouth manager: Robert Jackson
Attendance: 42,270
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 2005
League game number: 1817
LFC played towards Kop: First half



1956 Huddersfield Town ( Division Two ) Anfield 2 - 3
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Tommy Younger , John Molyneux , Ronnie Moran , Barry Wilkinson , Laurie Hughes , Geoff Twentyman , Brian Jackson , Tony Rowley , Billy Liddell ( Captain ) John Evans , Alan A'Court
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN LINE UP
Harry Fearnley , Brian Gibson , Laurie Kelly , Bill McGarry , Ken Taylor , Len Quested , Ron Simpson , James Watson , Dave Hickson , Willie Davie , Vic Metcalfe
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Billy Liddell 62' (Tommy Younger) , Billy Liddell 73' penalty
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN GOALS
Ron Simpson 5' Dave Hickson' 57' , Willie Davie' 65'
Liverpool Manager: Phil Taylor
Huddersfield manager: Andrew Beattie
Attendance: 49,344
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 2229
League game number: 2027
LFC played towards Kop: First half


1962 Blackpool (Division One ) Anfield 1 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Jim Furnell , Gerry Byrne , Ronnie Moran , Gordon Milne , Ron Yeats ( Captain ) Tommy Leishman , Kevin Lewis , Roger Hunt , Ian St John , Jimmy Melia , Alan A'Court
BLACKPOOL LINE UP
Tony Waiters , Jimmy Armfield , Barrie Martin, Bruce Crawford, Roy Gratrix , Dave Durie , Alan Ball , Johnny Green , Ray Charnley , Ray Parry , Des Horne
LIVERPOOL GOAL
Kevin Lewis 84'
BLACKPOOL GOALS
Ray Charnley 75' , Des Horne 77'
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Blackpool manager: Ron Suart
Referee: Tirebuck L
Attendance: 51,207
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 2500
League game number: 2279
LFC played towards Kop: Second half




1979 League Of Ireland ( Friendly ) Dalymount Park 2 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence; Phil Neal, Alan Kennedy; Phil Thompson, Ray Kennedy, Alan Hansen; Kenny Dalglish, Jimmy Case, David Johnson (Steve Heighway 79), Terry McDermott, Graeme Souness.
LEAGUE OF IRELAND LINE UP
O'Neill, Gregg, McCormack, Synott, Smith, Flanagan, Giles, Meagan, Minnock, Treacy, Muckian
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Alan Hansen 66' , Terry McDermott 78'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Mulhall P (Dublin)



1984 Everton ( Charity Shield ) Wembley Stadium 0 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar , Phil Neal ( Captain ) Alan Kennedy , Mark Lawrenson , Ronnie Whelan , Alan Hansen , Kenny Dalglish , Sammy Lee , Ian Rush , Steve Nicol , John Wark
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Sammy Lee out for Paul Walsh 53'
EVERTON LINE UP
Neville Southall , Gary Stevens , John Bailey , Kevin Ratcliffe , Derek Mountfield , Peter Reid , Trevor Steven , Adrian Heath ,Graeme Sharp , Paul Bracewell , Kevin Richardson
EVERTON GOAL
Bruce Grobbelaar O/G 55'
Everton manager: Howard Kendall
Referee: Hackett KS
Attendance: 100,000
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 3768




1986 Irish Internationals ( Friendly ) Flower Lodge 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Hooper, Beglin, Venison, Lawrenson, Gillespie, MacDonald, Whelan, Johnston, Wark, Dalglish, Rush. Came on as sub: Mølby (for Wark).
IRISH INTERNATIONALS LINE UP
O'Neill, Gregg, Langan, Neville, MurphyOreally, Lawless, De Mange, O' Brien, Houghton, Mooney, Byrne
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Jan Mølby 56' pen , Kevin MacDonald 80'
IRISH INTERNATIONALS GOAL
Ray Houghton
Attendance Approx 16,000



1990 Manchester United ( Charity Shield ) Wembley Stadium 1 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar , Glenn Hysén , David Burrows , Barry Venison , Ronnie Whelan ( Captain ) Gary Ablett, Peter Beardsley , Ray Houghton , Ian Rush , John Barnes , Steve McMahon
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Peter Beardsley out for Ronny Rosenthal 78'
MAN UNITED LINE UP
Les Sealey , Denis Irwin , Mal Donaghy , Steve Bruce , Mike Phelan , Gary Pallister , Clayton Blackmore , Paul Ince , Brian McClair , Mark Hughes , Danny Wallace
MANCHESTER SUBSTITUTION
Danny Wallace out for Mark Robins 23'
LIVERPOOL GOAL
John Barnes 51' pen
MAN UTD GOAL
Clayton Blackmore 45'
Liverpool Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Man Utd manager: Alex Ferguson
Referee: Courtney G
Attendance: 66,558
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 4105



1993 Queens Park Rangers ( Premier League ) Loftus Road 3 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar , Rob Jones , Steve Nicol , Mark Wright , Stig Inge Bjørnebye , Neil Ruddock , Nigel Clough , Ronnie Whelan , Jan Mølby , Steve McManaman , Ian Rush ( Captain )
Liverpool SUBSTITUTION
Nigel Clough out for Jamie Redknapp 73'
QUEENS PARK RANGERS LINE UP
Tony Roberts , Karl Ready , Clive Wilson , Ray Wilkins , Darren Peacock , Steve Yates , Andy Impey, Simon Barker , Les Ferdinand , Gary Penrice , Trevor Sinclair
QUEENS PARK RANGERS SUBSTITUTION
Trevor Sinclair out for Devon White 72'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Ian Rush 20' (Rob Jones) , Steve Nicol 39' (Nigel Clough) , Nigel Clough 43' (Steve Nicol)
QUEENS PARK RANGERS GOAL
Ray Wilkins 25'
Liverpool Manager: Graeme Souness
Q.P.R. manager: Gerry Francis
Referee: Durkin PA
Attendance: 19,635
Half-time score: 1 - 3
Game number: 4274
League game number: 3568




2001 Westham United ( Premier League )Anfield 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Pegguy Arphexad , Stephane Henchoz , Sami Hyypia ( Captain ) , Markus Babbel , Jamie Carragher , Danny Murphy , Didi Hamann , Gary McAllister , Igor Biscan , Jari Litmanen , Michael Owen
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Markus Babbel out for John Arne Riise 46' , Igor Biscan out for Nick Barmby 56' , Danny Murphy out for Jamie Redknapp 71'
WEST HAM UNITED LINE UP
Shaka Hislop , Sebastian Schemmel , Nigel Winterburn , John Moncur , Rigobert Song , Christian Dailly , Trevor Sinclair , Joe Cole , Svetoslav Todorov , Paolo Di Canio , Michael Carrick
WEST HAM UNITED SUBSTITUTIONS
John Moncur out for Grant McCann 70' , Svetoslav Todorov out for Jermain Defoe 72' , Joe Cole out for Laurent Courtois 79'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Michael Owen 17' (Gary McAllister) , Michael Owen 78' (Didi Hamann)
WEST HAM UNITED GOAL
Paolo Di Canio 30' pen
Liverpool Manager: Gérard Houllier
West Ham manager: Glenn Roeder
Referee: Winter JT
Attendance: 43,935
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 4688
League game number: 3879
LFC played towards Kop: Second half




2002 Aston Villa ( Premier League ) Villa Park 1 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Jerzy Dudek , Stephane Henchoz, Abel Xavier, Sami Hyypia ( Captain ) John Arne Riise , Djimi Traoré , Danny Murphy , Didi Hamann , Steven Gerrard , El Hadji Diouf , Michael Owen
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTIONS
Michael Owen out for Emile Heskey 81' , El Hadji Diouf out for Jamie Carragher 90'
ASTON VILLA LINE UP
Peter Enckelman , Mark Delaney , Gareth Barry , Alpay Özalan , Steve Staunton , Olof Mellberg , Ulises de la Cruz , Lee Hendrie , Peter Crouch , Darius Vassell , Thomas Hitzlsperger
ASTON VILLA SUBSTITUTIONS
Peter Crouch out for Marcus Allbäck 63' , Thomas Hitzlsperger out for Mustapha Hadji 76' , Gareth Barry out for JLoyd Samuel 84'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
John Arne Riise 47' (Danny Murphy)
Liverpool Manager: Gérard Houllier
Aston Villa manager: Graham Taylor
Referee: D'Urso AP
Attendance: 41,183
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 4746
League game number: 3917




2012 Westbromwich Albion ( Premier League ) The Hawthorns 0 - 3
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Pepe Reina , Glen Johnson , Daniel Agger { SENT OFF 58' ) , Martin Kelly , Martin Skrtel, Steven Gerrard ( Captain ) Stewart Downing , Lucas Leiva , Joe Allen , Luis Suarez , Fabio Borini
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTIONS
Stewart Downing out for Jamie Carragher 60' , Lucas Leiva out for Joe Cole 68' , Joe Cole out for Andy Carroll 79'
WEST BROMWICH ALBION LINE UP
Ben Foster , Steven Reid , Gareth McAuley , Jonas Olsson , Liam Ridgewell , James Morrison , Claudio Yacob , Youssuf Mulumbu , Peter Odemwingie , Shane Long , Zoltán Gera
WEST BROMWICH ALBION SUBSTITUTIONS
Shane Long out for Romelu Lukaku 68' , Zoltán Gera out for Marc-Antoine Fortuné 68' , James Morrison out for Chris Brunt 82'
WEST BROMWICH ALBION GOALS
Zoltán Gera 43' , Peter Odemwingie 64' pen , Romelu Lukaku 77'
LIVERPOOL RED CARD
Daniel Agger 58 '
Liverpool Manager: Brendan Rodgers
West Brom manager: Steve Clarke
Referee: Dowd P
Attendance: 26,039
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 5314
League game number: 4297

[Boston Bosox]

" On This Day In L F C History "
August 18th
Events

Born On This Day

Sam English ( 1908 )
D ick White ( 1931 )
Jimmy Harrower ( 1935 )
John Durnin ( 1965 )
Jack Hobbs ( 1988 )

Signed On This Day

Steve Staunton ( 1986 )
Ian Rush ( 1988 )
Jack Hobbs (2005 )
Dirk Kuyt ( 2006 )
Brad Jones ( 2010 )
Wataru Endo ( 2023 )

Sold On This Day

Tommy Johnson ( 1933 )
Dominic Matteo ( 2000 )
Nabil El Zhar ( 2011 )

L F C Debuts On This Day

Steve Parr ( 1951 )
Tommy Younger ( 1956 )
Paul Walsh ( 1984 )
Joe Allen ( 2012 )




1931 - Centre-half D ick White was born. He signed from his hometown club Sc*nthorpe United in November 1955 and was reds captain until the arrival of Ron Yeats, making 217 appearances, and won a Second Division title medal in his time at Anfield, scoring just once. He moved on to Doncaster Rovers in May 1962.

1935 - Scottish inside-forward Jimmy Harrower, was born in Alva. He signed from Hibernian for £11,000 in January 1958 and bagged 22 goals in 105 reds games, moving on to Newcastle United in March 1961. On the same day, Northern Irish forward Sam English was born in Coleraine. He signed from Rangers for £8,000 in August 1933, netting 26 times in fifty games before joining Queen Of The South in July 1935.

1951 - We lost 2-0 to Portsmouth at Anfield, with full-back Steve Parr making his reds bow, their most recent win in L4.

1956 - Keeper Tommy Younger made his reds debut but could not prevent us losing 3-2 to Huddersfield Town at Anfield. Billy Liddell nabbed both our goals, with one coming from the spot. Future red Dave Hickson was amongst the scorers for the Terriers, with Ron Simpson and Willie Davie also on target.

1962 - Winger Kevin Lewis netted as Blackpool left Anfield having won 2-1 in another season opener, with a seventeen-year old Alan Ball debuting for the visitors. Ray Charnley struck the first of his eight goals against the reds, with Des Horne also on target.

1965 - Former reserves striker John Durnin was born in Bootle. He failed to make the break-through at Anfield, making only two League Cup appearances and one in the Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy before his departure to Oxford United for £225,000 in February 1989. His most recent appearance at Anfield came as he scored the only goal of the Replay 86 game in aid of the Marina Dalglish Appeal in May 2006.

1979 - We beat a Football League Of Ireland side 2-0 at Dalymount Park, thanks to strikes from Alan Hansen and Terry McDermott. This game was arranged as construction work at Molineux meant that our opening League fixture scheduled for this day had to be postponed.

1984 - Bruce Grobbelaar scored an own goal to hand the trophy to our neighbours from across Stanley Park, with new signing Paul Walsh making his reds debut.

1986 - We beat an Irish International XI 2-1 in Cork, with Jan Mølby netting a penalty and Kevin MacDonald also on the scoresheet. Future red Ray Houghton scored for the Irish. The game was originally supposed to have taken place in 1985 as part of Cork’s 800th birthday celebrations but had to be re-arranged following the post-Heysel ban on where the reds could play in Europe.

1988 - Ian Rush re-signed for the reds from Juventus for a club record £2.8m, having only spent one season with the Turin giants. In his second spell at Anfield, he struck 139 times in 329 games, winning a further League title, two FA Cups, League Cup and FA Charity Shield this time around.

1988 - Centre-half Jack Hobbs was born in Portsmouth, signing officially with the reds in a £750,000 deal from Lincoln City on his seventeenth birthday. He featured in the first team on five occasions but was sold to Leicester City in April 2009 having helped them to claim the League One title while on loan.

1990 - John Barnes equalised from the spot in our 1-1 draw with Manchester United, with the trophy therefore being shared. Clayton Blackmore had netted for United on the stroke of half time.

1993 - We won 3-1 at Queens Park Rangers, with Steve Nicol, Nigel Clough and Ian Rush all on target. Ray Wilkins bagged the home side’s consolation.

2000 - Dominic Matteo was sold to Leeds United for £4m. He had scored twice in 155 appearances for the reds and quit Elland Road in July 2004 to rejoin Graeme Souness at Blackburn Rovers.

2001 - Pegguy Arphexad and John Arne Riise both made their League debuts in our 2-1 defeat of West Ham United at Anfield, which came thanks to a Michael Owen brace. Robbie Fowler sat out the game in the Main Stand, following a training-ground bust-up with Assistant Manager Phil Thompson. Markus Babbel had to be withdrawn at half-time, as he was beginning to suffer the effects of Guillain-Barré syndrome, unbeknownst to us all. Paolo di Canio netted for the Hammers between Owen’s strikes.

2002 - Riise netted the only goal of the game as we kicked off our Premiership campaign at Aston Villa, with Peter Enckleman then saving a Michael Owen penalty.

2006 - Dirk Kuyt signed from Feyenoord for £9m, with then Chairman David Moores having to lend the club the money for the transfer. He proved a willing worker, notching 71 times in 285 outings, including our consolation in the Champions League Final in Athens in 2007 and five derby strikes. He helped the club to claim the Carling Cup and reach the FA Cup Final in his final season before moving on to Fenerbahçe SK for €1m in June 2012.

2009 – Reserves centre-half Mikel San José re-joined Athletic de Bilbao on loan, signing on again permanently the following May after three goals in thirty outings that season.

2010 – Keeper Brad Jones signed from Middlesbrough for £2.3m. He only played 27 senior reds games before being released in June 2015, although one of these was our victorious FA Cup Semi-final derby at Wembley in April 2012.

2010 – Slovakian centre-half Martin Škrtel signed a new contract to tie him to the reds until 2014, although he later extended this. He notched eighteen goals in 320 games in total, including one in our Carling Cup win at Wembley in February 2012, moving on to Fenerbahçe SK for £5.5m in July 2016. On the same day, new signing Joe Cole was found guilty of speeding.

2011 - Djimi Traoré joined Olympique de Marseille, playing twenty times in his one season there. On the same day, forward Nabil El Zhar was released by the reds after scoring just once in 32 first-team outings.

2012 – Joe Allen made his reds bow as we lost 3-0 at West Bromwich Albion in our opening League game of the season. We fell behind to a Zoltán Gera wonder-goal just before half time, with Pepe Reina saving a Shane Long spot-kick on the hour mark with Daniel Agger dismissed for a foul on Long. However, the Baggies were awarded a second penalty when Martin Škrtel was also judged to have brought down Long in the box, which Peter Odemwingie converted. Future Blue Romelu Lukaku completed the scoring with the first of his five past us to date.

2014 – Portuguese centre-half Tiago Ilori joined Girondins de Bordeaux on loan, netting once in fifteen games for the French side.

2016 – Ex-red John Arne Riise came out of retirement to sign for Indian Super League side Chennaiyin, scoring once in ten appearances.

2019 – Mario Balotelli signed for his hometown club Brescia, going on to score five times in nineteen outings that season.

2020 – Left-back Adam Lewis joined Amiens SC on loan, playing nine times before joining Plymouth Argyle on a temporary basis the following January.

2023 – Japanese midfielder Wataru Endō signed from VfB Stuttgart for a reported €19m. He bagged two goals in 43 games in his first season with the reds, already helping us to claim the League Cup. On the same day, keeper Luke Hewitson joined Stalybridge Celtic on loan.

[Crosby Nick]

I was at that West Ham game in 2001. Owen was at his absolute peak there in terms of form and confidence. Single-handedly dragged us to victory. I do remember the Fowler argument causing a bit of a stir. Sadly his days were numbered, sold in about the December?

[JP!]

I was at that West Ham game in 2001. Owen was at his absolute peak there in terms of form and confidence. Single-handedly dragged us to victory. I do remember the Fowler argument causing a bit of a stir. Sadly his days were numbered, sold in about the December?

Roundabout then yeah. I was gutted as he was my hero.  Seems odd to think though that he would never be quite as good again. I *think* he got back in for the Haka game 3 days after as I went to that (first time in the Kop) and remember him getting a hero's welcome.

[Boston Bosox]

" On This Day In L F C History"
August 19th
Games


1905 Liverpool Whites V Liverpool Reds
Match: Pre-season practice match, at Anfield, kick-off: 16:00.
Liverpool Whites – Liverpool Reds 2-0.
Attendance: 15,000.
Liverpool WHITES (2-3-5): Sam Hardy, Charlie Wilson, David Murray, James Hughes, George Latham, John Hughes, Arthur Goddard, Robert Robinson, Jack Parkinson, Sam Raybould, John Cox.
Liverpool REDS (2-3-5): Ned Doig, Alf West, Billy Dunlop, Maurice Parry, Alex Raisbeck, George Fleming, Ellis Dudley, James Gorman, G. Robinson, Joe Hewitt, James Garside.
THE GOALS : 1-0 R. Robinson, 2-0 Parkinson.



1939 Everton ( Friendly ) Anfield 2 - 1
Saturday, August 19 – 1939
Match: Benefit for the Football League – Jubilee Fund, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:15.
Liverpool – Everton 2-1 (1-0).
Attendance: 15,222; gate receipts: £722.
LIVERPOOL (2-3-5): George Poland, Jim Harley, Bernard Ramsden, Matt Busby, Tom Bush, James McInnes, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Phil Taylor, Willie Fagan, Jack Balmer, Herman Van den Berg.
EVERTON (2-3-5): Ted Sagar, Billy Cook, Norman Greenhalgh, Joe Mercer, Tommy Jones, Gordon Watson, Torry Gillick, Stan Bentham, Tommy Lawton, Alex Stevenson, Wally Boyes.
THE GOALS: 1-0 Taylor (9 min.), 2-0 Balmer (54 min.), 2-1 Lawton.





1944 Everton ( Friendly ) Goodison Park ) 5 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Alf Hobson, James Jackson, Joffre Gulliver, George Kaye, Laurie Hughes, Jack Pilling, Jackie Campbell, Phil Taylor, Cyril Done, Albert Malam, Michael Hulligan.
EVERTON TEAM
Not Found
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Cyril Done ( 4 ) Albert Malam
EVERTON GOALS
Not Found
Referee: Brown JN
If Anyone Can Fill In Missing Details Please Post Thank You
Attendance 16,228





1950 Wolverhampton Wanderers ( Division One ) Molineux 0 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Cyril Sidlow , Ray Lambert , Eddie Spicer , Bill Jones , Laurie Hughes , Bob Paisley , Billy Liddell , Phil Taylor ( Captain ) Willie Fagan , Jack Balmer , Ken Brierley
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS LINE UP
Bart Williams , Gus McLean , Bill Shorthouse , Billy Crook , Ray Chatham , Billy Wright , Jimmy Dunn , Johnny Walker , Roy Swinbourne , Jesse Pye , Jimmy Mullen
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS GOALS
Billy Crook' 24' , Roy Swinbourne' 74'
Liverpool Manager: George Kay
Wolves manager: Stan Cullis
Referee: Flanagan BJ
Attendance: 50,622
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 1962
League game number: 1775





1953 Portsmouth ( Division One ) Anfield 3 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Charlie Ashcroft , Ray Lambert , Eddie Spicer , Phil Taylor , Laurie Hughes , Bob Paisley , Jimmy Payne , Kevin Baron , Louis Bimpson , Bill Jones ( Captain ) Billy Liddell
PORTSMOUTH LINE UP
Norman Uprichard , Jimmy Stephen , Harry Ferrier , Reg Pickett , Len Phillips , Peter Harris , Jack Henderson , Jack Froggatt , Charlie Vaughan , Jimmy Dickinson , Duggie Reid
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Bill Jones 26' (Billy Liddell) , Bill Jones 72' , Billy Liddell 84' (Kevin Baron)
PORTSMOUTH GOAL
Jack Henderson 30'
Liverpool Manager: Don Welsh
Portsmouth manager: Edward Lever
Attendance: 39,662
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 2093
League game number: 1901
Referee: Smith RE (Wales)



1961 Bristol Rovers ( Division Two ) Eastville Stadium 2-0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bert Slater , D ick White ( Captain ) Gerry Byrne , Gordon Milne , Ron Yeats , Tommy Leishman , Kevin Lewis , Roger Hunt , Ian St John , Jimmy Melia , Alan A'Court
BRISTOL ROVERS LINE
Malcolm Norman , Johnny Hills , John Frowen , Ray Mabbutt , Joe Davis , Brian Carter , Harold Jarman , Bobby Jones , Geoff Bradford , Ian Hamilton, Peter Hooper
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Kevin Lewis 7' , John Hills O/G 55'
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Bristol Rovers manager: Bert Tann
Referee: Horner H
Attendance: 19,438
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 2453
League game number: 2237



1967 Manchester City ( Division One ) Maine Road 0 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Tommy Lawrence , Chris Lawler , Gerry Byrne , Tommy Smith , Ron Yeats ( Captain ) Emlyn Hughes , Ian Callaghan , Roger Hunt , Tony Hateley , Ian St John , Peter Thompson
MANCHESTER CITY LINE UP
Alan Ogley , Tony Book , Glyn Pardoe , Dave Connor , George Heslop , Alan Oakes , Mike Summerbee , Colin Bell , Neil Young , Chris Jones , Tony Coleman
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Man City manager: Joe Mercer
Referee: Walker K
Attendance: 49,343
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 2760
League game number: 2489




1972 Crystal Palace ( Division One ) Anfield 1 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence , Chris Lawler , Alec Lindsay , Tommy Smith ( Captain ) Larry Lloyd , Emlyn Hughes, Kevin Keegan , Brian Hall , Steve Heighway , John Toshack , Ian Callaghan
CRYSTAL PALACE LINE UP
Cliff Jackson , David Payne , Peter Wall , Bobby Kellard , John McCormick , Mel Blyth , John Craven , Alan Pinkney , Ross Jenkins , Willie Wallace , Anthony Taylor
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Peter Wall out for Gerald Queen 50'
LIVERPOOL GOAL
Emlyn Hughes 75'
CRYSTAL PALACE GOAL
Anthony Taylor 42'
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Crystal Palace manager: Bert Head
Referee: Taylor JK
Attendance: 30,054
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 3041
League game number: 2701




1975 Westham United ( Division one ) Anfield 2 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence , Phil Neal , Joey Jones , Phil Thompson , Peter Cormack , Emlyn Hughes ( Captain ) Kevin Keegan , Terry McDermott , Steve Heighway , John Toshack , Ian Callaghan
WEST HAM UNITED LINE UP
Mervyn Day , John McDowell , Frank Lampard , Pat Holland , Tommy Taylor , Kevin Lock , Alan Taylor , Graham Paddon , Bobby Gould , Trevor Brooking , Pop Robson
WEST HAM UNITED SUBSTITUTION
Bobby Gould out for Billy Jennings 27'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Ian Callaghan 24' (Kevin Keegan) , John Toshack 81' (Peter Cormack)
WEST HAM UNITED GOALS
Alan Taylor 32' , Alan Taylor 63'
Liverpool Manager: Bob Paisley
West Ham manager: John Lyall
Referee: Hackney HP
Attendance: 40,564
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 3220
League game number: 2826
LFC played towards Kop: Second half




1978 Queens Park Rangers ( Division One ) Anfield 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence , Phil Neal , Alan Kennedy , Phil Thompson , Ray Kennedy , Emlyn Hughes ( Captain ) Kenny Dalglish , Jimmy Case , Steve Heighway , Terry McDermott , Graeme Souness
Queens Park Rangers LINE UP
Phil Parkes , Dave Clement , Ian Gillard , John Hollins , Ernie Howe , Donald Shanks , Martyn Busby , Gerry Francis , Peter Eastoe , Stan Bowles , Paul McGee
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Kenny Dalglish 27' (Alan Kennedy) , Steve Heighway 76'
QUEENS PARK RANGERS GOAL
Paul McGee 29'
Liverpool Manager: Bob Paisley
Queens Park Rangers manager: Steven Burtenshaw
Referee: Seel CN
Attendance: 50,793
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 3402
League game number: 2951
LFC played towards Kop: Second half




1980 Coventry City ( Division One ) Highfield Road 0 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Steve Ogrizovic , Phil Neal , Alan Kennedy , Phil Thompson ( Captain ) , Ray Kennedy , Alan Hansen , Kenny Dalglish , Jimmy Case , David Johnson , Terry McDermott , Graeme Souness
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Jimmy Case out for David Fairclough 63'
COVENTRY CITY LINE UP
Jim Blyth , Mick Coop , Paul Dyson , Gary Gillespie , Brian Roberts, Roger van Gool, Andrew Blair , Tommy English , Gerry Daly , Steve Hunt , Garry Thompson
COVENTRY CITY SUBSTITUTION
Roger van Gool out for Dave Jones 84'
Liverpool Manager: Bob Paisley
Coventry manager: Gordon Milne
Attendance: 22,807
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 3518
League game number: 3036





1981 Atletico Madrid ( Friendly ) Vincent Calderon 1 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar, Alan Kennedy, Phil Neal, Alan Hansen, Phil Thompson, Ray Kennedy, Terry McDermott, Sammy Lee, Mark Lawrenson, Craig Johnston, Kenny Dalglish.
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES USED
Avi Cohen, David Johnson, Ian Rush.
ATLETICO MADRID LINE UP
Not Found - If Known Please Post - Thank You
LIVERPOOL GOAL
Ray Kennedy
ATLETICO MADRID GOALS
Minguez & Marcos
Attendance: Approx 30,000




1987 Irish Olympic X1 ( Friendly ) Lansdowne Road 5 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar, Nigel Spackman, Steve Nicol, Alan Hansen( Gary Gillespie 45' )Ronnie Whelan, Craig Johnston (John Walsh 45' ), Steve McMahon, John Barnes, Peter Beardsley(Colin Irvine 59' )John Aldridge( Kenny Dalglish 86. )John Wark
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Ronnie Whelan 24' John Aldridge 29' Pen Peter Beardsley 43' Paul Walsh 57' & 80'
IRISH OLYMPIC X1 LINE UP
O'Neil( Dundalk)Kenny( Shamrock Rovers )Neville( Shamrock Rovers )Eccles(Shamrock Rovers ), Brady( Shamrock Rovers )Lawless( Dundalk )Doolin( Shamrock Rovers )Mannion,( Galway United) Kehoe( Dundalk)Larkin( Shamrock Rovers )Jameson( Bohemians)
IRISH OLYMPIC X1 SUBSTITUTIONS
B.Murphy ( Bohemians ) For Eccles 45' , Bayly ( Sligo Rovers ) For Mannion 61'
Referee - P.Kelly ( Cork )
** Match Ended 6 Minutes early when some thought the ref who had blown for a free kick to the Irish thought it was the final whistle and rushed on the pitch which ended up with more coming on the ref wisely ended the game .
Attendance Approx 12,000




1989 Manchester City ( Division One ) Anfield 3 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar , Glenn Hysén , David Burrows , Steve Nicol , Ronnie Whelan , Alan Hansen ( Captain ) Peter Beardsley , Barry Venison , Ian Rush , John Barnes , Steve McMahon
MANCHESTER CITY LINE UP
Andy Dibble , Paul Lake , Andy Hinchcliffe , Ian Bishop , Brian Gayle , Steve Redmond , David Oldfield , Clive Allen , Trevor Morley , Neil McNab , Nigel Gleghorn
MANCHESTER CITY SUBSTITUTE
David Oldfield out for David White 73'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
John Barnes 7' pen , Peter Beardsley 60' , Steve Nicol 90' (John Barnes)
MANCHESTER CITY GOAL
Andy Hinchcliffe 23'
Liverpool Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Man City manager: Mel Machin
Referee: Phillips D
Attendance: 37,628
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 4056
League game number: 3407
LFC played towards Kop: Second half




1992 Sheffield United ( Premier League ) Anfield 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
David James , Rob Jones , David Burrows , Steve Nicol , Ronnie Whelan , Mark Wright ( Captain ) Dean Saunders , Paul Stewart , Steve McManaman , Mark Walters , Michael Thomas
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTE
Dean Saunders out for Ronny Rosenthal 80'
SHEFFIELD UNITED LINE UP
Simon Tracey , Kevin Gage , David Barnes , John Gannon ,Paul Beesley , Alan McLeary , Carl Bradshaw , Mike Lake , Ian Bryson , Brian Deane , Glyn Hodges
SHEFFIELD UNITED SUBSTITUTES
Carl Bradshaw out for Alan Cork 66' , John Gannon out for Charlie Hartfield 75'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Mark Walters 43' (Ronnie Whelan) , Paul Stewart 65' (Dean Saunders)
SHEFFIELD UNITED GOAL
Brian Deane 36'
Liverpool Manager: Graeme Souness
Sheffield United manager: Dave Bassett
Referee: Elleray DR
Attendance: 33,107
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 4220
League game number: 3526
LFC played towards Kop: First half




1995 Sheffield Wednesday ( Premier League ) Anfield 1 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
David James , Rob Jones , Mark Wright , Phil Babb , Stan Collymore , Ian Rush ( Captain ) John Barnes , Jamie Redknapp , Steve McManaman , Dominic Matteo , Steve Harkness
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Ian Rush out for Robbie Fowler 81' , Stan Collymore out for Michael Thomas 83'
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY LINE UP
Kevin Pressman , Dan Petrescu , Ian Nolan , Peter Atherton , Julian Watts , Des Walker , Graham Hyde , Chris Waddle , Mark Bright , Mark Pembridge , John Sheridan
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY SUBSTITUTES
Ian Nolan out for David Hirst 69' , Chris Waddle out for Andy Sinton 75'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Stan Collymore 61' (John Barnes)
Liverpool Manager: Roy Evans
Sheffield Wednesday manager: David Pleat
Referee: Durkin PA
Attendance: 40,535
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 4379
League game number: 3651
LFC played towards Kop: First half




1996 Arsenal ( Premier League ) Anfield 2 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
David James , Mark Wright , Phil Babb , Stig Inge Bjørnebye , Dominic Matteo , Jason McAteer , Steve McManaman , John Barnes ( Captain ) Michael Thomas , Stan Collymore , Robbie Fowler
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Stan Collymore out for Lee Jones 86' , Robbie Fowler out for David Thompson 86'
ARSENAL LINE UP
David Seaman , Lee Dixon , Nigel Winterburn , Martin Keown , Steve Bould , Andy Linighan , Ray Parlour , Stephen Morrow , Paul Merson , Dennis Bergkamp , John Hartson
ARSENAL SUBSTITUTES
Dennis Bergkamp out for Ian Wright 69' , Stephen Morrow out for David Hillier 78' , John Hartson out for Glenn Helder 87'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Steve McManaman 68' (John Barnes), Steve McManaman 74'
David Thompson makes his LFC debut
Liverpool Manager: Roy Evans
Arsenal manager: Stewart Houston
Referee: Willard GS
Attendance: 38,103
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 4433
League game number: 3690
LFC played towards Kop: First half





2000 Bradford City ( Premier League ) Anfield 1 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Sander Westerveld , Stephane Henchoz , Markus Babbel , Sami Hyypia ( Captain ) Djimi Traoré , Vladimir Smicer , Didi Hamann , Steven Gerrard , Nick Barmby , Emile Heskey , Michael Owen
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Steven Gerrard out for Gary McAllister 66' , Michael Owen out for Jamie Carragher 74' , Emile Heskey out for Patrik Berger 81'
BRADFORD CITY LINE UP
Matt Clarke , Peter Atherton , Ian Nolan , Stuart McCall , David Wetherall , Andy O'Brien , Dan Petrescu , David Hopkin , Dean Windass , Gareth Whalley , Lee Sharpe
BRADFORD CITY SUBSTITUTES
Dan Petrescu out for Benito Carbone 75' , David Hopkin out for Ashley Ward 75' , Lee Sharpe out for Peter Beagrie 82'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Emile Heskey 67' (Didi Hamann)
Liverpool Manager: Gérard Houllier
Bradford City manager: Christopher Hutchings
Referee: Durkin PA
Attendance: 44,183
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 4623
League game number: 3841
LFC played towards Kop: First half





2006 Sheffield United ( Premier League ) Bramall Lane 1 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Pepe Reina , Jan Kromkamp , Sami Hyypia , John Arne Riise , Fábio Aurélio , Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard ( Captain ) Momo Sissoko , Bolo Zenden , Robbie Fowler , Craig Bellamy
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
John Arne Riise out for Mark Gonzalez 26' , Jamie Carragher out for Daniel Agger 35' , Robbie Fowler out for Jermaine Pennant 82'
SHEFFIELD UNITED LINE UP
Paddy Kenny , Chris Armstrong , Chris Morgan , David Unsworth , Leigh Bromby , Derek Geary , Phil Jagielka, Michael Tonge , Philip Ifil , Bob Hulse , Danny Webber
SHEFFIELD UNITED SUBSTITUTES
Philip Ifil out for Keith Gillespie 59' , Leigh Bromby out for Mikele Leigertwood 75' , Bob Hulse out for Ade Akinbiyi 85'
LIVERPOOL GOAL
Robbie Fowler 70' pen
SHEFFIELD UNITED GOAL
Bob Hulse 46'
Liverpool Manager: Rafa Benítez
Sheffield United manager: Colin Wanker
Referee: Styles R
Attendance: 31,726
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 4981
League game number: 4069





2007 Chelsea ( Premier League ) Anfield 1 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Pepe Reina , Steve Finnan , Daniel Agger , John Arne Riise , Álvaro Arbeloa , Jamie Carragher , Steven Gerrard ( Captain ) Xabi Alonso , Jermaine Pennant , Fernando Torres , Dirk Kuyt
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Jermaine Pennant out for Ryan Babel 68' , John Arne Riise out for Peter Crouch 83'
CHELSEA LINE UP
Petr Cech , Ashley Cole , Tal Ben Haim , John Terry , John Obi Mikel , Florent Malouda , Michael Essien , Frank Lampard , Shaun Wright-Phillips , Didier Drogba , Salomon Kalou
CHELSEA SUBSTITUTES
Salomon Kalou out for Claudio Pizarro 46' , Shaun Wright-Phillips out for Joe Cole 77' , Florent Malouda out for Alex 85'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Fernando Torres 16' (Steven Gerrard)
CHELSEA GOAL
Frank Lampard 62'
Liverpool Manager: Rafa Benítez
Chelsea manager: José Mourinho
Referee: Styles R
Attendance: 43,924
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 5039
League game number: 4108
LFC played towards Kop: Second half




2009 Stoke City ( Premier League ) Anfield 4 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Pepe Reina , Glen Johnson , Emiliano Insúa , Jamie Carragher , Daniel Ayala , Steven Gerrard ( Captain ) Yossi Benayoun , Javier Mascherano , Lucas Leiva , Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Steven Gerrard out for Andriy Voronin 82' , Dirk Kuyt out for Albert Riera 82' , Fernando Torres out for David N'Gog 84'
STOKE CITY LINE UP
Thomas Sørensen , Danny Higginbotham , Ryan Shawcross , Andy Wilkinson , Glenn Whelan , Dean Whitehead , Amdy Faye , Rory Delap, Matthew Etherington , James Beattie , Richard Cresswell
STOKE CITY SUBSTITUTES
James Beattie out for Liam Lawrence 62' , Richard Cresswell out for Ricardo Fuller 62' , Dean Whitehead out for Danny Pugh 70'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Fernando Torres 4' (Steven Gerrard) , Glen Johnson 45' , Dirk Kuyt 78' (Steven Gerrard) David N'Gog 90'
Liverpool Manager: Rafa Benítez
Stoke City manager: Tony Pulis
Referee: Walton P
Attendance: 44,813
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 5152
League game number: 4184
LFC played towards Kop: Second half





2010 Trabzonspor ( Europa League Final Play Off Round 1st Leg ) Anfield 1 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Pepe Reina , Fábio Aurélio , Sotirios Kyrgiakos , Jamie Carragher ( Captain ) Martin Kelly , Joe Cole , Maxi Rodriguez , Ryan Babel , Lucas Leiva , Christian Poulsen , Milan Jovanovic
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Ryan Babel out for Fernando Torres 46' , Maxi Rodriguez out for David N'Gog 74'
TRABZONSPOR LINE UP
Kivrak Onur , Hrvoje Cale , Arkadiusz Glowacki , Ceyhun Gülselam , Inan Selçuk , Teófilo , Umut Bulut , Egemen Korkmaz , Burak Yilmaz , Fabio Silva , Serkan Balci
TRABZONSPOR SUBSTITUTES
Burak Yilmaz out for Alanzinho 56' , Fabio Silva out for Remzi Kaçar 77' , Umut Bulut out for Ibrahima Yattara 86'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Ryan Babel 44' (Joe Cole)
Liverpool Manager: Roy Hodgson
Trabzonspor manager: Senol Günes
Referee: Einwaller T (Austria)
Attendance: 40,941
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 5210
Europe game number: 317
LFC played towards Kop: Second half




2017 Crystal Palace ( Premier League ) Anfield 1 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Simon Mignolet , Joe Gomez , Ragnar Klavan , Andy Robertson , Joël Matip , Georginio Wijnaldum , James Milner , Jordan Henderson ( Captain ), Roberto Firmino, Daniel Sturridge, Sadio Mané
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Daniel Sturridge out for Mohamed Salah 61' , Georginio Wijnaldum out for Dominic Solanke 71', Roberto Firmino out for Dejan Lovren 90'
CRYSTAL PALACE LINE UP
Wayne Hennessey , Timothy Fosu-Mensah , Scott Dann , James Tomkins , Joel Ward , Luka Milivojevic , Jason Puncheon , Patrick van Aanholt , Andros Townsend , Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Christian Benteke,
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBSTITUTES
Jason Puncheon out for James McArthur 73' , Luka Milivojevic out for Sullay Kaikai 77' , Patrick van Aanholt out for Jeff Schlupp 84'
LIVERPOOL GOAL
Sadio Mane 73'
Liverpool Manager: Jürgen Klopp
Crystal Palace manager: Frank de Boer
Referee: Friend K
Attendance: 53,138
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 5579
League game number: 4488
LFC played towards Kop: Second half




2023 AFC Bournemouth ( Premier League ) Anfield 3-1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Alisson Becker , Trent Alexander-Arnold (Joe Gomez, 76), Ibrahima Konate, Virgil Van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Alexis Mac Allister( SENT OFF 58' ) Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo
( Wataru Endo, 63), Luis Diaz (Darwin Nunez, 86), Diogo Jota (Harvey Elliott, 76), Mohamed Salah (Kostas Tsimikas, 86).
AFC BOURNEMOUTH LINE UP
Norberto Murara Neto , Max Aarons , Illya Zabarnyi , Marcos Senesi , Milos Kerkez , Joe Rothwell , Ryan Christie , Antoine Semenyo , Philip Billing , Jaidon Anthony , Dominic Solanke
AFC BOURNEMOUTH SUBSTITUTES
Jaidon Anthony out for Justin Kluivert 63' , Ryan Christie out for Kieffer Moore 63' , Antoine Semenyo out for David Brooks 76' , Joe Rothwell out for Lloyd Kelly 76' ,
Marcos Senesi out for Hamed Traorè 84' ,
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Luis Dias 27' , Mohamed Salah 36'* , Diogo Jota 62'
*Mohamed Salah missed a Penalty on 36' but scored on the rebound *
AFC BOURNEMOUTH GOAL
Antoine Semenyo 3'
Liverpool Manager: Jürgen Klopp
AFC Bournemouth manager: Andoni Iraola
Referee: Bramall T
Attendance: 49,699
Half-time score: 2 - 1
Game number: 5912
League game number: 4716

[Boston Bosox]

" On This Day In L F C History " Part 3
August 19th
Events

Born On This Day

Tommy Johnson ( 1901 )
Liam Hughes ( 2001 )

Signed On this Day

Jimmy Ross ( 1894 )

L F C Debuts On This Day

Ian St John ( 1961 )
Ron Yeats ( 1961 )
Tony Hateley ( 1967 )
Alan Kennedy ( 1978 )
Stan Collymore (1995 )
David Thompson ( 1996 )
Markus Babbel ( 2000 )
Nick Barmby ( 2000 )
Gary McAllister ( 2000 )
Christian Poulsen ( 2010 )
Andy Robertson ( 2017 )
Wataru Endo ( 2023 )

Scored 1st L F C Goal On This Day

Paul Stewart ( 1992 )
Stan Collymore ( 1995 )
Fernando Torres ( 2007)
Glen Johnson ( 2009 )

Passed Away On This Day

John Bamber ( 1971 )



1894 – Inside-right Jimmy Ross signed from Preston North End for a club record £75. He had won the League twice with their ‘invincibles’ side, scoring 39 times in 85 reds games as well as becoming club captain. He left for Burnley in March 1897, sadly dying in June 1902 aged just 36.

1901 – Forward Tosh Johnson was born in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire. He crossed the park in March 1934, having claimed the First and Second Division titles and FA Cup with the Blues, and netted eight times in 38 reds games before joining Darwen in August 1936.

1939 - We beat Everton 2-1 in a friendly, with Harold Taylor and Jack Balmer on the scoresheet. The game was played in aid of the Jubilee Fund.

1944 - Cyril Done scored four goals as we thumped Everton 5-2 in a friendly, with Malam also on target.

1950 - We started our top-flight campaign with a 2-0 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers, going on to end the season in ninth place. Roy Swinbourne netted one of his five goals past us, with Billy Crook also scoring.

1953 - We beat Portsmouth 3-1 at Anfield in another season opener, with Bill Jones netting twice and Billy Liddell also on the scoresheet. Unfortunately, this was our only win in the first nine games of the season and we were relegated at the end of that season, having finished rock bottom of the table.

1961 - Ian St. John and Ron Yeats both debuted as we kicked off our Second Division championship winning season with a 2-0 win at Bristol Rovers, thanks to a strike from winger Kevin Lewis and a John Hills own goal.

1967 - New record signing Tony Hateley made his official debut as we started another season with a goalless draw at Manchester City. Tony Book missed a penalty for the home side.

1972 - Ex-reds left-back Peter Wall broke his leg while playing for Crystal Palace as they held us to a 1-1 draw at Selhurst Park. Emlyn Hughes grabbed our equaliser while Ray Clemence played his hundredth League game for the reds.

1975 – West Ham United held us to a 2-2 draw at Anfield, with Ian Callaghan and John Toshack netting.

1978 - Kenny Dalglish opened the scoring before Queens Park Rangers’ Paul McGee scored one of only four opposition goals in the League at Anfield that season, although we still won the game 2-1, with Steve Heighway netting late on. Left-back Alan Kennedy made his reds bow while Emlyn Hughes and Ray Clemence had paraded the European Cup prior to kick off, with Bob Paisley being presented with his Manager of the Month award for the previous April.

1980 – Keeper Steve Ogrizovic played his fifth and last reds game in our goalless draw at Coventry City. He later made a club record 601 appearances for the Sky Blues.

1981 - Jimmy Case joined Brighton & Hove Albion for £350,000 after seven years at Anfield during which time he bagged 46 goals in 269 reds games, helping us to claim three European Cups, four League titles, the UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup, League Cup and three FA Charity Shields. He had four seasons in this first spell at the Goldstone Ground, netting fifteen goals in 151 games, helping to knock the reds out of the FA Cup at Anfield in February 1983. On the very same day, Mark Lawrenson made his reds bow in our 2-1 friendly defeat at Club Atlético de Madrid, with Ray Kennedy bagging our goal.

1983 - Centre-back Mark Seagraves signed for the reds as a professional. He only made two senior appearances before joining Manchester City in September 1987.

1987 - The reds beat an Irish Olympic XI 5-0 at Lansdowne Road in Dublin, with our goals coming from a Paul Walsh brace, Peter Beardsley, Ronnie Whelan and a John Aldridge penalty. Nigel Spackman played at right-back.

1989 – We hosted City when a John Barnes penalty put us ahead before a deflected Andy Hinchcliffe free-kick levelled the scores. Second-half goals from Peter Beardsley and Steve Nicol handed us a 3-1 victory.

1992 - We recorded our first win in the newly-renamed FA Premier League by beating Sheffield United 2-1 at Anfield, with goals from Mark Walters and Paul Stewart’s first reds strike after Brian Deane had given the visitors the lead with one of his eight goals against us. This was also Ged Poynton’s first match in charge of the stadium and operations.

1995 - Stan Collymore scored the only goal of the game on his official reds debut against Sheffield Wednesday at Anfield, our first fixture of the season.

1996 - David Thompson made his reds bow from the bench in our 2-0 home defeat of Arsenal, with Steve McManaman netting a brace.

2000 - Gary McAllister became our oldest post-war debutant, aged 35 years and 237 days, in our season opener against Bradford City. Markus Babbel and Nick Barmby also made their first-class reds bows, as Emile Heskey scored the only goal of the game, his first at Anfield.

2001 – Northern Irish keeper Liam Hughes was born in Craigavon. He joined the reds from Celtic in January 2021, making it to the first-team bench on two occasions before being released at the end of the 2022/23 season.

2001 - Robbie Fowler finally apologised after his training ground bust-up with Phil Thompson, having sat out the FA Charity Shield and the home League win over West Ham United.

2004 - El-Hadji Diouf joined Bolton Wanderers on loan after six goals in eighty reds games following his £10m signing from Racing Club de Lens in June 2002. He bagged nine goals in 32 games while on loan at the Reebok Stadium, before signing permanently for the Trotters in June 2005.

2006 - Jan Kromkamp played his eighteenth and final reds game as a Robbie Fowler penalty rescued a point at Sheffield United in our opening League match of the season. This brought our fourteen-game winning streak to an end. Jamie Carragher and John Arne Riise both had to go off injured at Bramall Lane.

2007 - Fernando Torres bagged his first reds goal as we were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Chelsea, thanks to a Frank Lampard penalty that was ludicrously awarded by referee Rob Styles against Steve Finnan, one of his eight strikes past us. Peter Crouch was playing his hundredth game for the club.

2009 – Right-back Glen Johnson struck for the first time as we thumped Stoke City 4-0 at Anfield. Jamie Carragher played his 400th League game as we became the first club to reach 5,000 points in the top flight. Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt and David N’Gog all also netted.

2010 – Christian Poulsen had a goal disallowed on his debut as we faced Turkish side Trabzonspor in the first leg of our UEFA Europa League Play-off at Anfield. Joe Cole had a penalty saved in the second half, while Jamie Carragher skippered the side for the fiftieth time as Ryan Babel bagged the only goal of the game in first-half injury time.

2017 – Left-back Andy Robertson debuted as Sadio Mané bagged the only goal of Crystal Palace’s League visit to Anfield.

2022 – Academy Director Alex Inglethorpe signed a new contract. He had been heading the Academy up since 2014, having been promoted from Reserve Team Head Coach.

2023 – Japanese midfielder Wataru Endō made his reds bow as we beat Bournemouth 3-1 at Anfield, despite Alexis Mac Allister being sent off, although his dismissal was later rescinded. Antoine Semenyo opened the scoring for the Cherries after just three minutes but Luis Díaz struck before Mohamed Salah put us in front by converting his own saved penalty before the break. Diogo Jota also netted, after we had gone down to ten men.

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August 18 2001

I remember the issue with Fowler, he said in his book it kicked off in training as Thommo was behind the net of a goal fiddling with something and Fowler lashed the ball in the net. Thommo went nuts saying Fowler could have injured him, Fowler refused to say sorry, saying Thommo was being a baby. It all kicked off from there, he said in a meeting with Thommo and Houllier, Thommo claimed he could have been injured. Fowler said jokingly something along the lines of him planting a scissors in the ball and it would cut through the net. Fowler claimed Thommo was going mad at that, and that Houllier was trying his best not to laugh.

Fowler also said at one point he was brought to the half way line in training for a chat with Thommo and that in the middle of it he claimed Thommo was randomly waving his hands all over the place for no reason which he thought was odd. next day Liverpool echo had a big story of the argument showing Thommo waving his hands at Fowler. The pic made it look like the conversation was far worse than it was and was clearly a set up. Fowler missed a few games until he said sorry but it always felt like the management and Fowler at this point were like oil and water.

The 2-1 over West Ham was a good day, two superb goals by Michael Owen, enjoyable, a good mate of mine phoned then for a night out, totally unplanned and they are the best ones. We had good craic though one of his mates had a total meltdown for some reason.

At the end of the night the bouncers had to throw him out, I remember arguing with them outside over it over god knows what, the guy in question just lost it and start punching walls away from everyone. No idea why, he really badly injured his hands over this.

On the long bus home a few women took a shine to me over my Dublin accent, managed to get off with one of them which was a bloody rarity for me them days I can say to the point where my mates on the bus just sat gobsmacked. Good time all round (apart from the loo la punching walls)

Spent the sunday enjoying myself and then celebrating because the undertaker and kane won the tag titles at Summerslam haha

Today

in 1992. This was our first ever premier league win, we beat Sheffield United 2-1

Premier league records for us

First Assist: Ronnie Whelan
First goal:Mark Walters
First Winner: Paul Stewart

his one and only league goal for us.

It was also the official opening of the centenary stand in our centenary year, 25 years later the stand would be renamed after Kenny Dalglish.

Unusually David James in goal wore a blue jersey, I think this was the only time the jersey was ever worn.


Here is a pic of it and very little footage exists of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3YjKEim23I Lovely goal by Stewart

Strangely the Liverpool keepers wore 4 different jersies in the first 4 games

Grobbelaar wore a green one in the charity shield against Leeds

James wore a yellow one against Forest, a blue one here and in the next game against Arsenal he wore a grey one

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" On This Day In L F C History"
August 20th
Games

1927 Liverpool Reds V Liverpool Stripes
Match: Trial, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:15.
Liverpool Reds– Liverpool Whites 7-2 (3-1).
Attendance: 12,270; gate receipts: £340.
Referee: Mr. Forshaw.
LIVERPOOL REDS (2-3-5): Elisha Scott, Tommy Lucas, Albert Shears, John McNab, James Jackson, Tom Bromilow, **** Edmed, Gordon Hodgson, William Devlin, Harry Chambers, Fred Hopkin.
LIVERPOOL STRIPES (2-3-5): Arthur Riley, Robert Done, Ephraim Longworth, James Miller, William Cockburn, David McMullan, Cyril Oxley, Jimmy Walsh, Tommy Reid, Tom Devlin, George Pither.
THE GOALS: 0-1 Reid (5 min.), 1-1 Chambers, 2-1 W. Devlin, 3-1 Hodgson.
* Second half goals missing but the total reads: W. Devlin (2), Hodgson (4), Chambers / Reid 2.


1938 Everton ( Friendly ) Goodison Park 1 - 2
Info: Jubilee for the 50th anniversary of the Football League
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Hobson, Cooper, Harley, Busby, Bush, McInnes, Taylor, Nieuwenhuys, Fagan, Balmer, Kinghorn
LIVERPOOL GOAL
Jack Balmer
EVERTON LINE UP
Sagar, Cook, Greenhalgh, Mercer, T. Jones, Thomson, Gillick, McMurray, Lawton, Stevenson, Boyes
EVERTON GOALS
Not Found - If Known Please Post - Thank You
OTHER DETAILS
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Hewitt G




1949 Sunderland ( Division One ) Anfield 4 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Cyril Sidlow , Bill Shepherd , Ray Lambert , Phil Taylor , Bill Jones , Bob Paisley , Jimmy Payne, Kevin Baron , Albert Stubbins , Jack Balmer ( Captain ) Billy Liddell
SUNDERLAND LINE UP
Bobby Robinson , Jack Stelling , Arthur Hudgell , Reg Scotson , Fred Hall , Arthur Wright , Tommy Wright , Ivor Broadis , Dickie Davis , Len Shackleton , Tommy Reynolds
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Bob Paisley 32' , Jack Balmer 42' (Jimmy Payne) Kevin Baron 63' , Albert Stubbins 73' (Billy Liddell)
SUNDERLAND GOALS
Dickie Davis 41' , Ivor Broadis 62'
Liverpool Manager: George Ky
Sunderland manager: William Murray
Referee: Ellis AE
Attendance: 49,811
Half-time score: 2 - 1
Game number: 1913
League game number: 1733
LFC played towards Kop: First half




1955 Nottingham Forest ( Division Two ) City Ground 3 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Doug Rudham , Ray Lambert , Ronnie Moran , Roy Saunders , Laurie Hughes , Geoff Twentyman , Brian Jackson , Eric Anderson , Billy Liddell ( Captain ) John Evans , Alan A'Court
NOTTINGHAM FOREST LINE UP
Bill Farmer , Billy Whare , Geoff Thomas , Bill Morley , Robert McKinlay , Jack Burkitt , Peter Small , James Barrett , Peter Higham , Dennis Alexander , Stuart Imlach
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Alan A'Court 32' (Geoff Twentyman) , Alan A'Court 67' (Billy Liddell), John Evans 85' (Roy Saunders)
NOTTINGHAM FOREST GOAL
Peter Higham' 44'
Liverpool Manager: Don Welsh
Nottingham Forest manager: William Walker
Attendance: 21,389
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 2182
League game number: 1985




1960 Leeds United ( Division Two ) Anfield 2 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bert Slater , Gerry Byrne , Ronnie Moran , Johnny Wheeler , D ick White ( Captain ) Tommy Leishman , Kevin Lewis , Roger Hunt , Dave Hickson , Jimmy Melia , Alan A'Court
LEEDS UNITED LINE UP
Ted Burgin , Jimmy Ashall , Alf Jones , Eric Smith , Jack Charlton , Freddie Goodwin , Billy Bremner , Don Revie , John McCole , Peter Fitzgerald , Colin Grainger
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Kevin Lewis 28' , Dave Hickson 35'
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Leeds United manager: Jack Taylor
Referee: Smith RE (Wales)
Attendance: 43,041
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 2406
League game number: 2195
LFC played towards Kop: Second half
Kevin Lewis 28' , Dave Hickson 35'




1966 Leicester City ( Division One ) Anfield 3 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Tommy Lawrence , Chris Lawler , Gerry Byrne , Tommy Smith , Ron Yeats ( Captain ) Willie Stevenson , Ian Callaghan , Roger Hunt , Ian St John , Geoff Strong , Peter Thompson
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTE
Gerry Byrne out for Gordon Milne 24'
LEICESTER CITY LINE UP
Gordon Banks , Peter Rodrigues , Richard Norman , Bobby Roberts , John Sjoberg , Graham Cross , Jackie Sinclair , Jimmy Goodfellow , Derek Dougan , David Gibson , Mike Stringfellow
WON 3 - 2 LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Roger Hunt 10' (Ian St John) Geoff Strong 31' (Ian Callaghan) Willie Stevenson 65' penalty
LEICESTER CITY GOALS
Derek Dougan 39' , Derek Dougan 43'
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Leicester manager: Matthew Gillies
Referee: Windle R
Attendance: 49,076
Half-time score: 2 - 2
Game number: 2709
League game number: 2447
LFC played towards Kop: First half



1968 Stoke City ( Division One ) Anfield 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Tommy Lawrence , Chris Lawler , Peter Wall , Tommy Smith , Ron Yeats ( Captain ) , Emlyn Hughes , Ian Callaghan , Roger Hunt , Tony Hateley , Ian St John , Peter Thompson
STOKE CITY LINE UP
John Farmer , Eric Skeels , Alex Elder , Tony Allen , Alan Bloor , Willie Stevenson , Gerry Bridgwood , Mick Bernard , Terry Conroy , George Eastham , Harry Burrows
STOKE CITY SUBSTITUTE
Mick Bernard out for Jackie Marsh 79'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Ian Callaghan 63' (Chris Lawler) , Tony Allen O/G 75'
STOKE CITY GOAL
Terry Conroy 24'
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Stoke City manager: Tony Waddington
Referee: Kew GC
Attendance: 46,674
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 2822
League game number: 2534
LFC played towards Kop: First half




1969 Manchester City ( Division One ) Maine Road 2 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Tommy Lawrence , Chris Lawler , Geoff Strong , Tommy Smith , Ron Yeats ( Captain ) Emlyn Hughes , Ian Callaghan , Roger Hunt , Bobby Graham, Ian St John , Peter Thompson
MANCHESTER CITY LINE UP
Joe Corrigan , Tony Book , Glyn Pardoe , Mike Doyle , Tommy Booth , Stan Bowles , Mike Summerbee , Colin Bell , Franny Lee , Ian Bowyer , Tony Coleman
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Bobby Graham 44' (Ian Callaghan) , Bobby Graham 80' (Ian Callaghan)
Liverpool Manager: Bill Shankly
Man City manager: Joe Mercer
Referee: Finney J
Attendance: 47,888
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 2873
League game number: 2576




1974 Wolverhampton Wanderers ( Division One ) Molineux 0 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence , Tommy Smith , Alec Lindsay , Phil Thompson , Peter Cormack , Emlyn Hughes ( Captain ) Phil Boersma , Brian Hall , Steve Heighway , John Toshack , Ian Callaghan
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS LINE UP
Phil Parkes , Geoffrey Palmer , Derek Parkin , Michael Bailey , Francis Munro , John McAlle , Kenny Hibbitt , Barry Powell , John Richards , Alan Sunderland , Steve Kindon ,
Liverpool Manager: Bob Paisley
Wolves manager: William McGarry
Attendance: 33,499
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 3168
League game number: 2784




1977 Middlesbrough ( Division One ) Ayresome Patrk 1 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Ray Clemence , Phil Neal , Joey Jones , Phil Thompson , Ray Kennedy , Emlyn Hughes ( Captain ) Kenny Dalglish , Jimmy Case , Steve Heighway , Terry McDermott , Ian Callaghan
LIVERPOOL GOAL (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Kenny Dalglish 7' (Terry McDermott)
MIDDLESBROUGH LINE UP
Jim Platt , John Craggs , Terry Cooper , Graeme Souness , Stuart Boam , Willie Maddren , John Mahoney , David Mills , Billy Woof , Tony McAndrew , David Armstrong
MIDDLESBROUGH SUBSTITUTE
Billy Woof out for John Hickton 74'
MIDDLESBROUGH GOAL
David Armstrong 49'
Liverpool Manager: Bob Paisley
Middlesbrough manager: John Neal
Referee: Mills T
Attendance: 31,000
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 3341
League game number: 2909




1983 Manchester United ( Charity Shield ) Wembley Stadium 0 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar , Phil Neal , Alan Kennedy , Mark Lawrenson , Phil Thompson , Alan Hansen , Kenny Dalglish , Sammy Lee , Ian Rush , Michael Robinson , Graeme Souness ( Captain )
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Phil Thompson out for Craig Johnston 61' , Michael Robinson out for David Hodgson 61'
MANCHESTER UNITED LINE UP
Gary Bailey , Mike Duxbury , Arthur Albiston , Kevin Moran , Gordon McQueen , Ray Wilkins , Bryan Robson , Arnold Muhren , Arthur Graham , Norman Whiteside , Frank Stapleton
MANCHESTER UNITED SUBSTITUTE
Arnold Muhren out for John Gidman 65'
MANCHESTER UNITED GOALS
Bryan Robson 23' , Bryan Robson 60'
Liverpool Manager: Joe Fagan
Man Utd manager: Ron Atkinson
Referee: Robinson A
Attendance: 92,000
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 3701




1984 Home Farm ( Friendly ) Tolka Park 3 - 0
This match was arranged as part of the deal that took Brian Mooney and Ken DeMange to Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar, Phil Neal, Alan Kennedy, Gary Gillespie, Mark Lawrenson, Jan Mølby, Steve Nicol, Ronnie Whelan, David Hodgson, Paul Walsh, Ian Rush.
LIVERPOOL GOALS
Jan Mølby , Ronnie Whelan ( 2 )
HOME PARK LINE UP
Not Found
Attendance: Not Found
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1988 Wimbledon ( Charity Shield ) Wembley Stadium 2 - 1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Bruce Grobbelaar , Gary Gillespie , Barry Venison , Gary Ablett , Ronnie Whelan ( Captain ) , Alex Watson , Peter Beardsley , John Aldridge , Ray Houghton , John Barnes , Steve McMahon
WIMBLEDON LINE UP
Simon Tracey , John Scales , Terry Phelan , Vaughan Ryan , Eric Young , Peter Cawley , Terry Gibson , Carlton Fairweather, John Fashanu , Lawrie Sanchez , Dennis Wise
WIMBLEDON SUBSTITUTES
John Scales out for Andy Clement 70' , John Fashanu out for Robbie Turner 80'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
John Aldridge 23' (John Barnes) , John Aldridge 69' (John Barnes)
WIMBLEDON GOAL
John Fashanu 17'
Liverpool Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Wimbledon manager: Bobby Gould
Referee: Martin JE
Attendance: 54,887
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 4002




1994 Crystal Palace ( Premier League ) Selhurst Park 6 -1
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
David James , Rob Jones , Steve Nicol , Stig Inge Bjørnebye , Neil Ruddock , John Barnes , Jan Mølby , Jamie Redknapp , Steve McManaman , Ian Rush ( Captain ) , Robbie Fowler
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTE
Jan Mølby out for Michael Thomas 87'
CRYSTAL PALACE LINE UP
Nigel Martyn , Darren Pitcher , Dean Gordon , Gareth Southgate , Eric Young , Chris Coleman , Simon Rodger , Ray Wilkins , Chris Armstrong , Andy Preece , John Salako
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBSTITUTES
Andy Preece out for Bruce Dyer 26' , Ray Wilkins out for Bobby Bowry 80'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Jan Mølby 12' pen , Steve McManaman 14' (Jan Mølby) ,Robbie Fowler 45' , Ian Rush 60' (Stig Inge Bjørnebye) , Steve McManaman 70' (Jamie Redknapp) , Ian Rush 74' (John Barnes)
CRYSTAL PALACE GOAL
Chris Armstrong 49'
Liverpool Manager: Roy Evans
Crystal Palace manager: Alan Smith
Referee: Hart RA
Attendance: 18,084
Half-time score: 0 - 3
Game number: 4322
League game number: 3609



2005 Sunderland ( Premier League ) Anfield 1 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Pepe Reina , Steve Finnan , Sami Hyypia , Jamie Carragher , Stephen Warnock , Steven Gerrard ( Captain ) , Xabi Alonso , Momo Sissoko , Bolo Zenden , Djibril Cissé , Fernando Morientes
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Steven Gerrard out for Luis Garcia 55' , Bolo Zenden out for John Arne Riise 63' , Djibril Cissé out for Milan Baros 75'
SUNDERLAND LINE UP
Kelvin Davis , Julio Arca , Gary Breen , Alan Stubbs , Nyron Nosworthy , Andy Welsh , Tommy Miller , Carl Robinson , Dean Whitehead , Andy Gray , Liam Lawrence
SUNDERLAND SUBSTITUTES
Andy Gray out for Stephen Elliott 66' , Liam Lawrence out for Chris Brown 66' , Carl Robinson out for Martin Woods 82'
LIVERPOOL GOAL
Xabi Alonso 24'
Liverpool Manager: Rafa Benítez
Sunderland manager: Mick McCarthy
Referee: Knight B
Attendance: 44,913
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 4923
League game number: 4032
LFC played towards Kop: Second half


2011 Arsenal ( Premier League ) Emirates Stadium ) 2 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Pepe Reina , Jose Enrique , Daniel Agger , Jamie Carragher ( Captain ) Martin Kelly , Jordan Henderson , Stewart Downing , Lucas Leiva , Charlie Adam , Andy Carroll , Dirk Kuyt
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Andy Carroll out for Luis Suarez 71' , Dirk Kuyt out for Raul Meireles 71'
ARSENAL LINE UP
Wojciech Szczesny , Carl Jenkinson , Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny , Thomas Vermaelen , Emmanuel Frimpong , Theo Walcott , Aaron Ramsey , Samir Nasri , Robin van Persie , Andrey Arshavin
ARSENAL SUBSTITUTES
Laurent Koscielny out for Ignasi Miquel 16' , Andrey Arshavin out for Henri Lansbury 72' , Theo Walcott out for Nicklas Bendtner 80'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
Aaron Ramsey O/G 78' , Luis Suarez 90' (Raul Meireles)
Liverpool Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Arsenal manager: Arsène Wenger
Referee: Atkinson M
Attendance: 60,090
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 5262
League game number: 4260




2016 Burnley ( Premier League ) Turf Moor 0 - 2
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Simon Mignolet , Nathaniel Clyne , Dejan Lovren , James Milner , Ragnar Klavan , Georginio Wijnaldum , Philippe Coutinho , Jordan Henderson ( Captain ) Adam Lallana , Roberto Firmino, Daniel Sturridge ,
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
Daniel Sturridge out for Divock Origi 65' , James Milner out for Alberto Moreno 77' , Adam Lallana out for Marko Grujic 78'
BURNLEY LINE UP
Tom Heaton , Matthew Lowton , Michael Keane , Ben Mee , Stephen Ward , George Boyd , Dean Marney , Steven Defour , Scott Arfield , Andre Gray , Sam Vokes
BURNLEY SUBSTITUTES
Steven Defour out for Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson 56' , Sam Vokes out for Lukas Jutkiewicz 82' , Andre Gray out for Aiden O'Neill 90'
BURNLEY GOALS
Sam Vokes 2' , Andre Gray 37'
Liverpool Manager: Jürgen Klopp
Burnley manager: Sean Dyche
Referee: Mason LS
Attendance: 21,313
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 5531
League game number: 4450



2018 Crystal Palace ( Premier League ) Selhurst Park 2 - 0
LIVERPOOL LINE UP
Alisson Becker , Virgil Van Dijk , Joe Gomez , Andy Robertson, Trent Alexander-Arnold , Georginio Wijnaldum , James Milner ( Captain ) Naby Keita , Roberto Firmino , Sadio Mané , Mohamed Salah
LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTES
James Milner out for Jordan Henderson 67' , Naby Keita out for Adam Lallana 87' , Roberto Firmino out for Daniel Sturridge 90'
CRYSTAL PALACE LINE UP
Wayne Hennessey , Aaron Wan-Bissaka , James Tomkins , Mamadou Sakho , Patrick van Aanholt , Andros Townsend , Luka Milivojevic , James McArthur , Jeff Schlupp , Christian Benteke , Wilfred Zaha ,
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBSTITUTES
Christian Benteke out for Alexander Sørloth 70' , Andros Townsend out for Joel Ward 79' , Jeff Schlupp out for Max Meyer 83'
CRYSTAL PALACE RED CARD
Aaron Wan-Bissaka 75'
LIVERPOOL GOALS (ASSISTS IN BRACKETS)
James Milner 45' pen , Sadio Mané 90 +3' (Mohamed Salah)
OTHER DETAILS
Liverpool Manager: Jürgen Klopp
Palace manager: Roy Hodgson
Referee: Oliver M
Attendance: 25,750
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 5634
League game number: 4526

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"On This Day In L F C History"
August 20th
Events

Born On This Day

Henry Welfare ( 1888 )
D ick Forshaw (1895 )
Steve McMahon ( 1961 )
Max Woltman ( 2003 )

Signed On This Day

John Drummond ( 1894 )
Xabi Alonso ( 2004 )
Luis Garcia ( 2004 )
Aly Cissokho ( 2013 )

Sold On This Day

John Tosswill ( 1913 )
Christian Benteke ( 2016 )

L F C Debuts On This Day

Kevin Lewis ( 1960 )
Michael Robinson ( 1983 )
Marko Grujic ( 2016 )

Scored 1st L F C Goal On This Day

Kevin Lewis ( 1960 )
Kenny Dalglish ( 1977 )



1894 – Outside-left John Drummond joined from Sheffield United, scoring once in eighteen outings before moving on to Barnsley St. Peter’s the following year.

1895 – Inside-left D ick Forshaw was born in Preston. He joined the reds in July 1919, winning two League titles while with the reds, scoring an impressive 124 times in 288 games. He has the unique honour of being the only player ever to claim League championship medals with both Merseyside clubs, helping the Blues to one in 1928 after he had crossed Stanley Park for £3,750 in March 1927.

1888 – Forward Harry Welfare was born in Wavertree, Liverpool. He signed from Northern Nomads in 1912, notching once in four outings before moving to Wrexham the following year. He later had a very successful career in Brazil, helping Fluminense to claim the title three times in succession while bagging 163 goals in just 166 games.

1913 – Inside-right John Tosswill was sold to Southend United. He had struck once in eleven outings since signing from Queens Park Rangers in June 1912.

1938 - We lost a friendly 2-1 at Everton. Jack Balmer netted in a game staged to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Football League.

1949 - We entertained Sunderland , winning 4-2 in a season opener, with Bob Paisley, Jack Balmer, Kevin Baron and Albert Stubbins all on target, with Billy Liddell missing a penalty. Dickie Davis struck one of his seven goals against us, with Ivor Broadis also on target. We went on to finish eighth that season.

1955 - We began our season with a 3-1 Second Division win at Nottingham Forest, with Alan A’Court nabbing a brace and John Evans also netting, as full-back Ray Lambert played his 300th League game for the club. Unfortunately, we ended the season in third, missing out on promotion again.

1960 - Winger and new £13,000 record signing Kevin Lewis scored on his debut as we beat Leeds United 2-0 at Anfield in another season opener, with the other goal coming from former blue Dave Hickson.

1961 - Steve McMahon was born in Liverpool. He signed from Aston Villa for £350,000 in September 1985 and struck fifty times in 277 reds appearances in his six years at Anfield, during which time he won three League titles, the FA Cup and two FA Charity Shields. He left the reds to sign for Manchester City for £900,000 in December 1991.

1966 - A fifteen-year old Kenny Dalglish wore the number eight shirt playing for Liverpool B as they beat Southport 1-0 in a Lancashire League match, five years before he signed professional terms with Celtic. However, he was not taken on by Bill Shankly, returning to Anfield as our record signing eleven years later.

1966 – We defeated Leicester City 3-2 in L4 in our opening League game of the season. Roger Hunt and Geoff Strong struck before Derek Dougan netted the first two of his four goals against the reds. Willie Stevenson scored the winner from the spot.

1968 – We beat Stoke City 2-1 at Anfield with Terry Conroy giving the visitors the lead with the first of his four goals past us. Ian Callaghan equalised before Tony Allen turned a Peter Thompson cross into his own net.

1969 – We won 2-0 at Manchester City with Bobby Graham bagging a brace.

1971 - An unusual situation occurred as Manchester United played a home fixture at Anfield. Old Trafford was closed for two weeks due to hooliganism, and so United entertained Arsenal at Anfield. The ‘home’ side won 3-1. Frank McLintock sent the Gunners in ahead at half time, but goals from George Best, Bobby Charlton and Brian Kidd secured United’s victory.

1974 – Ian Callaghan played his 500th League game for the reds in our goalless game at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

1977 - Kenny Dalglish scored on his League debut as we drew 1-1 at Middlesbrough, with David Armstrong bagging the first of his four goals past us.

1983 - Joe Fagan’s first game in charge came in the FA Charity Shield, when we lost 2-0 to Manchester United. Michael Robinson made his first-class reds debut in this match. Bryan Robson bagged both United’s goals, two of his seven strikes against us.

1984 - Jan Mølby scored in his first reds game, two days before he officially signed, as we beat Home Farm 3-0 in a friendly held at Tolka Park in Dublin. Ronnie Whelan added a brace, while Ian Rush sustained cartilage damage that kept him out of the first team for two months. The game had been arranged as part of the transfer deal that brought Ken DeMange and Brian Mooney to Anfield.

1988 - We gained some revenge on Wimbledon for our FA Cup Final defeat earlier that year, coming from behind to beat them 2-1 thanks to a John Aldridge brace, to claim the Shield for the seventh time outright. Charlie Boyd and Jim Magilton both sat on our bench for the first of just two occasions, while John Fashanu netted one of his six goals against us.

1994 - We thumped Palace 6-1 at Selhurst Park to get the season off to a great start. Steve McManaman and Ian Rush scored twice apiece, with Jan Mølby and Robbie Fowler also on the scoresheet. Chris Armstrong bagged the home side’s consolation.

2003 – Forward Max Woltman was born in Wirral. He joined the Academy at the age of seven, playing in the FA Youth Cup Final in May 2021 after turning pro the previous January. He signed a new contract in May 2022, making two senior appearances in cup competitions before moving on to Oxford United .

2004 - We signed a pair of Spaniards. Xabi Alonso arrived from Real Sociedad for £10.7m, with Luis García signing from Barcelona for a £6m fee. Xabi netted nineteen times, showing his silky passing skills in 210 reds games before moving to Real Madrid for £30m in August 2009. García struck thirty times, including five in our glorious Champions League campaign in 2005, in 121 games, before returning to his homeland to join Club Atlético de Madrid in July 2007.

2005 - Milan Baroš played his 108th and final reds game, with Luis García making his fiftieth reds appearance, as Xabi Alonso nabbed the only goal of our Anfield encounter with Sunderland, who had Andy Welsh sent off, the second of fifteen dismissals against the reds that season.

2011 – We beat Arsenal 2-0 in our first ever win at the Emirates Stadium. Emmanuel Frimpong was sent off before Ignasi Miquel’s clearance rebounded off Aaron Ramsey’s chest for an own goal. Luis Suárez then added a second in stoppage time.

2012 – Slovakian centre-half Martin Škrtel signed a new contract. He arrived from Zenit St. Petersburg for £6.5m to become our most expensive defender to date, notching eighteen goals in 320 games in total, including one in our Carling Cup win at Wembley in February 2012, moving on to Fenerbahçe SK for £5.5m in July 2016.

2013 – Left-back Aly Cissokho signed on loan from Valencia. The Frenchman played nineteen reds games without scoring.

2016 – Marko Grujić made his senior reds bow as we dominated but lost 2-0 at Burnley, with Sam Vokes and Andre Gray both on target before the break.

2018 - Sadio Mané scored in his third consecutive reds game as we won 2-0 at Crystal Palace, with James Milner handing us the lead from the spot at the very end of the first half. Aaron Wan-Bissaka was sent off for the home side before Mané struck in injury time. Daniel Sturridge played his hundredth League game for the reds.

[Boston Bosox]

The last ...
Game was against
Ipswich Town on Saturday, 17 Aug 2024
Goal was scored by
Mohamed Salah against Ipswich Town on Saturday, 17 Aug 2024
Own goal was scored by
Conor Bradley against Sheffield United on Thursday, 04 Apr 2024
Sending off was
Ibrahima Konaté against Arsenal on Sunday, 04 Feb 2024
Penalty goal was
Mohamed Salah against Atalanta on Thursday, 18 Apr 2024
Missed penalty was
Darwin Nunez against Chelsea on Wednesday, 31 Jan 2024
Home win was against
Wolves on Sunday, 19 May 2024
Home draw was against
Manchester City on Sunday, 10 Mar 2024
Home defeat was against
Crystal Palace on Sunday, 14 Apr 2024
Away win was against
Ipswich Town on Saturday, 17 Aug 2024
Away draw was against
Aston Villa on Monday, 13 May 2024
Away defeat was against
Everton on Wednesday, 24 Apr 2024


Liverpool FC have scored 10466 goals in 5969 competitive matches
217 of those goals are own goals and 551 came from the penalty spot.
477 players have scored a goal for Liverpool FC.
438 players have scored a league goal for Liverpool FC.
Liverpool have scored 1.8 goals on average in each game.
807 players have played in competitive matches for Liverpool FC since 1892.
15633 players have played against Liverpool FC since the 1893-1894 season.

[Crosby Nick]

I was travelling yesterday so didn’t read up. I went to the opening day games against City in 1989 and Bradford in 2000.

The City one I remember coming away with a massive headache having been in the sun all day, we were about row 5 of the old Kemlyn. The same day United beat Arsenal 4-1 and that actually got a big cheer - first game of the season and we all remember how the previous one had ended.

The Bradford game was pretty tight. Moment of magic from Heskey made the difference. Was the start of a great season for us.

[paulrazor]

1977- The beginning of a love affair still going strong

Kenny Dalglish scored on his Liverpool debut in a 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough, fittingly in the 7th minute.

Middlesbrough began life without one of my heroes as manager, Jack Charlton left the club saying after 4 years enough was enough but later admitted it was a hasty decision. During his time there he worked with Phil Boersma and Craig Johnston whom Charlton harshly labelled the worst player he ever saw. Johnston would later sign for Middlesbrough under charlton who didnt remember him.

Former Leeds man Terry Cooper had played with Charlton at Leeds and also at Middlesbrough were two players Charlton highly rated, scorer David Armstrong and Graeme Souness. Boro had finished 7th a few years earlier. Charlton claimed in 1991 when interviewed by bbc ahead of and Ireland England game
"We needed two or three more players and we probably could have won the league but I was a cheapskate, the money was there but i didnt spend it".

1983 Charity Shield

We lost 2-0 to Man United, many point out that Joe Fagan in his first game may have caused the team to lose focus by making a sub before a corner, a tactic in football that is still pointed out today, Phil Thompson played his last game for the club on this day, he remained until the end of the season but didnt get a look in. Thommo later said he was broken hearted when Fagan didnt even allow him on the team bus going to Rome for the European cup final in 1984, he said he was one of 17 players selected but as only 16 players were allowed in the match day squad he was the unlucky one and said he couldnt believe he didnt make the bench.

Whilst the method of him being banned from the bus was incredibly harsh, one has to wonder how after appearing in one game all season he didnt take the hint he wouldnt be on the bench

1994 vs Palace 6-1

A bit like this season we knew we needed recruitment and our only signing was a keeper, for Mamadarshvilli (who will likely sign) read Michael Stensgaard. We needed new blood and it was not a good team but a number of players like Molby, Ruddock, Redknapp, Barnes and McManaman seemed to have got into good shape over the summer. I wasnt looking forward to the season but we ended up playing very well and began this day with a crushing win and some fine goals.

2011 vs Arsenal 2-0

Think we were about 2/1 to win that, Arsenal had a number of injuries so I had about 20 on it, that away kit we wore that day was a belter, we played some good stuff, Arsenal had Frimpong sent off for a disgraceful tackle on Lucas and by full time carl Jenkinson at right back could hardly walk so they were pretty much down to 9 men. Raul Meireles and Luis Suarez came off the bench to win it for us, and I was dying for Raul to stay however he would join Chelsea a short time after. An absolute freak own goal by Aaron Ramsey and a well worked Suarez goal gave us a 2-0 win.

Can remember the mrs constantly interrupted the game til I had enough
"JESUS CHRIST LET ME WATCH THE FUCKING GAME WILL YA"

2018 Crystal palace away 2-0

That away kit looked boss under the lights. Naby Keita looked a world beater though unfortunately his legs were made of cheese.

Late on Wan Bissaka was sent off for a tackle on Salah, what annoyed me was I had salah as captain in fantasy football and wan bissaka, the red card and the amount of points I lost for a salah goal was quite big.

I enjoyed the game though in Salou having my first family holiday, a lovely night.

[disgraced cake]

2004 - We signed a pair of Spaniards. Xabi Alonso arrived from Real Sociedad for £10.7m, with Luis García signing from Barcelona for a £6m fee. Xabi netted nineteen times, showing his silky passing skills in 210 reds games before moving to Real Madrid for £30m in August 2009. García struck thirty times, including five in our glorious Champions League campaign in 2005, in 121 games, before returning to his homeland to join Club Atlético de Madrid in July 2007.

Just saw Luis Garcia mention this on twitter. Very cool looking back that we signed both on the same day given what they'd go on to achieve at the end of their first season. Also crazy as I mentioned the other day on the anniversary of Rafa's first league game, that it's been twenty years. All those landmark dates hitting hard, I'm sure there'll be a lot of good stuff surrounding the 20th anniversary of Istanbul next May.

[Boston Bosox]

1977- The beginning of a love affair still going strong

Kenny Dalglish scored on his Liverpool debut in a 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough, fittingly in the 7th minute.

Middlesbrough began life without one of my heroes as manager, Jack Charlton left the club saying after 4 years enough was enough but later admitted it was a hasty decision. During his time there he worked with Phil Boersma and Craig Johnston whom Charlton harshly labelled the worst player he ever saw. Johnston would later sign for Middlesbrough under charlton who didnt remember him.

Former Leeds man Terry Cooper had played with Charlton at Leeds and also at Middlesbrough were two players Charlton highly rated, scorer David Armstrong and Graeme Souness. Boro had finished 7th a few years earlier. Charlton claimed in 1991 when interviewed by bbc ahead of and Ireland England game
"We needed two or three more players and we probably could have won the league but I was a cheapskate, the money was there but i didnt spend it".

1983 Charity Shield

We lost 2-0 to Man United, many point out that Joe Fagan in his first game may have caused the team to lose focus by making a sub before a corner, a tactic in football that is still pointed out today, Phil Thompson played his last game for the club on this day, he remained until the end of the season but didnt get a look in. Thommo later said he was broken hearted when Fagan didnt even allow him on the team bus going to Rome for the European cup final in 1984, he said he was one of 17 players selected but as only 16 players were allowed in the match day squad he was the unlucky one and said he couldnt believe he didnt make the bench.

Whilst the method of him being banned from the bus was incredibly harsh, one has to wonder how after appearing in one game all season he didnt take the hint he wouldnt be on the bench

1994 vs Palace 6-1

A bit like this season we knew we needed recruitment and our only signing was a keeper, for Mamadarshvilli (who will likely sign) read Michael Stensgaard. We needed new blood and it was not a good team but a number of players like Molby, Ruddock, Redknapp, Barnes and McManaman seemed to have got into good shape over the summer. I wasnt looking forward to the season but we ended up playing very well and began this day with a crushing win and some fine goals.

2011 vs Arsenal 2-0

Think we were about 2/1 to win that, Arsenal had a number of injuries so I had about 20 on it, that away kit we wore that day was a belter, we played some good stuff, Arsenal had Frimpong sent off for a disgraceful tackle on Lucas and by full time carl Jenkinson at right back could hardly walk so they were pretty much down to 9 men. Raul Meireles and Luis Suarez came off the bench to win it for us, and I was dying for Raul to stay however he would join Chelsea a short time after. An absolute freak own goal by Aaron Ramsey and a well worked Suarez goal gave us a 2-0 win.

Can remember the mrs constantly interrupted the game til I had enough
"JESUS CHRIST LET ME WATCH THE FUCKING GAME WILL YA"

2018 Crystal palace away 2-0

That away kit looked boss under the lights. Naby Keita looked a world beater though unfortunately his legs were made of cheese.

Late on Wan Bissaka was sent off for a tackle on Salah, what annoyed me was I had salah as captain in fantasy football and wan bissaka, the red card and the amount of points I lost for a salah goal was quite big.

I enjoyed the game though in Salou having my first family holiday, a lovely night.

Excellent Post