In History
September 9th
1989 Derby County (Division One) Baseball Ground 3-0
Ian Rush 50' John Barnes 82'(Pen) Peter Beardsley 90'
Att 20,034
It was our 4th match of the season and our 3rd consecutive away game, we were unbeaten at this point but having drawn two away games it was time to get back on the winning track. Having missed a good chance in the first half, Ian Rush scored his first of the season to give us the lead after a Peter Beardsley shot came back off the underside of the bar. Beardsley was at the centre of everything, after hitting the post following one mazy run, the England forward found himself clean through on goal but was fouled by goalkeeper Peter Shilton. John Barnes scored his third of the season by sending Shilton the wrong way and fittingly in the final minute Beardsley made it 3-0 after making a monkey out of both Mark Wright and Peter Shilton.
1995 Wimbledon (Premier League) Selhurst Park 0-1
Att 19,530
As mentioned Wimbledon were now playing in Selhurst Park, they were always a thorn in the side and speaking of which, they had a player called Andy Thorn who was involved in a very bizarre incident here. Thorn had previously played in cup shocks against us for Wimbledon in 1988, Palace in 1990, Palace again in 1992 in which he scored and was also part of a Newcastle side that scored a surprise win at Anfield in 1988. Thorn was initially sent off here when he hacked down Stan Collymore who was back from injury, as the two squared up, Vinny Jones stuck his oar in by headbutting Collymore, both Jones and Thorn were sent from the field with the referee seemingly getting them mixed up and eventually allowing Thorn to continue.
It was just our luck that Thorn would score the games winning goal, the closest we came was a Robbie Fowler effort that Wimbledon keeper Paul Heald somehow tipped onto the bar. We lost 1-0 taking us to 5 games, 3 wins and 2 losses.
1998 Coventry City (Premier League) Anfield 2-0
Patrik Berger 26' Jamie Redknapp 48'
Att 41,771
I had just started in a new school, not due to bad behaviour but more because of locality, i used to have travel over an hour, now it was just 15 minutes. home every day at 430, never hurt. I know we were top here and it was a bit rare back then but I remember very little about this game, the win though meant we had 10 points from 4 games, our much criticized defence had conceded just two goals while up top, no Robbie Fowler or not we still had scored 8, things didnt last too long though, the Houllier - Evans joint managerial effort was soon to be exposed for the bizarreness it was.
2000 Manchester City (Premier League) Anfield 3-2
Michael Owen 11' Dietmar Hamann 56' 82'
Att 44,692
It seemed all plain sailing against newly promoted Man City, Michael Owen gave us the lead and a spectacular effort from Didi Hamann made it 2-0. with 10 minutes to go we seemingly threw it away when George Weah and a penalty from Kevin Horlock (following a clumsy foul by Djimi Traore) made it 2-2 but a clinical volley from Didi Hamann gave us the win although a bad tackle from Hamann at the end meant he was lucky not to be sent off. We had scored 10 goals and conceded 8 in our first 5 premiership games, Michael Owen had scored 6 times and with 10 points from 5 games we were just one point behind top of the table Manchester United, we were in 4th.
2006 Everton (Premier League) Goodison Park 0-3
Att 40,004
I have had the pleasure of laughing at Everton on many occasion but this wasnt one of them. Tim Cahill opened the scoring for them although it did appear as if Steve Finnan had been fouled in the build up. Everton's second from Andy Johnson also seemed to have a foul in the build up but it didnt excuse the mix up between Jamie Carragher and Sami Hyypia. To be fair it was a bit harsh on us, Steven Gerrard twice hit the post, but the laughter against us felt like a pay back for the years we taunted, Sandy Brown, Mick Lyons, Phil Neville and John Bailey. It showed how much Everton were worried when their fans nervously greeted the warning of 5 minutes injury time with obvious trepidation.
However we were to be done again, having been laughed when Fabio Aurelio twice nearly got knocked out with balls in the face, there was to be salt in the wounds when Lee Carsley hit a swerving shot from distance, Reina tried to punch it over the bar but it began dropping into the danger zone of the 6 yard box, with his momentum taking him over the goal line Reina could just make a hash of it again before Andy Johnson headed in his second to make it 0-3 and complete a miserable afternoon in which we would end the day 9th already 8 points off the pace.