Sticking to the "famous" directive as opposed to "best" or whatever I'll be going with...
1974 FA Cup Final, Liverpool 3 Newcastle Utd 0 -
I was seven years old, getting into playing footy daily and had been with an uncle to see Blackpool play a few times. My Dad was a Red and got a pair of tickets due to a family member being hospitalised (no, my old man didn't arrange it...) I can remember getting blown away by the atmosphere, this was something ELSE, something I could not have even imagined existing - wow!
I was then blown away watching the amazing patterns these Gods in Red were weaving all over that green paradise while the little men in stripey shirts fell around, crumpled to the floor, or, seemingly, just watched on in amazement. I felt something stir deep within that afternoon, a rumbling which I now know to be the initial symptoms of falling in love...
1978 European Cup Final, Liverpool 1 FC Bruges 0
Back to Wembley, 11 years old and now completely smitten. All I remember is a sea of Red, inside and outside the stadium, did Bruges have any fans there at all? I remember wondering that...was as close to Kenny's chip as anyone and can still see the exact image today when I close my eyes. Heartbroken by Keegan's departure the previous summer, healed by the magic of Kenny Dalglish.
1999 Premier League Liverpool 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1
Not a famous match you say? Well, if not, it damn well should be. It was my 33rd birthday, and my present was to witness the first goal scored for a certain 19 year called Steven Gerrard. Now, call me Nostradamus, but I vividly remember turning to my mate and telling him that this Gerrard kid was gonna be special, that he'd captain Liverpool and also England...and then two minutes later this happened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4aHoyGsi4M More love!
March 2012 Premier League Liverpool 3 Everton 0
The famous Gerrard Hat-trick, he's recently described the match as one of his very favourite Anfield memories, one of mine too! Fantastic performance from a certain Luis Suarez too if memory serves.
I watched this from the back row of the old Main Stand with my then 18 year old son, pretty much on halfway, and could see the piss boiling in the Lower Annie from there. What a night! A floodlit blessing! I'll add that we were only there courtesy of the RAWK ticket exchange, with tickets from our very own Harinder who could not make it. I still feel for him...kinda
Thanks Harinder man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PONSpedh6MAMemories...