YNWA looks back at our previous League trips to Wearside as we prepare for our 72nd League match at Sunderland on Saturday evening, and seventh at the Stadium Of Light. So far we have won 26 of these meetings, drawn thirteen, and lost on 32 occasions.
Memorable for Momo
Momo Sissoko struck his only reds goal in August 2007, to notch our 7,000th strike in League football. Andriy Voronin also notched as we won 2-0, with Sami Hyypiä forced off after just a quarter of an hour with a broken nose and Jamie Carragher also breaking a rib and having to be replaced.
Momo was sent off in November 2005 as we won 2-0 thanks to goals from Luis García and Steven Gerrard. This ensured we had gone the whole month of November without conceding a goal - a club first. Our most recent visit prior to that ended in defeat in December 2002 with Milan Baroš netting as we lost 2-1. Chris Kirkland saved a penalty from ex-Blue Gavin McCann.
Off the mark
In February 2001, Jari Litmanen scored from the penalty spot, his first goal for the club, cancelling out former red Don Hutchinson's goal, to gain a 1-1 draw. Jari had an eventful day, as he also received the only booking of his Liverpool career.
Another dismissal
Michael Owen scored the only goal of the game in April 2002 as we bounced back from our Champions League quarter-final defeat at Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Claudio Reyna was sent off for the home side in front of a record Stadium Of Light attendance of 48,355.
New grounds
Liverpool's first game proper at the new Stadium Of Light ended in a 2-0 win in November 1999, with goals from Michael Owen and Patrik Berger. We had played at the ground in May of the same year, winning the Football League 100th Championship Challenge. We had also helped Sunderland to celebrate their first ever game at Roker Park way back in September 1898, as we lost 1-0 thanks to a Jim Leslie strike.
Big wins
Our Second Division meeting in August 1961 ended in a thumping 4-1 victory, with Roger Hunt and Ian St. John both nabbing braces. Jack Balmer, Billy Liddell, Berry Nieuwenhuys and Albert Stubbins all netted as we won by the same score in December 1946. We also returned home with the same scoreline back in January 1909, with Joe Hewitt scoring a hat-trick against his former club, our most recent treble in this fixture. Arthur Goddard was also on target.
Debuting for the reds
Right-back Don Campbell made his reds bow as we lost 3-2 in November 1953, with Sammy Smyth on the scoresheet twice. Centre-forward Danny Shone and outside-left Fred Hopkin both debuted in a 3-0 defeat in a season opener in August 1921, with the reds missing a penalty. Left-back Bob Pursell played his first reds game as we won 2-1 in September 1911, thanks to goals from John McDonald and Robbie Robinson. Ten years earlier, left-half George Fleming made his reds bow as we drew 1-1. Jack Cox was on target with George Bowen playing his second and final reds game.
Hefty defeats
We were trounced 5-1 in November 1947, with Billy Liddell bagging our consolation. We were humbled 7-0 back in December 1912, with Charlie Buchan scoring five, the most we have conceded to a player in one match. We suffered another heavy defeat in January 1911, going down 4-0.
Solitary goals
Wing-half Tom Bush scored his only reds goal as we won 3-2 in December 1938, with Bill Kinghorn and Phil Taylor also striking. Left-back Billy Dunlop scored the first of just two reds goals as we lost 2-1 in September 1903.
Trebles against
Bobby Gurney scored a hat-trick for Sunderland as they won 4-2 in April 1937, his third against Liverpool. He remains the record League goalscorer against the reds. Berry Nieuwenhuys and Alf Hanson nabbed our goals. His other treble against us at Roker Park came in December 1930 as we lost a 6-5 thriller. Full-back Tommy Lucas put through his own net, while Jim Smith struck twice and Fred Hopkin and Gordon Hodgson also got on the scoresheet for the reds, with Danny McRorie bagging the first of his six reds goals. We therefore became the only visiting side to have twice scored five goals on Wearside without tasting victory, having also done so in a draw in January 1907.
Ex-red on target
Former red Paul Stewart scored Sunderland's consolation in a 2-1 win in April 1997, towards the end of Sunderland's one-season return to the top flight. Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman were on target for the reds.
Other memorable meetings
Sunderland won 2-0 in October 1935 in the first leg of their most recent League double over us. In March 1926, Fred Baron grabbed his seventh and final reds goal, with Harry Chambers also netting as we lost 3-2. Despite leading 4-1 at half-time in January 1907, we were pegged back to 5-5 at the final whistle, with Jack Parkinson scoring a hat-trick for the reds. Sam Raybould and Jack Cox struck our other goals.
Our first win at Sunderland came at the sixth attempt in February 1901, with Jack Cox grabbing the only goal of the game. Our first ever meeting with Sunderland was in November 1894 and ended in a 3-2 defeat at their old Newcastle Road ground, with Malcolm McVean and Davy Hannah on the scoresheet.
