YNWA takes a look back at past memorable home League encounters as we prepare to welcome West Ham United for their 52nd visit in the League on Monday. Our overall home League record against the Hammers is exceptionally good, reading 35 wins, thirteen draws and just three defeats to date, with the last reverse coming more than four decades ago.

Most recently
Fernando Torres struck a hat-trick in March as we thumped the Hammers 4-0 to move back into the top four, with Steven Gerrard also notching. Daniel Agger scored his first reds goal in August 2006, a superb long range effort to level the scores in our 2-1 victory after Bobby Zamora had put the Hammers ahead in our fiftieth League meeting at Anfield. Dirk Kuyt made his debut as a second-half substitute after Peter Crouch had handed us the lead on the stroke of half time. Bolo Zenden bagged his first goal in our 2-0 win in October 2005, after Xabi Alonso had opened the scoring.

Titi in tears
Titi Camara scored the only goal of the game in October 1999 and then broke down in tears as he celebrated. It was later revealed that his father had died earlier that day. He said, "that goal was for my dad. It contributed to an extremely emotional day in my life. I did not want to let my team-mates down, which is why I insisted on playing. With Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler both injured, they needed me." Titi later joined the Hammers himself.

Substitutes
Utility player Geoff Strong became our first ever League substitute in September 1965, netting after coming on for full-back Chris Lawler in our 1-1 draw. We won 3-0 in February 2001 in a game which saw the relatively unusual sight of a substitute himself being substituted, Nick Barmby in this case. Vladimír Šmicer opened the scoring, with Robbie Fowler adding a brace.

St. Michael on target
Pegguy Arphexad and John Arne Riise both made their League debuts as we won 2-1 thanks to a Michael Owen brace in August 2001. 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 Markus Babbel had to be withdrawn at half-time, as he was beginning to suffer the effects of Guillain-Barré syndrome, unbeknownst to us all. Owen struck another brace in November 2002 that included our 400th Premiership goal at Anfield as we won 2-0 to stay top of the League.

Champions again
We retained the League title in May 1977 thanks to a goalless draw, to win the championship for the tenth time.

On the BBC
Our 2-0 win in November 1969 was the first game screened in colour by Match Of The Day. Chris Lawler and Bobby Graham scored the goals. Back in January 1967, scenes for the sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, starring Warren Mitchell as Alf Garnett and Tony Booth, were filmed during our 2-0 win. Peter Thompson struck both goals, as well as hitting the post.

More big wins
We thumped the Hammers 5-0 in May 1998. Michael Owen, Jason McAteer, with a brace, and Øyvind Leonhardsen all scored before the break, with Paul Ince wrapping up the scoring in the second half. Ray Houghton had netted twice, with John Aldridge, Ian Rush and John Barnes also on target as we won 5-1 nine years earlier, just three days after our emotional FA Cup Final win, to keep us on course for our second double in four years. However, that was to be cruelly snatched from our grasp by Arsenal with the very last kick of the season.

We trounced West Ham 6-0 in April 1984, with Ian Rush and Graeme Souness both netting twice. Kenny Dalglish and Ronnie Whelan were also on the scoresheet as we went 4-0 up inside half an hour. Alan Hansen nearly made it seven after a long run, but a last ditch tackle denied him after he had rounded keeper Phil Parkes.

Debuting in goalless draws
Centre-half John Scales made his reds bow in September 1994, when Tony Cottee was sent off for the Hammers after a reckless lunge. Jamie Carragher made his League debut as a half-time substitute for Neil Ruddock in January 1997.

More debutants
Paul Walsh scored just fourteen seconds into his Anfield debut in August 1984 as we kicked off our season with a 3-0 win, as John Wark struck a late brace. Forward Alan Waddle made his reds bow as Peter Cormack bagged the only goal of the game in December 1973.

All three defeats
Jimmy Payne scored in a 2-1 Second Division defeat in September 1954, while Roger Hunt grabbed our consolation nine years later as we lost by the same score, with Ronnie Moran missing a penalty. Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters struck for the Irons. Our first home League defeat to the Hammers came in February 1928, when Dick Edmed was on target from the spot as we lost 3-1, with forward James Clark making his debut.

First time out
Our first League meeting at Anfield ended in a 2-0 victory in December 1923, thanks to a brace from Jimmy Walsh.

A wee dram
We secured a club record tenth consecutive clean sheet in February 1988 as we were held to a draw. Manager Kenny Dalglish was presented with his third Bells Manager of the Month award prior to kick-off.