Michael's European record
2002 - Michael Owen scored his fifteenth away goal in Europe, which remains a club record, as we beat Vitesse Arnhem 1-0 at their Gelredome in the Third Round of the UEFA Cup. Surprisingly, this was our first game in the Netherlands on a club ground, and our first win in the country.
Beating the Gunners
2004 - Neil Mellor grabbed a dramatic last-gasp winner as we beat Arsenal 2-1, his first League strike. Xabi Alonso had opened the scoring with his first Anfield goal before Patrick Vieira rounded off a slick Arsenal move to equalise. Antonio Núñez came on as a substitute for Florent Sinama-Pongolle to make his reds debut.
Porto downed
2007 - We thumped Porto 4-1 at Anfield in a Champions League group game to keep us on track to qualify for the knock-out phase. Steve Finnan played his 200th reds game, and fiftieth in Europe for the club, as Fernando Torres struck his first two European goals for the reds before the scoreline was boosted by a late penalty converted by Steven Gerrard and a Peter Crouch header. This was our 150th game in the European Cup, including qualifiers. Future red Raúl Meireles came off the bench for the visitors.
Ferri cross the Mersey
1998 - Jean-Michel Ferri signed from Istanbulspor for £1.5m, becoming Gérard Houllier's first signing. He only ever made two substitute appearances before leaving for Sochaux-Montbéliard for the same fee, and was rumoured to be Le Boss's mole in the dressing room.
1927 - Bill Murray signed from Clydebank, netting once in four reds outings before moving to Barrow in January 1930, where he became their skipper.
A rare number two
1992 - Mike Marsh netted his first League goal past Nigel Martyn as we beat Crystal Palace 5-0 at Anfield. He remained the most recent player to score for us in the number two shirt in a first-class match until Álvaro Arbeloa's solo effort at Reading in April 2007. Steve McManaman bagged a brace, while Ronnie Rosenthal and Don Hutchison were also on target that day.
We only had one Song
2000 - Rigobert Song was sold to West Ham United for £2.5m. He had made 38 appearances in nearly two years at Anfield since signing from Italian club Salernitana for £2.6m, without getting on the scoresheet.
Shanks victorious
1959 - Bill Shankly's Huddersfield Town beat the manager-less reds 1-0 at Leeds Road. We fell behind to a Les Massie goal while skipper and centre-back Dick White was off the field injured.
Happy birthday Jon
1978 - Ex-reserves striker Jon Newby was born in Warrington. He only made four substitute appearances while at Anfield, as well as staying on the bench on a further five occasions, and is now Player/Manager for Colwyn Bay in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.
In charge
1994 - Steve McMahon was appointed Swindon Town Manager. He was in charge for more than 200 games as the Robins were first relegated from the First Division, and then bounced straight back as champions.
2007 - Ex-reds reserves forward Paul Jewell took over as boss of Derby County, who were firmly rooted to the bottom of the Premiership. He resigned in December 2008 having failed to save them from relegation.
Cally for England
1962 - Ian Callaghan won the first of his three England Under-23's caps in their 5-0 friendly thumping of Greece at St. Andrews.
Shot down at Highbury
1931 - Jack Lambert scored a hat-trick for Arsenal as they trounced us 6-0, with John Charlton playing his third and final reds game. The Gunners were pipped to the League title by our blue neighbours that season.
1970 - We lost another top-flight meeting at Highbury, going down 2-0.
Earning our Spurs
We have faced Tottenham Hotspur three times in top flight matches on this day in history, resulting in one win, a draw and a defeat.
2010 - We lost 2-1, despite Jermain Defoe missing a penalty. Martin Škrtel opened the scoring before putting through his own net in the second half. Jamie Carragher dislocated his shoulder late on before Aaron Lennon bagged an injury-time winner.
1987 - We won 2-0 at White Hart Lane thanks to goals from Steve McMahon and Craig Johnston, in what was Kenny Dalglish's hundredth League game in charge. Steve Hodge was sent off for elbowing Ray Houghton inside the first twenty minutes, while Gary Gillespie broke Spurs' Neil Ruddock's leg in a challenge. The home side were being managed for the first time by Terry Venables. Amazingly, this was our first victory on this day in history at the fourteenth attempt.
1964 - Roger Hunt struck in a 1-1 draw at Anfield.
A bad day to meet the Villains
We have faced Aston Villa three times in the top flight on this day in history, winning just once.
1993 - Robbie Fowler and Jamie Redknapp netted as we won 2-1 at Anfield.
1914 - Villa left with a 6-3 win, with Jimmy Nicholl netting a brace and Tom Miller also on target for the reds. Full-back Bob Crawford played his 114th and final reds game.
1903 - We lost 2-1 at Villa Park, with Jack Parkinson nabbing our consolation.
Beaten
1967 - Ferencvárosi beat us 1-0 in Hungary with a deflected goal on a snowbound pitch in a Fairs Cup Third Round meeting. Unfortunately, we lost the Anfield return by the same score.
1981 - We went down 1-0 at Southampton to a Steve Moran goal. The home side included three former England captains - Alan Ball, Mick Channon and ex-red Kevin Keegan.
1925 - We lost 1-0 at home to Bury, the only time the Shakers have won at Anfield in 26 attempts to date.
Sharing the shield
2003 - Young red Jordan Holmes skippered England Under-16's as they drew 1-1 with their Scottish counterparts at Hampden Park. This result ensured that the two countries shared the Victory Shield, ahead of Northern Ireland and Wales. On the same day, future red Javier Mascherano appeared for Argentina Under-20's in the World Championship Finals as they beat Spain 2-1 in a group game in the United Arab Emirates.
A new slant on things
2002 - The club launched its very first non-English language website, a Chinese-language Hong Kong site.
Beaten by the Austrians
1934 - We lost 2-0 to the Austrian national team in a friendly at Anfield. They were a very fine side at the time, having finished fourth in the World Cup Finals in Italy earlier that year.
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