Happy birthday Peter
1942 - Winger Peter Thompson was born in Carlisle. He netted 54 times in 416 reds games, helping us to win two League titles, our first FA Cup and the FA Charity Shield, having signed in August 1963 for £37,000 from Preston North End. He moved on to Bolton Wanderers for £18,000 in January 1974. He made his debut for England Under-23's on his 21st birthday, as they beat West Germany 4-1 in a friendly at Anfield. Future red David Wilson also featured.

In comes Don
1990 - Don Hutchison signed from Hartlepool United for £175,000. He went on to play sixty times in four years at Anfield, bagging ten goals in the process. He was sold to West Ham United for £1.5m in August 1994.

Arsenal again
1996 - We met Arsenal for the eighth time in the League Cup, our most frequent opponents in this competition, and have now been drawn against them ten times. We won this Fourth Round tie 4-2 at Anfield, with goals from Steve McManaman, Patrik Berger and a Robbie Fowler brace that included a penalty. Ian Wright grabbed both of the Gunners' goals from the spot, while they also had Steve Bould dismissed.

1957 - That was our seventh straight win in games played on this day, a record that stretched back to a 2-0 Second Division defeat of Rotherham United at Anfield when Johnny Wheeler and Billy Liddell were on the scoresheet.
1982 - These wins included a 3-0 defeat of Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield when Phil Neal converted a penalty before Kenny Dalglish grabbed a brace.

A double debutant
1897 - Joe Lumsden scored two goals on his reds debut as we won 3-2 at Nottingham Forest's Town Ground. Andrew McCowie was also on target.
1909 - We were also in Nottingham when Jim Harrop grabbed our consolation in a 3-1 top-flight defeat by Notts County at Trent Bridge.

A treble against the Blues
1915 - Fred Pagnam scored a hat-trick as we beat Everton 4-1 in a Wartime League game at Anfield, with Dave Watson also on the scoresheet.

Bob's century
1976 - We beat Bristol City 2-1 at Anfield in Bob Paisley's hundredth League game in charge, thanks to goals from Kevin Keegan and Joey Jones.

European wins
1991 - We won 2-0 at Swarovski Tirol in a UEFA Cup Third Round tie, thanks to a Dean Saunders brace, with Mark Wright in commanding form after a 21-game absence. Saunders added a treble in the return at Anfield, as we progressed 6-0 on aggregate. However, we were knocked out by Genoa in the next round.
2003 - We beat Steaua Bucureşti at Anfield, our fiftieth win in the UEFA Cup/Fairs Cup, with Harry Kewell netting the only goal as we reached the Third Round 2-1 on aggregate.

Mixed fortunes against the Irons
1999 - We lost 1-0 at Upton Park thanks to a Trevor Sinclair goal.
1971 - We beat West Ham United at Anfield when Emlyn Hughes struck the only goal of the game.

Loan moves
2006 - Emiliano Insúa agreed to sign on loan from Boca Juniors in January 2007. He notched once in 62 senior appearances, after his transfer was made permanent seven months later. He moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal last August.
2008 - Ex-reserves midfielder Ryan Flynn joined Wrexham on loan. He struck four times in 27 outings, and is now playing for Falkirk.

Waddle's bow
1973 - Forward Alan Waddle made his reds debut as we were held to a goalless draw at Hull City in our League Cup Fourth Round encounter. We won the Anfield replay 3-2 a week later when Ian Callaghan grabbed a hat-trick.

King Kenny's big day
1974 - Kenny Dalglish married Marina on her birthday at Glasgow's Netherlee Church. They remain happily married.

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