An epic swindle
2010 - The sale of the club to New England Sports Ventures under the leadership of John W. Henry was completed, after a chaotic few days of court cases. On the same day, Jamie Carragher signed a contract extension tying him to the club until 2013.
Michael at the treble
1983 - Michael Robinson netted a hat-trick, his first League goals for the reds, as we won 3-1 at West Ham United, despite Craig Johnston being sent off just after the hour mark. Billy Bonds made his 700th West Ham appearance in this game, as we closed the gap on the second-placed Hammers to two points.
1955 - We also faced them when Alan A'Court, Jimmy Payne and Billy Liddell all struck as we won a Second Division meeting 3-1 at Anfield.
More reds trebles
2000 - Michael Owen left the pitch with a nasty head wound, with Emile Heskey responding by bagging a classic treble of header, right-foot and left-foot strikes as we won 4-0 at Derby County, with Vegard Heggem playing his 65th and final reds game. Patrik Berger rounded off a fantastic team move for the other goal.
1932 - Gordon Hodgson scored a twenty-minute second-half hat-trick as we beat Portsmouth 4-3 in a top-flight match at Anfield, after David Wright had opened the scoring.
1960 - We also hosted Pompey in a Second Division fixture, when Dave Hickson bagged a brace in a 3-3 draw, with Roger Hunt also on target as we came from 1-0 and 3-1 down.
Cup first-timers
1892 - We played our first ever FA Cup match, winning 4-0 at Nantwich in the First Qualifying Round, with John Miller netting a hat-trick. Tom Wyllie grabbed the other goal.
New skipper
2003 - It was announced that Steven Gerrard had replaced Sami Hyypiä as club captain, prior to our game at home to Slovenian side NK Olimpija Ljubljana. Florent Sinama-Pongolle made his reds bow as we reached the Second Round of the UEFA Cup 4-1 on aggregate, in our 150th game in this competition. Anthony Le Tallec scored his only reds goal, with Emile Heskey grabbing his fiftieth, and Harry Kewell also netting in our 3-0 win, with El-Hadji Diouf missing a late penalty.
Leo's reds bow
1997 - Øyvind Leonhardsen made his reds debut after missing the opening eleven games of the season through injury, as we won 2-0 at West Bromwich Albion in a League Cup Third Round tie. Patrik Berger and Robbie Fowler were on target.
1904 - We also faced the Baggies when Jack Parkinson struck a brace in our 3-2 Second Division win at Anfield, with Robbie Robinson also on the scoresheet.
Cally's double century
1966 - Ian Callaghan played his 200th League game as Roger Hunt struck in our 1-1 top-flight draw at Nottingham Forest.
Mixed fortunes against the Villains
1938 - We beat Aston Villa 3-0 at home with Harman van den Berg, Jack Balmer and Willie Fagan all on target.
1898 - We also played them in the First Division at Anfield, going down to a 3-0 defeat.
Sidlow's farewell
1949 - Keeper Cyril Sidlow won his seventh and final cap for Wales as they lost 4-1 in Cardiff to England in the British International Championships.
Mixed fortunes against Rovers
2005 - Djibril Cissé grabbed the only goal against Blackburn Rovers at Anfield from a free-kick, with the visitors having Zurab Khizanishvili dismissed, although his red card was later rescinded.
1994 - We lost 3-2 at Ewood Park in another Premiership game, when Robbie Fowler and John Barnes netted for the reds.
1924 - We also met Rovers, being held to a goalless draw in our top-flight meeting at Anfield.
Derby stalemate
1927 - We held Everton to a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park with Dick Edmed netting our goal.
Four-goal wins
We have twice won top-flight fixtures 4-0 at home on this day in history.
1910 - Jack Parkinson struck a brace as we beat Bristol City, with Joseph Brough and James Harrop also on the scoresheet.
1921 - Harry Chambers, Dick Forshaw and Tommy Lucas scored against Preston North End, with Harold Beadles converting a penalty.
First and last caps
2008 - Peter Crouch won his first cap as a Portsmouth player with Emile Heskey making his final appearance while with Wigan Athletic as Steven Gerrard netted in England's 3-1 World Cup qualifying win in Belarus. Alberto Aquilani netted his only two goals as a Roma player as Italy beat Montenegro 2-1 in Lecce, while Yossi Benayoun was on target in Israel's 1-1 draw in Latvia. Robbie Keane bagged his last goal as a red in the Republic of Ireland's 1-0 victory over Cyprus at Croke Park. Future red Milan Jovanović netted in Serbia's 3-1 win in Austria. Xabi Alonso, Ryan Babel, Andrea Dossena, Sami Hyypiä, Dirk Kuyt, Javier Mascherano, Fernando Torres, future red Sotirios Kyrgiakos and ex-reds Milan Baroš, Craig Bellamy, Mark González, David James, Jari Litmanen, John Arne Riise, Daniel Sjölund and John Toshack all also featured in qualifiers that day.
Young reds score for their countries
2002 - A trio of reds youngsters scored in European Under-21 Championships qualifiers. Daniel Sjölund struck as Finland drew 3-3 with Serbia & Montenegro in Smederevo. Meanwhile, Anthony Le Tallec and Florent Sinama-Pongolle were both in target in France's 3-0 win in Malta. This was Le Tallec's first goal at this level, while Flo was netting in his third consecutive Under-21's appearance. Alou Diarra also played, as all three won their fourth caps at this level. Also in Under-21's action that day were Chris Kirkland and future reds Peter Crouch and Pepe Reina.
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