Happy birthdays
1951 - Forward David Johnson was born in Liverpool. The ex-Blue arrived from Ipswich Town in August 1976 for a record £200,000 fee, and went on to win three League titles, European Cup, UEFA Super Cup and two FA Charity Shields, scoring 78 times in 213 reds games. He was the first player to score for both sides in Merseyside derbies, and returned to Goodison in August 1982 for £100,000.

1974 - Sander Westerveld was born in Enschede. The Dutch keeper made 103 reds appearances, helping us to five trophies in 2001 before being replaced by Jerzy Dudek. He is now turning out for Ajax Cape Town in South Africa.

Debutants
1993 - Dominic Matteo made his reds bow in our 1-1 draw at Manchester City, when Ian Rush netted a late equaliser.
1991 - Jamie Redknapp made his debut at the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps as we lost 2-0 to Auxerre in the first leg of our UEFA Cup Second Round tie with Bruce Grobbelaar in fine form to keep the score down.

1937 - Forward Willie Fagan debuted in our 1-1 draw with Leicester City, with Alf Hanson on target for the reds at Anfield.
1926 - We also entertained the Foxes in the First Division, when Harry Chambers netted the only goal of the game very late on.

Half a millennium for Cally
1971 - Ian Callaghan played his 500th reds game as we beat Huddersfield Town 2-0 in a League match at Anfield. Tommy Smith had a penalty saved by keeper David Lawson but he reacted quickly to score from the rebound, with Alun Evans also on target.

Against the Addicks
We have faced Charlton Athletic twice on this day in history
1996 - We returned from Selhurst Park with a 1-1 League Cup Third Round draw when Robbie Fowler grabbed our goal.
2004 - John Arne Riise and Luis García struck as we won our Premiership meeting 2-0. This was our 2,000th League match at Anfield.

Keeping ends
1999 - Brad Friedel played his 31st and final reds game in our 1-1 draw at Southampton. Titi Camara grabbed our late equaliser.
1920 - Goalkeeper Harold McNaughton played his only reds game, helping us to a home derby victory. Dick Forshaw netted the only goal of the game.

Also in Europe
1974 - We entertained Hungarians Ferencvárosi when Kevin Keegan struck as we were held to a draw in the Second Round of the European Cup Winners' Cup, with keeper István Géczi in outstanding form. The visitors bagged a very late equaliser through Mate that eventually saw us crash out at this Second Round stage on the away goals rule.

Ex-reds in charge
1993 - Phil Neal was appointed Manager of Coventry City following the resignation of Bobby Gould. He remained in the post for sixteen months, only losing twenty of his 67 games in charge. His major legacy to the club was selling Phil Babb to the reds, and signing Dion Dublin, as well as ex-red Mike Marsh.
2006 - Paul Ince was appointed Player/Manager of Macclesfield Town. He led them to fourteen victories in 35 games and remained in charge until June 2007, when he left to take over at MK Dons.
1998 - Nigel Clough signed for Burton Albion from Manchester City as Player/Manager. He led them into the Conference, and moved on to take over at Derby County in January 2009.

Gordon for the FA
1963 - Gordon Milne turned out for an England side as they faced a Rest of the World eleven in an FA Centenary game at Wembley, winning 2-1.

Up against the Shakers
1915 - We lost 2-1 at Gigg Lane in a Wartime League match with Fred Pagnam grabbing our consolation.
1954 - Bury held us to a 1-1 draw in our Second Division meeting, with Eric Anderson on the scoresheet.

Beating Boro
1948 - Jack Balmer and Albert Stubbins struck as we beat Middlesbrough 4-0 in a top-flight meeting at Anfield. Billy Liddell converted a penalty, with the scoring completed by a Billy Whitaker own goal.

Three in action
2010 - Adam Morgan, Matty Regan and Raheem Sterling all featured as England Under-17's beat Poland 1-0 in a European Championships qualifier in Georgia.

Michael is officially the best
2000 - Michael Owen was named the Premiership's Young Player of the Month for September. He had scored six goals during the month, including a hat-trick against Aston Villa, and he was the unanimous choice of the League Managers' Association to secure the award.

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