A legend departs
1978 - Ian Callaghan signed for Swansea City on a free transfer. He had helped us to five League titles, two FA Cups, one European Cup, two UEFA Cups, UEFA Super Cup and three FA Charity Shields, as well as winning the Football Writers' Player of the Year award in 1973/74. He remains the player with the record number of reds appearances, with an amazing 857 outings, during which time he bagged 68 goals.

Into Europe
1964 - Bobby Graham struck on his reds debut in the first European game at Anfield, as we beat Iceland's Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur 6-1 in our European Cup preliminary round encounter, to progress 11-1 on aggregate. Ian St. John netted a brace with Gerry Byrne, Roger Hunt and Willie Stevenson scoring the other goals, while Alan A'Court was playing his 381st and final reds game.

Other goalscoring debuts
2002 - Milan Baroš netted twice on his League debut as we won 3-2 at Bolton Wanderers. Emile Heskey grabbed a late winner to prevent us falling to our fourth consecutive 2-2 draw.
1946 - Albert Stubbins scored on his reds bow as we won 3-1, again at Bolton. Berry Nieuwenhuys and Jack Balmer scored the others.
1901 - George Bowen and William White made their reds debuts in our 2-2 derby draw at Anfield, with White scoring his only reds goal after just two minutes. Sam Raybould was also on target that day.

Anfield trebles
1895 - Inside-right Jimmy Ross scored a hat-trick as we thumped Newcastle United 5-1 in a Second Division encounter. Centre-forward George Allan made his reds debut, while Frank Becton and Harry Bradshaw added our other goals.
1935 - Centre-forward Fred Howe bagged a treble in our 7-2 top-flight trouncing of Grimsby Town. Gordon Hodgson added a brace with Lance Carr and Tommy Johnson also on the scoresheet for the reds.

New deal
2009 - The club announced a lucrative new shirt sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered for four years, beginning the following July.

Recent debutants
1985 - Steve McMahon made his reds bow in a 2-2 draw at Oxford United. John Aldridge gave Oxford the lead, before goals from Ian Rush and Craig Johnston put us ahead. However, a last-minute own goal from Alan Kennedy, playing his 359th and final reds game, handed a point to the U's.

1999 - Djimi Traoré made his reds debut in our 5-1 League Cup Second Round win at Hull City. Erik Meijer netted a brace, his only senior goals while at Anfield, with Danny Murphy nabbing his first two reds goals. Steve Staunton grabbed the other a minute from time.
2000 - Bernard Diomède made his first reds appearance in our first match of that season's triumphant UEFA Cup campaign, as Nick Barmby bagged his first reds strike, the only goal of the game at Rapid Bucureşti. Christian Ziege made his first start for the club.

Other European adventures
We have three times won other European Cup opening matches on this day.
1976 - Phil Neal converted a dubiously-awarded penalty, with John Toshack also on target as we beat Northern Irish side Crusaders 2-0 at Anfield, our first game of that victorious continental campaign.
1982 - Ronnie Whelan struck a brace as we won 4-1 at Dundalk, with Ian Rush and David Hodgson also netting. The loudest roar of the night came when Leo Flanagan converted a free-kick for the home side. Dundalk were managed by Jim McLaughlin, who was also the reds Irish scout, who had recommended Whelan to Bob Paisley.
1983 - Kenny Dalglish grabbed the only goal of the game in Denmark against OB Odense.

Lauri's day
1991 - Former reserves forward Lauri Dalla Valle was born in Kontiolahti, Finland. He signed professional terms with the reds in September 2008 but moved to Fulham in August 2010 as part of the deal that brought left-back Paul Konchesky to Anfield.

A new scout
1999 - It was announced that Alex Miller, then Scotland's Assistant Manager, had joined the club as a scout, to work alongside Ron Yeats. He later became First Team Coach under Rafael Benítez, but left to manage JEF United Ichihara Chiba in Japan, although he lost his job there in July 2009.

Mixed fortunes
We have twice entertained Blackburn Rovers on this day in history.
1907 - Arthur Goddard nabbed a brace as we won a First Division fixture 2-0.
1940 - Berry Nieuwenhuys was on the scoresheet in a 1-1 Wartime League draw.

We have also twice hosted West Ham United in the top-flight.
1929 - Dick Edmed grabbed a brace and John Lindsay netted his third and final reds goal in a 3-1 victory.
1963 - Roger Hunt bagged our consolation as we lost 2-1, with Ronnie Moran missing a penalty. England heroes-to-be Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters struck for the Irons.

1938 - We beat Middlesbrough 3-1 at Anfield in a First Division meeting, thanks to a Willie Fagan brace and a goal from Berry Nieuwenhuys.
1957 - Jimmy Melia and Tony Rowley netted as we drew 2-2 in a Second Division match at Ayresome Park.

Sinama on target
2001 - Future red Florent Sinama-Pongolle scored in France Under-17's 2-1 defeat by Nigeria in the World Championships in the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Tobago, while Anthony Le Tallec also played. The French won their final two group games to progress, eventually going on to claim the title.

A first for Rushie
1988 - Ian Rush won his first cap in his second spell as a reds player as Wales lost 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier in the Netherlands. Future reds strike partner Dean Saunders also played. John Aldridge, Peter Beardsley, Gary Gillespie, Ray Houghton, Jan Mølby, Steve Nicol, Ronnie Whelan and ex-red Kevin Sheedy all also represented their countries that day.

Fabs at the Olympics
2000 - Future red Fábio Aurélio scored in Brazil's 3-1 defeat of Slovakia at the Sydney Olympics.

Sometime reds on the move
1995 - Paul Walsh re-joined Portsmouth from Manchester City for £500,000. He scored five times in 22 appearances in his second spell with Pompey.
1997 - Bruce Grobbelaar signed for Oxford United, although he only remained there just over a week.
1989 - Future red Paul Ince joined Manchester United for £1m from West Ham United after twelve goals in 95 outings for the Irons.


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