Off the bench for the first time
1965 - Utility player Geoff Strong became our first ever League substitute, netting after coming on for full-back Chris Lawler in our 1-1 top-flight draw at home to West Ham United. Gerry Byrne made his 200th League appearance in this fixture.

A win at Goodison
2001 - After Kevin Campbell put the home side ahead, we stormed back to beat Everton 3-1, thanks to a Steven Gerrard pile-driver, a Michael Owen penalty and a John Arne Riise strike that inspired two songs. Thomas Radzinski made his debut for the home side as a substitute for future red Abel Xavier.
1934 - We also played across the park, losing 1-0 courtesy of a Dixie Dean strike.

A nap hand for John
1954 - Forward John Evans scored all five reds goals in our 5-3 Second Division defeat of Bristol Rovers at Anfield.

Debutants
1956 - Half-back Johnny Wheeler made his reds bow as we lost 2-0 at home to Stoke City in our Second Division fixture.
1937 - We also entertained the Potters, with Alf Hanson on target twice in a 3-0 victory, including a penalty, and Berry Nieuwenhuys also netting.

1979 - Israeli defender Avi Cohen made his debut in our 1-1 draw at Leeds United. Terry McDermott struck our goal in what was our 3,000th League game.
1973 - Forward Derek Brownbill played his only reds game. We were losing 1-0 at Birmingham City when he was replaced by Brian Hall who grabbed our late equaliser as the game ended all square.
1958 - Wing-half Bobby Campbell made his reds bow in our 2-0 Second Division defeat at Sheffield United.

Paddy's first strikes
1996 - Patrik Berger bagged the first two of his 35 reds goals as we won 3-0 at Leicester City, having come on as a half-time substitute for Stan Collymore. Michael Thomas also hit the net as we topped the table for the first time that season.

Pepe to the rescue
2007 - Pepe Reina saved a penalty from Kanu as we held Portsmouth to a goalless draw at Fratton Park, with Andriy Voronin hitting the bar late on.

In comes Henderson
1893 - Centre-forward David Henderson signed for the reds from Kings Park in Stirling. He was only at Anfield for fourteen months, but netted twelve goals in 23 games as we won the Second Division title.

European fortunes
Our four continental ties on this day in history have ended in three wins and a defeat.
2004 - We beat AS Monaco 2-0 at Anfield in the group stage of the Champions League with strike partners Djibril Cissé and Milan Baroš both on the scoresheet.
1998 - We won our opening UEFA Cup match 3-0 at Slovakian side Košice, thanks to goals from Patrik Berger, Karlheinz Riedle and Michael Owen.

1970 - We won 1-0 at home to Hungarians Ferencvárosi in the Fairs Cup, thanks to a Bobby Graham strike.
1971 - We lost 2-1 in the opening game of our European Cup Winners' Cup campaign at Servette FC Genève, with Chris Lawler nabbing our consolation and the reds missing a host of chances. However, we won the Anfield return 2-0 to progress.

Five each against the Baggies
Our first two games on this day in history both came against West Bromwich Albion, with the home side winning 5-0 each time.
1894 - We lost at Stoney Lane.
1900 - We won by the same score at Anfield, thanks to a Sam Raybould brace and goals from Archie Goldie, John Walker and Tommy Robertson.

Entertaining the Mackems
We have hosted Sunderland three times in the First Division on this day in history, without securing a victory.
1906 - Joe Hewitt struck as we lost 2-1.
1951 - Billy Liddell and Kevin Baron were on target in a 2-2 draw.
1984 - Paul Walsh grabbed our goal as we were held to a 1-1 draw.

Beating the Addicks
1987 - We saw off Charlton Athletic 3-2 at Anfield. Garth Crooks put the visitors in front with John Aldridge equalising from the spot two minutes later. Colin Walsh gave the Londoners a second shock lead with a thirty-yard free-kick before Alan Hansen headed in his first goal in more than three years. Steve McMahon struck the winner just two minutes later.

Management moves
2009 - Aboubakar ‘Titi' Camara was sacked as Manager of Guinea after just three months in charge, while Julian Dicks was appointed boss of Grays Athletic, remaining in charge until last May.
2008 - Steve Clarke took over as first-team coach at West Ham United, working with Gianfranco Zola. He remained at Upton Park until June 2010.

Young Nando on target
2001 - Future red Fernando Torres scored for Spain Under-17's as they beat Oman 2-1 in the World Championship Finals in Trinidad. However, they lost their next two games to crash out at the group stage.

Cloughie starts out
1984 - Nigel Clough joined Nottingham Forest from Heanor Town on a free transfer. He went on to score 130 goals for Forest in 400 appearances, before joining the reds for £2.275m in June 1993.

Ryan moves on
2009 - Falkirk-born reserves midfielder Ryan Flynn converted a loan move back to his hometown club on a permanent basis. He was awarded with a full-time contract at Melwood in the summer of 2006 having impressed in the previous season's victorious FA Youth Cup campaign, including notching a goal in the Final.

Happy birthday Roy
1978 - Former youth keeper Roy Naylor was born in Liverpool. He never even made our first-team squad, although he featured in both legs of our victorious FA Youth Cup Final in 1996. He joined Clydebank in December 1998, for whom he only played once, and was last heard of working as a postman in Ellesmere Port.

Mr & Mrs Barclay
1915 - The wife of the club's first Manager, William Barclay, died in Lancaster Hospital. Emily had been married to him since June 1878.

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