George born
1891 - Reds boss George Kay was born in Manchester on this day in 1891. He arrived at Anfield in May 1936 and led us to our first League title in 24 years in 1946, and the FA Cup Final four years later. He was forced to retire due to illness in February 1951, and sadly died just three years later. Amongst the players who joined the club during his tenure were the great Billy Liddell and Bob Paisley.

For King Billy
1960 - A testimonial match for Billy Liddell was staged. The reds beat an International XI 4-2 at Anfield. Liddell appeared for the International side, and got on the scoresheet. Dave Hickson netted a brace for the reds, with Jim Harrop and Alan A'Court also on target. Other stars in action for the international side included Jimmy Armfield, Tom Finney, Nat Lofthouse, Stanley Matthews, Don Revie and Bert Trautmann.

Goalscoring debuts
1929 - Forward Jimmy Smith netted a brace on his reds bow, to hand us a 2-1 win at Manchester United.
1968 - New record signing Alun Evans scored on his debut in our 4-0 win at home to Leicester City, with all four goals coming in the opening twelve minutes, courtesy also of Ron Yeats, a Tommy Smith penalty and Ian Callaghan.

1999 - Young midfielder Leyton Maxwell scored on his only senior reds appearance as we beat Hull City 4-2 in the second leg of our Worthington Cup Second Round tie, with Karlheinz Riedle netting a brace, and Danny Murphy also on the scoresheet. Stéphane Henchoz, Frode Kippe and Jon Newby all also made their senior bows, with keeper Lee Bracey sent off in the first half with the score 1-0 to the reds. Hull fought back from two goals to draw level through a John Eyre penalty and Colin Alcide before the reds restored order to proceedings.

Other debutants
1935 - Forward Jack Balmer made his first reds appearance as we lost 1-0 at Leeds United.
1901 - Left-half George Fleming made his reds bow as we drew 1-1 at Sunderland, with Jack Cox on target. George Bowen made his second and final reds appearance in this game.

First and last strikes
1895 - Centre-forward George Allan bagged the first of his 56 reds goals as we won 4-2 at Loughborough Town in a Second Division fixture. Davy Hannah bagged a brace with Jimmy Ross also on target.
1974 - Phil Boersma netted his thirtieth and final goal for the reds in our 3-0 top-flight defeat of Stoke City at Anfield. Steve Heighway rounded off the scoring, with the ball having been set rolling by a John Ritchie own goal.

Macca off the mark
1985 - Kenny Dalglish scored at Goodison inside twenty seconds, to become the only ever Player/Manager to net in this fixture. Ian Rush equalled Harry Chambers' club record for derby strikes with his eighth against the Blues before Steve McMahon nabbed his first reds goal from 25 yards, as we raced into a three-goal half-time lead. Graeme Sharp and Gary Lineker scored after the break, but we hung on to win 3-2 with Lineker also rattling the crossbar. Phil Neal came on as a substitute, and so equalled Ian Callaghan's record of 29 consecutive derby appearances.
1946 - Our other derby match on this day ended in a goalless draw at Anfield.

Mixed fortunes against the Baggies
2002 - Milan Baroš and John Arne Riise scored as we beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0 at Anfield, with Michael Owen having a penalty saved by keeper Joe Murphy, who had only just come on following Russell Hoult's dismissal for bringing the striker down.
1976 - We lost 1-0 in a League Cup Second Round replay at The Hawthorns.

Gary Mac against the reds
1991 - Future red Gary McAllister scored the only goal of the game as we lost 1-0 at Leeds United.

Kenny at Hampden
Kenny Dalglish twice turned out for the Scots at Hampden Park on this day.
1977 - He scored in their 3-1 World Cup qualifying defeat of Czechoslovakia.
1983 - He played alongside captain Graeme Souness, and future reds Frank McGarvey and John Wark, as Scotland beat Uruguay 2-0 in a friendly.

Robbo for Ireland
1983 - Michael Robinson won his first cap as a reds player, netting his final goal for the Republic of Ireland in their 3-0 European Championships qualifying win in Iceland. Clubmate Mark Lawrenson also played.

Reserve keepers loaned out
1990 - Mike Hooper joined Leicester City on loan. He played fifteen times for them, before returning to our second string.
1985 - Bob Bolder moved to Sunderland on a temporary basis, going on to join them permanently for £100,000 the following month.

English reds beaten at home
1983 - Phil Neal won his fiftieth and final cap in England's 1-0 European Championships qualifying defeat by Denmark at Wembley, which meant they missed out on the Finals in France. Sammy Lee and future red John Barnes also played, while Ajax's Jan Mølby came off the bench for the Danes. On the same day, Ian Rush and ex-red Joey Jones both played as Wales held Norway to a goalless draw in their qualifier in Oslo.

Young England reds
1982 - Future reds John Barnes, Barry Venison and Paul Walsh all made their debuts for England Under-21's as they won 4-1 in a European Championships qualifier in Denmark, with fellow future red Steve McMahon also playing. On the same day, another England Under-21's side was winning the first leg of their European Championships Final 3-1 at Bramall Lane. Sammy Lee and future red David Hodgson both played against West Germany. England eventually won 5-4 on aggregate.

Back to East Anglia again
1991 - Ex-red John Wark signed for Ipswich Town for the third time, this time on a free transfer from Middlesbrough. He spent another six seasons at Portman Road, helping them back into the top flight in 1992 and taking his total appearances for the Blues to 678.

Big wins
1907 - Forward Joe Hewitt nabbed a brace as we won 4-0 at Bolton Wanderers with James Bradley and Robbie Robinson also on the scoresheet.
1996 - Patrik Berger netted twice to add to strikes from John Barnes and Robbie Fowler and an Andy Myers own goal, when he knelt down to head back towards his keeper as we beat Chelsea 5-1 at Anfield. This game was the 129th consecutive reds game Robbie had played in, but he sat out the next one, our return meeting with Finnish side Myllykosken Pallo-47 in the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Bennett's treble
1918 - Thomas Bennett grabbed a hat-trick as we trounced Preston North End 8-0 in a Wartime League game at Anfield. Donald Mackinlay nabbed a brace, while Arthur Metcalf, Harry Lewis and Harold Wadsworth all also scored.
1940 - We also met the Lilywhites in a wartime fixture, this time losing 5-0 at Deepdale.

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