Xabi from his own half
2006 - Jan Kromkamp made his reds bow in a thrilling FA Cup Third Round tie at Luton Town. We took the lead through Steven Gerrard before falling 3-1 behind with Djibril Cissé having a penalty saved with the score at 2-1. Florent Sinama-Pongolle bagged a brace with his first goal being our thirteenth from a substitute that season, a new club record. Xabi Alonso also struck twice, with our final goal being an outrageous strike from inside his own half, with the keeper making his way back from a corner. Scott Carson made his ninth and final reds appearance in this game.

1939 - We also faced the Hatters at the same stage of the Cup with forward George Patterson grabbing his only reds goal in a 3-0 Anfield victory. Jack Balmer added two strikes.

At last at the Bridge
2004 - Bruno Cheyrou's first League goal handed us our first win at Stamford Bridge for fifteen years, as we beat Chelsea 1-0 despite the absence of Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard. El-Hadji Diouf was unjustly sent off, with his red card later rescinded, and Jerzy Dudek went off injured to be replaced by debutant Patrice Luzi for the last quarter of an hour, becoming the 52nd senior keeper in our history, and only the fourth man to never concede a goal in his entire reds career between the sticks, although this was his only senior outing.

1978 - We lost at Stamford Bridge, being knocked out of the FA Cup at the Third Round stage. David Johnson and Kenny Dalglish bagged our goals as we lost 4-2.

Death of a legend
1968 - Ephraim Longworth died in Liverpool. He signed from Leyton in June 1910, playing at right-back for us until 1928, making a total of 370 reds appearances in seventeen years without ever finding the net. He also became the first red to captain England. He then served as Reserve team trainer, before joining the ground staff.

Happy birthday Emiliano
1989 - Left-back Emiliano Insúa was born in Buenos Aires. He made 62 senior appearances, netting his only goal in our Carling Cup defeat at Arsenal in October 2009. He initially arrived on loan from Boca Juniors in January 2007 before signing permanently for £100,000 seven months later. He joined Galatasaray on loan in August 2010, joining Sporting Clube de Portugal permanently a year later.

Reds at Bloomfield Road
2000 - Steve McMahon was appointed Blackpool Manager, with Gary Ablett arriving at the club on non-contract terms on the same day. He remained in charge of the Seasiders until June 2004, leading them to promotion via the play-offs in his first full season. Ablett only made twelve appearances for Blackpool before retiring.

A great day for the reds
We have only lost one of our eighteen first-class games on this day, winning twelve.
1905 - These victories include a 6-1 thumping of Chesterfield in a Second Division match at Anfield when Robert Robinson, Alex Raisbeck, Arthur Goddard and Maurice Parry all netted, in addition to Sam Raybould's brace.

Towards the Semi-final
1998 - Extra-time strikes from Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler at St. James' Park took us past Newcastle United 2-0 and into the Semi-finals of the Coca-Cola Cup, where we went out to First Division Middlesbrough.
1933 - We also beat the Geordies in a First Division game. Gordon Hodgson scored a brace, including one from the spot, with Dave Wright also on target in our 3-0 win.

Scouse git at Anfield
1967 - Scenes for the BBC comedy Till Death Us Do Part, starring Warren Mitchell as Alf Garnett and Tony Booth, were filmed during our 2-0 defeat of West Ham United at Anfield. Peter Thompson struck both goals to send us to the top of the table, as well as hitting the post.

Knocking the Sky Blues out
We have twice faced Coventry City in the Third Round of the FA Cup on this day in history.
1961 - Roger Hunt, Kevin Lewis and Jimmy Harrower netted as we won 3-2 at Anfield, although we went out at home to Sunderland at the next hurdle.
1970 - Bobby Graham struck as we drew 1-1 at Highfield Road, although we won the replay 3-0 and got as far as the Sixth Round that season.

Wearside stalemates
We have twice drawn with Sunderland on this day in history.
1899 - We were held to a goalless top-flight draw at Anfield.
1922 - We drew an FA Cup First Round tie 1-1 at Roker Park, with Dick Forshaw on target for the reds. We won the Anfield replay 5-0 but went out at the next stage, beaten at home by West Bromwich Albion.

Honours even with Rovers
We have also twice shared the spoils with Blackburn Rovers on this day in history.
1950 - We held them to a goalless draw at Ewood Park in the Third Round of the FA Cup, winning the replay as we reached the Final for the second time in our history.
1911 - We were held to a 2-2 draw in a First Division match, with Jack Parkinson and Arthur Goddard on target for the reds.

John signs on
1957 - Centre-half John Nicholson signed as a professional, but he could only make one senior appearance before joining Port Vale in August 1961, playing over 200 League games for them.
1987 - Ex-red Michael Robinson joined Club Atlético Osasuna from Queens Park Rangers. He struck twelve times in 59 La Liga games, and is now a well respected pundit in Spain.

Called off
2005 - Our FA Cup Third Round meeting with Burnley at Turf Moor was called off at the last minute due to a heavily waterlogged pitch. The game was staged eleven days later instead, when we lost 1-0 thanks to a comical Djimi Traoré own goal.

Cameron's farewell
1893 - Forward Jonathan Cameron played his eleventh and final reds game as we came from behind to win 2-1 at Heywood Central in the Lancashire League, thanks to goals from James McBride and Tom Wyllie. The game was played in six inches of snow as no-one had cleared the pitch.

International reds
1992 - Stig Inge Bjørnebye won his first cap as a Rosenborg BK player, and fourteenth in total, as Norway played out a goalless friendly draw with Egypt in Cairo.
2007 - Future red Lucas Leiva appeared for Brazil Under-20's in the Sudamericano Sub-20 "Juventud de América" as they beat Chile 4-2 in a group game in Paraguay.

Mark's day
2011 - Ex-reds winger Mark González married Maura Rivera in Ñuñoa in Chile.

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