Red trebles
2000 - Michael Owen scored a first half hat-trick past former team-mate David James as we defeated Aston Villa 3-1 at Anfield. He therefore became our first ever player to score two first-half hat-tricks in League games.
1965 - ‘Sir' Roger Hunt netted a treble in our 5-1 win at West Ham United, after Gordon Milne and Ian Callaghan had opened the scoring.
1986 - We also thumped the Hammers on their home turf when substitute Kenny Dalglish struck twice in a 5-2 victory, with Ronnie Whelan, Craig Johnston and Ian Rush also on target. Future reds first-team coach Kevin Keen made his senior debut for the Hammers in this game.
Double birthdays
1892 - Scottish keeper Ken Campbell was born in Cambuslang, Glasgow. He took over from Sam Hardy in the reds goal, playing 142 times including the 1914 FA Cup Final, before being replaced after the war by the great Elisha Scott. On exactly the same day, outside-left Albert Pearson was born in Tynemouth. He netted four times in 51 reds games after signing from Port Vale in March 1919, returning there two years later.
1988 - Jimmy Ryan was born in Maghull. The central midfielder joined League Two outfit Accrington Stanley in August 2008, having featured in both of our recent victorious FA Youth Cup campaigns, but failed to break into the first-team squad.
A goalscoring debut
1902 - Inside-right George Livingstone scored on his reds bow as we beat Blackburn Rovers 5-2 at Anfield in our first game of the season, with Sam Raybould and Jack Cox both grabbing braces. Inside-forward Edgar Chadwick also debuted in this game.
Four against
1913 - Danny Shea scored four goals for Blackburn Rovers as they thumped us 6-2 at Ewood Park, with Tom Miller netting both our goals.
Managerial moves
1989 - Mark Lawrenson was appointed Manager of Fourth Division Peterborough United. They finished ninth at the end of that season, and he stayed in the job for fourteen months, before being sacked.
2004 - Graeme Souness resigned as Blackburn Rovers boss after four and a half years in charge. He took up the vacant managerial post at Newcastle United the following week, but was sacked after seventeen months at St. James' Park.
Out with the old, in with the new
1995 - John Barnes won his 79th and final cap in England's goalless friendly draw with Colombia at Wembley. He had scored eleven times for his country. Jamie Redknapp made his senior international debut in the same game, while Nick Barmby won his first cap as a Middlesbrough player. Steve McManaman also played.
On the same day, Markus Babbel grabbed his only international goal as Germany beat Georgia 4-1 in a European Championships qualifier in Nuremberg. Fellow future red Christian Ziege netted his first goal for the German senior side in the same game. Also in action that day were Ian Rush, ex-reds Øyvind Leonhardsen and Ronnie Rosenthal, and future reds Stéphane Henchoz, Jari Litmanen and Gary McAllister, with Roy Hodgson managing Switzerland.
Vlad on target again and again
2003 - Vladimír Šmicer struck in his third consecutive Czech Republic game for the second time, with clubmate Milan Baroš also on target in their 3-2 European Championships qualifying win in Belarus.
2002 - Milan bagged a brace with Vlad also scoring in their 5-0 friendly defeat of Yugoslavia in Prague, despite having broken a toe in the first minute of the game.
1997 - Future red Šmicer also netted for his country as they won a World Cup qualifier 2-0 in the Faroe Islands.
1998 - He grabbed the only goal of a Euro 2000 qualifier in the same country, with future reds clubmate Patrik Berger also playing.
1994 - Future red Patrik Berger netted in a 6-1 European Championships qualifying thumping of Malta in Bazaly. Roy Hodgson managed a Switzerland side that included future red Stéphane Henchoz to a 1-0 friendly win over the United Arab Emirates in Sion.
Disappointment on Teesside
We have twice visited Ayresome Park on this day in history, without securing a win.
1930 - Robert Done scored from the spot with Gordon Hodgson and Dick Edmed also on target in a 3-3 top-flight draw
1958 - Jimmy Harrower nabbed our consolation as Middlesbrough won a Second Division encounter 2-1.
Nando's bow
2003 - Future red Fernando Torres won his first senior international cap as they won a friendly 3-0 in Portugal, with Xabi Alonso also featuring. On the same day, Andriy Voronin made his first appearance for the Ukraine as a 1. FC Köln player in their goalless Euro 2004 qualifier with Northern Ireland in Donetsk.
A good day for Mark
1995 - Mark Kennedy won his first cap for the Republic of Ireland as they lost 3-1 in a Euro '96 qualifier in Austria, with Phil Babb and ex-red Ray Houghton also playing.
1997 - He netted his first goal as the Irish won a World Cup qualifier 4-2 in Iceland. Jason McAteer and ex-red Steve Staunton also featured.
Crouchie on target again
2006 - Peter Crouch scored in his third consecutive England game for the second time as they won 1-0 in the FYR Macedonia, taking him to eleven international strikes in 2006, a national record for a calendar year. Steven Gerrard won his fiftieth cap in the same game, with future red Stewart Downing also featuring. Daniel Agger, Xabi Alonso, Luis García, Sami Hyypiä, future reds Christian Poulsen, Martin Škrtel, Fernando Torres and Andriy Voronin and ex-red Jari Litmanen also played in Euro 2008 qualifiers that day, with Roy Hodgson taking charge of Finland and future red Philipp Degen appearing in a friendly tournament.
Future red Yossi Benayoun netted as Israel thumped Andorra 4-1 in another qualifier, while Dirk Kuyt bagged his first goal as a reds player in the Netherlands' 3-0 defeat of Belarus, with future red Ryan Babel also in action. Meanwhile, Scott Carson was in the England Under-21's goal as they qualified for the European Championships Finals with a 3-2 win in Switzerland.
St. Michael loses a record
2003 - Everton's Wayne Rooney became England's youngest ever goalscorer, beating Michael Owen's record as they won 2-1 in a Euro 2004 qualifier in the FYR Macedonia. Emile Heskey, Owen and ex-red David James all also featured. Also in international action that day were Jerzy Dudek, Sami Hyypiä and John Arne Riise and future reds Craig Bellamy, Yossi Benayoun, Mark González, Paul Jones and Andriy Voronin, while Bolo Zenden was winning his first cap while on loan at Middlesbrough, and 47th in all.
Thumping the Wearsiders
1922 - We beat Sunderland 5-1 at Anfield thanks to a Harry Chambers brace and goals from Dick Johnson and Donald Mackinlay, with Dick Forshaw netting in his hundredth reds game.
Joe's last
2008 - Joe Cole bagged a brace from off the bench, his final England goals as a Chelsea player, as they beat Andorra 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Barcelona. Ex-reds Emile Heskey, David James and future reds Stewart Downing and Glen Johnson also featured.
Other international reds
1989 - John Aldridge won his final cap as a reds player as the Republic of Ireland held West Germany to a 1-1 draw in a friendly at Lansdowne Road. Clubmates Steve Staunton and Ronnie Whelan both also played. John Barnes, Peter Beardsley, Gary Gillespie, Steve McMahon, Steve Nicol, Ian Rush and future red Dean Saunders were all in World Cup qualifying action that day.
1997 - Future red Jari Litmanen netted in Finland's 2-1 World Cup qualifying win in Switzerland while winning his fiftieth cap, with future red Stéphane Henchoz on the losing side. Stig Inge Bjørnebye and future reds Markus Babbel and Christian Ziege also played for their countries that day.
First caps
2008 - Steve Finnan won his first cap as an R.C.D. Espanyol player as the Republic of Ireland beat Georgia 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier in Mainz in Germany, with Robbie Keane also featuring. Harry Kewell played for Australia for the first time since joining Galatasaray, converting a penalty while skippering them to a 2-1 friendly defeat of the Netherlands in Eindhoven, with Ryan Babel and Dirk Kuyt both on the losing side.
On the same day, Rigobert Song won his first cap as a Trabzonspor player as Cameroon won a World Cup qualifier 2-1 in the Cape Verde Islands. Andriy Voronin played his first international while on loan with Hertha BSC Berlin as the Ukraine beat Belarus 1-0 in another qualifier in Lviv. Daniel Agger, Xabi Alonso, Javier Mascherano, future reds Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Christian Poulsen and Luis Suárez and ex-reds Nicolas Anelka, Mark González and John Arne Riise all also featured in qualifiers, with John Toshack managing Wales.
2009 - Javier Mascherano and future red Maxi Rodríguez represented Argentina again, as they lost 3-1 to Brazil in a World Cup qualifier in Rosario.
Alberto in action
2002 - Future red Alberto Aquilani played for Italy Under-19's as they beat Yugoslavia 2-1.
2005 - He was booked as the Under-21's were held to a 1-1 draw by Belarus in a European Championships qualifier in Borisov.
Martin off the mark
2008 - Martin Škrtel scored his first goal as a reds player as Slovakia beat Northern Ireland 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier in Bratislava. Meanwhile, Yossi Benayoun netted while skippering Israel in their 2-2 draw with Switzerland in Tel-Aviv.
Youngsters on target for their countries
Daniel Sjölund struck for Finland Under-21's in European Championships qualifiers on this day in consecutive years.
2002 - He netted in their 2-1 defeat of Wales in Valkeakoski.
2003 - He bagged the only goal of their game in Azerbaijan.
2002 - Florent Sinama-Pongolle struck his first goal for France Under-21's, the only one of their qualifier in Cyprus. He was winning his second cap, as were fellow reds Alou Diarra and Anthony Le Tallec. Chris Kirkland and future reds Xabi Alonso, Jermaine Pennant, Pepe Reina, Albert Riera and Fernando Torres also played for their Under-21's sides that day.
2005 - Ramon Calliste won his first cap for Wales Under-21's as a reds player, having a goal disallowed as they lost 3-2 in a European Championships qualifier in Poland. Meanwhile, Anthony Le Tallec scored in his third consecutive Under-21's game, converting a penalty as France beat the Republic of Ireland 2-1 in a qualifier in Cork. Also appearing at this level that day were Scott Carson and John Welsh, who won his sixth and final Under-21's cap as a red in England's 1-1 draw in Germany.
Burrows moves back to Merseyside
1994 - David Burrows signed for Everton from West Ham United on a free transfer, just a year after leaving Anfield. He only played 23 times in his one season with the Toffees, before moving on again to Birmingham City.
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