In comes Seb
2011 - Uruguayan centre-half Sebastián Coates signed from Nacional for £7m after impressing at the recent Copa América tournament. He has so far netted once in twelve senior outings for the reds.

Masch off
2010 - Javier Mascherano was sold to Barcelona for €22m, after two goals in 139 reds games. He signed for the reds on loan from West Ham United in January 2007, joining permanently thirteen months later.

A hat-trick for Michael
1998 - Michael Owen bagged a hat-trick as we beat Newcastle United 4-1 at St. James' Park, to spoil Ruud Gullit's first game in charge. Stéphane Guivarc'h replied for the home side with Patrik Berger rounding out the scoring, which all took place in the first half.

The Saint off the mark
1961 - Ian St. John struck his first two reds goals as we trounced Sunderland 4-1, with Roger Hunt also on target twice and Brian Clough netting for the home side.
1958 - We were beaten 2-1, when Billy Liddell grabbed our consolation at Roker Park.
1922 - We also lost 1-0 on another visit to the North East.

Harry off and running
2003 - Harry Kewell netted his first reds goal as we won 3-0 at Everton, with Michael Owen bagging a brace. This was our fourth straight League win at Goodison, a record for any club.

Out of Anfield
2002 - Jari Litmanen rejoined his old club Ajax on a free transfer. He had only managed to make nineteen starts in as many months at Anfield, notching nine goals in 43 appearances in all, and failed to really establish himself back in the Netherlands.
2006 - Neil Mellor joined Preston North End for a reported £0.5m. He netted 43 times in 151 outings before having to retire due to injury last May.

1999 - Bjørn Tore Kvarme signed for Saint-Étienne on a free transfer. He had made 54 reds appearances, but was not the defensive missing link we were searching for. He spent two seasons in France before joining Sander Westerveld at Real Sociedad, retiring from the game in June 2008 after a spell back with his first club, Rosenborg BK.
1990 - Reserves defender Alex Watson joined Derby County on loan, going on to make five appearances for the Rams. His brother Dave, another ex-reds reserve, went on to far greater success with Everton.

Also off the mark
1919 - Inside-forward Harry Lewis, Harry ‘Smiler' Chambers and outside-left Albert Pearson all scored on their reds debuts, as we won 3-1 at Bradford City as another season began.
1933 - Forward Sam English scored his first reds goal in our 1-1 draw with Stoke City at Anfield, the first time we had faced them since their name change from the simpler Stoke.

We have beaten Stoke City twice more on this day over the years.
1947 - Billy Liddell struck a brace as we won 2-0 at the Victoria Ground.
1952 - We won 3-2 in L4 with Jack Smith, Kevin Baron and Billy Liddell on the scoresheet.

Happy birthday Seb
1986 - Winger Sebastián Leto was born in Alejandro Korn in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He signed from Club Atlético Lanús for £1.85m in January 2007, although the transfer was not formally completed until seven months later. He made just four senior appearances, and moved permanently to Panathinaikos in July 2009 after spending the previous season on loan at Olympiacos.

Out-foxed
We twice visited Filbert Street to play Leicester City on this day in the 1970's, without winning.
1972 - We lost 3-2 with John Toshack bagging an early brace to put us two goals ahead, before Keith Weller struck a hat-trick.
1975 - We were held 1-1, with Kevin Keegan nabbing our goal. Two minutes earlier he had converted a penalty, but had to retake it, and failed with his second attempt. Keith Weller netted against the reds again.

Losing out to the Villains
We twice faced Aston Villa on this day in the 1920's, without winning.
1924 - Donald Mackinlay and Danny Shone netted as we lost 4-2 at Anfield in our opening match of the season
1926 - Dick Forshaw was on target as we drew 1-1 at Villa Park.

Heading towards Wembley
1977 - Kenny Dalglish and Jimmy Case were on the scoresheet as we beat Chelsea 2-0 at Anfield in a League Cup Second Round fixture. We went on to reach the Final of the competition for the first time that season.

East end Hutch
1994 - Don Hutchison left Anfield for West Ham United for £1.5m after ten goals in sixty reds games.
2001 - He moved back to Upton Park, joining from Sunderland for £5m, having also played for Sheffield United and Everton in the meantime.

Starting off well
1930 - Jim Smith netted twice as we beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at Anfield in our opening fixture of the season.

Beaten to a trophy
1989 - The reds lost 2-0 to Real Madrid in the eleventh Trofeo Internacional "Santiago Bernabéu", thanks to goals from Hugo Sánchez, and Emilio Butragueño.

A Gray day
1910 - 1930's defender Alf Gray was born in Westhoughton, Bolton. He failed to break into our first-team.

On the move
2003 - Steve McManaman signed for Manchester City from Real Madrid on a free transfer. He appeared just 44 times for them without scoring before being released.
2002 - Øyvind Leonhardsen joined Aston Villa from Tottenham Hotspur on a free transfer. He left Villa Park two years later, after three goals in 23 games.
2005 - Brazilian keeper Alexander Doni joined Roma from Juventude in his native land for US$18,000.

Brad the American
1996 - Brad Friedel won his first cap as a Columbus Crew player, and fortieth in total, as the USA beat El Salvador 3-1 in a friendly in Los Angeles.

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