20th November

Derby spoils shared
1996 - Robbie Fowler headed us in front in the Anfield derby on the half-hour mark with his ninth goal in seven games, but Gary Speed nodded in a late equaliser. Steve McManaman was playing in his 106th consecutive reds game but missed Wimbledon’s visit three days later. This game was postponed from a month earlier. Neil Ruddock reached a century of League outings for the reds.

A new stadium
1999 - We played our first official game at Sunderland’s new Stadium Of Light, as goals from Michael Owen and Patrik Berger gave us a 2-0 win.

A win at the Bridge
2011 – We won 2-1 at Chelsea when Maxi Rodríguez opened the scoring. Future red Daniel Sturridge equalised, with ex-Blue Glen Johnson nabbing the late winner.

An unwelcome European record
2001 - An early Michael Owen strike counted for nothing when Barcelona treated the Anfield crowd to a virtuoso display of attacking football, winning 3-1 in our Champions League group game. This remains the joint highest number of goals we have conceded at home in European competition. Patrick Kluivert, Fabio Rochemback and Marc Overmars struck for the visitors.

Half a millennium against
2004 - We conceded our 500th goal in the Premier League when Chris Riggott struck in our 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough. Future red Bolo Zenden added the second.

Al’s milestone
2021 – Alisson Becker reached a half century of clean sheets in the League as we thumped Arsenal 4-0 at Anfield. Sadio Mané headed in the opener before the break, with Diogo Jota, Mohamed Salah and Takumi Minamino all on target in the second half.
1965 – We were held to a goalless draw at Stoke City, with Ian St. John playing his 200th reds game.

Double treble
1943 - Robert Beattie and future reds Manager Don Welsh both scored hat-tricks as we thumped Southport 9-0 in a Wartime League game at Anfield. Berry Nieuwenhuys, Cyril Done and Jackie Campbell netted the others.

Tommy in
1959 – Left-half Tommy Leishman signed from St. Mirren for £10,000, having won the Scottish Cup with them. He helped us back to the First Division in 1962, although he then only made eleven top-flight appearances before returning north of the border, to Hibernian, in January 1963 after a total of seven goals in 118 reds games, including our first ever League Cup strike.

Reds firsts
1897 – Forward Pat Finnerhan struck his only reds goal in the final minute, the only score in our top-flight meeting with Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield.
1937 – Irish right-back Billy Hood played the first of his three reds games as we lost a top-flight encounter with Huddersfield Town 1-0 at Anfield.

Four against Vale
1991 - We won 4-1 at Port Vale in a League Cup Third Round replay, with Steve McManaman, Mark Walters, Ray Houghton and Dean Saunders grabbing our goals. Unfortunately, we were knocked out by Third Division Peterborough United in the next round.

Royal approval
2005 - Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall visited Anfield to meet participants in the Prince’s Trust football initiative. As part of their visit, they posed for pictures on the pitch with Chairman David Moores, Manager Rafael Benítez, club captain Steven Gerrard and the European Cup.

Births and death
1961 - Ex-reserves centre-back Dave Watson was born in Liverpool. He never broke through into the reds first team and went on to far greater success with Norwich City and across Stanley Park.
1993 – Former reserves forward Henoc Mukendi was born in Zaire. He joined the youth system in 2007, signing a new two-year contract in May 2012, but never managed to make the breakthrough, moving into non-League football.

1998 – Outside-right Fred Morris died. He bagged fourteen goals in 48 reds games after joining from Mansfield Town for £7,000 in May 1958, before moving to Crewe Alexandra for £4,000 in June 1960.

On the move
1992 - Stan Collymore joined First Division Southend United from Crystal Palace for £150,000. He struck eighteen times in 33 games in his one season with the Shrimpers, before joining Nottingham Forest in a £2m deal in July 1993.
2017 – The departure of Andy Renshaw as Head of Physiotherapy was announced. He had been with the club since 2009.

Nottingham wins
1954 - Billy Liddell grabbed the only goal of the game from the spot at Anfield as we beat Nottingham Forest in a Second Division fixture with keeper Doug Rudham making his reds bow.
1982 - Craig Johnston and Kenny Dalglish were on target as we won 2-1 at Notts County.

Also recently
2010 – We beat West Ham United 3-0 at Anfield, with all the goals coming before the break. Ex-Hammer Glen Johnson opened the scoring before Dirk Kuyt converted a penalty, with Maxi Rodríguez also heading in.

International goalscorers
1974 - John Toshack was on target as Wales thumped Luxembourg 5-0 in a European Championships qualifier in Swansea. Ray Clemence, Steve Heighway and Emlyn Hughes also played in qualifiers that day.
1929 – Forward Tosh Johnson bagged a brace as England thumped Wales 6-0 in the British International Championships at Stamford Bridge while winning his final cap as a Manchester City player. Fellow future red Ernie Blenkinsop also played.

Final caps
2002 - Milan Baroš struck as the Czech Republic were held to a 3-3 friendly draw in Teplice by Sweden, with clubmate Vladimír Šmicer also playing. Former reserves forward Haukur Ingi Gudnason won his eighth and final cap as Iceland lost a friendly 2-0 in Estonia. Jerzy Dudek and John Arne Riise were also in international action that day, as were future reds Yossi Benayoun, Steve Finnan, Paul Jones, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Christian Poulsen, Andriy Voronin and Bolo Zenden, as well as ex-red Øyvind Leonhardsen.

2018 – Dominic Solanke netted a brace while winning his last England Under-21’s cap as a reds player in their 5-1 thrashing of Denmark in Esbjerg. On the same day, Danny Ward played for Wales for the first time since moving to Leicester City in their 1-0 friendly defeat in Albania, while Mamadou Sakho won his first cap as a Crystal Palace player as France beat Uruguay 1-0 in a friendly in Paris. Future red Diogo Jota was on target while skippering Portugal Under-21’s, winning his twentieth and last cap at this level as they lost 3-1 in a European Championships Play-off to Poland. Tom Clayton played for Scotland Under-19’s for the third and last time as they drew 2-2 with Sweden in a qualifier in Rhyl, while future red Cody Gakpo struck while winning his fifth and last cap for the Dutch Under-20’s as they beat Italy 3-2 in an Elite League group game. Ajax’s Ryan Gravenberch was on target for the Dutch Under-19’s in their 2-1 friendly defeat or Portugal in Armenia. Also in action that day were Rafael Camacho, Roberto Firmino, Kamil Grabara, Kai McKenzie-Lyle, Andy Robertson, Harry Wilson, Ben Woodburn, future reds Federico Chiesa, Arthur Melo, Takumi Minamino and Sepp van den Berg and ex-reds Joe Allen and Luis Suárez.

Facing the Latics
1946 – We were held to a 3-3 draw in the Second Round of the Lancashire Senior Cup at Anfield, with Bill Jones bagging a brace and Billy Liddell also on target. We won the replay, going on to claim the trophy for the seventh time.
1915 – We won a Wartime League fixture 2-1 at Boundary Park, thanks to a William Banks brace.

Kenny and Souey for the Scots
Kenny Dalglish and Graeme Souness have both played for Scotland at Hampden Park twice on this day in history.
1974 - They both featured in a 2-1 defeat by Spain in a European Championships qualifier, before either of them had joined the reds.
1985 - Kenny won his 99th cap as Sampdoria’s Souness skippered Scotland to a 2-0 World Cup Play-off win over Australia. Steve Nicol also played.

Other reds games
1976 – Ray Kennedy netted a late equaliser as we drew 1-1 at Arsenal.
1971 – We won 2-0 at Coventry City, thanks to a Jack Whitham brace, with Ernie Hunt sent off for the home side.

1948 – Cyril Done struck as Charlton Athletic left L4 with a point, with future red Frank Lock netting for the Addicks.
1926 – We beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 at Anfield as the two bottom side faced each other. Gordon Hodgson and Harry Chambers were on target.
1920 – We lost 2-0 at Newcastle United.
1909 – Arthur Goddard and Jimmy Stewart scored as we beat Preston North End 2-0 in L4.

Other internationals
2023 – Trent Alexander-Arnold helped England to draw a European Championships qualifier 1-1 in North Macedonia, while future red Federico Chiesa played as Italy were held to a goalless draw by Ukraine in Germany. Luke Chambers played for England Under-20’s on the same day in their 3-2 friendly win in Germany.
2022 - Caoimhín Kelleher kept a clean sheet as the Republic of Ireland won a friendly 1-0 in Malta. Future red Dominik Szoboszlai plated as Hungary beat Greece 2-1 in Budapest on the same day as Bernard Diomède managed France Under-18’s to a 3-0 friendly win over Italy in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, while future red Federico Chiesa played as Italy lost 2-0 to Austria in a friendly in Vienna.
2015 – Ex-Academy Manager Steve Cooper took charge of England Under-17’s as they beat Germany 2-1 in a friendly in Rotherham.

2014 – Cooper managed England Under-16’s in their 2-1 defeat of Scotland in the Victory Shield in Yeovil, with young red Adam Lewis featuring.
2013 – Luis Suárez featured in Uruguay’s goalless draw with Jordan in the second leg of their World Cup Play-off in Montevideo as they reached the Finals in Brazil.
2008 – Future red Raul Meireles played for Portugal in their 6-2 friendly defeat in Brazil.
2007 – Javier Mascherano and future red Maxi Rodríguez played in Argentina’s 2-1 World Cup qualifying defeat in Colombia. Also in international action that day were Nikolay Mihaylov and future reds Charlie Adam, Joe Allen, Philipp Degen and James Milner.

2001 – Future red Harry Kewell plated as Australia beat Uruguay 1-0 in the first leg of their World Cup Play-off in Melbourne.
1996 – Future red Milan Baroš played for the Czech Republic Under-15’s as they beat France 2-1.
1991 – Future red Karlheinz Riedle featured as Germany won a European Championships qualifier 1-0 in Belgium.
1963 – Gordon Milne played for England as they thumped Northern Ireland 8-3 in the British International Championships at Wembley.