28th November

Michael’s European record
2002 - Michael Owen scored his fifteenth away goal in Europe, which remains a club record, as we beat Vitesse Arnhem 1-0 at their Gelredome in the Third Round of the UEFA Cup. Surprisingly, this was our first game in the Netherlands on a club ground, and our first win in the country.

Beating the Gunners
2004 - Neil Mellor grabbed a dramatic last-gasp winner as we beat Arsenal 2-1, his first League strike. Xabi Alonso had opened the scoring with his first Anfield goal before Patrick Vieira rounded off a slick Arsenal move to equalise. Antonio Núñez came on as a substitute for Florent Sinama-Pongolle to make his reds debut.

Porto downed
2007 - We thumped Porto 4-1 at Anfield in a Champions League group game to keep us on track to qualify for the knock-out phase. Steve Finnan played his 200th reds game, and fiftieth in Europe for the club, as Fernando Torres struck his first two European goals for the reds before the scoreline was boosted by a late penalty converted by Steven Gerrard and a Peter Crouch header. This was our 150th game in the European Cup, including qualifiers. Future red Raul Meireles came off the bench for the visitors, with Lisandro López bagging the first of his two goals against the reds.

Red farewells
2015 – Legendary defender Gerry Byrne died. He was the hero of our first FA Cup triumph in 1965 when he played for 117 minutes of the final against Leeds United at Wembley with a broken collar bone sustained in an early challenge by Bobby Collins. He also won two League titles and the FA Charity Shield in his eleven years at Anfield, making a total of 333 reds appearances and scoring four times.

On the same day, Dean Saunders was sacked as Manager of Chesterfield after just six months in charge.

Most recently
2020 – We were held to a 1-1 draw behind closed doors at Brighton & Hove Albion. Diogo Jota netted with the reds having two goals ruled out by VAR for offside. Neal Maupay missed a first-half penalty for the home side, but Pascal Groß converted a controversially awarded stoppage-time spot kick.

Ferri cross the Mersey
1998 - Jean-Michel Ferri signed from Istanbulspor for £1.5m, becoming Gérard Houllier’s first signing. He only ever made two substitute appearances before leaving for Sochaux-Montbéliard for the same fee, having been rumoured to be Le Boss’s mole in the dressing room.

1927 - Bill Murray signed from Clydebank, netting once in four reds outings before moving to Barrow in January 1930, where he became their skipper.
1945 – South African winger Bob Priday signed from Cape Town City. His chances were limited to forty reds games, as he was behind Billy Liddell in the pecking order. He notched seven times while at Anfield, before moving on to Blackburn Rovers in March 1949.

A rare number two
1992 - Mike Marsh netted his first League goal past Nigel Martyn as we beat Crystal Palace 5-0 at Anfield. He remained the most recent player to score for us in the number two shirt in a first-class match until Álvaro Arbeloa’s solo effort at Reading in April 2007. Steve McManaman bagged a brace, while Ronnie Rosenthal and Don Hutchison were also on target that day.

We only had one Song
2000 - Rigobert Song was sold to West Ham United for £2.5m. He had made 38 appearances in nearly two years at Anfield since signing from Italian club Salernitana for £2.6m, without getting on the scoresheet.

Shanks victorious
1959 – Bill Shankly’s Huddersfield Town beat the manager-less reds 1-0 at Leeds Road. We fell behind to a Les Massie goal while skipper and centre-back Dick White was off the field injured, one of his four strikes past us.

Happy birthdays
1978 - Ex-reserves striker Jon Newby was born in Warrington. He only made four substitute appearances while at Anfield, as well as staying on the bench on a further five occasions, moving on to Bury for free in March 2001. On the same day, future reds coach Joe Corrigan played for England B as they beat Czechoslovakia 1-0 in Prague.
1994 – Swedish winger Kristoffer Peterson was born in Gothenburg. He arrived from Sävedalens IF in January 2011, signing a contract extension three years later. However, he left for Utrecht in August 2014.

In charge
1994 - Steve McMahon was appointed Swindon Town Manager. He was in charge for 201 games as the Robins were first relegated from the First Division, and then bounced straight back as champions. He was sacked in September 1998.
2007 - Ex-reds reserves forward Paul Jewell took over as boss of Derby County, who were firmly rooted to the bottom of the Premiership. He resigned in December 2008 having failed to save them from relegation.
2013 – Recent Assistant Manager Sean O’Driscoll was sacked as Bristol City boss, having been in charge for just ten months.
2022 – Former Academy coach Michael Beale was appointed Manager of Rangers. He was sacked after eleven months in charge.

Cally for England
1962 - Ian Callaghan won the first of his three England Under-23’s caps in their 5-0 friendly thumping of Greece at St. Andrews.

Shot down at Arsenal
1931 - Jack Lambert scored a second-half hat-trick for Arsenal as they trounced us 6-0, three of his seven goals past us, with John Charlton playing his third and final reds game. David Jack struck the last two of his nine goals against the reds, with Joe Hulme scoring one of his ten past us. The Gunners were pipped to the League title by our blue neighbours that season.
1970 - We lost another top-flight meeting at Highbury, going down 2-0. John Radford netted one of his seven goals against the reds, with George Graham coming off the bench to bag one of his four past us.

Earning our Spurs
We have faced Tottenham Hotspur three times in top flight matches on this day in history, resulting in one win, a draw and two defeats.
2010 – We lost 2-1 in north London, despite Jermain Defoe missing a penalty. Martin Škrtel opened the scoring before putting through his own net in the second half. Jamie Carragher dislocated his shoulder late on before Aaron Lennon bagged an injury-time winner.
2012 – We lost by the same score there, with Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale both scoring early on. A Steven Gerrard header was cleared off the line by Lennon but rebounded off Bale for an own goal after the break.

1987 - We won 2-0 at White Hart Lane thanks to goals from Steve McMahon and Craig Johnston, in what was Kenny Dalglish’s hundredth League game in charge as Paul Walsh appeared for the 112nd and last time. Steve Hodge was sent off for elbowing Ray Houghton inside the first twenty minutes, while Gary Gillespie broke Spurs’ Neil Ruddock’s leg in a challenge. The home side were being managed for the first time by Terry Venables. Amazingly, this was our first victory on this day in history at the fourteenth attempt.
1964 - Roger Hunt struck in a 1-1 draw at Anfield, with Jimmy Greaves netting one of his twelve goals against the reds.

A bad day to meet the Villains
We have faced Aston Villa three times in the top flight on this day in history, winning just once.
1993 - Robbie Fowler and Jamie Redknapp netted as we won 2-1 at Anfield, with Dalian Atkinson bagging the last of his four goals against us.
1914 - Villa left with a 6-3 win, with Jimmy Nicholl netting a brace and Tom Miller also on target for the reds. Full-back Bob Crawford played his 114th and final reds game. Harry Hampton netted one of his fifteen goals against the reds, with Joe Bache nabbing the final one of his nine past us, and Clem Stephenson scoring one of his five, with Harold Edgley netting twice and Tommy Barber also on target.
1903 - We lost 2-1 at Villa Park, with Jack Parkinson nabbing our consolation.

Beaten
2018 – We lost 2-1 to Paris Saint-Germain in our UEFA Champions League group game at the Parc des Princes. Juan Bernat and Neymar put the French side ahead before James Milner converted a penalty in first-half stoppage time. We went on to qualify from the group, en route to Final glory in Madrid.
1967 - Ferencvárosi beat us 1-0 in Hungary with a deflected Sándor Katona goal on a snowbound pitch in a Fairs Cup Third Round meeting as half-back Willie Stevenson played his 241st and last reds game. Unfortunately, we lost the Anfield return by the same score.

1981 – We went down 1-0 at Southampton to a late Steve Moran goal. The home side included three former England captains – Alan Ball, Mick Channon and ex-red Kevin Keegan.
1953 – We lost 3-1 at Cardiff City despite Louis Bimpson opening the scoring. Wilf Grant and Ken Chisholm each netted one of their four goals against the reds, with George Edwards also on target.
1925 – We lost 1-0 at home to Bury, the only time the Shakers have won at Anfield in 26 attempts to date.
1908 – Manchester City won 3-1 in L4 with Sam Bowyer bagging our goal. Keeper Sam Hardy had to go off at half time due to injury, with left-back Billy Dunlop taking over the gloves. George Dorsett struck the last of his five goals past us, with Jimmy Conlin and Billy Jones also on target.
1896 – We were beaten 2-0 at Nottingham Forest’s old Town Ground stadium.

Into third
2005 – Steven Gerrard was voted third in the annual Ballon d’Or award for the best player in Europe, behind Barcelona’s Ronaldinho and Frank Lampard from Chelsea. Jamie Carragher finished jont twentieth with Luis García in equal 23rd.

At the World Cup
2022 – Alisson Becker played as Brazil beat Switzerland 1-0 in a World Cup group game in Qatar. On the same day, Rigobert Song’s Cameroon drew 3-3 with a Serbia side that included ex-red Marko Grujić. Meanwhile, Darwin Núñez and ex-reds Sebastián Coates and Luis Suárez all featured in Uruguay’s 2-0 defeat by Portugal.

Sharing the shield
2003 - Young red Jordan Holmes skippered England Under-16’s as they drew 1-1 with their Scottish counterparts at Hampden Park. This result ensured that the two countries shared the Victory Shield, ahead of Northern Ireland and Wales. On the same day, future red Javier Mascherano appeared for Argentina Under-20’s in the World Championship Finals as they beat Spain 2-1 in a group game in the United Arab Emirates.

Other reds game
1936 – Derby County held us to a 3-3 draw at Anfield. The Rams’ Jack Parker put through his own net, before Sammy Crooks levelled from the spot, one of his six goals against the reds. Berry Nieuwenhuys and Fred Howe then put us ahead, but Dally Dunkin and Reg Stockill struck for the visitors.

Off on loan
2013 – Three young reds left the club on loan. Centre-forward Adam Morgan joined Yeovil Town, with midfielder Craig Roddan moving to Carlisle United and winger Kristoffer Peterson crossing the Mersey to join up with Tranmere Rovers.

A new website
2002 - The club launched its very first non-English language website, a Chinese-language Hong Kong site.

Beaten by the Austrians
1934 - We lost 2-0 to the Austrian national team in a friendly at Anfield. They were a very fine side at the time, having finished fourth in the World Cup Finals in Italy earlier that year.

Also in international action
1992 – Bjørn Tore Kvarme featured for Norway Under-21’s as they thumped Malaysia 6-0 in Kuala Lumpur.