On this day in Liverpool history - 20th April

On this day in Liverpool history - 20th April

Tuesday, 20th April 2010

Michael's golden ball
2002 - We beat Derby County 2-0 at Anfield, with double goalscorer Michael Owen being presented with the Ballon d'Or trophy for European Football of the Year before the match. A minute's silence was also observed before kick-off, in memory of the bereaved and survivors of the Hillsborough disaster.

On the same day, young reserves forward John Miles left for Stoke City on a free transfer. He only made one senior appearance for the Potters before moving on to Crewe Alexandra, and is currently playing regular football for League Two side Accrington Stanley.

On the way to Rome
1977 - We reached our first European Cup Final after beating Zürich 3-0 at Anfield in the second leg of our Semi-final, with Jimmy Case netting a brace and Kevin Keegan grabbing the other, to go through 6-1 on aggregate. Keegan said afterwards, "The only reason I have stayed here is to get to the European Cup Final, and now I've done that."

Reds birthdays
1976 - Steve Finnan was born in Limerick. He made 217 appearances after signing from Fulham for £3.5m in July 2003, notching once. He helped us to claim the Champions League, FA Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FA Community Shield before joining R.C.D. Espanyol in September 2008.

1902 - Left-back Ernie Blenkinsop was born in Cudworth, Yorkshire. He played 71 reds games, and had won 26 England caps by the time he arrived from Sheffield Wednesday for £5,000 in March 1934. He moved on to Cardiff City in November 1937.

Milan's century
2005 - Milan Baroš played his hundredth reds game as we won 2-1 at Portsmouth in a League match, with our goals coming from Fernando Morientes and Luis García.

A new boss
1991 - Graeme Souness got off to a good start as Manager as we beat Norwich City 3-0 at Anfield in his first match in charge. The goals came from John Barnes, Ray Houghton and Ian Rush.
1988 - We also faced the Canaries, holding them to a goalless draw at Carrow Road as they became the first team against whom we had twice drawn a blank in the League that season, so holding off our League title celebrations for another three days.

Reds debutants
1910 - Left-back Donald Mackinlay made the first of his 434 reds appearances in a top-flight fixture with Nottingham Forest at Anfield, with Jack Parkinson scoring four goals in our stunning 7-3 win. Sam Bowyer added a brace, with James Stewart also on target.
1957 - We also entertained Forest, winning our Second Division meeting 3-1, thanks to goals from Alan A'Court, Billy Liddell and Tony Rowley.

1968 - Doug Livermore, who became the club's Assistant Manager under Roy Evans, made his reds bow in a 1-0 League defeat at West Ham United. He only played eighteen games for us during his five year spell as a player at Anfield.

Racing to a hat-trick
1929 - Henry Race netted three goals in our 5-2 home League win over Sunderland. Gordon Hodgson bagged our other two goals.

George returns
1875 - Centre-forward George Allan re-signed for the club from Celtic for £50. He had originally joined from Leith Athletic for £100 in September 1895 and was the first red to be capped by Scotland, top scoring as we claimed the Second Division title in 1896, and again the following season. He returned north of the border in May 1897 for just a season, and bagged a total of 58 goals in 96 reds games before sadly dying of tuberculosis in October 1898 aged just 24.

Bruce gets the elbow
1987 - Bruce Grobbelaar broke his elbow as we lost 1-0 at Manchester United.
1953 - We also visited Old Trafford for a First Division match, with Sammy Smyth on target as we lost 3-1.

Clean sheets against the Shakers and Blues
We have twice beaten Chelsea in First Division meetings on this day in history, without conceding.
1908 - Tom Chorlton and Jack Parkinson netted in the last ten minutes of our first ever trip to Stamford Bridge, with left-half Jim Bradley playing his hundredth League game for us.
1935 - Fred Howe and Lance Carr struck in L4, to add to braces from Vic Wright and Berry Nieuwenhuys. Centre-half Tom ‘Tiny' Bradshaw was making his 200th League appearance for the club, while left-half John Browning was making his senior bow.

We have also twice kept clean sheets against Bury in the top-flight.
1899 - John Walker netted the only goal of the game at Anfield
1901 - We shared a goalless ninety minutes at Gigg Lane.

Derby stalemate
1974 - We were held to a goalless draw in the Anfield derby.

Duncan's farewell
1895 - Left-back Duncan McLean made his 86th and final reds appearance in our 5-2 Anfield defeat by Preston North End. Harry Bradshaw struck both our goals.

A young Saint no more
1960 - Future red Ian St. John won his second a final Scotland Under-23's cap in a 1-1 draw with Belgium in Ghent.

Green again
1918 - Green scored in his fifth consecutive game as we beat Stockport County 4-2 in a Wartime League match at Anfield, our last match of the season. Harry Lewis struck twice, including once from the spot, with Arthur Goddard also on the scoresheet.