Liverpool said goodbye to Emlyn Hughes on this day in 2004, the former captain dying at the age of 57.
Phil Neal made his last appearance in a red shirt in 1985, Bob Paisley’s side put five past Leicester City in 1976, and Luis Suárez scored twice as Fulham were beaten 4-0 in 2013.
2004: Farewell to Crazy Horse
The news came through on 9 November 2004 that Emlyn Hughes had died from a brain tumour. He was 57.
Bill Shankly had signed him from Blackpool in 1967 for £65,000. Hughes stayed for twelve years, made 665 appearances and scored 49 goals, and captained Liverpool to their first European Cup, a 3-1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach in Rome in 1977. He lifted the trophy again at Wembley a year later and remains the only Liverpool captain to have done so twice.
In a red shirt he won four League titles, two European Cups, the FA Cup and two UEFA Cups, and in 1977 he was named the Football Writers’ Player of the Year. He won 62 caps for England and captained his country as well as his club. His all-action, charging style earned him the nickname Crazy Horse.
He left for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1979 for £90,000 and won the League Cup with them in 1980. After football he became a familiar face as a team captain on the BBC’s A Question of Sport, and he was awarded an OBE in 1980. Liverpool held a minute’s silence before their League Cup tie against Middlesbrough the night after he died.
1985: Neal’s last game in a red shirt
Forty-one years ago today, in 1985, Phil Neal came off the bench at half-time for Steve McMahon and played the last of his 650 Liverpool games as Kenny Dalglish’s side won 3-0 at Coventry City.
Jim Beglin scored after five minutes, Paul Walsh added a second just after the restart and Ian Rush finished it late on.
1976: Five past Leicester
In 1976, Bob Paisley’s Liverpool came from behind to beat Leicester City 5-1 at Anfield in front of 39,851.
Frank Worthington put the visitors ahead after 20 minutes. Steve Heighway equalised six minutes later and John Toshack made it 2-1 before half-time. Phil Neal converted a penalty on 70 minutes, Joey Jones scored his first Liverpool goal two minutes later, and Kevin Keegan added another from the spot with eight minutes to go.
2013: Fulham hit for four
The date was 9 November 2013 when Brendan Rodgers’s side overwhelmed Fulham 4-0 at Anfield.
Fernando Amorebieta headed into his own net, Martin Škrtel doubled the lead from a corner, and Luis Suárez scored either side of half-time.
Born on this day
Born on this day in 1965 in Hammersmith, winger Jimmy Carter signed from Millwall in January 1991, made eight appearances and later moved on to Arsenal.
Also on this day
- 1895: Fred Geary scored twice and Tom Wilkie once in a 3-1 Second Division win over Leicester Fosse at Anfield.
- 1901: Andy McGuigan scored twice, Tommy Robertson from the spot and Charlie Satterthwaite in a 4-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield.
- 1907: Liverpool thumped Notts County 6-0 at Anfield.
- 1912: Arthur Metcalf scored twice, with Tom Miller and Jack Parkinson also on target, in a 4-3 win at Middlesbrough.
- 1929: Harry Race scored all three goals in a 3-0 win over Bolton Wanderers at Anfield.
- 1935: Gordon Hodgson, Lance Carr and Jimmy McDougall scored in a 3-2 win over Aston Villa at Anfield.
- 1946: Jack Balmer scored a hat-trick in a 3-0 win over Portsmouth at Anfield, the first of three in consecutive matches.
- 1957: Jimmy Melia, Alan A’Court, Billy Liddell and Tony Rowley scored in a 4-0 Second Division win over Notts County at Anfield.
- 1963: Roger Hunt and Ian Callaghan scored in a 2-1 win at Bolton Wanderers.
- 1966: Chris Lawler and Peter Thompson scored in a 2-0 win over Burnley at Anfield.
- 1968: Ian Callaghan and Tommy Smith, from the spot, scored in a 2-1 win over Chelsea at Anfield.
- 1974: Ray Kennedy scored, but Arsenal won 3-1 at Anfield, Alan Ball scoring twice and Liam Brady once.
- 1988: Liverpool and Arsenal drew 0-0 in a League Cup third-round replay at Highbury.
- 1994: Robbie Fowler scored twice and Neil Ruddock once as Liverpool came from behind to beat Chelsea 3-1 at Anfield.
- 2000: Nick Barmby, Emile Heskey and Michael Owen scored in a 3-2 win at Slovan Liberec, Liverpool going through 4-2 on aggregate in the UEFA Cup.
- 2002: Gareth Southgate scored the only goal as Middlesbrough beat Liverpool 1-0 at the Riverside.
- 2003: Harry Kewell scored, but Ryan Giggs’s brace gave Manchester United a 2-1 win at Anfield.
- 2009: David N’Gog and Steven Gerrard, from the spot, scored in a 2-2 draw with Birmingham City at Anfield.
- 2022: Caoimhín Kelleher saved three penalties as Liverpool beat Derby County 3-2 in a League Cup shoot-out after a goalless draw at Anfield.
- 2023: Diogo Jota scored late on, but Liverpool lost 3-2 in a Europa League group game at Toulouse.
- 2024: Darwin Núñez and Mohamed Salah scored in a 2-0 win over Aston Villa at Anfield.
- 2025: Erling Haaland, Nico González and Jérémy Doku scored as Manchester City won 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium.
