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On this day in Liverpool history - 5th August
Happy birthday Clem
Ray Clemence is 58 today. He arrived from Scunthorpe United for £18,000 in June 1967, usurping Tommy Lawrence as first choice number one after two years. He went on to make 665 reds appearances, winning five League titles, an FA Cup, three European Cups, two UEFA Cups, a League Cup and a UEFA Super Cup in his fourteen years at Anfield, before moving on to Tottenham Hotspur in May 1981.
Quasi off
On this day in 1991, Peter Beardsley was sold to Everton for £1m. He had arrived from Newcastle United for £1.9m four years before. In his time at Anfield he had won two League titles and an FA Cup, scoring 59 times in 175 matches.
Bad boy Cally
Ian Callaghan was booked for the first time fifteen years into his reds career on this day in 1975, as we won 2-0 in a friendly at Borussia Dortmund, although it was not officially recorded as it was clearly an incorrect decision. In the same game, Joey Jones scored his first goal in only his second reds appearance. Peter Cormack grabbed the other goal.
Grég out on loan
Grégory Vignal joined Rangers on loan two years ago today. He appeared 42 times for the Ibrox side, netting three times and helping them to claim the League Cup and the title at the last gasp.
Hurry up Harry
Harry Kewell scored his first reds goal three years ago today as we beat Aberdeen 5-1 to claim the pre-season ESS Centenary Cup at Pittodrie. Florent Sinama-Pongolle missed a penalty, although Danny Murphy and Emile Heskey successfully got on the scoresheet, to add to a brace from Neil Mellor. The game was played to commemorate Aberdeen's centenary.
Retaining the beery trophy
We retained the Carlsberg Belfast Challenge on goal difference six years ago today, after Titi Camara and Michael Owen had netted in our 2-2 draw with SL Benfica at Windsor Park.
Shoot-out heartbreak
We have twice been beaten 4-3 in penalty shoot-outs after tied friendly encounters on this day over the years. In 1979, Alan Kennedy netted as we drew 1-1 with SL Benfica in Gelsenkirchen in the Final of a tournament held to celebrate the 75th anniversary of German side Schalke 04. Four years later, we lost another shoot-out after being held to a goalless draw by Hamburger SV in the Rotterdam AD Toernooi.
More German opposition
We have twice been beaten by German sides in pre-season games on this day in history. In 1980, Kenny Dalglish and David Fairclough netted as we lost 3-2 at VfB Stuttgart. Twelve years ago today, Robbie Fowler bagged our consolation from the spot as we lost 3-1 at Hamburger SV.
Aldo bags a treble
John Aldridge grabbed a hat-trick on this day in 1988 in our 4-1 friendly defeat of a Sunnmøre XI at the Aksla Stadion, on our Norwegian tour. John Barnes struck the other. We also won in Norway on this day in 1990, as Steve McMahon, David Burrows and John Barnes netted in our 3-0 win at Lillestrøm SK. A year earlier, Peter Beardsley had struck the only goal of the game at Swedish side Halmstads Bollklubb.
Reds in Holland
Steve Heighway bagged the only goal of our friendly at Utrecht on this day in 1972. Five years later, we lost 2-1 to Ajax in the Amsterdam Tournament at their old Stadion De Meer, with our score coming from an own goal.
Another friendly
Steve Nicol and Kenny Dalglish added to an Ian Rush brace as we won 4-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion on this day in 1985.
Triple signing boost
It was announced five years ago today that Jamie Carragher, Dietmar Hamann and Steven Gerrard had all signed new contracts to keep them at Anfield until 2005, although all of them subsequently signed further extensions.
Carnage begins
Future reds striker Djibril Cissé scored his first goal for Auxerre six years ago today, in their 2-1 defeat of Metz at the Stade Saint-Symphorien.
On the move
Dean Saunders joined Bradford City from SL Benfica on a free transfer seven years ago today. He could only net six times in 53 games during his two seasons with the Bantams.
On this day last year, it was announced that physio Dave Galley had joined Derby County after six years at Melwood. On the same day, ex-reds midfielder Don Hutchison joined Millwall on a free transfer from West Ham United. He struck twice in fourteen games for the Lions, and has since moved on to Don Hutchison.
'The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It's nothing of the kind. The game is about glory. It's about doing things in style, with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom.' - Danny Blanchflower
