Merseyside derby
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The Merseyside Derby is the name of the football match played between the Everton and Liverpool football clubs, the two most successful clubs from the Merseyside area of England.
It is often referred to as "The Friendly Derby" due to the amount of families who have both Reds and Blues in them. Neither club takes its fan base from distinct parts of the city (like the Bristol derby does) or from religious denominations (as the Glasgow derby does) so fans intermingle at work and socially.
After the fall out from the Heysel Stadium disaster, fan relationships became strained, with Everton fans blaming Liverpool hooligans for their ban from the European club competitions. However, relations improved after the Hillsborough disaster when both sets of fans rallied together.
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[edit] History and Results
Liverpool have won more games than Everton across every competition. To date, there have been 204 Merseyside derbies with 79 Liverpool wins, 65 Everton wins, and 61 draws.
[edit] Records
This derby is responsible for many records across all derby matches, largely due to it being contested so many times:
- The longest unbeaten derby game run in all matches is 14, held by Everton.
- The longest unbeaten derby game run in home matches is held by Liverpool when Everton failed to beat them in the League for 14 games between the 1970/71 and 1984/85 seasons.
- The longest unbeaten derby game run in away matches is held by Everton with a 15 match run at Anfield between 1899 and 1920 which included 10 victories.
- The longest unbroken winning run at home belongs to Liverpool with 5 between 1932/33 and 1936/37.
- The longest unbroken winning run away from home belongs to Everton who scored 7 consecutive victories at Anfield between 1908/09 and 1914/15.
The following are records just for the Merseyside derby Match itself:
- The record victory in a league match is 6-0 recorded by Liverpool at Goodison Park in the 1935/36 season.
- Neville Southall of Everton holds the record for most derby match appearances.
- Ian Rush of Liverpool holds the mark for the most derby goals with 25, overtaking Dixie Dean of Everton's long-standing record in 1989.
[edit] Switching Sides
It is extremely rare for a player to play for both teams in their career due to the huge rivalry.
Everton then Liverpool
Liverpool then Everton
- Jimmy Payne
- Peter Beardsley
- Don Hutchison[4]
- Gary Ablett
- David Burrows
- Kevin Sheedy
- Dave Watson[5]
- Sander Westerveld[6]
[edit] Boyhood supporters playing for rivals
There have been many players who have come through the academies of Everton and Liverpool or have become legends for one club while actually being supporters of their rivals.
Everton Fans who play/ed for Liverpool
- Jamie Carragher
- Michael Owen
- Ian Rush
- Jimmy Payne
- Steve McManaman
- Robbie Fowler
- David Thompson
- Craig Lindfield
Liverpool fans who play/ed for Everton
[edit] Notable Games
The first meeting between the two sides at Wembley Stadium came in the final of the 1984 League Cup with Liverpool eventually winning a replay (at Maine Road, Manchester) after the first tie at Wembley was drawn.
Later that year the clubs met again at Wembley Stadium in the FA Charity Shield. Everton emerged as the victors thanks to a Bruce Grobbelaar own goal.
The 1986 & 1989 FA Cup finals are still the only Merseyside derby finals in the competition to date with Liverpool victorious on both occasions, 3-1 and 3-2 (AET) respectively.
On February 21, 1991, an epic 4-4 FA Cup match saw Everton come from behind 4 times. It is generally regarded as one of the greatest Merseyside derbies ever. Everton won a replay days later and Liverpool's manager Kenny Dalglish subsequently resigned.
The 2006 Goodison Park derby saw Everton beating Liverpool 3-0, scoring three goals for the first time in a league derby since 1966, and the first time at Goodison since 1904 with goals from Tim Cahill and a double from club record signing Andy Johnson. This was only Everton's second win over Liverpool in seven years.
[edit] Doing the Double
It is quite rare for either team to beat the other in both league games in one season. Liverpool have managed it 11 times and Everton 7 times.
[edit] Everton
| Season | Anfield Score | Goodison Score |
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| 1908-1909 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 1911-1912 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
| 1928-1929 | 1-2 | 1-0 |
| 1931-1932 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
| 1938-1939 | 0-3 | 2-1 |
| 1964-1965 | 0-4 | 2-1 |
| 1984-1985 | 0-1 | 1-0 |
Everton were denied the double in 1999-2000 premiership season by a controversial decision from referee Graham Poll. With the score at 0-0, seconds remained, Sander Westerveld hit the back of Don Hutchison with a goal kick. The ball went into the net, but Poll claimed that time had already been called.
[edit] Liverpool
| Season | Anfield Score | Goodison Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1898-1899 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
| 1920-1921 | 1-0 | 0-3 |
| 1922-1923 | 5-1 | 0-1 |
| 1924-1925 | 3-1 | 0-1 |
| 1947-1948 | 4-0 | 0-3 |
| 1972-1973 | 1-0 | 0-2 |
| 1981-1982 | 3-1 | 1-3 |
| 1989-1990 | 3-1 | 1-2 |
| 1990-1991 | 3-2 | 1-3 |
| 2000-2001 | 3-2 | 1-3 |
| 2005-2006 | 3-1 | 1-3 |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Played for Aston Villa in between.
- ^ Played for Ipswich Town in between.
- ^ Played for Blackburn Rovers in between.
- ^ Played for West Ham United and Sheffield United in between.
- ^ Played for Norwich City in between.
- ^ Played for Real Sociedad and Portsmouth in between. He only played for Everton for a very brief loan (from Portsmouth) spell due to a keeper crisis at Everton as Nigel Martyn and Richard Wright were both injured and Iain Turner was banned.
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