Merseyside derby
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 city of Liverpool in England. It is the longest currently running top flight derby in England, having been at that level since 1962 when Liverpool were promoted to the First Division (later the Premier League) for the last time.
Traditionally, the Merseyside Derby was referred to as The Friendly Derby [1] because of the large amount of families who have both Reds and Blues supporters in them. It is one of the few local derbies that does not enforce fan segregation[1]. With so many families and friends supporting both clubs, it is not uncommon to see Evertonians and Liverpudlians sitting together during the derby. The 1984 Milk Cup final at Wembley had the strange sight of almost all sections of the ground being mixed and combined chants of "Merseyside, Merseyside".
Contents |
[edit] History
There a number of reasons for the "friendly derby" tag. Firstly the clubs are situated in the north of the City and very close to each other (less than a mile), with only Stanley Park separating the two. Everton actually played at Anfield, which is now Liverpool's ground before a rent dispute with the ground owners saw Everton relocate to Goodison Park and the formation of Liverpool F.C. From 1902 to 1932 the two clubs even shared the same matchday programme. Today there are no evident geographical, political, social, or religious divides as in other derbies, although for many years a sectarian divide did exist within the city (Kilfoyle, 2000) it is unclear how (if at all) this influenced the support bases of the two clubs. During the 1950's and 1960's Everton were coined as the Catholic club mainly as a result of successful Irish players Tommy Eglington, Peter Farrell and Jimmy O'Neill as well as manager Johnny Carey. This, in turn (saying something about the fickleness of football fans) caused Liverpool to be thought of as Protestant club. However it should be noted that this notional divide was never seen as a basis for supporting a certain side as is the case with Celtic and Rangers. In truth both teams have strong support from all denominations as well as many fans from Presbyterian North Wales and Catholic Ireland. Most importantly, the actual clubs themselves did not act to strengthen sectarian divides and in fact both clubs stem from a Methodist origin.
Unlike other local derbies (such as the Bristol, Birmingham and Stoke derbies) violence between Evertonians and Liverpudlians is a rarity, but in the fallout from the Heysel Stadium disaster, fan relationships became strained, with Everton fans blaming Liverpool hooligans for their subsequent ban from the European club competitions. However, relations improved after the Hillsborough disaster when both sets of fans rallied together, Everton and Liverpool scarfs were intertwined stretching across Stanley Park between Anfield and Goodison Park. Recently, after the murder of 11 year old Rhys Jones in a gun crime incident in 2007, Liverpool Football Club invited the victim's parents and older brother to Anfield for a Champions League match. The Z-Cars theme tune Johnny Todd, the song which Everton traditionally run out to was played for the first time ever at Anfield while the victim's family stood on the pitch wearing Everton shirts and scarfs. A standing ovation was given before You'll Never Walk Alone was played.
The city of Liverpool is statistically the most successful football city in England with Everton and Liverpool winning a combined 27 league titles, and there has never been a season without one of either Everton or Liverpool competing in the top flight. Both clubs have rich histories, with Everton being one of the twelve founder member clubs of the Football League. Everton have only been relegated twice and have competed in over 100 seasons of top flight football, more than any other English club. To date Everton have won 9 League Championships, 5 FA Cup's and 1 European Cup Winners Cup. Liverpool hold the current record of the most League Championships with 18. They also have won the European Cup 5 times, more than any other English club and the FA Cup on 7 occasions.
Since 1892 the clubs have appeared almost every year in the Liverpool Senior Cup, although Liverpool, Everton and Tranmere Rovers only field reserve sides against the likes of Prescot Cables, Southport and Marine. Everton hold 45 titles while Liverpool have won 38. Everton and Liverpool also have affiliated women's teams playing in the Women's Premier League
This season's derby at Goodison Park was won by Liverpool, who then went on to complete their twelfth league 'double' over their local rivals by winning the return fixture at Anfield as well. A number of incidents which occurred at Anfield suggests a deterioration of the friendly relationship.
[edit] Results
| Competition | Played | Liverpool | Draw | Everton | Liverpool Goals |
Everton Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | 177 | 66 | 55 | 56 | 240 | 213 |
| FA Cup | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 |
| League Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Charity Shield | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 204 | 78 | 62 | 64 | 278 | 240 |
statistics obtained from Soccerbase
[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, this was between the 1941/42 and 1951/52 seasons.
- 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 16 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.
- Recent games have been marred by sendings off, and the fixture has seen 16 red cards in the Premiership.
The following are records just for the Merseyside derby match itself:
- The record home victory in a league match is 6-0 recorded by Liverpool at Anfield in the 1935/36 season.
- The record away victory in a league match is 5-0 recorded by both Everton at Anfield in the 1914/15 season and by Liverpool at Goodison Park in the 1982/83 season.
- The highest scoring match was in 1932/33 when Liverpool won 7-4 at Anfield
- 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 1987.
- William C. Cuff of Everton holds the record for the most wins as a manager with 16 wins over Liverpool from 1901-1918.
- Tom Watson of Liverpool holds the record for the most losses as a manager with 21 defeats to Everton from 1896-1915.
- Record Attendance: 78,299 at Goodison Park, September 18, 1948 (Old Division One)
- Lowest Attendance: 18,000 at Anfield, January 19, 1901 (Old Division One)
[edit] All time goal scorers
The Following have scored 4 or more league goals in the Merseyside Derby. This includes FA Premier League matches, its predecessor the Football League First Division, FA Cup, League Cup and Charity Shield. The Screen Sport Super Cup goals are also included for Rush and Sharp, however this was a competition which was not high on Liverpool or Everton's agenda.
| Nation | Player | Club(s) | League | FA Cup | League Cup |
Charity Shield |
Screen Sport |
Overall | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Ian Rush | Liverpool | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 1980-1987,1988-1996 |
 |
Dixie Dean | Everton | 18 | 1 | 19 | 1925-1937 | |||
 |
Alex "Sandy" Young | Everton | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1901-1911 | |||
|
Harry Chambers | Liverpool | 8 | 8 | 1915-1928 | ||||
|
Jimmy Settle | Everton | 8 | 8 | 1899-1908 | ||||
|
Jack Parkinson | Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1903-1914 | |||
|
Peter Beardsley | Liverpool/Everton | 4/1 | 2/0 | 7 | L:1987-1991, E:1991-1993) | |||
|
Graeme Sharp | Everton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1980-1991 | ||
|
Jack Balmer | Liverpool | 6 | 6 | 1935-1952 | ||||
|
Robbie Fowler | Liverpool | 6 | 6 | 1992-2001, 2006-2007 | ||||
|
Bobby Parker | Everton | 6 | 6 | 1913-1922 | ||||
|
Gordon Hodgson | Liverpool | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1925-1936 | |||
|
Kenny Dalglish | Liverpool | 5 | 5 | 1977-1990 | ||||
|
Fred Howe | Liverpool | 5 | 5 | 1935-1938 | ||||
|
Jack Taylor | Everton | 5 | 5 | 1896-1910 | ||||
|
Roger Hunt | Liverpool | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1958-1969 | |||
|
Duncan Ferguson | Everton | 4 | 4 | 1994-1998, 2000-2006 | ||||
|
Tommy Lawton | Everton | 4 | 4 | 1936-1939 | ||||
|
Michael Owen | Liverpool | 4 | 4 | 1997-2004 | ||||
|
Fred Pagnam | Liverpool | 4 | 4 | 1914-1919 | ||||
|
Sam Raybould | Liverpool | 4 | 4 | 1900-1907 | ||||
|
Roy Vernon | Everton | 4 | 4 | 1960-1965 |
Bubbling under: two current players have 3 derby goals so far, and could join this list: Gerrard (Liverpool) and Cahill (Everton).
[edit] All time appearances
| Nation | Player | Club | Appearances | Years | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Neville Southall | Everton | 41 | 1981–1998 | Goalkeeper |
|
Ian Rush | Liverpool | 36 | 1980–1987 & 1988–1996 | Striker |
 |
Bruce Grobbelaar | Liverpool | 34 | 1980-1994 | Goalkeeper |
|
Alan Hansen | Liverpool | 33 | 1977-1990 | Defender |
|
Kevin Ratcliffe | Everton | 32 | 1980-1992 | Defender |
[edit] Top 10 attendances
|
[edit] Decade average attendances
|
League games only. Highest ever attendance 100,000 estimate at 1984 Milk Cup final and 1984 Charity Shield.
[edit] Switching sides - "Crossing the Park"
Despite the huge rivalry, Liverpool have completed more direct transfers with Everton than any other club. Famously however, Liverpool did not buy directly from Everton between 1959 and 2000, while there was a similar "freeze" in the other direction between 1961 and 1982. The list below shows transfer dates and fees, where known
Everton then Liverpool
- Abel Xavier 2002 £750,000 (only player to play in both derby matches for both teams in the same season)
- Nick Barmby 2000 £6m (the highest fee Liverpoool have paid Everton)
- Dave Hickson 1959 £12,000 (also played for Tranmere Rovers one of only three players to play for all three Merseyside league clubs still in existence)
- Tony McNamara 1957 £4,000
- John Heydon 1949 no fee (also played for Tranmere Rovers one of only three players to play for all three Merseyside league clubs still in existence)
- Bill Harthill 1936
- Jack Balmer 1935 no fee
- Thomas Johnson 1934
- Frank Mitchell 1919 (also played for Tranmere Rovers one of only three players to play for all three Merseyside league clubs still in existence)
- Bill Lacey 1912 part of exchange deal for Uren (Lacey also played for New Brighton, one of five players to have played for three different Merseyside clubs)
Andrew Hannah, captain with both Everton and Liverpool - Tom Gracie 1912 part of exchange deal for Uren
- Don Sloan 1908 no fee
- David Murray 1904
- Abraham Hartley 1897
- Alex Latta 1986 (Did not make a senior appearance for Liverpool)
- Fred Geary 1895 £60
- John Whitehead 1894
- Patrick Gordon 1893
- Duncan McLean 1892
- Tom Wyllie 1892
The following played for another/other club before moving to Liverpool
- Andrew Hannah - Played for Renton F.C. in between. (Only player to captain both Everton and Liverpool)
- Edgar Chadwick - Played for Blackburn Rovers and Burnley in between.
- David Johnson- Played for Ipswich Town in between; returned to Everton after playing for Liverpool.
- Neil McBain- Played for St. Johnstone in between. He also played - under bizarre circumstances - one game for New Brighton: as manager he played one game in goal due to an injury crisis, at the age of 52, becoming the oldest player ever to play in a league game
- Steve McMahon- Played for Aston Villa in between.
- Darren Potter- Everton youth player who never made a first-team appearance, played for Blackburn Rovers in between.
- Billy Scott- Played for Leeds City in between.
Liverpool then Everton
- Gary Ablett 1992 £750,000 (only player to win the FA Cup with both clubs)
- Peter Beardsley 1991 £1m (Everton's most expensive signing from Liverpool)
- Alan Harper 1983 £100,000 (though on Liverpool's books, he never made a first-team appearance)
- Kevin Sheedy 1982 £100,000
- David Johnson 1982 £100,000 (started at Everton, went to Ipswich Town then Liverpool then back to Everton)
- Johnny Morrissey 1962 £10,000
- Jimmy Payne 1956 £5,000
- Dick Forshaw 1927 Only player to win the League Championship with both clubs
- Harold Uren 1912 part of exchange deal for Lacey and Gracie
The following played for another/other club before moving to Everton
- Arthur Berry - Played for Oxford University in between
- David Burrows - Played for West Ham United in between.
- Don Hutchison - Played for West Ham United and Sheffield United in between.
- Dave Watson - Played for Norwich City in between.
- John Gidman - Played for Aston Villa in between.
- Sander Westerveld - (Loan) Played for Real Sociedad and Portsmouth in between.
As well as players "crossing the park", Everton's first ever manager W. E. Barclay stayed on at Anfield after Everton moved to Goodison Park to become Liverpool's first manager.
[edit] Scored for both sides in a derby
Only two players have scored for both sides in a derby:
- David Johnson famously scored on his derby debut for Everton in November 1971, then scored two derby goals during his spell with Liverpool, the last of them on 1st March 1980.
- Peter Beardsley added to his tally of 6 derby goals for Liverpool with one for Everton on 7th December 1992.
[edit] Boyhood alliegences
|
Liverpool's Evertonians
|
Everton's Liverpudlians
|
[edit] Notable games
The clubs first met in the Liverpool Senior Cup final which Liverpool won 1-0 in 1893. However is was an amateur match and is not counted in either clubs records an official Merseyside derby.
The first ever League meeting was in the 1894/95 season when Everton won 3-0 at Goodison Park, it was only at Liverpool's sixth attempt that they beat Everton with a 3-1 win in 1897/98 at Anfield.
The FA Cup 5th Round tie, on the 11th March 1967 at Goodison Park, was watched by 64,318 fans, and a further 40,169 at Anfield on giant screen, making a total of 104,487. Everton won 1-0, with Alan Ball scoring the winner.
The 1967 Charity Shield saw Everton play Liverpool at Goodison Park with the reds winning 1-0. Before kick off, the League Championship which had been won by Liverpool was paraded around the pitch along with the FA Cup which Everton had won. Liverpool's Roger Hunt and Everton's Ray Wilson both World Cup winners carried the Jules Rimet Trophy around the field for a lap of honour.
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 and 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 April 23, 1977 the two sides met in the semi-final of the FA Cup at Maine Road, Manchester. Although Liverpool took the lead twice, Everton fought back twice, and appeared to have scored a winner when, with three minutes to go, Bryan Hamilton turned in a cross from Ronnie Goodlass, only to see the goal chalked off by referee Clive Thomas.
November 6, 1982 saw a dominant Liverpool side beat Everton 5-0 at Goodison Park with Ian Rush scoring 4 of the goals. The game became immortalized by the line in the Liverpool chant "Poor Tommy Scouser": "We've won the league, we've won the cup, we've won in Europe too, we even played the Toffee's for a laugh and left them feeling blue, 5-nil!"
March 1988 Liverpool were unbeated in 29 league games from the start of the season (then a joint record) when a Wayne Clarke inspired Everton won 1-0 at Goodison.
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.
27th September 1999 saw Everton's last win at Anfield. Kevin Campbell scored the only goal in a game which saw first Steven Gerrard sent off, then late on, after squaring up to each other in a classic case of "handbags", Liverpool's Sander Westerveld and Everton's Francis Jeffers.
11th December 2004 saw Everton's first win against Liverpool at Goodison in seven years, and first derby win in five years, thanks to a goal by Lee Carsley in a 1-0 victory.
In 2005/06, Liverpool completed a League double over Everton, beating them 3-1 at Goodison Park thanks to goals from Peter Crouch, Steven Gerrard and Djibril Cisse, Everton had 2 players sent off in Phil Neville and Mikel Arteta. Liverpool then beat them at Anfield 3-1 in a classic derby, Steven Gerrard got sent off inside 20 minutes with 2 bookable offences and Liverpool had to battle on with 10 men. On the stroke of half time, Phil Neville headed into his own net from a Xabi Alonso corner and immediately after half time Luis García chipped Richard Wright from a Jose Reina pass to make it 2-0 to the ten men. Everton hit back through Tim Cahill before Andy Van Der Meyde got sent off for allegedly elbowing Xabi Alonso, the game was wrapped up when Harry Kewell scored from 25 yards in front of the Kop.
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 (then) club record signing Andy Johnson. This was only Everton's second win over Liverpool in seven years and took them to the top of the Premier League.
The 2007 derby at Goodison became controversial when Everton, who were leading at the end of the first half through a Sami Hyypia own goal, were denied two penalty appeals both involving Joleon Lescott, first with Steve Finnan and then with Jamie Carragher in the last few seconds of the game. Liverpool won the game 2-1 thanks to two Dirk Kuyt penalties with Everton having both Philip Neville and Tony Hibbert sent off. The referee originally looked to give Tony Hibbert a yellow card until Steven Gerrard seemingly spoke to the referee and his decision was changed to a red card. Just before the first penalty was given, Kuyt committed an aggressive tackle on Philip Neville, which most of the crowd[citation needed], including the Liverpool fans[citation needed], were certain would result in a red card for the Dutchman. However, referee Mark Clattenburg chose to show him a yellow, and Kuyt went on to score both of the penalties that gave Liverpool victory. Clattenberg's performance in the game was widely criticised by both the fans, and the FA[citation needed].
[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 12 times and Everton 7 times. An 8th Everton double would have occurred in the 1999-2000 season when Everton, having won 1-0 at Anfield, could have won the return at Goodison when in the last minute Liverpool goalkeeper Sander Westerveld inadvertently blasted a clearance against the back of Everton's Don Hutchison. Referee Graham Poll disallowed the goal, claiming that time had already been called. Poll later confessed in his autobiography that his decision was wrong and that the goal should have stood.
|
Everton
|
Liverpool
|
With cup games, replays and so on, the two have often met three or four times a season, but in the 1986-87 season they played each other six times: starting with a 1-1 draw at Wembley in the Charity Shield, there were the two league games, the two-legged Screen Sport Super Cup Final (held over from the previous season), and a League Cup 5th round tie. Despite the fact that Everton finished the season as champions, they couldn't beat Liverpool that year, with 4 losses and 2 draws. A combined total of 281,356 spectators saw the six matches. The following season they met a further four times, being paired in both cups: honours were even with 2 wins each.
[edit] Full game list
Fixtures from 1894 to the present day featuring League games, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity Shield, Super Cup and Testimonial matches. Other friendlies and Inter-War fixtures are not included. Details of Liverpool games from http://www.liverweb.org.uk/archive.htm. Details of Everton games from http://www.evertonresults.com/.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
Kilfoyle, P, (2000), Left Behind: Lessons From Labour's Heartland, Politico, London
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Merseyside Derby, footballderbies.com, accessed 11 February 2007
- ^ Carragher profile. thisisanfield.com (5 January 2008).
- ^ Robbie Fowler profile. goal.com (5 January 2008).
- ^ Steve McMahon. truegreats.com (5 January 2008).
- ^ Steve McManaman. lfchistory.net (5 January 2008).
- ^ Michael Oweb. michaelowen-online.com (5 January 2008).
- ^ Ian Rush. liverweb.org.uk (5 January 2008).
- ^ title=David Thomspon Thompson info. sportinglife.com (5 January 2008).
- ^ title=Stephen Wright Wright info. LFChistory.net (1 April 2008).
- ^ Mike Newell. truegreats.com (5 January 2008).
- ^ Leon Osman. independentonsunday (5 January 2008).
- ^ Peter Reid. truegreats.com (5 January 2008).
- ^ Dave Watson. bluekipper.com (5 January 2008).
|
Everton FC
|
||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Liverpool Football Club
|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
|
United Kingdom Football Derbies
|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
