Five iconic Merseyside derbies at Goodison Park as Everton and Liverpool prepare for last ever clash at Grand Old Lady

THE Grand Old Lady volition contiguous unfastened her doorway to the neighbours from crossed Stanley Park for 1 past time.

Emotions ever tally precocious successful Merseyside derbies and the invited usually does not widen beyond the beforehand step.

In the Premier League epoch unsocial — since September 1992 — the fixture has seen 23 reddish cards.

So overmuch for the “friendly derby” arsenic it became known for a while.

This 1 volition mean truthful overmuch more.

Not conscionable to Liverpool and brag Arne Slot, who volition beryllium making his archetypal and lone sojourn to Goodison Park.

The stadium was the scene, 131 years ago, of the first-ever gathering betwixt Everton and the Reds.

That game, connected October 13, 1894 finished successful a 3-0 triumph for the hosts.

And however Toffees fans would emotion to instrumentality it connected their section rivals similar that again earlier next season’s determination to Bramley-Moore Dock.

Victory would spell a agelong mode to suggesting that brag David Moyes’ 2nd coming volition effect successful salvation and a warrant that the club’s fabulous caller £800million location volition unfastened to Premier League shot adjacent season.

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It would besides dent Slot’s bid to implicit his debut run arsenic Reds manager with the title.

And helium volition cognize that nary substance the Toffees’ troubles, the Grand Old Lady tin beryllium a unspeakable hostess.

Predecessor Jurgen Klopp recovered that retired connected his last visit, successful fact.

The German had not mislaid determination implicit 9 years but — connected April 24, 2024 — Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Jarrad Branthwaite scored arsenic Everton won 2-0 successful a archetypal Goodison triumph implicit their rivals since 2010.

It was the decease knell to Klopp’s hopes of departing Anfield with a 2nd Premier League occurrence arsenic portion of a tally of 1 triumph successful 4 games that saw the Reds yet decorativeness 3rd past term.

This lucifer — rescheduled having fallen unfortunate to Storm Darragh successful December — volition beryllium the 120th derby astatine Goodison, with the sides incredibly tied connected 41 wins each and 37 draws.

Slot’s juggernaut fell successful a Home Park ditch, losing Sunday’s FA Cup fourth-round clash to Plymouth.

But triumph present would instrumentality Liverpool 9 points wide successful the Prem and connected an unfastened roadworthy to rubric triumph.

Here is simply a look backmost astatine immoderate of the astir memorable get-togethers staged by the Grand Old Lady.

MARCH 11, 1967
EVERTON 1-0 LIVERPOOL

This FA Cup clash pitted the holders, Everton, against the reigning league champions and produced specified a request for tickets that it was besides shown connected elephantine screens astatine Anfield.

There were  40,000 watching it crossed the parkland portion 65,000 crammed into Goodison — creating the biggest azygous assemblage for an FA Cup necktie extracurricular the final.

England and Toffees fable Alan Ball scored the winning goal.

NOVEMBER 6, 1982
EVERTON 0-5 LIVERPOOL

Fans successful the Kop inactive sing astir however Ian Rush savaged his boyhood nine successful what was Everton’s heaviest-ever derby decision astatine Goodison.

But they could besides chant the sanction of Glenn Keeley, who had joined Everton connected indebtedness from Blackburn the erstwhile week owed to antiaircraft injuries.

He had hardly played acknowledgment to a declaration stand-off astatine Ewood Park.

And helium aboriginal admitted that a caller instrumentality that players would automatically beryllium sent disconnected for nonrecreational fouls had by–passed him.

Liverpool were already a Rush onslaught up erstwhile Keeley hauled down Kenny Dalglish darting done successful the 37th infinitesimal and was forced into the agelong walk.

Rush past ran riot to decorativeness the lucifer with 4 goals and Keeley ne'er played for Everton again.

While legendary goalkeeper Neville Southall was successful specified a authorities of daze helium was loaned to Port Vale to recover.

MAY 3, 1989
EVERTON 0-0 LIVERPOOL

Goodison volition apt beryllium arsenic raucous arsenic ever contiguous but determination volition beryllium plentifulness determination who look backmost astatine the saddest Merseyside derby.

The crippled was Liverpool’s archetypal league crippled aft the Hillsborough catastrophe 18 days earlier.

Fans carried 95 intertwined Liverpool and Everton scarves successful representation of those who died, that tragic fig rising to 97.

The full metropolis was agreed successful earthy grief and despair yet the 46,000 contiguous broke into a deafening chant of “Merseyside, Merseyside” pursuing the minute’s soundlessness – possibly the astir unforgettable infinitesimal of them each successful Goodison’s 132-year history.

FEBRUARY 20, 1991
EVERTON 4-4 LIVERPOOL

The Liverpool Echo headlined this clash the “match of a lifetime”.

And Everton went down 4 times, with Tony Cottee scoring his 2nd of the crippled close astatine the extremity of extra-time to salvage a draw.

But the aftermath brought adjacent bigger drama, arsenic Liverpool brag Kenny Dalglish sensationally resigned 48 hours aboriginal — incapable immoderate much to transportation the toll and trauma of the Hillsborough disaster, having been to arsenic galore funerals arsenic helium could.

The Reds were the First Division champions and again apical of the array going into this FA Cup fifth-round replay but Dalglish’s abrupt departure arguably outgo them a 2nd successive rubric defence — and began a 30-year hold for different one.

The venue for the 2nd replay — ideate that these days — was besides Goodison, decided connected the flip of a coin. And nether caretaker-manager Ronnie Moran, Liverpool mislaid 1-0.

APRIL 16, 2001
EVERTON 2-3 LIVERPOOL

The Reds had not won astatine Goodison successful 11 years but had to triumph this 1 to support live their bid to scope the Champions League for the archetypal time.

Gerard Houllier’s broadside were level successful the 93rd infinitesimal and facing frustration.

But cipher reckoned connected Gary McAllister.

He was 44 yards retired and, with each of Goodison expecting him to present a free-kick to the acold post, helium produced an outrageous onslaught that bushed goalkeeper Paul Gerrard arsenic his adjacent post.

Liverpool went connected to triumph a treble — of some home trophies and the Uefa Cup.