... there are a couple of stand-out moments from 16th March in the past! 

- on 16th March 1925, a certain 18-year-old William Ralph Dean was transferred
- he went from Tranmere Rovers to Everton for the princely sum of £3,000
- whatever happened to that lad?!

- then in 2002, David Moyes took charge of his first match as Everton manager
- and David Unsworth scored after 32 seconds in the 2-1 home win over Fulham

- there are a couple of important March 16th birthdays too
- Theo Walcott is 31 years old and Dominic Calvert-Lewin is 23
- happy birthday to both!

- a few derby facts and figures!

- the first ever Merseyside derby took place on 13th October 1894 at Goodison Park
- and it ended in an emphatic 3-0 win for us!
- Tom McInnes had the honour of scoring the first goal on 11 minutes
- with Alex Latta and Jack Bell adding the others in the second half, before a crowd of 44,000!

- Neville Southall holds the record for the most appearances in derby matches
- in all competitions Nev played 41 times against the Reds
- second on that list is our old nemesis Ian Rush who turned out 36 times against us

- just in League games, Big Nev still leads the way on 31 games
- but it’s Steven Gerrard in second place this time on 30 appearances

- those 30 matches for Gerrard see him head the Premier League chart with Jamie Carragher second on 27
- and a quartet of Blues are in joint third on 18 derby games
- Leighton Baines, Tony Hibbert, Tim Howard and Leon Osman

- the afore-mentioned Ian Rush heads the derby goalscoring chart
- he found the back of the net 25 times in all competitions, with Dixie Dean second on 19

- however, in League games alone, it’s Dixie who leads the way with 18 to Rush’s 13

- in the Premier League Steven Gerrard’s 9 strikes sees him as top dog, followed by Robbie Fowler on 6
- and then Tim Cahill, Dirk Kuyt and Divock Origi with 5

- the first sending-off in the derby?
- it wasn't, as some people think, the joint dismissals of Gary Stanley and Terry McDermott at Anfield in October 1979
- they were numbers 2 and 3 on the bad boys list
- the first was Everton’s Alf Millward, also at Anfield, way back in November 1896
- that was for ‘charging at an opponent’!

- the first sending-off at Goodison was Everton’s Glenn Keeley
- it came 31 minutes into his only appearance for the club in November 1982
- as we infamously went down 5-0 with Ian Rush bagging four of the goals

- there have been 27 dismissals in total in the derby
- that’s the highest number of sendings-off in any Everton fixture
- and the 18 Everton sendings-off is our largest total against any club!

- however, here hasn’t been a dismissal for almost 4 years now
- with Ramon Funes Mori being the last to see red at Anfield in April 2016

- the last Red to take an early bath was Sotirios Kyrgiakos, also at Anfield
- tht was just over 10 years ago in February 2010

- only 12 players have managed to appear for both Everton and Liverpool in the derby
- Gary Ablett, Nick Barmby, Peter Beardsley, David Burrows,
- Edgar Chadwick, Dick Forshaw, Don Hutchison, David Johnson,
- Tommy Johnson, Bill Lacey, Steve McMahon and Abel Xavier

- of those 12, only Peter Beardsley and David Johnson have the honour of having scored for both sides in the derby!

- this will be the 202nd League meeting between Liverpool and Everton, the 101st at Goodison
- in the Premier League it will be meeting number 56 (the 28th at Goodison)
- and in all competitions it will be the 236th encounter and the 115th at our place

- we have an appalling recent record against our near neighbours!
- we’ve won 0 of our last 21 meetings at all venues in all competitions - W0 D10 L11!
- in the League, that’s 0 wins in 18 games - W0 D10 L8
- both sequences are our longest without a win in Merseyside derby history

- at Goodison we haven’t beaten them in 8 encounters
- not since our 2-0 victory in October 2010, in fact
- when goals from Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta did the damage!

- last season we drew 0-0 at Goodison - the second scoreless draw in a row at our place in the derby
- in fact, we’ve failed to score in their last 3 visits to Goodison and in 4 of their last 5!

- in all competitions, on a points per game basis (adjusted to 3 points for a win) ...
- ... we have a worse home record against Liverpool than against any other opponent!
- (counting only teams we’ve met more than twice)

- keep an eye on Divock Origi, if he’s on the Liverpool bench!
- Origi has scored 2 goals against Everton as a substitute
- and only 4 players have scored more than that after coming on as a sub against us
- Olivier Giroud, Tomas Rosicky, Ian Rush and Daniel Sturridge, who all managed 3 goals

- if Seamus Coleman plays against Liverpool it will be his 266th League appearance for us
- that’s one more than the figure reached by another Everton full-back, Tony Hibbert
- Seamus would move to 35th place alone on our all-time League list

- and he'd be in 6th position alone on our Premier League appearances chart!
- only Tim Howard (354), Leon Osman (352), Leighton Baines (343),
- Phil Jagielka (322) and David Unsworth (302) would be above him on that latter list

- will Jordan Pickford keep a clean sheet against Liverpool?
- if he does it will be his 31st for us in the Premier League - the same as Nigel Martyn achieved for the club!
- only Tim Howard (116) and Neville Southall (62) have managed more for us!

- Dominic Calvert-Lewin has been in a rich goalscoring vein so far this season
- he’s up to 24 for us now in his Premier League career
- he’s currently in 17th place on our all-time Prem goalscoring chart
- and is just 1 goal behind Marouane Fellaini, Tomasz Radzinski, Wayne Rooney and Yakubu on that list

- if he does score, Dom will be on 14 Premier League goals for us this season
- only Romelu Lukaku (3 times) and Yakubu (once) have bettered that since 1995/96
- that was when Andrei Kanchelskis hit 16 League goals for us

- meanwhile, Mason Holgate still hasn’t scored for us at all in the Premier League!
- if he plays against Liverpool and fails to score ...
- ... he’ll move on to 61 Premier League appearances for us without a goal!
- he’d overtake Richard Dunne and be in 3rd position on that particular Everton chart
- ahead of him would be only Earl Barrett (74 Prem games and no goals for us)
- and Tony Hibbert, who leads the way with 265 goalless games for us in the Prem (and 329 in all competitions)!

- Moise Kean has so far made 17 substitute appearances for us this season in the League
- will he appear off the bench again in the derby?
- only 4 times have Everton players ever made more than 18 substitute appearances for us in one League season!
- Danny Cadamarteri (1998/99), Wayne Rooney (2002/03)
- and Duncan Ferguson – 20 times in 2005/06 and 29 times in 2004/05!

- a win or a draw in the derby, by the way
- would take our current home unbeaten run up to 9 matches in all competitions
- our best since 11 unbeaten between January and April 2015

- meanwhile, if we don’t win it will be 4 successive games for us without one, home and away in all competitions
- our worse run since a sequence of 5 games in December 2018

- COYB!

- here's a reminder of the most recent additions to the site:

- which 11 Everton players started the most games together?
- what about consecutively?
- which two players started the most times together for us?
- what about the Holy Trinity? Or The 1995 FA Cup winning team? Or Dean and Lawton? How many times together?
- have a look at the new 'Frequent/Consecutive/Memorable Starting Line-Ups section' - it's got it all!

- what was our oldest ever starting line-up? And the youngest?
- which seasons were our oldest and youngest? Which managers went with youth and who went wth old codgers?!
- it's all here in the new 'Average Starting Line-Up Ages section'!

- which Everton player made the most substitute appearances in a single season?!
- in all competitions and in the League alone?
- the new 'Most Sub Apps In One Season' section has the answers!

- which Everton substitute has scored the most goals for us?
- which opposition sub has scored the most against us?
- the new 'Goals by Substitutes' section will let you know!

- Test cricketers have a small number on their shirt or cap
- it shows where they fit in in terms of the historical chronology of their country
- now you can see what number every Everton player would wear!
- have a look at the 'Everton Players Numbered Chronologically' section!

- who's managed the most times against Everton?
- who's managed the most clubs against us?!
- well, there's a new 'Opposition Managers' section that will tell you everything you need to know!

- the 'Goals in Most Consecutive Matches' section has been updated!
- it now includes details of which Everton players have scored in the most successive home & away games too!

- who was the last Everton man to play 50 or more games in a season?
- who has played the most games in one season?!
- the new '50 or More Appearances in a Season' section will tell you!

- on the flip side, which players only ever managed 1 game for the club?!
- find out in the new Just One Appearance section!

- we used 39 different players in 2017/18 in all competitions and 15 of them scored a goal
- is that a lot?! how does it compare to other seasons?
- find out in the new 'Number of Players Used and Goal Scorers - Season-by-Season' section!

- who was the last Everton player to feature in every game in a season?!
- have a look at the new Ever Presents section to find out!

- and how often have we completed League 'doubles' over our opponents in the past?
- alternatively, how often have we been on the receiving end of a double?!
- you can now find out in the new League Doubles For and Against section

- ever wondered which Everton player has been substituted the most times?!
- well, now you can find out - have a look at the new Subbed Off section for full, fascinating details!

- Richarlison was the last Everton player to score on his debut
- who else has managed that feat for the club?!
- have a look at the new Scored on Their Debut section to find out!

- Wayne Rooney has long departed, of course, but who else has had 2 separate spells at the club?!
- the new Two or More Spells at Everton section will tell you!

- Jordan Pickford looks like he'll be our keeper for some years to come
- but who else has appeared for us between the sticks in the past?!
- the new Goalkeepers section has all the details!

- and don't forget there's also a new History In Short section too!
- you can see at a glance how many times we've finished in each position in the League
- and where exactly we've been knocked out of the various cup competitions
- have a peek!