50 years of hurt

  • by Staff Writer
  • Friday, 5th April 2013

This year marks an incredible 50 years since West Ham last beat Liverpool at Anfield.

This weekend, Sam Allardyce becomes the tenth West Ham manager to take a United team to Merseyside looking to end the club's longest-running hoodoo against an established Premier League club.

You have to go back to September 1963 to find West Ham's last win at the home of the former European champions; that being a 2-1 victory courtesy of goals from youngsters Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst (fellow England international Roger Hunt grabbed a second half consolation for the Reds).

Since then, the very best subsequent Hammers sides have managed is a draw - and even that has only happened on 10 occasions during the 39 visits to Anfield since 1963.

Statistically speaking, Harry Redknapp holds the best managerial record on Merseyside since that day 50 years ago; his seven visits there between 1994 and 2001 yielded three draws and four defeats - even though his team failed to score in six of the seven games!

And with only TEN West Ham players having scored at Anfield in that period, 'Pop' Robson and Geoff Hurst - with three goals apiece - remain United's most prolific goalscorers of the period.

The last West Ham player to score an Anfield was Bobby Zamora in a 2-1 reversal back in August 2006. The current QPR-striker's 12th minute goal gave Alan Pardew's team an early lead before strikes from Daniel Agger and Peter Crouch won the home side their customary three points.

John Moncur and Paolo Di Canio remonstrate with referee Jeff Winter during a 2-1 defeat at Anfield in August 2001


50 Years of Hurt: West Ham at Anfield since 1963

Ron Greenwood: Pld10 W0 D2 L8 F6 A18 GD-12

1964/65: Liverpool 2-2 West Ham Utd (Hurst 2)
1965/66: Liverpool 1-1 West Ham Utd (Hurst)
1966/67: Liverpool 2-0 West Ham Utd
1967/68: Liverpool 3-1 West Ham Utd (Peters)
1968/69: Liverpool 2-0 West Ham Utd
1969/70: Liverpool 2-0 West Ham Utd
1970/71: Liverpool 1-0 West Ham Utd
1971/72: Liverpool 1-0 West Ham Utd
1972/73: Liverpool 3-2 West Ham Utd (Robson 2)
1973/74: Liverpool 1-0 West Ham Utd

John Lyall: Pld12 W0 D4 L8 F5 A27 GD-22

1974/75: Liverpool 1-1 West Ham Utd (Robson)
1975/76: Liverpool 2-2 West Ham Utd (A.Taylor 2)
1976/77: Liverpool 0-0 West Ham Utd
1977/78: Liverpool 2-0 West Ham Utd
1981/82: Liverpool 3-0 West Ham Utd
1982/83: Liverpool 3-0 West Ham Utd
1983/84: Liverpool 6-0 West Ham Utd
1984/85: Liverpool 1-0 West Ham Utd
1985/86: Liverpool 3-1 West Ham Utd (Dickens)
1986/87: Liverpool 1-0 West Ham Utd
1987/88: Liverpool 0-0 West Ham Utd
1988/89: Liverpool 5-1 West Ham Utd (Rosenior)

Billy Bonds: Pld2 W0 D0 L2 F0 A3 GD-3

1991/92: Liverpool 1-0 West Ham Utd
1993/94: Liverpool 2-0 West Ham Utd

Harry Redknapp: Pld7 W0 D3 L4 F2 A13 GD-11

1994/95: Liverpool 0-0 West Ham Utd
1995/96: Liverpool 2-0 West Ham Utd
1996/97: Liverpool 0-0 West Ham Utd
1997/98: Liverpool 5-0 West Ham Utd
1998/99: Liverpool 2-2 West Ham Utd (Lampard, Keller)
1999/00: Liverpool 1-0 West Ham Utd
2000/01: Liverpool 3-0 West Ham Utd

Glenn Roeder: Pld2 W0 D0 L2 F1 A4 GD-3

2001/02: Liverpool 2-1 West Ham Utd (pen, Di Canio)
2002/03: Liverpool 2-0 West Ham Utd

Alan Pardew: Pld2 W0 D0 L2 F1 A4 GD-3

2005/06: Liverpool 2-0 West Ham Utd
2006/07: Liverpool 2-1 West Ham Utd (Zamora)

Alan Curbishley: Pld1 W0 D0 L1 F0 A4 GD-4

2007/08: Liverpool 4-0 West Ham Utd

Gianfranco Zola: Pld2 W0 D1 L1 F0 A3 GD-3

2008/09: Liverpool 0-0 West Ham Utd
2009/10: Liverpool 3-0 West Ham Utd

Avram Grant: Pld1 W0 D0 L1 F0 A3 GD-3

2010/11: Liverpool 3-0 West Ham Utd

* Something to say about this story? Please visit the KUMB Forum to leave a comment.



More News