18th AUGUST

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18th AUGUST 1979 After 11 League matches at the end of the 1978/79 season without letting in a goal, Reading and their goalkeeper Steve Death (right) conceded the first goal in 1103 minutes of League football in the opening day of Division 3, a 2-2 draw with Brentford at Elm Park. Ironically it was an own-goal from Reading defender Stewart Henderson (left).

AND ON THE SAME DAY IN 1987
Liverpool’s first home match of the season – against Charlton – was postponed after the collapse of a Victorian sewer under the Kop. Their next two scheduled home matches suffered the same fate but it didn’t cause Liverpool much of a problem – they were unbeaten in their first 29 League matches of the season and comfortably won the League championship. Apologies for technical overlap below!!

LIVERPOOL    1987/88  results
Home  Away Season Div P W D L F A W D L F A Pts Pos 1987/88 Div 1 40 15 5 0 49 9 11 7 2 38 15 90 1st Champs Table
Sat	Aug	15			Division 1	Arsenal	Away	Won	2-1
Sat	Aug	29			Division 1	Coventry City	Away	Won	4-1
Sat	Sep	5			Division 1	West Ham United	Away	Drew	1-1
Sat	Sep	12			Division 1	Oxford United	Home	Won	2-0
Tue	Sep	15			Division 1	Charlton Athletic	Home	Won	3-2
Sun	Sep	20			Division 1	Newcastle United	Away	Won	4-1
Wed	Sep	23			LC 2 - 1 Leg	Blackburn Rovers	Away	Drew	1-1
Tue	Sep	29			Division 1	Derby County	Home	Won	4-0
Sat	Oct	3			Division 1	Portsmouth	Home	Won	4-0
Tue	Oct	6			LC 2 - 2 Leg	Blackburn Rovers	Home	Won	1-0 (2-1 aggregate)
Sat	Oct	17			Division 1	Queens Park Rangers	Home	Won	4-0
Sat	Oct	24			Division 1	Luton Town	Away	Won	1-0
Wed	Oct	28			LC 3	Everton	Home	Lost	0-1
Sun	Nov	1			Division 1	Everton	Home	Won	2-0
Wed	Nov	4			Division 1	Wimbledon	Away	Drew	1-1
Sun	Nov	15			Division 1	Manchester United	Away	Drew	1-1
Sat	Nov	21			Division 1	Norwich City	Home	Drew	0-0
Tue	Nov	24			Division 1	Watford	Home	Won	4-0
Sat	Nov	28			Division 1	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	Won	2-0
Sun	Dec	6			Division 1	Chelsea	Home	Won	2-1
Sat	Dec	12			Division 1	Southampton	Away	Drew	2-2
Sat	Dec	19			Division 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Home	Won	1-0
Sat	Dec	26			Division 1	Oxford United	Away	Won	3-0
Mon	Dec	28			Division 1	Newcastle United	Home	Won	4-0
Fri	Jan	1			Division 1	Coventry City	Home	Won	4-0
Sat	Jan	9			FAC 3	Stoke City	Away	Drew	0-0
Tue	Jan	12			FAC 3 replay	Stoke City	Home	Won	1-0
Sat	Jan	16			Division 1	Arsenal	Home	Won	2-0
Sat	Jan	23			Division 1	Charlton Athletic	Away	Won	2-0
Sun	Jan	31			FAC 4	Aston Villa	Away	Won	2-0
Sat	Feb	6			Division 1	West Ham United	Home	Drew	0-0
Sat	Feb	13			Division 1	Watford	Away	Won	4-1
Sun	Feb	21			FAC 5	Everton	Away	Won	1-0
Sat	Feb	27			Division 1	Portsmouth	Away	Won	2-0
Sat	Mar	5			Division 1	Queens Park Rangers	Away	Won	1-0
Sun	Mar	13			FAC 6	Manchester City	Away	Won	4-0
Wed	Mar	16			Division 1	Derby County	Away	Drew	1-1
Sun	Mar	20			Division 1	Everton	Away	Lost	0-1
Sat	Mar	26			Division 1	Wimbledon	Home	Won	2-1
Sat	Apr	2			Division 1	Nottingham Forest	Away	Lost	1-2
Mon	Apr	4			Division 1	Manchester United	Home	Drew	3-3
Sat	Apr	9			FAC Semi	Nottingham Forest	Neutral*	Won	2-1
Wed	Apr	13			Division 1	Nottingham Forest	Home	Won	5-0
Wed	Apr	20			Division 1	Norwich City	Away	Drew	0-0
Sat	Apr	23			Division 1	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	Won	1-0
Sat	Apr	30			Division 1	Chelsea	Away	Drew	1-1
Mon	May	2			Division 1	Southampton	Home	Drew	1-1
Sat	May	7			Division 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Away	Won	5-1
Mon	May	9			Division 1	Luton Town	Home	Drew	1-1
Sat	May	14			FAC Final	Wimbledon	Wembley	Lost	0-1
	* Liverpool's FA Cup Semi-Final against Nottingham Forest was played at Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday FC. Liverpool's first three scheduled home League matches of the season - against Charlton on Tuesday August 18th, Derby on Saturday August 22nd and Watford on Monday August 31st - were all postponed to allow repairs to be made to a collapsed Victorian sewer under the Kop