Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry

Liverpool v Manchester United
Locale	North West England
Stadiums	Anfield (Liverpool) Old Trafford (Manchester United)
First meeting	28 April 1894 Liverpool 2–0 Newton Heath (1893–94 Football League test match play-off)
Teams	Liverpool F.C. Manchester United F.C.
Meetings total	208
Most player appearances	Ryan Giggs (48)
Top scorer	Steven Gerrard (9) George Wall (9) Sandy Turnbull (9)
Latest meeting	24 October 2021 Premier League Manchester United 0–5 Liverpool
Next meeting	19 March 2022 Premier League Liverpool v Manchester United
All-time series	Liverpool: 69 Drawn: 58 Manchester United: 81
Largest victory	Liverpool 7–1 Newton Heath 12 October 1895 (1895–96 Second Division)

The Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry also known as North-West Derby is a high profile inter-city rivalry between English professional football clubs Liverpool and Manchester United. It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in the football world along with the Superclásico in South America, El Clásico in Spain, and Derby della Madonnina in Italy, and is considered the most famous fixture in English football. Players, fans and the media alike often consider games between the two clubs to be their biggest rivalry, above even their own local derby competitions with Everton and Manchester City, respectively.

The rivalry has been fuelled by the proximity of the two major cities that they represent, their historic economic and industrial rivalry, significant periods of domestic footballing dominance and European success, and their popularity at home and abroad, as two of the biggest-earning and widely supported football clubs in the world.

The two clubs are the most successful English teams in both domestic and European competitions; and between them they have won 38 league titles, 8 European Cups, 3 UEFA Cups, 4 UEFA Super Cups, 19 FA Cups, 12 League Cups, 1 FIFA Club World Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup and 36 FA Community Shields.

Supporters

Both Manchester United and Liverpool are among the most popular football clubs (and sporting organisations) globally. Both are in the top 25 in Europe with Manchester United considered to have the largest following of all, as well as having one of the highest average home attendances in Europe and boasting a large travelling support. The club states that its worldwide fan base includes more than 200 officially recognised branches of the Manchester United Supporters Club (MUSC), in at least 24 countries. Liverpool states that its worldwide fan base also includes more than 200 officially recognised branches of the LFC Official Supporters Clubs in at least 50 countries. Notable groups include Spirit of Shankly and Reclaim The Kop.

The 2005 leveraged takeover of Manchester United by the Glazer family created a schism amongst Manchester fans, directly causing the creation of F.C. United of Manchester, and the "Love United Hate Glazer" movement, and subsequently the Red Knights who attempted to buy the Glazers out the club. Two years later, Liverpool went through its own controversial takeover when Chairman David Moores sold the club to American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks. Disagreements between Gillett and Hicks, and the lack of popular support from fans, resulted in the pair looking to sell the club. Martin Broughton was appointed chairman of the club on 16 April 2010 to oversee its sale. Court action finally forced the sale of the club to Fenway Sports Group.

Hooliganism

With the rise of football hooliganism across English football during the 1970s and 1980s, matches between the two clubs brought some minor and major incidents of hooliganism. Since then, the modern game has seen a decrease in violence between the rival supporters and incidents are fairly uncommon. This is more likely due to an increase in Police presence and CCTV with huge steps taken to keep the fans separated. To this day, both sets of fans still hold a resentment toward each other. As well as physical violence, sections of the clubs' fan bases often taunt each other with unsavoury chants about the Munich air disaster and the Hillsborough disaster respectively.

At the 1996 FA Cup Final, an unidentified Liverpool fan spat at Eric Cantona and threw a punch at Alex Ferguson as a victorious Manchester United team walked up the steps at Wembley Stadium to collect the trophy from the Royal Box.

The 2006 FA Cup match at Anfield featured foreign objects thrown at United fans by Liverpool supporters, including human excrement. Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final game against Chelsea at Old Trafford later that year also resulted in damage to the stadium, including graffiti about serial killer Harold Shipman.

In March 2011, the Daily Mail reported that an FA Youth Cup game between the two clubs was marred because of "sick chants" about Hillsborough and Heysel coming from the Manchester United fans at Anfield. The article also claims that six Manchester United fans were ejected from the stadium due to bad behaviour. Former Liverpool striker John Aldridge was at the game and told the Liverpool Echo that "the level of abuse was absolutely sickening".

In March 2016, Liverpool fans were greeted with a banner on the M602 motorway in Salford that said 'murderers' and also had the Hillsborough Disaster date on it. UEFA took no disciplinary action against Manchester United.

Honours, head to head, and statistics

Honours

Domestic honours
Competition	Liverpool		Manchester United
	Titles	Year	Titles	Year
Premier League	0		13	1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
First Division	18	1900–01, 1905–06, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1946–47, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90	7	1907–08, 1910–11, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67
League total	18		20
FA Cup	7	1964–65, 1973–74, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1991–92, 2000–01, 2005–06	12	1908–09, 1947–48, 1962–63, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2015–16
League Cup	8	1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1994–95, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2011–12	4	1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10
FA Community Shield (* = shared)	15	1964*, 1965*, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986*, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 2001, 2006	21	1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016
Super Cup	1	1986	0
Domestic total	49		57
European honours
European Cup/UEFA Champions League	5	1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1983–84, 2004–05	3	1967–68, 1998–99, 2007–08
UEFA Cup	3	1972–73, 1975–76, 2000–01	0
European Cup Winners' Cup	0		1	1990–91
UEFA Super Cup	3	1977, 2001, 2005	1	1991
European total	11		5
Worldwide honours
FIFA Club World Cup	0		1	2008
Intercontinental Cup	0		1	1999
Worldwide total	0		2
Combined total
Combined total	60		64

• The honours listed above are considered to be the club’s major titles and, as such, are not intended to be a full list of achievements.

Table correct as of 7 August 2016.

Head-to-head

The below table demonstrates the competitive results between the two sides (not indicative of titles won).

Competition	Manchester United wins	Draws	Liverpool wins
League	67	44	55
FA Cup	9	4	4
League Cup	2	0	3
Europa League	0	1	1
Other	2	3	2
Total	80	52	65

Table correct as of 18 March 2016

All-time results

Liverpool in the league at home See also: Anfield Date Venue Score Competition 12 October 1895 Anfield 7–1 Second Division 22 April 1905 Anfield 4–0 Second Division 1 April 1907 Anfield 0–1 First Division 25 March 1908 Anfield 7–4 First Division 30 January 1909 Anfield 3–1 First Division 9 October 1909 Anfield 3–2 First Division 26 November 1910 Anfield 3–2 First Division 11 November 1911 Anfield 3–2 First Division 29 March 1913 Anfield 0–2 First Division 15 April 1914 Anfield 1–2 First Division 26 December 1914 Anfield 1–1 First Division 1 January 1920 Anfield 0–0 First Division 9 February 1921 Anfield 2–0 First Division 17 December 1921 Anfield 2–1 First Division 19 September 1925 Anfield 5–0 First Division 28 August 1926 Anfield 4–2 First Division 24 December 1927 Anfield 2–0 First Division 13 February 1929 Anfield 2–3 First Division 25 January 1930 Anfield 1–0 First Division 3 April 1931 Anfield 1–1 First Division 27 March 1937 Anfield 2–0 First Division 7 September 1938 Anfield 1–0 First Division 3 May 1947 Anfield 1–0 First Division 3 September 1947 Anfield 2–2 First Division 27 December 1948 Anfield 0–2 First Division 7 September 1949 Anfield 1–1 First Division 23 August 1950 Anfield 2–1 First Division 24 November 1951 Anfield 0–0 First Division 13 December 1952 Anfield 1–2 First Division 22 August 1953 Anfield 4–4 First Division 13 April 1963 Anfield 1–0 First Division 13 April 1964 Anfield 3–0 First Division 31 October 1964 Anfield 0–2 First Division 1 January 1966 Anfield 2–1 First Division 25 March 1967 Anfield 0–0 First Division 11 November 1967 Anfield 1–2 First Division 12 October 1968 Anfield 2–0 First Division 13 December 1969 Anfield 1–4 First Division 5 September 1970 Anfield 1–1 First Division 25 September 1971 Anfield 2–2 First Division 15 August 1972 Anfield 2–0 First Division 22 December 1973 Anfield 2–0 First Division 18 November 1975 Anfield 3–1 First Division 3 May 1977 Anfield 1–0 First Division 25 February 1978 Anfield 3–1 First Division 14 April 1979 Anfield 2–0 First Division 26 December 1979 Anfield 2–0 First Division 14 April 1981 Anfield 0–1 First Division 24 October 1981 Anfield 1–2 First Division 16 October 1982 Anfield 0–0 First Division 2 January 1984 Anfield 1–1 First Division 31 March 1985 Anfield 0–1 First Division 9 February 1986 Anfield 1–1 First Division 26 December 1986 Anfield 0–1 First Division 4 April 1988 Anfield 3–3 First Division 3 September 1988 Anfield 1–0 First Division 23 December 1989 Anfield 0–0 First Division 16 September 1990 Anfield 4–0 First Division 26 April 1992 Anfield 2–0 First Division 6 March 1993 Anfield 1–2 Premier League 4 January 1994 Anfield 3–3 Premier League 19 March 1995 Anfield 2–0 Premier League 17 December 1995 Anfield 2–0 Premier League 19 April 1997 Anfield 1–3 Premier League 6 December 1997 Anfield 1–3 Premier League 5 May 1999 Anfield 2–2 Premier League 11 September 1999 Anfield 2–3 Premier League 31 March 2001 Anfield 2–0 Premier League 4 November 2001 Anfield 3–1 Premier League 1 December 2002 Anfield 1–2 Premier League 9 November 2003 Anfield 1–2 Premier League 15 January 2005 Anfield 0–1 Premier League 18 September 2005 Anfield 0–0 Premier League 3 March 2007 Anfield 0–1 Premier League 16 December 2007 Anfield 0–1 Premier League 13 September 2008 Anfield 2–1 Premier League 25 October 2009 Anfield 2–0 Premier League 6 March 2011 Anfield 3–1 Premier League 15 October 2011 Anfield 1–1 Premier League 23 September 2012 Anfield 1–2 Premier League 1 September 2013 Anfield 1–0 Premier League 22 March 2015 Anfield 1–2 Premier League 17 January 2016 Anfield 0–1 Premier League 17 October 2016 Anfield 0–0 Premier League

Manchester United in the league at home See also: Old Trafford Date Venue Score Competition 2 November 1895 Bank Street 5–2 Second Division 24 December 1904 Bank Street 3–1 Second Division 25 December 1906 Bank Street 0–0 First Division 7 September 1907 Bank Street 4–0 First Division 26 September 1908 Bank Street 3–2 First Division 19 February 1910 Old Trafford 3–4 First Division 1 April 1911 Old Trafford 2–0 First Division 23 March 1912 Old Trafford 1–1 First Division 23 November 1912 Old Trafford 3–1 First Division 1 November 1913 Old Trafford 3–0 First Division 2 April 1915 Old Trafford 2–0 First Division 26 December 1919 Old Trafford 0–0 First Division 5 February 1921 Old Trafford 1–1 First Division 24 December 1921 Old Trafford 0–0 First Division 10 March 1926 Old Trafford 3–3 First Division 15 January 1927 Old Trafford 0–1 First Division 5 May 1928 Old Trafford 6–1 First Division 15 September 1928 Old Trafford 2–2 First Division 21 September 1929 Old Trafford 1–2 First Division 6 April 1931 Old Trafford 4–1 First Division 21 November 1936 Old Trafford 2–5 First Division 6 May 1939 Old Trafford 2–0 First Division 11 September 1946 Maine Road 5–0 First Division 27 August 1947 Maine Road 2–0 First Division 25 December 1948 Old Trafford 0–0 First Division 15 March 1950 Old Trafford 0–0 First Division 30 August 1950 Old Trafford 1–0 First Division 12 April 1952 Old Trafford 4–0 First Division 20 April 1953 Old Trafford 3–1 First Division 19 December 1953 Old Trafford 5–1 First Division 10 November 1962 Old Trafford 3–3 First Division 23 November 1963 Old Trafford 0–1 First Division 24 April 1965 Old Trafford 3–0 First Division 9 October 1965 Old Trafford 2–0 First Division 10 December 1966 Old Trafford 2–2 First Division 6 April 1968 Old Trafford 1–2 First Division 14 December 1968 Old Trafford 1–0 First Division 13 September 1969 Old Trafford 1–0 First Division 19 April 1971 Old Trafford 0–2 First Division 3 April 1972 Old Trafford 0–3 First Division 11 November 1972 Old Trafford 2–0 First Division 29 September 1973 Old Trafford 0–0 First Division 18 February 1976 Old Trafford 0–0 First Division 16 February 1977 Old Trafford 0–0 First Division 1 October 1977 Old Trafford 2–0 First Division 26 December 1978 Old Trafford 0–3 First Division 5 April 1980 Old Trafford 2–1 First Division 26 December 1980 Old Trafford 0–0 First Division 7 April 1982 Old Trafford 0–1 First Division 26 February 1983 Old Trafford 1–1 First Division 24 September 1983 Old Trafford 1–0 First Division 22 September 1984 Old Trafford 1–1 First Division 19 October 1985 Old Trafford 1–1 First Division 20 April 1987 Old Trafford 1–0 First Division 15 November 1987 Old Trafford 1–1 First Division 1 January 1989 Old Trafford 3–1 First Division 18 March 1990 Old Trafford 1–2 First Division 3 February 1991 Old Trafford 1–1 First Division 6 October 1991 Old Trafford 0–0 First Division 18 October 1992 Old Trafford 2–2 Premier League 30 March 1994 Old Trafford 1–0 Premier League 17 September 1994 Old Trafford 2–0 Premier League 1 October 1995 Old Trafford 2–2 Premier League 12 October 1996 Old Trafford 1–0 Premier League 10 April 1998 Old Trafford 1–1 Premier League 24 September 1998 Old Trafford 2–0 Premier League 4 March 2000 Old Trafford 1–1 Premier League 17 December 2000 Old Trafford 0–1 Premier League 22 January 2002 Old Trafford 0–1 Premier League 5 April 2003 Old Trafford 4–0 Premier League 24 April 2004 Old Trafford 0–1 Premier League 20 September 2004 Old Trafford 2–1 Premier League 22 January 2006 Old Trafford 1–0 Premier League 22 October 2006 Old Trafford 2–0 Premier League 23 March 2008 Old Trafford 3–0 Premier League 14 March 2009 Old Trafford 1–4 Premier League 21 March 2010 Old Trafford 2–1 Premier League 19 September 2010 Old Trafford 3–2 Premier League 11 February 2012 Old Trafford 2–1 Premier League 13 January 2013 Old Trafford 2–1 Premier League 16 March 2014 Old Trafford 0–3 Premier League 14 December 2014 Old Trafford 3–0 Premier League 12 September 2015 Old Trafford 3–1 Premier League

League home record
Home Team	Wins	Losses	Draws
Liverpool	39	25	19
Manchester	42	16	25

Overall League Head to Head record
Manchester United wins	Liverpool wins	Draws
67	55	44

Results in domestic cup matches

Date	Venue	Matches			Competition
		Team 1	Score	Team 2
12 February 1898	Bank Street	Newton Heath	0–0	Liverpool	FA Cup 2nd Round
16 February 1898	Anfield	Liverpool	2–1	Newton Heath	FA Cup 2nd Round Replay
7 February 1903	Bank Street	Manchester United	2–1	Liverpool	FA Cup 1st Round
8 January 1921	Anfield	Liverpool	1–1	Manchester United	FA Cup 1st Round
12 January 1921	Old Trafford	Manchester United	1–2	Liverpool	FA Cup 1st Round Replay
24 January 1948	Goodison Park	Manchester United	3–0	Liverpool	FA Cup 4th Round
30 January 1960	Anfield	Liverpool	1–3	Manchester United	FA Cup 4th Round
14 August 1965	Old Trafford	Manchester United	2–2	Liverpool	1965 Charity Shield
21 May 1977	Wembley	Manchester United	2–1	Liverpool	1977 FA Cup Final
13 August 1977	Wembley	Liverpool	0–0	Manchester United	1977 Charity Shield
31 March 1979	Maine Road	Manchester United	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool	FA Cup Semi-final
4 April 1979	Goodison Park	Manchester United	1–0	Liverpool	FA Cup Semi-final Replay
26 March 1983	Wembley	Liverpool	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Manchester United	1983 League Cup Final
20 August 1983	Wembley	Manchester United	2–0	Liverpool	1983 Charity Shield
13 April 1985	Goodison Park	Manchester United	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool	FA Cup Semi-final
17 April 1985	Maine Road	Manchester United	2–1	Liverpool	FA Cup Semi-final Replay
26 November 1985	Anfield	Liverpool	2–1	Manchester United	League Cup 4th Round
18 August 1990	Wembley	Liverpool	1–1	Manchester United	1990 Charity Shield
31 October 1990	Old Trafford	Manchester United	3–1	Liverpool	League Cup 3rd Round
11 May 1996	Wembley	Manchester United	1–0	Liverpool	1996 FA Cup Final
24 January 1999	Old Trafford	Manchester United	2–1	Liverpool	FA Cup 4th Round
12 August 2001	Millennium Stadium	Liverpool	2–1	Manchester United	2001 Charity Shield
2 March 2003	Millennium Stadium	Liverpool	2–0	Manchester United	2003 League Cup Final
18 February 2006	Anfield	Liverpool	1–0	Manchester United	FA Cup 5th Round
9 January 2011	Old Trafford	Manchester United	1–0	Liverpool	FA Cup 3rd Round
28 January 2012	Anfield	Liverpool	2–1	Manchester United	FA Cup 4th Round
25 September 2013	Old Trafford	Manchester United	1–0	Liverpool	League Cup 3rd Round

Overall Domestic Cup Head to Head record
Manchester United wins	Liverpool wins	Draws
12	9	7

Results in European competitions

Date	Venue	Matches			Competition
		Team 1	Score	Team 2
10 March 2016	Anfield	Liverpool	2–0	Manchester United	Europa League Round of 16
17 March 2016	Old Trafford	Manchester United	1–1	Liverpool	Europa League Round of 16

Overall European competition Head to Head record
Manchester United wins	Liverpool wins	Draws
0	1	1

Results in play-offs

Date	Venue	Matches			Competition
		Team 1	Score	Team 2
28 April 1894	Ewood Park	Liverpool	2–0	Newton Heath	Football League Test Match

Overall Play-off Head to Head record
Manchester United wins	Liverpool wins	Draws
0	1	0

External links

• FootballDerbies.com
• Complete results at LFCHistory.net
• United versus Liverpool at StretfordEnd.co.uk