I might well have become a Liverpool player. There was a time when I always thought that I would follow Bill Shankly, and, when he went to Liverpool, I fully expected to be joining him. I know Shankly wanted to buy me, but the board said they couldn't afford it. I think Huddersfield wanted 40,000 or 50,000 pounds which was a lot of money in those days. But the Liverpool board said no. I would have loved to have played there, and I know would have enjoyed it. I would have thrived on the Kop atmosph
- Denis Law om hur nära han var att gå till Liverpool 1962
Första derbyt i första divisionen mellan Everton och Liverpool spelades den 13 oktober 1894 på Goodison Park. Liverpool var, som nykomling, inte riktigt redo och förlorade med 3-0.