FeatureOn this day: When Liverpool wore yellow at Anfield against Accrington Stanley

Indeed, the last – and only – time the Reds faced the Lancashire side was in 1956 – in the same competition, at the same stage and at the same stadium.

Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the 2-0 win for Liverpool at Anfield nearly seven decades ago is that the hosts were not wearing red for it.

Instead, Don Welsh's side sported yellow shirts with white shorts and their usual red and white socks.

FA rules back then stipulated that both teams had to change colours if there was a kit clash. Even though Stanley agreed Liverpool could wear red, the authorities stated there were no exceptions.

Stanley, then of the Third Division North and one league below Liverpool, did not arrive at Anfield with the expected approach of an underdog.

"Anfield patrons who expected plenty of kick and rush, with abundant hustle and vigour, must have had the surprise of their lives," read David Prole's match report in the Liverpool Echo. "Much of Accrington's football was of excellent standard."

They would ultimately be undone by the goalscoring brilliance of Billy Liddell – not without giving it a good go, though.

As he so often did, Liddell took the game away from the opposition, scoring twice within a minute after the half-hour mark to delight most of the 48,385 crowd.

The visitors were seemingly good in every area except the final one.

"The fact remains, however, that Liverpool were fortunate to catch Stanley's forwards on a day when little would go right for them," Prole wrote.

The Reds' attack, Liddell aside, was also struggling at that time, although closing out the game out to seal progression in the competition was of little concern.

The Echo's report finished: "There need be few fears about this Liverpool defence. It is a different story in attack."

Welsh's side would miss out on promotion to the First Division that season and their FA Cup journey was ended at the fifth-round stage by Manchester City.

Liverpool's wait for success in world football's oldest competition went on – but Bill Shankly's arrival a few years later would help change that.