On Saturday December 19th, 1959 Liverpool's new manager watched his side end his first match in charge with a defeat.
The scoreline was Liverpool 0 - 4 Cardiff City. The managers name, Bill Shankley.
In the years since the clubs have grown so far apart you'd need a space shuttle to get you between them but tonight, for 90 mins (or 120 maybe) they go face to face with a place in the last 8 awaiting to winners.
City are hoping to have a full strength squad to choose from but there are concerns over Kevin McNaughton, Roger Johnson, Trevor Sinclair and Paul Parry.
Robbie Fowler will start against his former club and Michael Oakes gets his place back in goal becuase Kasper Schmeichel is ineligable.
Liverpool will field a very different team from the one that drew with Arsenal. Harry Kewell and Peter Crouch are set to start with several players we've never heard of.
Over 5,600 City fans (officially) will be in the Anfield Rd Lower Stand tonight and I don't know how many others dotted around the rest of the ground. The exodus from Cardiff has started already as dozens of coaches set off while hundreds more take planes, trains and automobiles.
Have a great one.