But on Sunday afternoon that long wait for a return trip to this particular corner of west Yorkshire will end, for a special game in aid of a very important cause.
The friendly between Jürgen Klopp’s side and Gary Bowyer’s Bantams will generate funds for the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation, a charity founded by former Liverpool defender Stephen Darby following his own MND [motor neurone disease] diagnosis last September.
Back in 2006, when Liverpool U18s won the FA Youth Cup for the second time in their history, the then-17-year-old Darby was their captain. He featured again when the young Reds repeated the trick 12 months later, but with his path to regular first-team football blocked by seasoned internationals such as Alvaro Arbeloa and Glen Johnson, the Maghull-born right-back joined Bradford in 2012 after making six senior appearances for his boyhood club.