Sturridge scored on his debut - thats a massive omen of greatness at Liverpool Football Club. I pulled all the below info off Wiki so no hidden sources. If Sturridge knuckles down he can become the next great Liverpool goal scorer.
Starting with the furtherest back Liverpool goal scorers:
Billy Liddell's official debut for Liverpool came in the third round of the FA Cup, the first competitive football tournament to be organised in post-war England. He started in the first leg against Chester City on 5 January 1946 and scored in the 30th minute.
Roger Hunt: He made his debut and scored his first goal for the club on 9 September 1959 in a Second Division fixture at Anfield against Scunthorpe United; Hunt scored in the 64th minute to give the Reds a 2–0 victory
Ian St.John: His official debut came in a 2-0 2nd Division victory over Bristol Rovers at the Eastville Stadium on the 19 August 1961, his first official goals came 11 days later on the 30th when he bagged a brace in the 39th and 90th minutes of a 4-1 win over Sunderland at Roker Park.
On 14 August 1971, Keegan made his Liverpool debut against Nottingham Forest at Anfield, scoring after 12 minutes
Kenny Dalglish scored his first goal for Liverpool in his league debut a week later on 20 August, against Middlesbrough.
Robbie Fowler made a scoring first-team debut in Liverpool's 3–1 win in a first round League Cup tie at Fulham on 22 September 1993.
Michael Owen scored on his Liverpool debut on 6 May 1997 against Wimbledon at Selhurst Park.
Fernando Torres' first Premier League goal came a week later on his Anfield debut on 19 August 2007, in the 16th minute in a 1–1 draw against Chelsea.
Suárez made his Liverpool debut on 2 February against Stoke City at Anfield in a 2–0 win; he came on as a substitute and scored Liverpool's second goal in front of the Kop in the sixty-third minute.[
Slow starter award:
Toshack made his debut on the 14th in the goalless league draw with Coventry City at Anfield. His first goal came a week later on the 21st in a remarkable Merseyside derby at Anfield. With the game 0–0 at half-time Everton thundered into a 2–0 lead just after the start of the second half. 69 minutes in Steve Heighway pulled a goal back, Toshack's goal in the 76th minute completely turned the game around, then Chris Lawler prodded home the 84th minute winner.
Lazy b'stard award:
Ian Rush who took ages to wind himself up but once there, couldn't stop scoring.
Biggest waste of time, money and effort award:
Stuart Downing took 10 years, 11 months and 30 days to get his first assist having taken 6 years to move out of his own half into the opponents.
GO STURRIDGE!
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