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Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish (born 4 March 1951) is a Scottish former football player and manager. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time as well as one of Celtic's, Liverpool's and Britain's greatest ever players.<ref name=":2">*Template:Cite news

Dalglish began his career with Celtic in 1971, going on to win four Scottish league championships, four Scottish Cups and one Scottish League Cup with the club. In 1977, Liverpool manager Bob Paisley paid a British transfer record of £440,000 to take Dalglish to Liverpool. His years at Liverpool were among the club's most successful periods, as he won six English league championships, the FA Cup, four League Cups, five FA Charity Shields, three European Cups and one European Super Cup. In international football, Dalglish made 102 appearances and scored 30 goals for Scotland between 1971 and 1986, becoming their most capped player and joint-leading goal scorer (with Denis Law). He was chosen for Scotland's FIFA World Cup squads in 1974, 1978, 1982 and 1986, playing in all of those tournaments except the latter, due to injury.

Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool in 1985 after the resignation of Joe Fagan, winning a further three First Divisions, two FA Cups and four FA Charity Shields, before resigning in 1991. Eight months later, Dalglish made a return to football management with Blackburn Rovers, whom he led from the Second Division to win the Premier League in 1995. Soon afterwards, he stepped down as manager to become director of football at the club, before leaving altogether in 1996. In January 1997, Dalglish took over as manager at Newcastle United. Newcastle finished as runners-up in the Premier League during his first season, but they only finished 13th in 1997–98, which led to his dismissal the following season. Dalglish went on to be appointed director of football at Celtic in 1999, and later briefly manager. He won the Scottish League Cup in 2000 before his departure from the club that year.

Between 2000 and 2010, Dalglish focused on charitable concerns, founding The Marina Dalglish Appeal with his wife to raise money for cancer care. In January 2011, Dalglish returned to Liverpool for a spell as caretaker manager after the dismissal of Roy Hodgson, becoming the permanent manager in May 2011. Despite winning the League Cup, which was the club's first trophy since 2006, earning them a place in the UEFA Europa League, and reaching the FA Cup Final, Liverpool only finished 8th in the Premier League, and Dalglish was dismissed in May 2012. In October 2013, Dalglish returned to Anfield as a non-executive director, and Anfield's Centenary Stand was renamed after him in October 2017.

Early lifeEdit

The son of an engineer, Dalglish was born in Dalmarnock in the east end of Glasgow and was brought up in Milton in the north of the city. When he was 14 the family moved to a newly built tower block in Ibrox overlooking the home ground of Rangers, the club he had grown up supporting.<ref name="Dalglish; Winter-3">Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref name=returns/>

Dalglish attended Miltonbank Primary School in Milton and started out as a goalkeeper.<ref name=Tele1>My School Sport: Kenny Dalglish Template:Webarchive The Daily Telegraph (12 April 2006) Retrieved on 18 June 2009</ref> He then attended High Possil Senior Secondary School,<ref name=returns/> where he won the inter-schools five-a-side and the inter-year five-a-side competitions. He won the Scottish Cup playing for Glasgow Schoolboys and Glasgow Schools, and was then selected for the Scottish schoolboys team that went undefeated in a Home Nations Victory Shield tournament.<ref name=Tele1/> In 1966, Dalglish had unsuccessful trials at West Ham United and Liverpool.<ref name="IFHOF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Club careerEdit

CelticEdit

Dalglish signed a professional contract with Celtic in May 1967. The club's assistant manager Sean Fallon went to see Dalglish and his parents at their home, which had Rangers-related pictures on the walls.<ref name=returns>Template:Cite news</ref> In his first season, Dalglish was loaned out to Cumbernauld United, for whom he scored 37 goals.<ref>Lomax, Andrew (14 February 2008) Kenny Dalglish backs Scottish youngsters The Daily Telegraph (London) Retrieved on 18 June 2009</ref> During this time he also worked as an apprentice joiner.<ref name=returns/><ref name=Tele1/> Celtic manager Jock Stein wanted Dalglish to spend a second season at Cumbernauld, but the youngster wanted to turn professional.<ref name="kmprofile" /> Dalglish got his wish and became a regular in the reserve team known as the Quality Street Gang, due to it containing a large number of highly rated players, including future Scottish internationals Danny McGrain, George Connelly, Lou Macari and David Hay.<ref name="Macpherson-224">Template:Harvnb</ref> Dalglish made his first-team competitive debut for Celtic in a Scottish League Cup quarter-final tie against Hamilton Academical on 25 September 1968, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 4–2 win.<ref name="kmprofile" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

He spent the 1968–69 season playing for the reserves, though scored just four goals in 17 games. The following season he changed his position, moving into midfield, and enjoyed a good season as he helped the reserve team to the league and cup double, scoring 19 goals in 31 games.<ref name="kmprofile" /> Stein put Dalglish in the starting XI for the first team in a league match against Raith Rovers on 4 October 1969. Celtic won 7–1 but Dalglish did not score, nor did he score in the next three first-team games he played in during the 1969–70 season.<ref name="kmprofile" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Dalglish continued his goal-scoring form in the reserves into the next season, scoring 23 goals.<ref name="kmprofile" /> A highlight of his season came in the Reserve Cup Final against Rangers; Dalglish scored one goal in a 4–1 win in the first leg, then in the second leg scored a hat-trick in a 6–1 win to clinch the cup.<ref name="kmprofile" /> Still not a first-team regular, Dalglish was in the stands when the Ibrox disaster occurred at an Old Firm match in January 1971, when 66 Rangers fans died.<ref name="Echo_Ibrox Disaster">Template:Cite news</ref> On 17 May 1971, he played for Celtic against Kilmarnock in a testimonial match for the Rugby Park club's long serving midfielder Frank Beattie, and scored six goals in a 7–2 win for Celtic.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The 1971–72 season saw Dalglish finally establish himself in the Celtic first team,.<ref name="kmprofile" /> He scored his first competitive goal for the first team on 14 August 1971, Celtic's second goal with a penalty kick in a 2–0 win over Rangers at Ibrox Stadium.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He went on to score 29 goals in 53 games that season, including a hat-trick against Dundee and braces against Kilmarnock and Motherwell<ref name="kdfitba">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and helped Celtic win their seventh consecutive league title.<ref name="kmprofile" /> Dalglish also played in Celtic's 6–1 win over Hibernian in the 1972 Scottish Cup Final.<ref name="kmprofile" /> In 1972–73 Dalglish was Celtic's leading scorer, with 39 goals in all competitions,<ref name="kdfitba" /> and the club won the league championship once again.<ref name="kmprofile" /> Celtic won a league and cup double in 1973–74<ref name="kmprofile" /> and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup. The ties against Atlético Madrid were acrimonious, and Dalglish described the first leg in Glasgow where the Spanish side had three players sent off as "without doubt the worst game I have ever played in as far as violence is concerned."<ref name="kmprofile" /> Dalglish won a further Scottish Cup winner's medal in 1975, providing the cross for Paul Wilson's opening goal in a 3–1 win over Airdrieonians in what transpired to be captain Billy McNeill's last match before retiring from playing football.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Dalglish was made Celtic captain in the 1975–76 season, during which the club failed to win a trophy for the first time in 12 years.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Jock Stein had been badly injured in a car crash and missed most of that season while recovering from his injuries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Celtic won another league and cup double in 1976–77, with Dalglish scoring 27 goals in all competitions.<ref name="kmprofile" /> On 10 August 1977, after making 320 appearances and scoring 167 goals for Celtic, Dalglish was signed by Liverpool manager Bob Paisley for a British transfer fee record of £440,000 (£Template:Inflation today).<ref name=talks>Template:Cite news</ref> The deal was unpopular with the Celtic fans, and Dalglish was booed by the crowd when he returned to Celtic Park in August 1978 to play in a testimonial match for Stein.<ref name="Macpherson-279">Template:Harvnb</ref>

LiverpoolEdit

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Dalglish playing for Liverpool in the 1980s

Dalglish was signed to replace Kevin Keegan and quickly settled into his new club. He made his debut on 13 August 1977 in the season opener at Wembley, in the 1977 FA Charity Shield against Manchester United.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He scored his first goal for Liverpool in his league debut a week later on 20 August, against Middlesbrough.<ref name=":1" /> Dalglish also scored three days later on his Anfield debut in a 2–0 victory over Newcastle United, and he scored Liverpool's sixth goal when they beat Keegan's Hamburg 6–0 in the second leg of the 1977 European Super Cup.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By the end of his first season with Liverpool, Dalglish had played 62 times and scored 31 goals, including the winning goal in the 1978 European Cup Final at Wembley against Bruges.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In his second season, Dalglish recorded a personal best of 21 league goals for the club and was also named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He did not miss a league game for Liverpool until the 1980–81 season, when he appeared in 34 out of 42 league games and scored only eight goals as Liverpool finished fifth in the league, but still won the European Cup and Football League Cup.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He recovered his goal-scoring form the following season, and was an ever-present player in the league once again, scoring 13 goals as Liverpool became league champions for the 13th time, and the third time since Dalglish's arrival. It was also around this time that he began to form a potent strike partnership with Ian Rush;<ref name="rush-dalglish_Independent">Template:Cite news</ref> Dalglish began to play just off Rush, "running riot in the extra space afforded to him in the hole".<ref name="rush-dalglish_Guardian">Template:Cite news</ref> Dalglish was voted PFA Players' Player of the Year for the 1982–83 season,<ref name="Benammar_Telegraph">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> during which he scored 18 league goals as Liverpool retained their title. From 1983 Dalglish became less prolific as a goal-scorer, though he remained a regular player.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After becoming player-manager on the retirement of Joe Fagan in the 1985 close season and in the aftermath of the Heysel Stadium disaster, Dalglish selected himself for just 21 First Division games in 1985–86 as Liverpool won the double, but he started the FA Cup final win over Everton.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On the last day of the league season, his goal in a 1–0 away win over Chelsea gave Liverpool their 16th league title.<ref name="Mirror_86">Template:Cite news</ref> Dalglish had a personally better campaign in the 1986–87 season, scoring six goals in 18 league appearances, but by then he was committed to giving younger players priority for a first-team place.

With the sale of Ian Rush to Juventus in 1987, Dalglish formed a new striker partnership of new signings John Aldridge and Peter Beardsley for the 1987–88 season, and he played only twice in a league campaign which saw Liverpool gain their 17th title. Dalglish did not play in Liverpool's 1988–89 campaign, and he made his final league appearance on 5 May 1990 as a substitute against Derby. At 39, he was one of the oldest players ever to play for Liverpool.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His final goal had come three years earlier, in a 3–0 home league win over Nottingham Forest on 18 April 1987.<ref name="liverweb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

International careerEdit

Tommy Docherty gave Dalglish his debut for the Scottish national side as a substitute in the 1–0 Euro 1972 qualifier victory over Belgium on 10 November 1971 at Pittodrie.<ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dalglish scored his first goal for Scotland a year later on 15 November 1972 in the 2–0 World Cup qualifier win over Denmark at Hampden Park.<ref name=":3" /> Scotland would go on to qualify for the final tournament and he was part of Scotland's 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany. He started in all three games as Scotland were eliminated during the group stages despite not losing any of their three games.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1976, Dalglish scored the winning goal for Scotland at Hampden Park against England, by nutmegging Ray Clemence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A year later Dalglish scored against the same opponents and goalkeeper at Wembley, in another 2–1 win.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dalglish went on to play in both the 1978 World Cup in Argentina where he started in all of Scotland's games – scoring against eventual runners-up the Netherlands in a famous 3–2 win<ref name="Mirror_78">Template:Cite news</ref> – and the 1982 World Cup in Spain, scoring against New Zealand.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On both occasions Scotland failed to get past the group stage. Dalglish was selected for the 22-man squad travelling to Mexico for the 1986 World Cup, but had to withdraw due to injury.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In total, Dalglish played 102 times for Scotland (a national record) and he scored 30 goals (also a national record, which matched that set by Denis Law).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He became the first, and as of 2024 only, player to win 100 caps for Scotland in a friendly match against Romania on 26 March 1986 at Hampden Park. He was presented with the milestone cap by Franz Beckenbauer prior to kick off.<ref name="Tait2023p101">Template:Cite book</ref> His final appearance for Scotland, after 15 years as a full international, was on 12 November 1986 at Hampden in a Euro 1988 qualifying game against Luxembourg, which Scotland won 3–0.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His 30th and final international goal had been two years earlier, on 14 November 1984, in a 3–1 win over Spain in a World Cup qualifier, also at Hampden Park.<ref name="scottishfa">Template:SFA Profile</ref>

Managerial careerEdit

LiverpoolEdit

After the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985 and Joe Fagan's subsequent resignation as manager, Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool. In his first season in charge in 1985–86, he guided the club to its first "double". Liverpool achieved this by winning the League Championship by two points over Everton (Dalglish himself scored the winner in a 1–0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to secure the title on the final day of the season),<ref name="Mirror_86"/> and the FA Cup by beating Everton in the final.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The 1986–87 season was trophyless for Liverpool. They lost 2–1 to Arsenal in the League Cup final at Wembley. Before the 1987–88 season, Dalglish signed two new players: striker Peter Beardsley from Newcastle and winger John Barnes from Watford. He had already purchased goalscorer John Aldridge from Oxford United (a replacement for Ian Rush, who was moving to Italy) in the spring of 1987 and early into the new campaign, bought Oxford United midfielder Ray Houghton. The new-look Liverpool side shaped by Dalglish topped the league for almost the entire season, and had a run of 37 matches unbeaten in all competitions (including 29 in the league; 22 wins and 7 draws) from the beginning of the season to 21 February 1988, when they lost to Everton in the league. Liverpool were crowned champions with four games left to play, having suffered just two defeats from 40 games. However, Dalglish's side lost the 1988 FA Cup Final to underdogs Wimbledon.<ref>FA Cup Final 1988 Template:Webarchive FA-Cup Finals. Retrieved 18 June 2009</ref>

In the summer of 1988, Dalglish re-signed Ian Rush. Liverpool beat Everton 3–2 after extra time in the second all-Merseyside FA Cup final in 1989, but was deprived of a second double in the final game of the season, when Arsenal secured a last-minute goal to take the title from Liverpool. In the 1989–90 season Liverpool won their third league title under Dalglish. They missed out on the double and a third successive FA Cup final appearance when they lost 4–3 in extra-time to Crystal Palace in an FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> At the end of the season Dalglish received his third Manager of the Year award. Dalglish resigned as manager of Liverpool on 22 February 1991, two days after a 4–4 draw with rivals Everton in an FA Cup fifth round tie at Goodison Park,<ref name="Echo_4-4">Template:Cite news</ref> in which Liverpool surrendered the lead four times. At the time of his resignation, the club were three points ahead in the league and still in contention for the FA Cup.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Hillsborough disasterEdit

Dalglish was the manager of Liverpool at the time of the Hillsborough disaster on 15 April 1989. The disaster claimed 94 lives on the day, with the final death toll reaching 97. Dalglish attended many of the funerals of the victims, including four in one day.<ref name="Hillsborough_Telegraph">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His presence in the aftermath of the disaster has been described as "colossal and heroic".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Dalglish broke a twenty-year silence about the disaster in March 2009, expressing regret that the police and the FA did not consider delaying the kick-off of the match.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> During the Hillsborough Memorial Service on 15 April 2011, Liverpool MP Steve Rotheram announced he would submit an early day motion to have Dalglish knighted, "not only for his outstanding playing and managerial career, but also the charity work he has done with his wife, Marina, for breast cancer support and what he did after Hillsborough. It is common knowledge it affected him deeply".<ref name="Echo_Steve Rotheram ">Template:Cite news</ref>

Blackburn RoversEdit

Dalglish returned to management in October 1991 at Second Division Blackburn Rovers who had recently been purchased by multi-millionaire Jack Walker.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By the turn of 1992 they were top of the Second Division, and then suffered a dip in form before recovering to qualify for the playoffs,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> during which Dalglish led Blackburn into the new Premier League by beating Leicester City 1–0 in the Second Division play-off final at Wembley.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The resulting promotion meant that Blackburn were back in the top flight of English football for the first time since 1966.<ref>Blackburn Rovers Template:Webarchive FA Premier League. Retrieved 18 June 2009</ref> In the 1992 pre-season, Dalglish signed Southampton's Alan Shearer for a British record fee of £3.5 million.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Despite a serious injury which ruled Shearer out for half the season, Dalglish achieved fourth position with the team in the first year of the new Premier League. The following year, Dalglish failed in an attempt to sign Roy Keane.<ref>Kissane, Sinead (19 August 2002) Keane tells of Dalgish fury Template:Webarchive RTÉ. Retrieved 18 June 2009</ref> Blackburn finished two positions higher the following season, as runners-up to Manchester United. By this time, Dalglish had added England internationals Tim Flowers and David Batty to his squad.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

At the start of the 1994–95 season Dalglish paid a record £5 million for Chris Sutton, with whom Shearer formed an effective strike partnership.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By the last game of the season, both Blackburn and Manchester United were in contention for the title. Blackburn had to travel to Liverpool, and Manchester United faced West Ham United in London. Blackburn lost 2–1, but still won the title since United failed to win in London.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The title meant that Dalglish was only the fourth football manager in history to lead two different clubs to top-flight league championships in England, after Tom Watson, Herbert Chapman and Brian Clough. Dalglish became director of football at Blackburn in June 1995.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He left the club at the start of the 1996–97 season after a disappointing campaign under his replacement and former assistant manager, Ray Harford.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Following his departure from Blackburn Dalglish was appointed for a brief spell as an "international talent scout" at his boyhood club Rangers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was reported as having played a central role in the signing of Chile international Sebastián Rozental.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Newcastle UnitedEdit

In January 1997, Dalglish was appointed manager of Premier League side Newcastle United on a three-and-a-half-year contract, taking over from Kevin Keegan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Dalglish guided the club from fourth position to a runner-up spot in May and a place in the new format of the following season's UEFA Champions League.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He then broke up the team which had finished second two years running, selling popular players like Peter Beardsley, Lee Clark, Les Ferdinand and David Ginola and replacing them with ageing stars like John Barnes (34), Ian Rush (36) and Stuart Pearce (35), as well as virtual unknowns like Des Hamilton and Garry Brady.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He also made some good long-term signings like Gary Speed and Shay Given. The 1997–98 campaign saw Newcastle finish in only 13th place and, despite Dalglish achieving some notable successes during the season (including a 3–2 UEFA Champions League win over Barcelona and an FA Cup final appearance against Arsenal), he was dismissed by Freddie Shepherd after two draws in the opening two games of the subsequent 1998–99 season, and replaced by former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> One commentator from The Independent has since written, "His 20 months at Newcastle United are the only part of Kenny Dalglish's career that came anywhere near failure".<ref name="Rich_Independent">Template:Cite news</ref>

CelticEdit

In June 1999 he was appointed director of football operations at Celtic, with his former Liverpool player John Barnes appointed as head coach.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Barnes was dismissed in February 2000 and Dalglish took charge of the first team on a temporary basis.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He guided them to the Scottish League Cup final, where they beat Aberdeen 2–0 at Hampden Park. Dalglish was dismissed in June 2000, after the appointment of Martin O'Neill as manager.<ref name = "divorce">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> After a brief legal battle, Dalglish accepted a settlement of £600,000 from Celtic.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

Return to LiverpoolEdit

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Dalglish managing Liverpool in 2011

In April 2009 Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez invited Dalglish to take up a role at the club's youth academy. The appointment was confirmed in July 2009,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Dalglish was also made the club's ambassador.<ref name="talks"/> Following Benítez's departure from Liverpool in June 2010, Dalglish was asked to help find a replacement, and in July Fulham's Roy Hodgson was appointed manager.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

A poor run of results at the start of the 2010–11 season led to Liverpool fans calling for Dalglish's return as manager as early as October 2010,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and with no subsequent improvement in Liverpool's results up to the end of the year (during which time the club was bought by New England Sports Ventures),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hodgson left Liverpool and Dalglish was appointed caretaker manager on 8 January 2011.<ref name="Ingle The Guardian">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Dalglish's first game in charge was on 9 January 2011 at Old Trafford against Manchester United in the 3rd round of the FA Cup, which Liverpool lost 1–0.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Dalglish's first league game in charge was against Blackpool on 12 January 2011; Liverpool lost 2–1.<ref name=" Winter1_The Daily Telegraph">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> After the game, Dalglish admitted that Liverpool faced "a big challenge".<ref name=" Hunter The Guardian">Template:Cite news</ref>

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Dalglish managing Liverpool in 2011

Shortly after his appointment, Dalglish indicated he would like the job on a permanent basis if it was offered to him,<ref name=" Winter The Daily Telegraph">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> and on 19 January the Liverpool chairman Tom Werner stated that the club's owners would favour this option.<ref name="Rory Smith_The Daily Telegraph">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> On 22 January 2011, Dalglish led Liverpool to their first win since his return, against Wolves at Molineux.<ref name=" D Smith_The Daily Telegraph">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> After signing Andy Carroll from Newcastle for a British record transfer fee of £35 million and Luis Suárez from Ajax for £22.8 million at the end of January (in the wake of Fernando Torres's sale to Chelsea for £50 million), some journalists noted that Dalglish had begun to assert his authority at the club.<ref name="Hunter2 The Guardian">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Winter2 The Daily Telegraph">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> Following a 1–0 victory against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in February 2011, described by Alan Smith as "a quite brilliant display in terms of discipline and spirit"<ref name="Telegraph_Smith">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> and a "defensive masterplan" by David Pleat,<ref name="Pleat The Guardian">Template:Cite news</ref> Henry Winter wrote, "it can only be a matter of time before he [Dalglish] is confirmed as long-term manager".<ref name="Telegraph_win">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

On 12 May 2011, Liverpool announced that Dalglish had been given a three-year contract.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His first official match in charge was 2–0 defeat to Harry Redknapp's Spurs at Anfield. Dalglish's second stint in charge at Anfield proved controversial at times. The Scot defended Luis Suárez in the wake of the striker's eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra when the teams met in October 2011.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After the Uruguayan's apparent refusal to shake Evra's hand in the return fixture in February 2012, an apology from both player and manager came only after the intervention of the owners.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name = "ferguson handshake">Template:Cite news</ref>

In February 2012, Dalglish led Liverpool to their first trophy in six years, with victory in the 2011–12 Football League Cup.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> In the same season he also led Liverpool to the 2012 FA Cup Final where they lost 2–1 to Chelsea. Despite the success in domestic cups, Liverpool finished eighth in the league, their worst showing in the league since 1994, failing to qualify for the Champions League for a third straight season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Following the end of the season, Liverpool dismissed Dalglish on 16 May 2012.<ref name = "ferguson handshake"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In October 2013, Dalglish returned to Liverpool as a non-executive director.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 13 October 2017, Anfield's Centenary Stand was officially renamed the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand in recognition of his unique contribution to the club.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

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Dalglish in 2010

Dalglish has been married to Marina since 26 November 1974.<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> The couple have four children, including Kelly and Paul. Kelly has worked as a football presenter for BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky Sports.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Paul followed in his father's footsteps as a footballer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Marina was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2003,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but was treated at Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool and recovered. She later launched a charity to fund new cancer treatment equipment for UK hospitals.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Dalglish advised author Jilly Cooper on her 2023 novel Tackle!<ref name=":02">Template:Cite news</ref>

RecognitionEdit

Dalglish was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1985 New Year Honours for services to football.<ref name=MBE>Template:London Gazette</ref> He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to football, charity and the City of Liverpool.<ref name=Knighted>Template:London Gazette</ref> He dedicated the award to former Celtic and Liverpool coaches Jock Stein, Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley stating that he was "Humbled" and "A wee bit embarrassed".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2002, Celtic supporters voted for what they considered to be the greatest Celtic XI of all time. Dalglish was voted into the team, which was; Simpson, McGrain, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Auld, Johnstone, P. McStay, Dalglish, Larsson and Lennox.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was an inaugural inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame the same year,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and later also an inaugural inductee to the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2004.<ref name=sfhof>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is highly regarded by Liverpool fans, who still affectionately refer to him as "King Kenny",<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as do supporters of the Scotland National team from the 70s and 80s when he was a world-class player. In 2006 Liverpool fans voted him top of the fans' poll "100 Players Who Shook the Kop".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2009, FourFourTwo magazine named Dalglish the greatest striker in post-war British football.<ref name="LFC_442-Dalglish">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 19 December 2023, Dalglish won the BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, BBC Sports Personality of the Year.<ref name=":0" />

Charitable workEdit

In 2005, Dalglish and his wife founded the charity the Marina Dalglish Appeal to raise money to help treat cancer. Dalglish has participated in a number of events to raise money for the charity, including a replay of the 1986 FA Cup Final.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In June 2007 a Centre for Oncology at Aintree University Hospital was opened, after the charity had raised £1.5 million.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2012, the foundation made a £2 million donation to The Walton Centre which allowed the purchase of a new MRI scanner.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>

Dalglish often competes in the annual Gary Player Invitational Tournament, a charity golfing event which raises money for children's causes around the world.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 1 July 2011, Dalglish was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Ulster, for services to football and charity.<ref name="Echo_hon degree ">Template:Cite news</ref>

Career statisticsEdit

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Celtic 1968–69 Scottish Division One 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
1969–70 Scottish Division One 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 – 4 0
1970–71 Scottish Division One 3 0 1 0 0 0 1Template:Efn 0 2Template:Efn 0 7 0
1971–72 Scottish Division One 31 17 4 1 8 5 7Template:Efn 0 3Template:Efn 6 53 29
1972–73 Scottish Division One 32 21 6 5 11 10 4Template:Efn 3 3Template:Efn 0 56 39
1973–74 Scottish Division One 33 18 6 1 10 3 7Template:Efn 2 3Template:Efn 1 59 25
1974–75 Scottish Division One 33 16 5 2 8 3 2Template:Efn 0 3Template:Efn 0 51 21
1975–76 Scottish Premier Division 35 24 1 1 10 4 5Template:Efn 3 2Template:Efn 0 53 32
1976–77 Scottish Premier Division 35 15 7 1 10 10 2Template:Efn 1 – 54 27
Total 204 111 30 11 60 35 28 9 16 7 338 173
Liverpool 1977–78 First Division 42 20 1 1 9 6 9Template:Efn 4 1Template:Efn 0 62 31
1978–79 First Division 42 21 7 4 1 0 4Template:Efn 0 – 54 25
1979–80 First Division 42 16 8 2 7 4 2Template:Efn 0 1Template:Efn 1 60 23
1980–81 First Division 34 8 2 2 8 7 9Template:Efn 1 1Template:Efn 0 54 18
1981–82 First Division 42 13 3 2 10 5 6Template:Efn 2 1Template:Efn 0 62 22
1982–83 First Division 42 18 3 1 7 0 5Template:Efn 1 1Template:Efn 0 58 20
1983–84 First Division 33 7 0 0 8 2 9Template:Efn 3 1Template:Efn 0 51 12
1984–85 First Division 36 6 7 0 1 0 7Template:Efn 0 2Template:Efn 0 53 6
1985–86 First Division 21 3 6 1 2 1 – 2Template:Efn 2 31 7
1986–87 First Division 18 6 0 0 5 2 – 2Template:Efn 0 25 8
1987–88 First Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – 2 0
1988–89 First Division 0 0 0 0 1 0 – 1Template:Efn 0 2 0
1989–90 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – 1 0
Total 355 118 37 13 59 27 51 11 13 3 515 172
Career total 559 229 67 24 119 62 79 20 29 10 853 345

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National team Year Apps Goals
Scotland 1971 2 0
1972 2 1
1973 9 1
1974 11 4
1975 10 2
1976 6 3
1977 10 7
1978 10 3
1979 9 1
1980 8 1
1981 4 1
1982 8 4
1983 4 0
1984 3 2
1985 3 0
1986 3 0
Total 102 30

Managerial recordEdit

Managerial record by team and tenure
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Liverpool 30 May 1985 21 February 1991

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Blackburn Rovers 12 October 1991 25 June 1995

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Newcastle United 14 January 1997 27 August 1998

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Celtic 10 February 2000 1 June 2000

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Liverpool 8 January 2011 16 May 2012

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HonoursEdit

PlayerEdit

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