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{{Short description|Scottish footballer and manager (born 1951)}}
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'''Kenneth "Kenny" Mathieson Dalglish''' ] (born ], ], ], ], ]) is a former ] ] player. He was famous for his successes with ] in the 1970s and with the English club ] in the 1970s and 1980s. He is widely-regarded as the greatest British player of his generation. A prolific goalscorer, he was the first to score 100 league goals in both the English and Scottish leagues.
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| image = Kenny Dalglish 2009 Singapore.jpg
| caption = Dalglish in 2009
| full_name = Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|4623|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|3|4|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/>
| birth_place = ], Scotland
| height = {{convert|1.73|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rollin |first1=Jack |title=Rothmans football yearbook |date=1980 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |isbn=0362020175 |page=222}}</ref>
| position = ]
| youthyears1 = 1967–1968
| youthclubs1 = ]
| youthyears2 = 1968–1969
| youthclubs2 = ]
| years1 = 1969–1977
| clubs1 = ]
| caps1 = 204
| goals1 = 111
| years2 = 1977–1990
| clubs2 = ]
| caps2 = 355
| goals2 = 118
| totalcaps = 559
| totalgoals = 229
| nationalyears1 = 1972–1976
| nationalteam1 = ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Scotland U23 player Kenny Dalglish |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu23/player.php?playerid=183 |website=FitbaStats |access-date=10 July 2018 |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710103302/http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu23/player.php?playerid=183 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 1971–1986
| nationalteam2 = ]
| nationalcaps2 = 102
| nationalgoals2 = 30
| manageryears1 = 1985–1991
| managerclubs1 = ]
| manageryears2 = 1991–1995
| managerclubs2 = ]
| manageryears3 = 1997–1998
| managerclubs3 = ]
| manageryears4 = 2000
| managerclubs4 = ] (interim)
| manageryears5 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs5 = ]
| alt = Colour photograph of Dalglish in Singapore, 2009. He is dressed casually, wearing sunglasses and has his hand raised
}}


'''Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 4 March 1951) is a Scottish former ] player and ]. 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">*{{cite news|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/705591-the-100-best-soccer-players-of-all-time/|title=The 100 Best Footballers of All Time|access-date=23 October 2023|publisher=]|date=31 May 2011|archive-date=19 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019005416/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/705591-the-100-best-soccer-players-of-all-time|url-status=live}}
More recently, Dalglish has also enjoyed success as a club manager: he is one of only three people to have won the English League Championship as a manager with two different clubs. He was also the first man to win 100 caps for Scotland and won a total of 102 ]. With 30 goals, he holds the scoring record for his country jointly with ].
*{{cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-100-best-football-players-of-all-time/6|title=Ranked! The 100 best football players of all time|access-date=16 September 2023|publisher=]|date=5 September 2023|archive-date=3 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003211846/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-100-best-football-players-of-all-time/6|url-status=live}}
*{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/11489728/Best-Liverpool-players-ever-the-top-50.html|title= Best Liverpool players ever, the top 50|access-date= 16 September 2023|publisher= ]|date= 23 March 2015|archive-date= 30 March 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190330181705/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/11489728/Best-Liverpool-players-ever-the-top-50.html|url-status= live}}
*{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/best-scottish-footballers-ever-here-are-scotlands-10-best-footballers-of-all-time-according-to-our-readers-4065561|title=TBest Scottish Footballers Ever: Here are Scotland's 10 best footballers of all time - according to our readers|access-date=23 October 2023|publisher=]|date=15 March 2023|archive-date=17 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217064852/https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/best-scottish-footballers-ever-here-are-scotlands-10-best-footballers-of-all-time-according-to-our-readers-4065561|url-status=live}}
*{{cite news |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-25-best-british-players-of-all-time-great-britain-united-kingdom-england-scotland-wales-northern-ireland |title=Ranked! The 25 best British players of all time |access-date=23 October 2023 |publisher=] |date=14 April 2023 |archive-date=17 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217064852/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-25-best-british-players-of-all-time-great-britain-united-kingdom-england-scotland-wales-northern-ireland |url-status=live }}</ref> During his career, he made 338 appearances for ] and 515 for ], playing as a ], and earned a record 102 caps for the ], scoring 30 goals, also a joint record. Dalglish won the ] Silver Award in 1983, the ] in 1983, and the ] in 1979 and 1983. In 2009, '']'' magazine named Dalglish the greatest ] in post-war British football, and he has been inducted into both the ] and ]. He is very highly regarded by Liverpool fans, who still affectionately refer to him as ''King Kenny'', and in 2006 voted him top of the fans' poll "]".


Sir Kenneth began his career with Celtic in 1971, going on to win four ], four ]s and one ] with the club. In 1977, Liverpool manager ] 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 ], the ], four ]s, five ]s, three ]s and one ]. In international football, Dalglish made 102 appearances and scored 30 goals for Scotland between 1971 and 1986, becoming their most ] player and joint-leading goal scorer (with ]). He was chosen for Scotland's ] squads in ], ], ] and ], playing in all of those tournaments except the latter, due to injury.
==Playing career==
Dalglish grew up supporting ]. Though born in Dalmarnock in the East End of Glasgow, he was brought up in the docklands of Govan, just a stone's throw from Ibrox.


Dalglish became ] of Liverpool in 1985 after the resignation of ], 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 ], whom he led from the ] to win the ] in 1995. Soon afterwards, he stepped down as manager to become ] at the club, before leaving altogether in 1996. In January 1997, Dalglish took over as manager at ]. Newcastle finished as runners-up in the Premier League during his first season, but they only finished 13th in ], 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.
He wanted to join his idols at Rangers, but the call never came. He had trials at ] and ], but they came to nothing. And so it was that Dalglish, the ] son of an engineer, found himself playing for the ] team ], age-old fierce ] rivals of Rangers.


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 ] after the dismissal of ], becoming the permanent manager in May 2011. Despite winning the ], which was the club's first trophy since 2006, earning them a place in the ], and reaching the ], Liverpool only finished 8th in the Premier League, and Dalglish was dismissed in May 2012. In October 2013, Dalglish returned to ] as a non-executive director, and Anfield's Centenary Stand was renamed after him in October 2017.
His signing, on a provisional contract in July 1967, was not without amusement. ], the legendary Celtic manager, had sent his assistant Sean Fallon to see Dalglish and his parents at their home. Hearing that Fallon was at the door, Dalglish raced to his bedroom and frantically tore down the posters on his wall, posters of his boyhood Rangers idols! Dalglish was farmed out to a Celtic nursery side, Cumbernauld United, and he also worked as an apprentice joiner. By the following year he had turned professional and was a regular member of a Celtic reserve team so good it was known as the Quality Street Gang.


==Early life==
It took Dalglish three years to establish himself in the first team. At that time Celtic were not only the best team in Scotland, they had become the first British team to win the ] after beating ]. Stein took a great interest in Dalglish, recognising his potentially outstanding talent. Eventually he gave him his chance in a benefit match. The result was Celtic 7 Kilmarnock 2. Dalglish scored six of the Celtic goals.
The son of an engineer, Dalglish was born in ] in the east end of ] and was brought up in ] in the north of the city. When he was 14 the family moved to a newly built ] in ] overlooking the home ground of ], the club he had grown up supporting.<ref name="Dalglish; Winter-3">{{harvnb |Dalglish|Winter|2010| p=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8509613/Liverpool-manager-Kenny-Dalglish-through-the-years-in-pictures.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8509613/Liverpool-manager-Kenny-Dalglish-through-the-years-in-pictures.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish through the years: in pictures |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=returns/>


Dalglish attended Miltonbank Primary School in Milton and started out as a goalkeeper.<ref name=Tele1> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512112348/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2335207/My-School-Sport-Kenny-Dalglish.html |date=12 May 2018 }} '']'' (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 ] ] tournament.<ref name=Tele1/> In 1966, Dalglish had unsuccessful trials at ] and ].<ref name="IFHOF">{{cite web |url=http://www.ifhof.com/hof/dalglish.asp |title=Hall of Fame Kenny Dalglish |access-date=11 October 2011 |publisher=International Football Hall of Fame |archive-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406074113/http://www.ifhof.com/hof/dalglish.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>
By 1972-73 Dalglish was Celtic's leading marksman with a seasonal tally of 41 goals in all competitions. And that Dalglish trademark of shielding the ball with his back to the goal had emerged. Dalglish was made Celtic captain in 1975-76, but it was a miserable year. Stein was badly hurt in a car crash and missed most of the season. Celtic failed to win a trophy for the first time in 12 years.


==Club career==
He had been a full Scotland international for six years, making his debut as a substitute in the 1-0 victory over ] in November 1971. He went to the {{Wc|1974}} in West Germany, but did not play well. Scotland were eliminated at the group stage, even though they were undefeated. That spring of 1977 he had scored in Scotland's 2-1 victory over ] at ].
===Celtic===
Dalglish signed a professional contract with ] in May 1967. The club's assistant manager ] went to see Dalglish and his parents at their home, which had Rangers-related pictures on the walls.<ref name=returns>{{cite news |title=In pictures: Kenny Dalglish returns to the Glasgow streets where he grew up to mark the publication of a new book celebrating his life |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kenny-dalglish-returns-glasgow-streets-2292179 |newspaper=Daily Record |date=22 September 2013 |access-date=10 July 2018 |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710041919/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kenny-dalglish-returns-glasgow-streets-2292179 |url-status=live }}</ref> In ], Dalglish was loaned out to ], for whom he scored 37 goals.<ref>Lomax, Andrew (14 February 2008) '']'' (London) Retrieved on 18 June 2009</ref> During this time he also worked as an apprentice ].<ref name=returns/><ref name=Tele1/> Celtic manager ] 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 ] known as the ], due to it containing a large number of highly rated players, including future Scottish internationals ], ], ] and ].<ref name="Macpherson-224">{{harvnb |Macpherson|2007| p=224}}</ref> Dalglish made his first-team competitive debut for Celtic in a ] quarter-final tie against ] on 25 September 1968, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 4–2 win.<ref name="kmprofile" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/display.var.2496296.0.now_you_know_kenny_dalglish_debuted_for_celtic_against_hamilton.php |title=Now You Know: Kenny Dalglish debuted for Celtic against Hamilton |newspaper=Evening Times |date=18 March 2009 |access-date=18 June 2009}}</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 ] on 4 October 1969. Celtic won 7–1 but Dalglish didn't score, nor did he score in the next three first-team games he played in during the 1969–70 season.<ref name="kmprofile" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Games Involving Dalglish, Kenny in season 1969/1970 |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player_games.php?playerid=2687&page=8 |website=FitbaStats |access-date=23 February 2017 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173051/http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player_games.php?playerid=2687&page=8 |url-status=live }}</ref>
He moved to Liverpool in ], for a then-record £440,000 transfer fee, to replace ], who left to play for ] in Germany. In his first season, Dalglish scored the winning goal in the ] final, against the Belgian side ]. He went on to become arguably the most influential member of the most successful club team in English football history, winning further League Championships and European Cups in a period stretching to the mid-1980s.


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 ] 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 ] occurred at an ] match in January 1971, when 66 Rangers fans died.<ref name="Echo_Ibrox Disaster">{{cite news |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/04/15/kenny-dalglish-hillsborough-families-are-magnificent-100252-23390659/ |date=15 April 2009 |title=Kenny Dalglish: Hillsborough families are magnificent |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |access-date=11 October 2011}}</ref> On 17 May 1971, he played for Celtic against ] in a testimonial match for the ] club's long serving midfielder ], and scored six goals in a 7–2 win for Celtic.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dalglish hits six in testimonial |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PM89AAAAIBAJ&pg=1638%2C3075207 |access-date=28 January 2016 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=15 May 1971 |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411195728/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PM89AAAAIBAJ&pg=1638,3075207 |url-status=live }}</ref>
He went on to play in both the {{Wc|1978}} in Argentina, scoring against the ], and the {{Wc|1982}} in Spain, scoring against ]. In total he played 102 times for Scotland (a national record) and scored 30 goals (also a national record, shared with ]).


The ] 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 ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Andrew |title=Kenny Dalglish at 70: Why Celtic greatness should be more than a footnote to Liverpool glories |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/kenny-dalglish-at-70-why-celtic-greatness-should-be-more-than-a-footnote-to-liverpool-glories-3153616 |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=The Scotsman |date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128211025/https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/kenny-dalglish-at-70-why-celtic-greatness-should-be-more-than-a-footnote-to-liverpool-glories-3153616 |url-status=live }}</ref> He went on to score 29 goals in 53 games that season, including a ] against ] and ] against Kilmarnock and ]<ref name="kdfitba">{{cite web |title=Dalglish, Kenny |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2687 |website=FitbaStats |access-date=23 February 2017 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224160718/https://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2687 |url-status=live }}</ref> and helped Celtic win their seventh consecutive league title.<ref name="kmprofile" /> Dalglish also played in Celtic's 6–1 win over ] in the ].<ref name="kmprofile" /> In ] 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 ]. The ties against ] 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 ]'s opening goal in a 3–1 win over ] in what transpired to be captain ]'s last match before retiring from playing football.<ref>{{cite news |last=Archer |first=Ian |title=To Celtic cup no. 24, to Airdrie our thanks |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aYtAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=76QMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5405%2C947407 |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=The Glasgow Herald |date=5 May 1975 |page=18 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128181003/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aYtAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=76QMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5405,947407 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Managerial career==
After the ] in ], in the wake of the resignation of manager ], Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool. He coached them to their first-ever "]" &mdash; winning the League Championship (Dalglish actually scored the winner in a 1-0 victory over ] to secure the title on the final day of the season) and ] in the same season &mdash; in his first season, 1985-86. He continued as manager when he retired as a player, winning the League again in 1987/88 and 1989/90, and the FA Cup in 1988/89.


Dalglish was made Celtic captain in the ], during which the club failed to win a trophy for the first time in 12 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/4221034.stm |title=Remembering Jock Stein |work=BBC Sport |date=6 September 2005 |access-date=18 June 2009 |archive-date=2 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502024835/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/4221034.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Jock Stein had been badly injured in a car crash and missed most of that season while recovering from his injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-28 |title=The Immortal Jock Stein and the A74 Highway Crash |url=https://thefootballfaithful.com/the-immortal-jock-stein-and-the-a74-highway-crash/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |language=en-US}}</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 ] for a British transfer fee record of £440,000 (£{{Inflation|UK|440000|1977|r=-3|fmt=c}} today).<ref name=talks>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8012611.stm |title=Benitez opens talks with Dalglish |date=24 April 2009 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=21 May 2009 |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710042259/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8012611.stm |url-status=live }}</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 ] for Stein.<ref name="Macpherson-279">{{harvnb |Macpherson|2007| p=279}}</ref>
Dalglish was also in charge of the club at the time of the ], in the 1989 FA Cup semi-final against ]. He won many admirers for his exemplary dignity during this tragedy, and is still well-regarded by Liverpool supporters for this reason as much as for his on-field successes; ultimately, though, the trauma took its toll on his health, and he resigned as manager of Liverpool in February 1991, his last act being a confidence vote in future homegrown talents like ] and his last signing, youngster ]. Dalglish departed with his side still ranked as Champions, and as the dominating force of the English game for the past two decades- time Dalglish was very much at the fore of all that the club was achieving right. Dalglish's parting gift to the club was the legacy he had left behind.


===Liverpool===
Dalglish returned to management in October 1991, with ], whom he led into the English ] in his first season. After winning the Premiership in 1995, Dalglish "moved upstairs" to become Director of Football at Blackburn; this was a largely-symbolic role that freed up his time for golf and TV punditry. He parted company with the club at the end of the following season.
] in the 1980s]]
Dalglish was signed to replace ] and quickly settled into his new club. He made his debut on 13 August 1977 in the season opener at ], in the ] against ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Kenny DALGLISH - Biography (Part 1) of Career at Liverpool. - Liverpool FC |url=https://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/liverpool-fc/kenny-dalglish-8038/biography-part-1-of-career-at-liverpool_a11277/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Sporting Heroes}}</ref> He scored his first goal for Liverpool in his league debut a week later on 20 August, against ].<ref name=":1" /> Dalglish also scored three days later on his ] debut in a 2–0 victory over ], and he scored Liverpool's sixth goal when they beat Keegan's ] 6–0 in the second leg of the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Games for the 1977-1978 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC! |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/seasonarchive/games/19 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.lfchistory.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Squad of Liverpool 1977-78 First Division {{!}} BDFutbol |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1977-782013.html |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.bdfutbol.com}}</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 ] at Wembley against ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0065-0e6a08688dbf-39a54804ad3c-1000/ |title=Dalglish keeps Reds on top |website=UEFA.com |date=10 May 1978 |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802212619/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0065-0e6a08688dbf-39a54804ad3c-1000/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


In ], Dalglish recorded a personal best of 21 league goals for the club and was also named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Previous Winners – Footballer of the year – Football Writers' Association |url=https://footballwriters.co.uk/previous-foty/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Liverpool career stats for Kenny Dalglish - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC! |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/players/player/profile/287 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.lfchistory.net}}</ref> He did not miss a league game for Liverpool until the ], 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 ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Games for the 1980-1981 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC! |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/seasonarchive/games/22 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.lfchistory.net}}</ref> He recovered his goal-scoring form ], 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 ];<ref name="rush-dalglish_Independent">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-rush-dalglish-voted-best-british-strike-duo-1078785.html |date=6 March 1999 |title=Rush, Dalglish voted best British strike duo |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |access-date=18 October 2011 |archive-date=31 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231010508/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-rush-dalglish-voted-best-british-strike-duo-1078785.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Dalglish began to play just off Rush, "running riot in the extra space afforded to him in the ]".<ref name="rush-dalglish_Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/apr/24/joy-of-six-strike-partnerships |date=24 April 2009 |title=The Joy of Six: great strike partnerships |author1=Murray, Scott |author2=Smyth, Rob |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=18 October 2011}}</ref> Dalglish was voted ] for the ],<ref name="Benammar_Telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2298557/PFA-Player-of-the-Year-winners-1974-2007.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2298557/PFA-Player-of-the-Year-winners-1974-2007.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=PFA Player of the Year winners 1974–2007 |date=27 April 2008 |author=Benammar, Emily |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=18 June 2009}}{{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>{{cite web |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/287 |title=player profile-KENNY DALGLISH |website=lfchistory.net |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629224148/https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/287 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In Spring 1997 he took control at a third top-flight English club, once again replacing the departing Kevin Keegan, this time as manager of ]. Despite an initially strong performance, Dalglish's dismantling of one of the most exciting footballing sides in the Premiership lost him the support of the fans, and he was sacked by Newcastle early in August 1998.


After becoming player-manager on the retirement of ] in the 1985 close season and in the aftermath of the ], Dalglish selected himself for just 21 First Division games in ] as Liverpool won the double, but he started the FA Cup final win over ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-12 |title=Remembering Joe Fagan |url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/announcements/293980-remembering-joe-fagan |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Liverpool FC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Brussels |title=Remembering the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster in Brussels |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/837402/remembering-the-1985-heysel-stadium-disaster-in-brussels |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.brusselstimes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Appearances for the 1985-1986 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC! |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/seasonarchive/appearances/27 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.lfchistory.net}}</ref> On the last day of the league season, his goal in a 1–0 away win over ] gave Liverpool their 16th league title.<ref name="Mirror_86">{{cite news |url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/Chelsea-0-1-Liverpool-1986-Unseen-pictures-of-Dalgish-Rush-and-Co-clinching-the-First-Division-title-article409293.html |title=Chelsea 0–1 Liverpool, First Division, May 3, 1986 |newspaper=Daily Mirror |location=London |access-date=11 October 2011 |archive-date=1 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101174504/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/Chelsea-0-1-Liverpool-1986-Unseen-pictures-of-Dalgish-Rush-and-Co-clinching-the-First-Division-title-article409293.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Dalglish had a personally better campaign in the ], scoring six goals in 18 league appearances, but by then he was committed to giving younger players priority for a first-team place.
In June 1999 he was appointed as Director of Football at Celtic, with his former Liverpool player ] appointed as Head Coach. The 'dream team' of Dalglish and Barnes turned into a nightmare which saw Celtic knocked out of the Scottish FA Cup by ] and finish 21 points behind their arch-rivals Rangers in the ]. Barnes was sacked in February 2000 and Dalglish was appointed caretaker manager until the end of the season. Since leaving Celtic, despite occasional rumours that he might return to management, he has not done so.


With the sale of Ian Rush to ] in 1987, Dalglish formed a new striker partnership of new signings ] and ] for the ], and he played only twice in a league campaign which saw Liverpool gain their 17th title. Dalglish did not play in Liverpool's ] campaign, and he made his final league appearance on 5 May 1990 as a substitute against ]. At 39, he was one of the oldest players ever to play for Liverpool.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1740 |title=Liverpool 1–0 Derby County |website=LFCHistory.net |access-date=3 February 2011 |archive-date=20 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520040727/http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1740 |url-status=live }}</ref> His final goal had come three years earlier, in a 3–0 home league win over ] on 18 April 1987.<ref name="liverweb">{{cite web |url=http://www.liverweb.org.uk/season.asp?season=198687 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113072111/http://www.liverweb.org.uk/season.asp?season=198687 |archive-date=13 November 2007|url-status=usurped|title=Liverweb all-time playing records |access-date=11 October 2011 |website=Liverweb}}</ref>
==Playing record==

*1969-1977 Celtic 324 games, 167 goals
==International career==
*1977-1990 Liverpool 511 games, 172 goals (player-manager from 1985-1990)
] gave Dalglish his debut for the Scottish national side as a substitute in the 1–0 ] qualifier victory over ] on 10 November 1971 at ].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Kenny Dalglish {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113766&lid=1 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk}}</ref> Dalglish scored his first goal for Scotland a year later on 15 November 1972 in the 2–0 ] qualifier win over ] at ].<ref name=":3" /> Scotland would go on to qualify for the final tournament and he was part of Scotland's ] 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>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/74full.html |title=World Cup 1974 finals |website=RSSSF.com |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-date=11 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211201424/https://www.rsssf.org/tables/74full.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1976, Dalglish scored the winning goal for Scotland at ] against ], by ] ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=eu-football.info |url=https://eu-football.info/_matches.php?id=254&year=1976 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=eu-football.info}}</ref> A year later Dalglish scored against the same opponents and goalkeeper at ], in another 2–1 win.<ref>{{Cite web |title=eu-football.info |url=https://eu-football.info/_matches.php?id=254&year=1977 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=eu-football.info}}</ref> Dalglish went on to play in both the ] in Argentina where he started in all of Scotland's games – scoring against eventual runners-up the ] in a famous 3–2 win<ref name="Mirror_78">{{cite news |url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/Scotland-3-2-Holland-article144851.html |title=Scotland 3–2 Holland, World Cup finals group stage, June 11, 1978 |newspaper=Daily Mirror |location=London |access-date=11 October 2011 |archive-date=9 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209092645/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/Scotland-3-2-Holland-article144851.html |url-status=live }}</ref> – and the ] in Spain, scoring against ].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-06-12 |title=Scotland: Stein, Narey, Brazil & being a cartoon character |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52969661 |access-date=2024-10-22 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</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 ], but had to withdraw due to injury.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.icons.com/kenny_dalglish/Scotland_biography |title=Kenny Dalglish &#124; Scotland's record goalscorer &#124; icons.com |access-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925143727/http://www.icons.com/kenny_dalglish/Scotland_biography |archive-date=25 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</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 ]).<ref>{{cite news |last=Grahame |first=Ewing |date=8 October 2008 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/scotland/3161435/George-Burley-backs-Darren-Fletcher-to-beat-Kenny-Dalglishs-Scotland-cap-record-Football.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911042115/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/scotland/3161435/George-Burley-backs-Darren-Fletcher-to-beat-Kenny-Dalglishs-Scotland-cap-record-Football.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2012 |title=George Burley backs Darren Fletcher to beat Kenny Dalglish's Scotland cap record |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=18 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/159429.stm |title=The Kenny Dalglish file |work=BBC Sport |date=27 August 1998 |access-date=18 June 2009 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802211352/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/159429.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> He became the first, and as of 2024 only, player to win 100 caps for Scotland in a friendly match against ] on 26 March 1986 at ]. He was presented with the milestone cap by ] prior to kick off.<ref name="Tait2023p101">{{cite book |last1=Tait |first1=Jim |title=Scotland at 150. A century and a half of international football |date=2023 |publisher=Jicks Publishing |location=Lerwick |isbn=978-1-3999-4506-6 |page=101}}</ref> His final appearance for Scotland, after 15 years as a full international, was on 12 November 1986 at Hampden in a ] qualifying game against ], which Scotland won 3–0.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861113&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Scotland 3 Luxembourg 0 |date=13 November 1986 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |access-date=27 August 2013 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308222610/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861113&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> His 30th and final international goal had been two years earlier, on 14 November 1984, in a 3–1 win over ] in a World Cup qualifier, also at Hampden Park.<ref name="scottishfa">{{SFA Profile|id=113766}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
===Liverpool===
After the ] in 1985 and ]'s subsequent resignation as manager, Dalglish became ] of Liverpool. In his first season in charge in ], he guided the club to its first "]". Liverpool achieved this by winning the League Championship by two points over ] (Dalglish himself scored the winner in a 1–0 victory over ] at ] to secure the title on the final day of the season),<ref name="Mirror_86"/> and the FA Cup by beating Everton ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bevan |first1=Chris |last2=Barder |first2=Russell |date=23 January 2009 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7827167.stm |title=When Dalglish did the Double |work=BBC Sport |access-date=18 June 2009 |archive-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126030818/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7827167.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

The ] was trophyless for Liverpool. They lost 2–1 to Arsenal in the League Cup final at Wembley. Before the ], Dalglish signed two new players: striker ] from Newcastle and winger ] from ]. He had already purchased goalscorer ] from ] (a replacement for Ian Rush, who was moving to Italy) in the spring of 1987 and early into the new campaign, bought ] midfielder ]. 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 ] to underdogs ].<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209030528/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1988.htm |date= 9 December 2011 }} 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 ], when Arsenal secured a ] to take the title from Liverpool. In the ] 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 ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/fa-cup/5172107/Top-10-classic-FA-Cup-semi-finals.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/fa-cup/5172107/Top-10-classic-FA-Cup-semi-finals.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Top 10 classic FA Cup semi-finals |first=Rory |last=Smith |date=17 April 2009 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}{{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 ],<ref name="Echo_4-4">{{cite news |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2011/01/14/remembering-4-4-draw-between-everton-fc-and-liverpool-fc-100252-27984150/ |date=14 January 2011 |title=Remembering 4–4 draw between Everton FC and Liverpool FC |author=Birchall, Jon |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |access-date=14 October 2011}}</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>{{cite web |title=The day from which Liverpool have never recovered |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/67343.html |publisher=ESPN |access-date=9 February 2018 |archive-date=10 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210180247/http://en.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/67343.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/14/kenny-dalglish-liverpool-everton-4-4 |title=The game that forced Kenny Dalglish to resign as Liverpool manager |date=14 January 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=14 January 2011 |first=Louise |last=Taylor |archive-date=1 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044431/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/14/kenny-dalglish-liverpool-everton-4-4 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Hillsborough disaster====
Dalglish was the manager of Liverpool at the time of the ] on 15 April 1989. The disaster claimed 94 lives on the day, with the final death toll reaching 97. Dalglish attended all the funerals of the victims, including four in one day.<ref name="Hillsborough_Telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8832949/Hillsborough-disaster-release-of-papers-is-long-overdue.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8832949/Hillsborough-disaster-release-of-papers-is-long-overdue.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Hillsborough disaster: release of papers is long overdue |date=17 October 2011 |last=Winter |first=Henry |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=17 October 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Roper |first=Matt |date=2019-04-15 |title=Kenny Dalglish carried Liverpool after Hillsborough - & it nearly destroyed him |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/kenny-dalglish-liverpool-after-hillsborough-14281396 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |agency=Press Association |date=2021-03-04 |title=King Kenny admired as 'one of the greatest of all time' |url=https://www.thisisanfield.com/2021/03/sir-kenny-dalglish-admired-as-one-of-the-greatest-of-all-time/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=This Is Anfield |language=en-GB}}</ref> His presence in the aftermath of the disaster has been described as "colossal and heroic".<ref>{{cite news |last=Herbert |first=Ian |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/king-kenny-loses-grip-on-poisoned-chalice-7758042.html |title=King Kenny loses grip on poisoned chalice |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=17 May 2012 |access-date=17 May 2012 |archive-date=2 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802153325/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/king-kenny-loses-grip-on-poisoned-chalice-7758042.html |url-status=live }}</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>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7921890.stm |title=Dalglish breaks disaster silence |work=BBC Sport |date=3 March 2009 |access-date=18 June 2009 |archive-date=13 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313193456/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7921890.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> During the Hillsborough Memorial Service on 15 April 2011, Liverpool MP ] announced he would submit an ] 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 ">{{cite news |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2011/04/27/liverpool-mp-steve-rotheram-tables-parliamentary-motion-to-get-kenny-dalgish-knighted-100252-28590038/ |date=27 April 2011 |title=Liverpool MP Steve Rotheram tables parliamentary motion to get Kenny Dalglish knighted |author=Stewart, Gary |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |access-date=11 October 2011}}</ref>

===Blackburn Rovers===
Dalglish returned to management in October 1991 at ] ] who had recently been purchased by multi-millionaire ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=FC |first=Blackburn Rovers |date=2020-05-14 |title=Champions: Sir Kenny Dalglish |url=https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2020/may/champions-sir-kenny-dalglish/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Blackburn Rovers FC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Magee |first=Will |date=2016-12-13 |title=Game Changers: Blackburn Rovers and Jack Walker's Millions |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/game-changers-blackburn-rovers-and-jack-walkers-millions/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}</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>{{cite news |last=Singleton |first=Ian |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17640251 |title=How Kenny Dalglish turned a six-game losing run into glory |work=BBC Sport |date=9 April 2012 |access-date=10 April 2012 |archive-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411220645/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17640251 |url-status=live }}</ref> during which Dalglish led Blackburn into the new ] by beating ] 1–0 in the ] final at Wembley.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-15 |title=30 years of the Premier League: How 'left field' Rovers made their mark |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/20650717.making-blackburn-rovers-premier-league-marks-30-year-anniversary/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |work=Lancashire Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> The resulting promotion meant that Blackburn were back in the top flight of English football for the first time since 1966.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511203500/http://www.premierleague.com/page/blackburn-rovers |date=11 May 2008 }} ]. Retrieved 18 June 2009</ref> In the 1992 pre-season, Dalglish signed ]'s ] for a British record fee of £3.5&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/885534.stm |title=Blackburn Rovers owner dies |work=BBC Sport |date=18 August 2000 |access-date=18 June 2009 |archive-date=6 April 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030406082815/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/885534.stm |url-status=live }}</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 ]. The following year, Dalglish failed in an attempt to sign ].<ref>Kissane, Sinead (19 August 2002) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610192858/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2002/0819/keaneroy.html |date=10 June 2009 }} ]. 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 ] internationals ] and ] to his squad.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/10/10/tim-flowers-journey-england-duty-non-league-management-grassroots/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/10/10/tim-flowers-journey-england-duty-non-league-management-grassroots/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Tim Flowers' journey from England duty to non-league management: 'It is grassroots but it doesn't matter to me, it's football'|last=Field|first=Pippa|date=10 October 2018|work=The Telegraph|access-date=6 December 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-batty-effect-takes-over-at-blackburn-guy-hodgson-on-the-best-and-worst-buys-of-the-season-1431365.html|title=Football: Batty effect takes over at Blackburn: Guy Hodgson on the best and worst buys of the season|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=6 December 2021|date=25 March 1994|author=Guy Hodgson|archive-date=6 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206160602/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-batty-effect-takes-over-at-blackburn-guy-hodgson-on-the-best-and-worst-buys-of-the-season-1431365.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the start of the ] season Dalglish paid a record £5&nbsp;million for ], with whom Shearer formed an effective strike partnership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PL30: Were Shearer and Sutton the best-ever partnership? |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/2692763 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}</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 ] in London. Blackburn lost 2–1, but still won the title since United failed to win in London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1994/95 |url=https://www.premierleague.com/history/season-reviews/3 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.premierleague.com}}</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 ], ] and ]. Dalglish became director of football at Blackburn in June 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FC |first=Blackburn Rovers |date=2020-05-14 |title=Champions: Sir Kenny Dalglish |url=https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2020/may/champions-sir-kenny-dalglish/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Blackburn Rovers FC}}</ref> He left the club at the start of the ] after a disappointing campaign under his replacement and former assistant manager, ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/dalglish-and-blackburn-part-company-1310953.html |title=Dalglish and Blackburn part company |first=Phil |last=Shaw |newspaper=The Independent |date=21 August 1996 |accessdate=6 December 2021 |archive-date=21 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621074405/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/dalglish-and-blackburn-part-company-1310953.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following his departure from Blackburn Dalglish was appointed for a brief spell as an "international talent scout" at his boyhood club Rangers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/feb/11/newsstory.sport1 |title=The Kenny Dalglish story |date=11 February 2000 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12025449.Dual_role_for_Dalglish_Golf_is_part_of_the_job_at_Ibrox/ |title=Dual role for Dalglish Golf is part of the job at Ibrox |newspaper=The Herald |location=Glasgow |access-date=20 February 2017 |archive-date=20 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220171713/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12025449.Dual_role_for_Dalglish_Golf_is_part_of_the_job_at_Ibrox/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was reported as having played a central role in the signing of ] international ].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Sunday Mail |location=Glasgow |date=17 November 1996 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/KENNY%27S+BLUES+MOVIE%3B+Dalglish+video+sets+up+Seb+deal.-a061169370 |title=KENNY'S BLUES MOVIE; Dalglish video sets up Seb deal |via=TheFreeLibrary.com |access-date=17 December 2017 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802202730/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/KENNY%27S+BLUES+MOVIE%3B+Dalglish+video+sets+up+Seb+deal.-a061169370 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Newcastle United===
In January 1997, Dalglish was appointed manager of Premier League side ] on a three-and-a-half-year contract, taking over from Kevin Keegan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-01-12 |title=The big issues at Newcastle |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7182286.stm |access-date=2024-10-22 |language=en-GB}}</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 ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newcastle United - 1996/97 Season |url=https://nufc-history.co.uk/nufc-1996-97-season.html |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=nufc-history.co.uk}}</ref> He then broke up the team which had finished second two years running, selling popular players like ], ], ] and ] and replacing them with ageing stars like ] (34), ] (36) and ] (35), as well as virtual unknowns like ] and ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2012/03/28/asprilla-how-dalglish-destroyed-the-entertainers-72703-30640337/ |title=Asprilla: How Dalglish destroyed The Entertainers |last=Ryder |first=Lee |website=Chronicle Live |date=10 November 2019 |access-date=4 May 2012 |archive-date=30 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430183739/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2012/03/28/asprilla-how-dalglish-destroyed-the-entertainers-72703-30640337/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also made some good long-term signings like ] and ]. The ] campaign saw Newcastle finish in only 13th place and, despite Dalglish achieving some notable successes during the season (including a 3–2 ] win over ] and an ]), he was dismissed by ] after two draws in the opening two games of the subsequent ], and replaced by former Chelsea manager ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newcastle United - 1997/98 Season |url=https://nufc-history.co.uk/nufc-1997-98-season.html |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=nufc-history.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/159285.stm |title=Sport: Football Gullit named Newcastle boss |date=27 August 1998 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=21 May 2009 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112223547/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/159285.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> One commentator from '']'' 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">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/the-chief-problem-for-dalglish-on-tyneside-was-that-he-wasnt-keegan-2277383.html |date=1 May 2011 |title=The chief problem for Dalglish on Tyneside was that he wasn't Keegan |author=Rich, Tim |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |access-date=18 October 2011 |archive-date=13 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513011218/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/the-chief-problem-for-dalglish-on-tyneside-was-that-he-wasnt-keegan-2277383.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Celtic===
In June 1999 he was appointed ] at Celtic, with his former Liverpool player John Barnes appointed as head coach.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/365579.stm |title=Dalglish back at Parkhead |date=10 June 1999 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=21 May 2009 |archive-date=12 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112142257/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/365579.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Barnes was dismissed in February 2000 and Dalglish took charge of the first team on a temporary basis.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/feb/10/newsstory.sport6 |title=Barnes sacked as Dalglish holds the fort |work=The Guardian |date=10 February 2000 |access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref> He guided them to the ], where they beat ] 2–0 at Hampden Park. Dalglish was dismissed in June 2000, after the appointment of ] as manager.<ref name = "divorce">{{cite news |last=Forsyth |first=Roddy |date=30 June 2000 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/4754679/Dalglish-hits-out-over-messy-Celtic-divorce.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/4754679/Dalglish-hits-out-over-messy-Celtic-divorce.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Dalglish hits out over messy Celtic divorce |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=28 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> After a brief legal battle, Dalglish accepted a settlement of £600,000 from Celtic.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2994765/Dalglish-wins-600000-claim-against-Celtic.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2994765/Dalglish-wins-600000-claim-against-Celtic.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Dalglish wins £600,000 claim against Celtic |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=15 December 2000 |access-date=18 June 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Return to Liverpool===
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In April 2009 Liverpool manager ] invited Dalglish to take up a role at the club's youth academy. The appointment was confirmed in July 2009,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8012611.stm |title=Dalglish makes Liverpool return |date=4 July 2009 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=4 July 2009 |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710042259/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8012611.stm |url-status=live }}</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 ]'s ] was appointed manager.<ref>{{cite news |title=Roy Hodgson leaves Fulham to become Liverpool manager |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8721942.stm |access-date=13 October 2015 |work=BBC Sport |date=1 July 2010 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112211336/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8721942.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

A poor run of results at the start of the ] led to Liverpool fans calling for Dalglish's return as manager as early as October 2010,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/oct/04/roy-hodgson-liverpool |title=Spectre of Kenny Dalglish hovers over Roy Hodgson at Liverpool |date=4 October 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=5 October 2010 |first=Andy |last=Hunter}}</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 ]),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9094283.stm |title=Liverpool takeover completed by US company NESV |work=BBC Sport |access-date=24 October 2010 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112212141/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9094283.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Hodgson left Liverpool and Dalglish was appointed caretaker manager on 8 January 2011.<ref name="Ingle The Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/08/liverpool-roy-hodgson-kenny-dalglish?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Liverpool let Roy Hodgson go – and appoint Kenny Dalglish as caretaker |date=8 January 2011 |author=Ingle, Sean |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=9 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9350630.stm |title=Roy Hodgson exits Liverpool & Kenny Dalglish takes over |work=BBC Sport |date=8 January 2011 |access-date=8 January 2011 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112211923/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9350630.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Dalglish's first game in charge was on 9 January 2011 at ] against Manchester United in the ] of the FA Cup, which Liverpool lost 1–0.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/9341910.stm |title=Man Utd 1–0 Liverpool |date=9 January 2011 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=10 January 2011 |archive-date=22 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122180148/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/9341910.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Dalglish's first league game in charge was against ] on 12 January 2011; Liverpool lost 2–1.<ref name=" Winter1_The Daily Telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/7943802/Blackpool-2-Liverpool-1-match-report.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/7943802/Blackpool-2-Liverpool-1-match-report.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Blackpool 2 Liverpool 1: match report |date=12 January 2011 |author=Winter, Henry |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=13 January 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> After the game, Dalglish admitted that Liverpool faced "a big challenge".<ref name=" Hunter The Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/13/kenny-dalglish-liverpool-blackpool |title=Liverpool face 'big challenge' after Blackpool defeat, says Kenny Dalglish |date=13 January 2011 |author=Hunter, Andy |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=13 January 2011}}</ref>
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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">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8251300/Kenny-Dalglish-admits-he-would-be-delighted-to-become-the-permanent-Liverpool-manager.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8251300/Kenny-Dalglish-admits-he-would-be-delighted-to-become-the-permanent-Liverpool-manager.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Kenny Dalglish admits he would be 'delighted' to become the permanent Liverpool manager |date=10 January 2011 |author=Winter, Henry |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=11 January 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and on 19 January the Liverpool chairman ] stated that the club's owners would favour this option.<ref name="Rory Smith_The Daily Telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8270318/Liverpool-hope-to-compromise-with-Ajax-over-Luis-Suarez.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8270318/Liverpool-hope-to-compromise-with-Ajax-over-Luis-Suarez.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Liverpool hope to compromise with Ajax over Luis Suárez |date=20 January 2011 |author=Smith, Rory |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=20 January 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 22 January 2011, Dalglish led Liverpool to their first win since his return, against ] at ].<ref name=" D Smith_The Daily Telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/7943970/Wolverhampton-Wanderers-0-Liverpool-3-match-report.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/7943970/Wolverhampton-Wanderers-0-Liverpool-3-match-report.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Liverpool 3: match report |date=22 January 2011 |author=White, Duncan |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=3 February 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> After signing ] from ] for a British record transfer fee of £35&nbsp;million and ] from ] for £22.8&nbsp;million at the end of January (in the wake of ]'s sale to Chelsea for £50&nbsp;million), some journalists noted that Dalglish had begun to assert his authority at the club.<ref name="Hunter2 The Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/feb/02/kenny-dalglish-liverpool-caretaker-manager?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Kenny Dalglish moves towards permanent manager's role at Liverpool |date=2 February 2011 |author=Hunter, Andy |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=3 February 2011}}</ref><ref name="Winter2 The Daily Telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8294751/Henry-Winter-Kenny-Dalglish-loses-Fernando-Torres-but-finds-crown-princes-in-Andy-Carroll-and-Luis-Suarez.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8294751/Henry-Winter-Kenny-Dalglish-loses-Fernando-Torres-but-finds-crown-princes-in-Andy-Carroll-and-Luis-Suarez.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Kenny Dalglish loses Fernando Torres but finds crown princes in Andy Carroll and Luis Suárez |date=1 February 2011 |author=Winter, Henry |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=3 February 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Following a 1–0 victory against Chelsea at ] in February 2011, described by ] as "a quite brilliant display in terms of discipline and spirit"<ref name="Telegraph_Smith">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8307462/Alan-Smith-Fernando-Torress-substitution-the-ultimate-accolade-to-stubborn-Liverpool-at-Stamford-Bridge.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8307462/Alan-Smith-Fernando-Torress-substitution-the-ultimate-accolade-to-stubborn-Liverpool-at-Stamford-Bridge.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Fernando Torres's substitution the ultimate accolade to stubborn Liverpool at Stamford Bridge |date=7 February 2011 |author=] |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=7 February 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and a "defensive masterplan" by ],<ref name="Pleat The Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2011/feb/06/kenny-dalglish-liverpool-chelsea |title=Chelsea big hitters stifled by Kenny Dalglish's defensive masterplan |date=6 February 2011 |author=Pleat, David |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=7 February 2011}}</ref> ] wrote, "it can only be a matter of time before he is confirmed as long-term manager".<ref name="Telegraph_win">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/7944007/Chelsea-0-Liverpool-1-match-report.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/7944007/Chelsea-0-Liverpool-1-match-report.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Chelsea 0 Liverpool 1: match report |date=6 February 2011 |author=Winter, Henry |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=7 February 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On 12 May 2011, Liverpool announced that Dalglish had been given a three-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/kenny-signs-three-year-deal |title=Kenny signs three-year deal |date=12 May 2011 |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |access-date=12 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514210308/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/kenny-signs-three-year-deal |archive-date=14 May 2011}}</ref> His first official match in charge was 2–0 defeat to ]'s ] at ]. Dalglish's second stint in charge at Anfield proved controversial at times. The Scot defended ] in the wake of the striker's eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United defender ] when the teams met in October 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sport Stuff |first=PA |date=2022 |title=On this day in 2011 – Luis Suarez charged with racially abusing Patrice Evra |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/luis-suarez-patrice-evra-liverpool-kenny-dalglish-french-b2226083.html}}</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>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17004667 |title=Handshake: Suarez and Dalglish apologise after owners intervene |first=Dan |last=Roan |work=BBC Sport |date=13 February 2012 |access-date=4 October 2018 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123051/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17004667 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name = "ferguson handshake">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18920957 |title=Kenny Dalglish sacked over Luis Suarez row – Sir Alex Ferguson |date=20 July 2012 |access-date=4 October 2018 |work=BBC Sport |archive-date=7 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107091712/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18920957 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2012, Dalglish led Liverpool to their first trophy in six years, with victory in the ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/league-cup/9103560/Cardiff-City-2-Liverpool-2-Liverpool-win-on-penalties-match-report.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/league-cup/9103560/Cardiff-City-2-Liverpool-2-Liverpool-win-on-penalties-match-report.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Cardiff City 2 Liverpool 2; Liverpool win on penalties |date=27 February 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=27 February 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In the same season he also led Liverpool to the ] where they lost 2–1 to Chelsea. Despite the success in domestic cups, Liverpool ] in the league, their worst showing in the league since 1994, failing to qualify for the Champions League for a third straight season.<ref>{{cite news |last=Panja |first=Tariq |title=Liverpool Fires Dalglish After Worst League Finish in 18 Years |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-16/liverpool-manager-dalglish-fired-after-worst-finish-in-18-years.html |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=19 May 2012 |date=17 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620150347/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-16/liverpool-manager-dalglish-fired-after-worst-finish-in-18-years.html |archive-date=20 June 2012}}</ref> Following the end of the season, Liverpool dismissed Dalglish on 16 May 2012.<ref name = "ferguson handshake"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Kenny Dalglish sacked as Liverpool manager |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18073446 |work=BBC Sport |date=16 May 2012 |access-date=29 March 2017 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112222814/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18073446 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2013, Dalglish returned to Liverpool as a non-executive director.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kenny Dalglish returns to Liverpool on board of directors |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24407211 |work=BBC Sport |date=4 October 2013 |access-date=29 March 2017 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706192700/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24407211 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 13 October 2017, ]'s Centenary Stand was officially renamed the ] in recognition of his unique contribution to the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/announcements/278185-liverpool-fc-officially-unveil-the-kenny-dalglish-stand |title=Liverpool FC officially unveil the Kenny Dalglish Stand |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |date=13 October 2017 |access-date=16 October 2017 |archive-date=17 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017045149/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/announcements/278185-liverpool-fc-officially-unveil-the-kenny-dalglish-stand |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Personal life==
]

Dalglish has been married to Marina since 26 November 1974.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=laurendalglish |number=537517586884603904 |title=Lauren Dalglish congratulates parents on 40th wedding anniversary |date=26 November 2014 |access-date=26 November 2014}}</ref> The couple have four children, ], ], Lynsey and Lauren. Kelly has worked as a football presenter for ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kelly-cates-interview-ive-felt-hillsborough-pain-differently-since-becoming-a-mother-9b83xxs3h |title=Kelly Cates interview: I've felt Hillsborough pain differently since becoming a mother |newspaper=The Times |first=Henry |last=Winter |date=23 December 2017 |access-date=11 March 2018 |archive-date=11 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311142931/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kelly-cates-interview-ive-felt-hillsborough-pain-differently-since-becoming-a-mother-9b83xxs3h |url-status=live }}</ref> Paul followed in his father's footsteps as a footballer, playing in the Premier League and Scottish Premiership before travelling to the United States to play for the ] in ]. He retired in 2008 and became a coach, spending time as head coach of ] and ] in the second-division leagues of North America.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Michelle |date=25 January 2018 |title=Miami FC has a new coach. It's a name soccer fans will recognize. |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mls/article196559299.html |work=] |access-date=26 January 2019 |archive-date=26 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126220850/https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mls/article196559299.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Dalglish's wife Marina was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2003,<ref>{{cite news |date=25 December 2003 |title=Dalglish's wife tells of her cancer fight |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/dalglish-s-wife-tells-of-her-cancer-fight-1-893714 |work=The Scotsman |access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref> but was treated at ] in Liverpool and recovered. She later launched a charity to fund new cancer treatment equipment for UK hospitals.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Joshua |date=28 May 2016 |title=Kenny and Marina Dalglish unveil new breast cancer scanner at Aintree Hospital |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/kenny-marina-dalglish-unveil-new-11396831 |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |access-date=26 January 2019 |archive-date=26 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126164453/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/kenny-marina-dalglish-unveil-new-11396831 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Dalglish was appointed a ] (MBE) in the ] for services to football.<ref name=MBE>{{London Gazette |issue=49969 |supp=y |page=13 |date=31 December 1984}}</ref> He was appointed a ] in the ] for services to football, charity and the City of Liverpool.<ref name=Knighted>{{London Gazette |issue=62310 |supp=y |page=B2 |date=9 June 2018}}</ref> He dedicated the award to former ] and ] coaches ], ] and ] stating that he was "Humbled" and "A wee bit embarrassed".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/announcements/304232-kenny-dalglish-knighthood-announced |title=Kenny Dalglish honoured with knighthood |website=www.liverpoolfc.com |date=8 June 2018 |publisher=Liverpool FC |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803023957/https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/announcements/304232-kenny-dalglish-knighthood-announced |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2002, ] voted for what they considered to be the greatest Celtic XI of all time. Dalglish was voted into the team, which was; ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Dalglish, ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/2245965.stm |title=Jinky best-ever Celtic player |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 September 2002 |access-date=1 September 2013 |archive-date=31 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131095544/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/2245965.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> He was an inaugural inductee to the ] the same year,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stanley |first1=Anton |title=KING Liverpool legend Sir Kenny Dalglish was a 'genius' moulded by Jock Stein at Celtic, loved by Manchester United icon George Best, and is Anfield's greatest ever player |url=https://talksport.com/football/843253/liverpool-legend-kenny-dalglish-genius-jock-stein-celtic-manchester-united-george-best/ |access-date=5 December 2021 |work=talkSPORT |date=4 March 2021 |archive-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206070636/https://talksport.com/football/843253/liverpool-legend-kenny-dalglish-genius-jock-stein-celtic-manchester-united-george-best/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and later also an inaugural inductee to the ] in 2004.<ref name=sfhof>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishfootballmuseum.org.uk/scottish_football.cfm?curpageid=1706 |title=Hall of Fame Dinner 2004 |publisher=] |access-date=21 July 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315052031/http://www.scottishfootballmuseum.org.uk/scottish_football.cfm?curpageid=1706 |archive-date=15 March 2011 }}</ref> He is very highly regarded by Liverpool fans, who still affectionately refer to him as ''King Kenny'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/kenny-dalglish-knighthood-why-do-liverpool-fans-insist-on/1gwtg6wed9bcz1nnaw42wo9jmq|title=Kenny Dalglish & knighthood: Why do Liverpool fans insist on calling him 'King' and not 'Sir'?|date=17 November 2018|publisher=]|access-date=5 June 2021|archive-date=5 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605081355/https://www.goal.com/en/news/kenny-dalglish-knighthood-why-do-liverpool-fans-insist-on/1gwtg6wed9bcz1nnaw42wo9jmq|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/history/heroes/kenny-dalglish|title=Kenny Dalglish|publisher=]|access-date=6 June 2021|archive-date=6 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606051548/https://www.liverpoolfc.com/history/heroes/kenny-dalglish|url-status=live}}</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 "]".<ref>{{cite web |title=100 PWSTK – THE DEFINITIVE LIST |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |date=8 October 2006 |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/100-pwstk-the-definitive-list |access-date=1 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125181200/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/100-pwstk-the-definitive-list |archive-date=25 January 2011}}</ref> In 2009, '']'' magazine named Dalglish the greatest ] in post-war British football.<ref name="LFC_442-Dalglish">{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/dalglish-named-the-greatest |title=Dalglish named the greatest |date=24 January 2010 |access-date=29 October 2017 |last=Carroll |first=James |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304070721/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/dalglish-named-the-greatest |archive-date=4 March 2014}}</ref>

In early April 2020, while in hospital for treatment for an unrelated condition, Dalglish was found to be positive for ], though ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/english-soccer/kenny-dalglish-latest-footballing-great-to-test-positive-for-coronavirus-1.4226371 |title=Kenny Dalglish latest footballing great to test positive for coronavirus |newspaper=Irish Times |access-date=10 April 2020 |archive-date=24 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924184227/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/english-soccer/kenny-dalglish-latest-footballing-great-to-test-positive-for-coronavirus-1.4226371 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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

==Charitable work==
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>{{cite web |last=Rogers |first=Paul |date=1 May 2006 |title=Reds leave it late to win Replay 86 |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/reds-leave-it-late-to-win-replay-86 |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |access-date=20 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026220153/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/reds-leave-it-late-to-win-replay-86 |archive-date=26 October 2014}}</ref> In June 2007 a Centre for Oncology at ] was opened, after the charity had raised £1.5&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Marina Dalglish Appeal – About Us |publisher=The Marina Dalglish Appeal.org |url=http://www.marinadalglishappeal.org/node/61 |access-date=20 October 2011 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234736/http://www.marinadalglishappeal.org/node/61 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2012, the foundation made a £2 million donation to ] which allowed the purchase of a new ].<ref>{{cite web |title=New scanner arrives at hospital thanks to £2m donation from the Marina Dalglish Appeal |url=https://www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk/News/335/new-scanner-arrives-at-hospital--thanks-to-2m-donation-from-the-marina-dalglish-appeal.html |website=The Walton Centre NHS Trust |access-date=14 November 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Dalglish often competes in the annual ''] Invitational Tournament'', a charity golfing event which raises money for children's causes around the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gary Player Invitational Returns to Wentworth |publisher=Gary Player.com |date=27 April 2006 |url=http://garyplayer.com/news/news_detail/gary_player_invitational_returns_to_wentworth/ |access-date=18 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805053153/http://garyplayer.com/news/news_detail/gary_player_invitational_returns_to_wentworth/ |archive-date=5 August 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 1 July 2011, Dalglish was awarded an honorary degree by the ], for services to football and charity.<ref name="Echo_hon degree ">{{cite news |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/education/university_and_college_news/2011/07/02/liverpool-fc-manager-kenny-dalglish-awarded-honorary-degree-100252-28980779/ |date=2 July 2011 |title=Liverpool FC manager Kenny Dalglish awarded honorary degree |author=Sutton, John |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |access-date=11 October 2011}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="Dalglish, Kenny">{{cite web |title=Dalglish, Kenny |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2687 |website=FitbaStats |access-date=14 August 2015 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224160718/https://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2687 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="kmprofile">{{cite web |title=Player profile |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/players/player/profile/287 |website=lfchistory.net |access-date=14 August 2015 |archive-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024074325/http://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/287 |url-status=live }}</ref>
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes ], ]}}
!colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes ], ]}}
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|]
|]
|]
|0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
|]
|Scottish<br />Division One
|2||0||0||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0
|-
|]
|Scottish<br />Division One
|3||0||1||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=EC|Appearance(s) in ]}}||0||2{{efn|name=GC|Appearances in ]}}||0||7||0
|-
|]
|Scottish<br />Division One
|31||17||4||1||8||5||7{{efn|name=EC}}||0||3{{efn|name=DC|Appearances in ]}}||6||53||29
|-
|]
|Scottish<br />Division One
|32||21||6||5||11||10||4{{efn|name=EC}}||3||3{{efn|name=DC}}||0||56||39
|-
|]
|Scottish<br />Division One
|33||18||6||1||10||3||7{{efn|name=EC}}||2||3{{efn|name=DC}}||1||59||25
|-
|]
|Scottish<br />Division One
|33||16||5||2||8||3||2{{efn|name=EC}}||0||3{{efn|One appearance in Drybrough Cup, two appearances in Glasgow Cup}}||0||51||21
|-
|]
|]
|35||24||1||1||10||4||5{{efn|name=ECWC|Appearances in ]}}||3||2{{efn|name=GC}}||0||53||32
|-
|]
|Scottish<br />Premier Division
|35||15||7||1||10||10||2{{efn|Appearances in ]}}||1||colspan="2"|–||54||27
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!204!!111!!30!!11!!60!!35!!28!!9!!16!!7!!338!!173
|-
|rowspan="14"|]
|]
|]
|42||20||1||1||9||6||9{{efn|name=EC}}||4||1{{efn|name=FACS|Appearance in ]}}||0||62||31
|-
|]
|First Division
|42||21||7||4||1||0||4{{efn|name=EC}}||0||colspan="2"|–||54||25
|-
|]
|First Division
|42||16||8||2||7||4||2{{efn|name=EC}}||0||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||1||60||23
|-
|]
|First Division
|34||8||2||2||8||7||9{{efn|name=EC}}||1||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||0||54||18
|-
|]
|First Division
|42||13||3||2||10||5||6{{efn|name=EC}}||2||1{{efn|Appearance in ]}}||0||62||22
|-
|]
|First Division
|42||18||3||1||7||0||5{{efn|name=EC}}||1||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||0||58||20
|-
|]
|First Division
|33||7||0||0||8||2||9{{efn|name=EC}}||3||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||0||51||12
|-
|]
|First Division
|36||6||7||0||1||0||7{{efn|name=EC}}||0||2{{efn|One appearance in FA Charity Shield, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup}}||0||53||6
|-
|]
|First Division
|21||3||6||1||2||1||colspan="2"|–||2{{efn|Appearances in ]}}||2||31||7
|-
|]
|First Division
|18||6||0||0||5||2||colspan="2"|–||2{{efn|One appearance in FA Charity Shield, one appearance in Football League Super Cup}}||0||25||8
|-
|]
|First Division
|2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|]
|First Division
|0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||1{{efn|Appearance in ]}}||0||2||0
|-
|]
|First Division
|1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!355!!118!!37!!13!!59!!27!!51!!11!!13!!3!!515!!172
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!559!!229!!67!!24!!119!!62!!79!!20!!29!!10!!853!!345
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
{{main|List of international goals scored by Kenny Dalglish}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/249/Kenny_Dalglish.html |title=Kenny Dalglish |first=Benjamin |last=Strack-Zimmermann |website=national-football-teams.com |access-date=14 April 2017 |archive-date=14 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414164249/http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/249/Kenny_Dalglish.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="16"|]
|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
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!102!!30
|}

===Managerial record===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|From
!rowspan=2|To
!colspan=5|Record
!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}}
|-
!{{abbr|P|Matches played}}!!{{abbr|W|Matches won}}!!{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}!!{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}!!{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}}
|-
|align=left|]
|align=left|30 May 1985
|align=left|21 February 1991
{{WDL|307|187|78|42|decimals=1}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Manager profile: Kenny Dalglish |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/Managers/Manager/Profile/12 |website=LFCHistory.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102011044/http://www.lfchistory.net/Managers/Manager/Profile/12 |archive-date=2 January 2011 |url-status=unfit}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|]
|align=left|12 October 1991
|align=left|25 June 1995
{{WDL|196|103|46|47|decimals=1}}
|<ref name="Managers: Kenny Dalglish">{{cite web |title=Managers: Kenny Dalglish |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=881 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=29 March 2017 |archive-date=27 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127174605/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=881 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|]
|align=left|14 January 1997
|align=left|27 August 1998
{{WDL|78|30|22|26|decimals=1}}
|<ref name="Managers: Kenny Dalglish"/>
|-
|align=left|]
|align=left|10 February 2000
|align=left|1 June 2000
{{WDL|18|10|4|4|decimals=1}}
|<ref name="Managers: Kenny Dalglish"/>
|-
|align=left|Liverpool
|align=left|8 January 2011
|align=left|16 May 2012
{{WDL|74|35|17|22|decimals=1}}
|<ref name="Managers: Kenny Dalglish"/>
|-
!colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|673|365|167|141|decimals=1}}
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==Honours== ==Honours==
===Player===
:4 Scottish Championships 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1976/77
'''Celtic'''<ref name="hons">{{cite book |last1=Philip |first1=Robert |title=Scottish Sporting Legends |date=2011 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing Company (Edinburgh) Ltd |isbn=9781780571669 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQZQsbIw3xsC&pg=PT29 |access-date=25 August 2014 |chapter=12. Kenny Dalglish MBE}}</ref>
:4 Scottish Cups 1971/72, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1976/77
*]/]: ], ], ], ]
:1 Scottish League Cup 1974/75
*]: ], ], ],<ref name=fs7475/> ]; runner-up: ]{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
*]: ];<ref name=fs7475/> runner-up: ], ], ]. ], ]
*]: 1974–75;<ref name=fs7475> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802200249/http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player_games.php?playerid=2687&page=3 |date=2 August 2020 }}, Celtic FitbaStats</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220170328/http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1974-08-03:+Celtic+2-2+Rangers+(4-2+pens),+Drybrough+Cup |date=20 February 2020 }}, Evening Times, 5 August 1974, via The Celtic Wiki</ref> runner-up: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
*]: 1974–75;<ref name=fs7475/><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220142650/http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1975-05-10:+Celtic+2-2+Rangers,+Glasgow+Cup+final |date=20 February 2020 }}, Glasgow Herald, 12 May 1975, via The Celtic Wiki</ref> runner-up: 1975–76{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}


'''Liverpool'''<ref name="hons" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lfchistory.net/players/player/profile/287|title=About the site|website=lfchistory.net|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423182950/https://www.lfchistory.net/players/player/profile/287|url-status=live}}</ref>
:7 English Championships 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1985/86, 1987/88
*]: ], ], ], ], ], ]
:1 FA Cup 1986 (as player/manager)
*]: ]
:4 English League Cups 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84
*]: ], ], ], ]; runner-up: ]{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
*]: ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1544 |title=Match details from Everton - Liverpool played on 30 September 1986 |publisher=LFChistory |access-date=19 July 2014 |archive-date=6 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506063628/http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1544 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*]: ] (shared),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/980 |title=Match details from Liverpool – Manchester United played on 13 August 1977 – LFChistory |access-date=25 August 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312003904/http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/980 |url-status=live }}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1096 |title=Match details from Liverpool – Arsenal played on 11 August 1979 – LFC history |access-date=25 August 2014 |archive-date=25 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125114635/http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1096 |url-status=live }}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/history/timeline/1970-1995/charity-shield-returns-to-anfield |title=Charity Shield returns to Anfield |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |access-date=25 August 2014 |archive-date=2 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702183551/http://liverpoolfc.com/history/timeline/1970-1995/charity-shield-returns-to-anfield |url-status=live }}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1982-83CharityShield.htm |title=1982/83 Charity Shield Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur |access-date=25 August 2014 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305154038/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1982-83CharityShield.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> ] (shared);<ref name="cs86">{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1533 |title=Match details from Liverpool – Everton played on 16 August 1986 |access-date=25 August 2014 |archive-date=11 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311235943/http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1533 |url-status=live }}</ref> runner-up: ]
*]: ], ], ]; runner-up: ]{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
*]: ]; runner-up: ]
*] runner-up: ], ]


'''Scotland'''
:3 European Cups 1977/78, 1980/81, 1983/1984
*]: ], ], ]
:1 European Super Cup 1977


'''Individual'''
==Awards==
*] Top-scorer: ] (24 goals)
:PFA Players' Player of the Year 1983
*] runner-up: ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldsoccer.about.com/od/players/a/Ballon-D-Wouldor-Winners.htm |title=Ballon d'Or Winners |website=About.com |access-date=23 July 2015 |archive-date=28 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928023256/http://worldsoccer.about.com/od/players/a/Ballon-D-Wouldor-Winners.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
:Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year 1979, 1983
*]: ], ], ], ], ]<ref name=Lynch140>{{cite book |first=Tony |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |year=1995 |publisher=Random House |location=London |isbn=978-0-09-179135-3}}</ref>
:Inaugural Inductee to the ], 2002
*]: 1982–83<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsPFAPlyr.html |title=England Player Honours&nbsp;–&nbsp;Professional Footballers' Association Players' Players of the Year |publisher=England Football Online |access-date=23 July 2015 |date=19 June 2007 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212706/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsPFAPlyr.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*]: 1978–79, 1982–83<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballwriters.co.uk/awards/ |title=FWA FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR AWARD |publisher=footballwriters |access-date=23 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819165726/http://www.footballwriters.co.uk/awards/ |archive-date=19 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*]
*] (Player): 2002<ref name="EHOF">{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/hall-of-fame/profiles/entry/kenny-dalglish/ |title=Kenny Dalglish |publisher=nationalfootballmuseum.com |access-date=23 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328072922/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/hall-of-fame/profiles/entry/kenny-dalglish/ |archive-date=28 March 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*]: 2004<ref name="SHOF">{{cite web |url=http://scottishfootballhalloffame.co.uk/inductees-2004/ |title=Inductees 2004 |publisher=scottishfootballhalloffame.co.uk |access-date=23 July 2015 |archive-date=23 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723215205/http://scottishfootballhalloffame.co.uk/inductees-2004/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*]: 2004<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/2374252/Pele-open-to-ridicule-over-top-hundred.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/2374252/Pele-open-to-ridicule-over-top-hundred.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Pele open to ridicule over top hundred |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |first=Christopher |last=Davies |date=5 March 2004 |access-date=11 March 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*]: ]<ref name=guard80s>{{Cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2014/sep/09/goals-season-1980s-liverpool-fashanu-everton | work = ] | access-date = 28 December 2020 | date = 9 September 2014 | title = The 10 goals of the season in the 1980s | first = Steven | last = Pye | archive-date = 4 January 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210104212125/https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2014/sep/09/goals-season-1980s-liverpool-fashanu-everton | url-status = live }}</ref>
*]: 2023<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Sports Personality of the Year: Sir Kenny Dalglish wins Lifetime Achievement award |work=] |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/sports-personality/67714256 |access-date=20 December 2023 |archive-date=19 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219224639/https://www.bbc.com/sport/sports-personality/67714256 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Bleacher Report's 21st Best Footballer Of All Time: 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/705591-the-100-best-soccer-players-of-all-time/ |title=100bestfootballers |publisher=bleacherreport.com |access-date=31 May 2011 |archive-date=3 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603233429/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/705591-the-100-best-soccer-players-of-all-time |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Scotland's Greatest International Footballer: 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/sir-kenny-dalglish-crowned-scotlands-greatest-international/ |title=scotlands-greatest-international |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk/ |access-date=26 July 2020 |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728062026/https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/sir-kenny-dalglish-crowned-scotlands-greatest-international/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*]: 22nd


===Manager===
*Scotland: 30 goals in 102 international caps (both national records)
'''Liverpool'''<ref name="hons" />
:Member of the ]
*]: ], ], ]
:Member of the ]
*]: ], ]; runner-up: ], ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Match Details: Liverpool 1 Chelsea 2 |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/5325 |website=LFCHistory.net |access-date=9 June 2022 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026211114/https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/5325 |url-status=live }}</ref>
:Freedom of the City of Glasgow 1986.
*]: ]; runner-up: ]
*]: 1985–86
*]: ] (shared),<ref name="cs86" /> ],<ref name="cs88">{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1640 |title=Match details from Liverpool – Wimbledon played on 20 August 1988 – LFC history |access-date=25 August 2014 |archive-date=26 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026181021/http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1640 |url-status=live }}</ref> ],<ref name="cs89">{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/2419 |title=Match details from Liverpool – Arsenal played on 12 August 1989 – LFC history |access-date=25 August 2014 |archive-date=22 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022123338/http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/2419 |url-status=live }}</ref> ] (shared)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1742 |title=Match details from Liverpool – Manchester United played on 18 August 1990 – LFC history |access-date=25 August 2014 |archive-date=26 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026181305/http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1742 |url-status=live }}</ref>


'''Blackburn Rovers'''
==Managerial record==
*]: ]<ref name=PremProfile>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/managers/90/Kenny-Dalglish/overview |title=Manager profile: Kenny Dalglish |publisher=Premier League |access-date=14 September 2018 |archive-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426230834/https://www.premierleague.com/managers/90/Kenny-Dalglish/overview |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Liverpool 1985-1991
*]: ]<ref name="hons"/>
*Blackburn Rovers 1991-1996
*Newcastle United 1997-1998
*Celtic (caretaker manager) Feb-May 2000


'''Newcastle United'''
:English First Division Championship/Premiership 1985/86, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1994/95
* ] runner-up: ]
:FA Cup 1986, 1989

:Promotion to the ] in 1991/92 (defeated ] 1-0 in play-off)
'''Celtic'''
:Scottish League Cup 2000
*]: ]<ref name="hons"/>

'''Individual'''
*]: 1987<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballwriters.co.uk/awards/ |title=FWA TRIBUTE AWARD |access-date=23 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819165726/http://www.footballwriters.co.uk/awards/ |archive-date=19 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*]: 1994–95<ref name=PremProfile/>
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===Orders===
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Kelly |first=Stephen |title=Dalglish |publisher=Headline Book Publishing; New edition (19 August 1993) |year=1993 |isbn=0-7472-4124-4 }}
* {{cite book |last1=Dalglish |first1=Kenny |last2=Winter |first2=Henry |author-link2=Henry Winter |title=My Liverpool Home |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-4447-0419-8 }}
* {{cite book |last=Macpherson |first=Archie |title=Jock Stein: The Definitive Biography |publisher=Highdown; New Ed edition (18 May 2007) |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-905156-37-5 }}


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Scottish footballer and manager (born 1951)

Sir
Kenny Dalglish
MBE
Colour photograph of Dalglish in Singapore, 2009. He is dressed casually, wearing sunglasses and has his hand raisedDalglish in 2009
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish
Date of birth (1951-03-04) 4 March 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1967–1968 Cumbernauld United
1968–1969 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1977 Celtic 204 (111)
1977–1990 Liverpool 355 (118)
Total 559 (229)
International career
1972–1976 Scotland U23 4 (2)
1971–1986 Scotland 102 (30)
Managerial career
1985–1991 Liverpool
1991–1995 Blackburn Rovers
1997–1998 Newcastle United
2000 Celtic (interim)
2011–2012 Liverpool
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish MBE (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. During his career, he made 338 appearances for Celtic and 515 for Liverpool, playing as a forward, and earned a record 102 caps for the Scotland national team, scoring 30 goals, also a joint record. Dalglish won the Ballon d'Or Silver Award in 1983, the PFA Players' Player of the Year in 1983, and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1979 and 1983. In 2009, FourFourTwo magazine named Dalglish the greatest striker in post-war British football, and he has been inducted into both the Scottish and English Football Halls of Fame. He is very highly regarded by Liverpool fans, who still affectionately refer to him as King Kenny, and in 2006 voted him top of the fans' poll "100 Players Who Shook the Kop".

Sir Kenneth 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 life

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.

Dalglish attended Miltonbank Primary School in Milton and started out as a goalkeeper. He then attended High Possil Senior Secondary School, 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. In 1966, Dalglish had unsuccessful trials at West Ham United and Liverpool.

Club career

Celtic

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. In his first season, Dalglish was loaned out to Cumbernauld United, for whom he scored 37 goals. During this time he also worked as an apprentice joiner. Celtic manager Jock Stein wanted Dalglish to spend a second season at Cumbernauld, but the youngster wanted to turn professional. 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. 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.

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. 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 didn't score, nor did he score in the next three first-team games he played in during the 1969–70 season.

Dalglish continued his goal-scoring form in the reserves into the next season, scoring 23 goals. 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. 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. 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.

The 1971–72 season saw Dalglish finally establish himself in the Celtic first team,. 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. He went on to score 29 goals in 53 games that season, including a hat-trick against Dundee and braces against Kilmarnock and Motherwell and helped Celtic win their seventh consecutive league title. Dalglish also played in Celtic's 6–1 win over Hibernian in the 1972 Scottish Cup Final. In 1972–73 Dalglish was Celtic's leading scorer, with 39 goals in all competitions, and the club won the league championship once again. Celtic won a league and cup double in 1973–74 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." 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.

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. Jock Stein had been badly injured in a car crash and missed most of that season while recovering from his injuries. Celtic won another league and cup double in 1976–77, with Dalglish scoring 27 goals in all competitions. 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 (£3,453,000 today). 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.

Liverpool

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. He scored his first goal for Liverpool in his league debut a week later on 20 August, against Middlesbrough. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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; Dalglish began to play just off Rush, "running riot in the extra space afforded to him in the hole". Dalglish was voted PFA Players' Player of the Year for the 1982–83 season, 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.

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. On the last day of the league season, his goal in a 1–0 away win over Chelsea gave Liverpool their 16th league title. 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. His final goal had come three years earlier, in a 3–0 home league win over Nottingham Forest on 18 April 1987.

International career

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. 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. 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.

In 1976, Dalglish scored the winning goal for Scotland at Hampden Park against England, by nutmegging Ray Clemence. A year later Dalglish scored against the same opponents and goalkeeper at Wembley, in another 2–1 win. 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 – and the 1982 World Cup in Spain, scoring against New Zealand. 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.

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). 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. 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. 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.

Managerial career

Liverpool

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), and the FA Cup by beating Everton in the final.

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.

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. 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, 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.

Hillsborough disaster

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 all the funerals of the victims, including four in one day. His presence in the aftermath of the disaster has been described as "colossal and heroic". 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. 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".

Blackburn Rovers

Dalglish returned to management in October 1991 at Second Division Blackburn Rovers who had recently been purchased by multi-millionaire Jack Walker. 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, 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. The resulting promotion meant that Blackburn were back in the top flight of English football for the first time since 1966. In the 1992 pre-season, Dalglish signed Southampton's Alan Shearer for a British record fee of £3.5 million. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

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

Newcastle United

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. 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. 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. 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. 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".

Celtic

In June 1999 he was appointed director of football operations at Celtic, with his former Liverpool player John Barnes appointed as head coach. Barnes was dismissed in February 2000 and Dalglish took charge of the first team on a temporary basis. 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. After a brief legal battle, Dalglish accepted a settlement of £600,000 from Celtic.

Return to Liverpool

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, and Dalglish was also made the club's ambassador. 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.

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, 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), Hodgson left Liverpool and Dalglish was appointed caretaker manager on 8 January 2011. 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. Dalglish's first league game in charge was against Blackpool on 12 January 2011; Liverpool lost 2–1. After the game, Dalglish admitted that Liverpool faced "a big challenge".

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, and on 19 January the Liverpool chairman Tom Werner stated that the club's owners would favour this option. On 22 January 2011, Dalglish led Liverpool to their first win since his return, against Wolves at Molineux. 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. 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" and a "defensive masterplan" by David Pleat, Henry Winter wrote, "it can only be a matter of time before he is confirmed as long-term manager".

On 12 May 2011, Liverpool announced that Dalglish had been given a three-year contract. 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. 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.

In February 2012, Dalglish led Liverpool to their first trophy in six years, with victory in the 2011–12 Football League Cup. 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. Following the end of the season, Liverpool dismissed Dalglish on 16 May 2012.

In October 2013, Dalglish returned to Liverpool as a non-executive director.

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.

Personal life

Dalglish in 2010

Dalglish has been married to Marina since 26 November 1974. The couple have four children, Kelly, Paul, Lynsey and Lauren. Kelly has worked as a football presenter for BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky Sports. Paul followed in his father's footsteps as a footballer, playing in the Premier League and Scottish Premiership before travelling to the United States to play for the Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer. He retired in 2008 and became a coach, spending time as head coach of Ottawa Fury FC and Miami FC in the second-division leagues of North America. Dalglish's wife Marina was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2003, 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.

Dalglish was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1985 New Year Honours for services to football. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to football, charity and the City of Liverpool. 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".

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. He was an inaugural inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame the same year, and later also an inaugural inductee to the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2004. He is very highly regarded by Liverpool fans, who still affectionately refer to him as King Kenny, 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". In 2009, FourFourTwo magazine named Dalglish the greatest striker in post-war British football.

In early April 2020, while in hospital for treatment for an unrelated condition, Dalglish was found to be positive for COVID-19, though asymptomatic.

On 19 December 2023, Dalglish won the BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Charitable work

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. In June 2007 a Centre for Oncology at Aintree University Hospital was opened, after the charity had raised £1.5 million. In 2012, the foundation made a £2 million donation to The Walton Centre which allowed the purchase of a new MRI scanner. Dalglish often competes in the annual Gary Player Invitational Tournament, a charity golfing event which raises money for children's causes around the world. On 1 July 2011, Dalglish was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Ulster, for services to football and charity.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
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 1 0 2 0 7 0
1971–72 Scottish
Division One
31 17 4 1 8 5 7 0 3 6 53 29
1972–73 Scottish
Division One
32 21 6 5 11 10 4 3 3 0 56 39
1973–74 Scottish
Division One
33 18 6 1 10 3 7 2 3 1 59 25
1974–75 Scottish
Division One
33 16 5 2 8 3 2 0 3 0 51 21
1975–76 Scottish
Premier Division
35 24 1 1 10 4 5 3 2 0 53 32
1976–77 Scottish
Premier Division
35 15 7 1 10 10 2 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 9 4 1 0 62 31
1978–79 First Division 42 21 7 4 1 0 4 0 54 25
1979–80 First Division 42 16 8 2 7 4 2 0 1 1 60 23
1980–81 First Division 34 8 2 2 8 7 9 1 1 0 54 18
1981–82 First Division 42 13 3 2 10 5 6 2 1 0 62 22
1982–83 First Division 42 18 3 1 7 0 5 1 1 0 58 20
1983–84 First Division 33 7 0 0 8 2 9 3 1 0 51 12
1984–85 First Division 36 6 7 0 1 0 7 0 2 0 53 6
1985–86 First Division 21 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 31 7
1986–87 First Division 18 6 0 0 5 2 2 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 1 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
  1. Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup
  2. Includes Scottish League Cup, Football League Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in European Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in Glasgow Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in Drybrough Cup
  6. One appearance in Drybrough Cup, two appearances in Glasgow Cup
  7. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
  8. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  9. ^ Appearance in FA Charity Shield
  10. Appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  11. One appearance in FA Charity Shield, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  12. Appearances in Football League Super Cup
  13. One appearance in FA Charity Shield, one appearance in Football League Super Cup
  14. Appearance in Football League Centenary Trophy

International

Main article: List of international goals scored by Kenny Dalglish
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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 record

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
P W D L Win %
Liverpool 30 May 1985 21 February 1991 307 187 78 42 060.9
Blackburn Rovers 12 October 1991 25 June 1995 196 103 46 47 052.6
Newcastle United 14 January 1997 27 August 1998 78 30 22 26 038.5
Celtic 10 February 2000 1 June 2000 18 10 4 4 055.6
Liverpool 8 January 2011 16 May 2012 74 35 17 22 047.3
Total 673 365 167 141 054.2

Honours

Player

Celtic

Liverpool

Scotland

Individual

Manager

Liverpool

Blackburn Rovers

Newcastle United

Celtic

Individual

Orders

See also

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