Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish (dɛlɡliːʃ)
MBEThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(born 4 March 1951) is a Scottish former footballer and the current
managerIn sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
of
Liverpool F.C.Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams,
CelticCeltic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
and
LiverpoolLiverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most
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player, with 102 appearances, and is Scotland's joint leading goal scorer. Dalglish was voted PFA Player of the Year for the 1982–83 season, and he also won two Football Writers' Footballer of the Year awards. In 2009 he was named by
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magazine as the greatest striker in post-war British football, and in 2006 he was placed first in Liverpool's official list of "100 Players Who Shook the Kop".
Dalglish began his career with Celtic and between 1971 and 1977 he won four Scottish First Division titles, four
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s and one
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with the club. In 1977,
Bob PaisleyRobert "Bob" Paisley OBE was an English football half back turned manager. His association with Liverpool was to span nearly half a century including his contribution to the club, first as a player, then as a physiotherapist and coach, and finally as manager.In nine years as manager between 1974...
paid a British transfer record of £440,000 to bring Dalglish to Liverpool. His years at Liverpool marked one of the club's most successful periods: he won seven
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, three European Cups and five domestic trophies. For these achievements and his style of play he was given the name
King Kenny by Liverpool supporters. Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool in 1985 and in a six-year tenure won three league titles and two FA Cups. He resigned as Liverpool manager in 1991, in the wake of the
Hillsborough disasterThe Hillsborough disaster was a human crush that occurred on 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough, a football stadium, the home of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people, and 766 being injured, all fans of Liverpool F.C....
.
Dalglish joined Blackburn Rovers in 1991 and he turned the
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side into Premier League winners in 1995. His move to Newcastle United in 1997 was less successful. Dalglish was appointed
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at Celtic in 1999 but a stint as caretaker manager ended in an acrimonious departure the following 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 was appointed Liverpool's
caretaker managerIn association football, a caretaker manager is someone who takes temporary charge of the management of a football club, usually when the regular manager is dismissed or leaves for a different club. However, a caretaker may also be appointed if the regular manager is ill or unable to attend to his...
, and he signed a three-year permanent deal with the club in May 2011.
Early career
Dalglish, the son of an engineer, was born in Dalmarnock in the East End of
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, and was brought up in
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in the north of Glasgow. He moved to the docklands of
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, near Ibrox, home of
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football club, when he was 15, and he grew up supporting Rangers.
Dalglish attended Milton Bank 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
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tournament. In 1966 Dalglish had unsuccessful trials at
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and
LiverpoolLiverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
.
Celtic
Dalglish signed a provisional contract with Celtic in May 1967. Celtic manager
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sent Sean Fallon to see Dalglish and his parents at their home; on hearing that Fallon was at the door, Dalglish rushed upstairs to remove the Rangers posters from his bedroom 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
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. By the following year Dalglish was a full professional and a regular member of the highly-rated Celtic
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that became known as the Quality Street Gang, due to its having a large number of future Scottish internationals, including
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, George Connelly,
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, and
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. Dalglish made his first-team competitive debut for Celtic as a substitute in the 1968
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quarter-final tie against
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.
Dalglish was in the stands when the
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occurred at an
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match in February 1971, when 66 Rangers fans were killed.
By the 1971–72 season, Dalglish had become established in the Celtic first team. He scored his first competitive goal for the club, a
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, in a 2–0
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tie win over Rangers at Ibrox in August 1971, and that season went on to score 23 league and cup goals in 49 appearances. The following season Dalglish was Celtic's leading scorer, with 41 goals in all competitions. He was made Celtic captain in the 1975–76 season, during which Celtic failed to win a trophy for the first time in 12 years, after
Stein was badly injured in a car crash and missed most of the season.
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. Dalglish's departure was unpopular with the Celtic fans, and when he returned in August 1978 to play in Stein's testimonial, he was booed by a large contingent of Celtic supporters.
Liverpool
Dalglish was signed to replace
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, and Liverpool supporters were initially sceptical that he could perform this task. However, Dalglish quickly settled into his new club. He made his debut, wearing Keegan's number seven shirt, on 13 August 1977 in the season opener at Wembley, in the Charity Shield against
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. He scored his first goal for Liverpool in his league debut a week later on 20 August, against
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. Dalglish also scored three days later on his
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debut in a 2–0 victory over
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, and he scored Liverpool's sixth goal when they beat Keegan's
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6–0 in the second leg of the
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final. By the end of his first season with Liverpool, Dalglish had played 62 times and scored 31 goals, including the winning goal in the
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final at Wembley against
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.
In his second season Dalglish recorded a personal best of 21 league goals for the club, and he 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
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. 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 RushIan James Rush, MBE, is a retired football player from Flint, Wales. He is best remembered as a player for Liverpool, where he was among the top strikers in the English game in the 1980s and 1990s. He also had spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield...
; Dalglish began to play just off Rush, "running riot in the extra space afforded to him in the hole". Dalglish was voted PFA 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 goalscorer, though he remained a regular player.
After becoming player-manager on the retirement of
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in the 1985 close season, 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
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. On the last day of the league season, his goal in a 1–0 away win over
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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
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and
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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
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. 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
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on 18 April 1987.
Scotland
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gave Dalglish his debut for the Scottish national side as a substitute in the 1–0 Euro '72 qualifier victory over
Belgium on 10 November 1971 at
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. Dalglish scored his first goal for Scotland a year later on 15 November 1972 in the 2–0
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qualifier win over
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at
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. Scotland eventually qualified and he went to the
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in West Germany, where they were eliminated during the group stages.
In 1976 Dalglish scored the winning goal for Scotland at
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against
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, by
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. 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
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in Argentina – scoring against eventual runners-up the
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in a famous 3–2 win – and the
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in Spain, scoring against New Zealand. On both occasions Scotland failed to get past the group stage. In total, Dalglish played 102 times for Scotland (a national record) and he scored 30 goals, (also a national record, which he shares with
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.) Dalglish's final appearance for Scotland, after 15 years as a full international, was on 12 November 1986 at
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in a Euro 88 qualifying game against
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, 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
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in a World Cup qualifier, also at Hampden Park.
Liverpool
After the
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in 1985 and
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'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 "
doubleThe Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
". Liverpool achieved this by winning the League Championship by two points over
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(Dalglish himself scored the winner in a 1–0 victory over
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at
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to secure the title on the final day of the season), and the FA Cup by beating Everton
in the finalThe 1986 FA Cup Final was a Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton at Wembley. The match was played seven days after Liverpool had secured the league title, with Everton finishing as runners-up...
. The following season was trophyless for Liverpool. Before the 1987–88 season, Dalglish signed a number of new players:
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from Newcastle,
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from
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(who replaced Ian Rush); winger
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from
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; and Oxford United midfielder
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. 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
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. Dalglish guided Liverpool to victory over Everton in the second all-Merseyside F.A. Cup final in 1989, but was deprived of a second double in the
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of the
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. In the 1989–90 season Liverpool won their third league title under Dalglish. At the end of the season Dalglish also received his third Manager of the Year award. Dalglish resigned as manager of Liverpool (on health grounds) on 22 February 1991, two days after a 4–4 draw with rivals Everton 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 disasterThe Hillsborough disaster was a human crush that occurred on 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough, a football stadium, the home of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people, and 766 being injured, all fans of Liverpool F.C....
on 15 April 1989. The disaster claimed 94 lives on the day, with the final death toll reaching 96. Dalglish attended many funerals of the victims – including four in one day – and was greatly praised for the dignity and compassion he showed in the aftermath of the tragedy. Dalglish broke a twenty-year silence about the Hillsborough Disaster in March 2009. He expressed regret that the police and the FA had not considered delaying the kick-off of the match, a move which might have averted the 96 deaths. During the Hillsborough Memorial Service on 15 April 2011, Liverpool MP Steve Rotherham announced that he would put forward an
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to have Dalglish knighted.
Blackburn Rovers
Dalglish returned to management in October 1991, with Second Division
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, who he led into the Premier League by beating
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1–0 in the
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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 1992, Dalglish signed
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's
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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
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. Blackburn finished two positions higher the following season, as runners-up to Manchester United. By this time, Dalglish had added
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internationals
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and
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to his squad. At the start of the 1994–95 season Dalglish paid a record £5 million for
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, with whom Shearer formed an effective strike partnership. By the last game of the season, both Blackburn and Manchester were in contention for the title. Blackburn had to travel to Liverpool, and Manchester United faced
West Ham UnitedWest Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
in London. Blackburn lost 2–1, but still won the title since Manchester United failed to get a result in London. The title meant that Dalglish was only the third football manager in history to lead two different clubs to top-flight league championships, after
Herbert ChapmanHerbert Chapman was an English association football player and manager. Though he had an undistinguished playing career, he went on to become one of the most successful and influential managers in early 20th century English football, before his sudden death in 1934.As a player, Chapman played for...
and
Brian CloughBrian Howard Clough, OBE was an English footballer and football manager. He is most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. His achievement of winning back-to-back European Cups with Nottingham Forest, a traditionally moderate provincial English club, is considered to be...
. Dalglish became Director of Football at Blackburn in June 1995. He left the club at the end of the season after a disappointing campaign under his replacement,
Ray HarfordRaymond Thomas Harford was an English footballer, better known for his successes as a coach and manager than as a player. He is considered to have been one of the top coaches of his generation.-Playing career:...
.
Newcastle United
In January 1997 Dalglish was appointed manager of Premier League side
Newcastle UnitedNewcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
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 LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
. However, 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 LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
win over Barcelona and an
FA Cup final appearance against ArsenalThe 1998 FA Cup Final was contested by Arsenal and Newcastle United at Wembley. Arsenal won 2–0, with goals by Marc Overmars and Nicolas Anelka to complete their second league and cup double....
), he was sacked by Freddie Shepherd after two draws in the opening two games of the subsequent 1998–1999 season, and replaced by former Chelsea manager
Ruud GullitOON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the...
. One commentator 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 at Celtic, with his former Liverpool signing John Barnes appointed as head coach. Barnes was sacked in February 2000 and Dalglish was appointed manager, and he guided them to the
Scottish League CupThe Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...
final where they beat
AberdeenAberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...
2–0 at Hampden Park, and he left the club shortly thereafter. Dalglish was unhappy with the departure and Celtic's termination of his contract. He had recommended previous manager Barnes to the club and offered himself as a replacement manager should the young Barnes not succeed in the role. In spite of the termination of his contract, Dalglish vowed to stay on as Director of football. After a brief legal battle, Dalglish accepted Celtic's settlement offer of £600,000.
Return to Liverpool
In April 2009 Liverpool manager
Rafael BenítezRafael "Rafa" Benítez Maudes is a football manager, and former player. He is currently unemployed, after leaving as manager of Internazionale in December 2010....
approached Dalglish about the possibility of returning to his former club, with a role in the club's youth academy. This appointment was confirmed on 3 July 2009, and Dalglish was also made the club's ambassador.
When Benitez departed as manager on 3 June 2010, Dalglish was asked to help the club find his replacement. Dalglish was also himself linked with the post, but on 1 July
Fulham'sFulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
Roy HodgsonRoy Hodgson is a former English footballer and current head coach of West Bromwich Albion.Hodgson, who has managed sixteen different teams in eight countries, guided the Switzerland national team to the last 16 of the 1994 World Cup and qualification for Euro 1996; Switzerland had not qualified...
was appointed manager. However, a poor start to the
2010–11 seasonThe 2010–11 season was the 131st season of competitive football in England.The season began on 6 August 2010 for the Football Leagues, with the Premier League and Football Conference both starting eight days later on 14 August 2010. The Championship, League One, and League Two ended on 7 May...
led to Liverpool fans calling for Dalglish's return as manager as early as October 2010.
With no real improvement in Liverpool's fortunes throughout the month (during which time the club was taken over by
New England Sports VenturesFenway Sports Group is an American sports investment company. It is the parent company of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox and Premier League football club Liverpool F.C.....
), calls for Dalglish to return gathered pace.
Hodgson left Liverpool on 8 January 2011, and Dalglish was appointed caretaker manager of the club until the end of the season. Dalglish's first game in charge was on 9 January 2011 away at
Old TraffordOld Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...
against Manchester United in the
3rd roundThe 2010–11 FA Cup was the 130th season of the world's oldest association football knock-out competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short...
of the FA Cup, which Liverpool lost 1–0. Dalglish's first league game in charge was against
BlackpoolBlackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
on 12 January 2011; Liverpool lost 2–1. After the game, Dalglish admitted that Liverpool faced a "a big challenge".
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 WernerThomas Charles "Tom" Werner is an American television producer and businessman who, via his investment in New England Sports Ventures, is chairman of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club....
stated that the club's owners would favour this option. Werner said "He fits the criteria we are looking for. He has been everything we could have hoped for."
On 22 January 2011, Dalglish led Liverpool to their first win since his return, against Wolves at
MolineuxMolineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...
, and on 26 January 2011 against Fulham he recorded his first home win since his return.
After signing
Andy CarrollAndrew Thomas "Andy" Carroll is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Liverpool and the England national team....
from
NewcastleNewcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
for a British record transfer fee of £35 million and
Luis SuárezLuis Alberto Suárez Díaz , commonly known as Luis Suárez and nicknamed "El Pistolero" , is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Liverpool and the Uruguayan national team...
from Ajax for £22.8 million in the final minutes of transfer deadline day on 31 January (in the wake of
Fernando TorresFernando José Torres Sanz , nicknamed , is a Spanish footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Spain national team as a striker....
's £50 million departure from the club), journalists began writing that Dalglish had already cast off the label of caretaker manager; Following a 1–0 victory against Chelsea at
Stamford BridgeStamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, and is the home of Chelsea Football Club. The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green and is often referred to as simply The Bridge...
on 6 February 2011, described by Alan Smith as "a quite brilliant display in terms of discipline and spirit" and a "defensive masterplan" by
David PleatDavid John Pleat is an English football player turned manager and sports commentator.He is remembered by his contemporaries primarily for his career as manager of Tottenham Hotspur and Luton Town football clubs, and for an oft-televised clip of him running onto the pitch in 1983 to celebrate after...
,
Henry WinterHenry Winter is an English sports journalist, currently football correspondent of The Daily Telegraph.The younger brother of Muslim scholar and academic Timothy Winter, Henry attended Westminster School and Edinburgh University.After graduation, he spent a year producing a magazine on sport in...
wrote: "Such is Liverpool's transformation under Dalglish, a reinvigorated team now sixth, it can only be a matter of time before he is confirmed as long-term manager".
On 18 March 2011 formal talks began between the club's owners and Dalglish about offering him the manager's position on a permanent basis, and on 12 May 2011 the club announced that Dalglish had been given a three-year contract. Henry said in a statement "Since returning in January he has shown extraordinary leadership and the ability to bring the best out of so many people associated with the club. It was obvious to us very early on that the atmosphere surrounding the club had been transformed by his presence. No one else could have produced such a response. Therefore, I'm delighted we have agreed to a new contract. We didn't need nor want to look elsewhere for the right man to manage the team."
Personal life
Dalglish has been married to Marina since 26 November 1974. His best man at his wedding was another ex-professional footballer,
Jim DonaldJim Donald is a Scottish ex professional association footballer best known for his time with Queen of the South.Jim Donald signed for Dumfries club Queen of the South in February 1970 from Renfrew Juniors. Donald made his debut at 19 years of age. He started as a winger but after a couple of...
of
Queen of the SouthFor other uses see Queen of the South Queen of the South is an alternative title for the Queen of Sheba. The phrase Queen of the South is used in the New Testament and is attributed to Jesus Christ....
. The couple have four children, including Kelly, born 1975 and
PaulPaul Kenneth Dalglish is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.-Playing career:Dalglish, son of former Scotland international Kenny Dalglish, was born in Glasgow though spent his childhood in Liverpool where his father managed Liverpool F.C...
, born 1977. Kelly is now a correspondent for
ESPN UKESPN is a sports television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland owned by American sports broadcaster ESPN Inc. The channel launched on 3 August 2009...
; Paul followed in his father's footsteps as a footballer, and is the current manager of the
Austin AztexAustin Aztex FC was an American professional soccer team based in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 2008, the team played in the USL First Division, and in the USL Division of the USSF D2 Pro League, the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid...
. His other daughters are Lynsey, born 1982 and Lauren, born 1988.
Dalglish's wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2003, but she made a good recovery from the disease. She was awarded an
MBEMBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
in the
2009 New Year Honours listThe New Year Honours 2009 principally for the United Kingdom as well as the Commonwealth Realms were announced on 31 December 2008, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2009....
for services to charity.
Charity work
In 2004, 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 University Hospital Aintree was opened, after the charity had raised £1.5 million. Dalglish often competes in the annual
Gary PlayerGary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
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.
Club
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|1968–69||rowspan="9"|
CelticCeltic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
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Division OneThe Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|1969–70||2||0||0||0||2||0||0||0||4||0
|-
|1970–71||3||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||5||0
|-
|1971–72||31||17||4||1||8||5||7||0||50||23
|-
|1972–73||32||23||6||5||11||10||4||3||53||41
|-
|1973–74||33||18||6||1||10||3||7||2||56||24
|-
|1974–75||33||16||5||2||8||3||2||0||48||21
|-
|1975–76||rowspan="2"|
Premier DivisionThe Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
||35||24||1||1||10||4||5||3||51||32
|-
|1976–77||35||14||7||1||10||10||2||1||54||26
|-
|1977–78||rowspan="13"|
LiverpoolLiverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
||rowspan="13"|
First DivisionThe First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
||42||20||1||1||9||6||9||4||61||31
|-
|1978–79||42||21||7||4||1||0||4||0||54||25
|-
|1979–80||42||16||8||2||7||4||2||0||59||22
|-
|1980–81||34||8||2||2||8||7||9||1||53||18
|-
|1981–82||42||13||2||2||10||5||6||2||60||22
|-
|1982–83||42||18||3||1||7||0||5||1||57||20
|-
|1983–84||33||7||0||0||8||2||9||3||50||12
|-
|1984–85||36||6||7||0||1||0||7||0||51||6
|-
|1985–86||21||3||6||1||2||1||colspan="2"|-||29||5
|-
|1986–87||18||6||0||0||5||2||colspan="2"|-||23||8
|-
|1987–88||2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0
|-
|1988–89||0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|1989–90||1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0
204||112||30||11||60||35||28||9||322||167
355||118||36||13||59||27||51||11||501||169
559||230||66||24||119||62||79||20||823||336
National team statistics
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|1971||2||0
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|1972||2||1
|-
|1973||9||1
|-
|1974||11||4
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|1975||10||2
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|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
|}
International goals
- Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 |
15 November 1972 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
1–0 |
2–0 |
WCQG8 |
| 2 |
16 May 1973 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
1–2 |
1–2 |
BHC The 1973 British Home Championship international Home Nations football tournament was, like its predecessor in 1972, a victim of The Troubles in Northern Ireland which had erupted following Bloody Sunday the previous year...
|
| 3 |
27 March 1974 |
Waldstadion The Commerzbank-Arena is a sports stadium in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Commonly known by its original name, Waldstadion , the stadium opened in 1925. The stadium has been upgraded several times since then; the most recent remodelling was its redevelopment as a football-only stadium in preparation...
, Frankfurt |
|
1–2 |
1–2 |
Friendly An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
|
| 4 |
14 May 1974 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
1–0 |
2–0 |
BHC The 1974 British Home Championship Home Nations football tournament was, like the two championships which preceded it, subject to rescheduled matches due to The Troubles in Northern Ireland...
|
| 5 |
6 June 1974 |
Ullevaal StadionUllevaal Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of Vålerenga IF and the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of FK Lyn. With a capacity of 25,572, it is the...
, Oslo |
|
2–1 |
2–1 |
Friendly |
| 6 |
30 October 1974 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
3–0 |
3–0 |
Friendly |
| 7 |
20 May 1975 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
2–0 |
3–0 |
BHC The 1975 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. It resulted in a resounding victory for an England team which was going through one of the poorest periods of consistent play in their history...
|
| 8 |
29 October 1975 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
1–1 |
3–1 |
ECQG4 |
| 9 |
8 May 1976 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
3–0 |
3–0 |
BHC The 1976 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations at the end of the 1975–76 season. It resulted in an outright Scottish victory following a rare whitewash of all three opponents, including England in a tough final at home in Glasgow. Scotland...
|
| 10 |
15 May 1976 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
2–1 |
2–1 |
BHC The 1976 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations at the end of the 1975–76 season. It resulted in an outright Scottish victory following a rare whitewash of all three opponents, including England in a tough final at home in Glasgow. Scotland...
|
| 11 |
8 September 1976 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
3–0 |
6–0 |
Friendly |
| 12 |
27 April 1977 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
2–1 |
3–1 |
Friendly |
| 13 |
1 June 1977 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
1–0 |
3–0 |
BHC The 1977 British Home Championship exemplified a new era in Home Nations football during its final game, when jubilant Scottish fans invaded the pitch at Wembley Stadium following their team's surprise victory...
|
| 14 |
1 June 1977 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
3–0 |
3–0 |
BHC |
| 15 |
4 June 1977 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
|
2–0 |
2–1 |
BHC |
| 16 |
15 June 1977 |
Estadio NacionalThe Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos is the national stadium of Chile, and is located in the Ñuñoa district of Santiago). It is the largest stadium in Chile with an official capacity of 47,000, and is part of a 62 ha sporting complex which also features tennis courts, an aquatics center, a...
, SantiagoSantiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
|
|
1–0 |
4–2 |
Friendly |
| 17 |
21 September 1977 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
3–0 |
3–1 |
WCQG7 |
| 18 |
12 October 1977 |
Anfield, LiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
|
|
2–0 |
2–0 |
WCQG7 |
| 19 |
11 June 1978 |
Estadio San Martin Estadio Libertador General San Martín is the football venue of the Atlético Club San Martín of the Mendoza Province in Argentina.Inaugurated on April 1, 1956, it accommodates 12,000 spectators. Its field measures 70m x 100m....
, MendozaMendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. As of the , Mendoza's population was 110,993...
|
|
1–1 |
3–2 |
WCG4 |
| 20 |
25 October 1978 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
1–1 |
3–2 |
ECQG2 |
| 21 |
25 October 1978 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
2–2 |
3–2 |
ECQG2 |
| 22 |
7 June 1979 |
Ullevaal StadionUllevaal Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of Vålerenga IF and the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of FK Lyn. With a capacity of 25,572, it is the...
, Oslo |
|
2–0 |
4–0 |
ECQG2 |
| 23 |
26 March 1980 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
1–0 |
4–1 |
ECQG2 |
| 24 |
25 February 1981 |
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan |
|
1–0 |
1–0 |
WCQG8 |
| 25 |
23 March 1982 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
2–0 |
2–1 |
Friendly |
| 26 |
15 June 1982 |
Estadio La Rosaleda, MálagaMálaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
|
|
1–0 |
5–2 |
WCG6 |
| 27 |
15 December 1982 |
Heysel Stadion, Brussels |
|
1–0 |
2–3 |
ECQG1 |
| 28 |
15 December 1982 |
Heysel Stadion, Brussels |
|
2–1 |
2–3 |
ECQG1 |
| 29 |
12 September 1984 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
3–1 |
6–1 |
Friendly |
| 30 |
14 November 1984 |
Hampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
, Glasgow |
|
3–1 |
3–1 |
WCQG7 |
Celtic (1969–1977)
Scottish First Division
- Winner: 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1976/77
Scottish CupThe Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
- Winner: 1971/72, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1976/77
Scottish League CupThe Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...
- Winner: 1973/74
The 1974 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 26 October 1974 and was the final of the 29th Scottish League Cup competition. It was contested by Hibernian and Celtic. Celtic won the match 6–3, with John "Dixie" Deans and Joe Harper scoring hat-tricks for each side...
Liverpool (1977–1990)
Football League First DivisionThe First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
- Winner: 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1985/86
FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
- Winner: 1985/86
The 1986 FA Cup Final was a Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton at Wembley. The match was played seven days after Liverpool had secured the league title, with Everton finishing as runners-up...
Football League CupThe Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
- Winner: 1980/81
The 1981 Football League Cup Final was played on Saturday 14 March 1981 at Wembley Stadium between Liverpool and West Ham United, with both clubs appearing in their second League Cup finals....
, 1981/82The 1982 Milk Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. Liverpool won the match 3–1 after extra time with goals from Ian Rush and Ronnie Whelan . The match took place on 13 March 1982.-Details:...
, 1982/83The 1983 Milk Cup Final was a football match held on 26 March 1983 between League Cup holders Liverpool and Manchester United, who would go on to win the FA Cup later that year. Liverpool won the match 2-1; Norman Whiteside scored the opener for Manchester United, before Alan Kennedy equalised with...
, 1983/84The 1984 Milk Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool and Everton. Liverpool were extremely fortunate to make it to the final of the competition after knocking out a Walsall side from the 4th Division who most neutrals and pundits would agree were the superior team at Anfield...
Charity Shield
- Winner: 1977 (Shared)
The 1977 FA Charity Shield was the 55th FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's First Division and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 13 August 1977 at Wembley Stadium and contested by Liverpool, who had won the 1976–77 First...
, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (Shared)
European Cup
- Winner: 1977/78
The 1978 European Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Club Brugge of Belgium on 10 May 1978 at Wembley Stadium, London, England. It was the final match of the 1977–78 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the European Cup. Liverpool were the reigning...
, 1980/81The 1981 European Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Real Madrid of Spain on 27 May 1981 at the Parc des Princes, Paris, France. It was the final match of the 1980–81 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the European Cup. Liverpool were appearing in...
, 1983/84The 1984 European Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Roma of Italy on 30 May 1984 at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy. It was the final match of the 1983–84 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the UEFA Champions League. Liverpool were appearing in...
European Super CupThe UEFA Super Cup is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the two cup competitions organized by UEFA: the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League...
Liverpool (1985–1991, 2011– )
Football League First DivisionThe First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
- Winner: 1985/86, 1987/88, 1989/90
FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
- Winner: 1985/86
The 1986 FA Cup Final was a Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton at Wembley. The match was played seven days after Liverpool had secured the league title, with Everton finishing as runners-up...
, 1988/89The 1989 FA Cup Final was the final of the 1988–89 FA Cup, the top football knockout competition in England. The match was a Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton, played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 20 May 1989. Liverpool won 3–2 after extra time, with goals from John Aldridge and two...
Charity Shield
- Winner: 1986 (Shared) 1988
The 1988 FA Charity Shield was the 66th Charity Shield, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions...
, 1989The 1989 FA Charity Shield was the 67th Charity Shield, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions...
, 1990 (Shared)The 1990 FA Charity Shield was the 68th Charity Shield, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 18 August 1990 between 1989–90 Football League champions Liverpool and 1989–90 FA Cup winners...
Blackburn Rovers (1991–1995)
FA Premier LeagueThe Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
Football League Second Division Play OffThe Football League Championship play-offs are a series of playoff matches contested by the teams finishing from 3rd to 6th in the Football League Championship table. The semi-finals are played over two legs, with 6th playing 3rd and 5th playing 4th, with the return fixtures following...
Celtic (2000)
Scottish League CupThe Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...
- Winner: 1999/00
The 2000 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 19 March 2000 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 53rd Scottish League Cup. The final was contested by Aberdeen and Celtic. Celtic won the match 2–0, thanks to goals from Vidar Riseth and Tommy Johnson.-Match details:-Teams:...
Awards and achievements
- PFA Player of the Year
The Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in English football...
: 1982/83
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 1979/79, 1982/83
- Scottish Premier Division
The Scottish Football League Premier Division was, from 1975 until 1998, the top division of the Scottish Football League and the entire Scottish football league system...
top goalscorer: 1975/76
- Manager of the Year award: 1985/86, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1994/95
- Inaugural Inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame
The English Football Hall of Fame is housed at the National Football Museum, currently being relocated to Manchester, England. The Hall aims to celebrate and highlight the achievements of the all-time top English footballing talents, as well as non-English players and managers who have become...
: 2002
- Member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame
The Scotland national football team roll of honour is a list set up by the Scottish Football Association which recognises players who have gained 50 or more international caps for Scotland. There are currently 26 players on the roll of honour, with Kenny Miller the most recent addition...
- Member of the FIFA 100
The FIFA 100 is a list of the world-renowned Brazilian striker Pelé's choice of the "greatest living footballers". Unveiled on 4 March 2004 at a gala ceremony in London, the FIFA 100 marked part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de...
- Freedom of the City of Glasgow: 1986
- 1st in the Liverpool Football Club poll 100 Players Who Shook The Kop: 2006
- Scotland: 30 goals in 102 international caps (both national records)
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LiverpoolLiverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
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30 May 1985 |
22 February 1991
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Blackburn RoversBlackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
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12 October 1991 |
25 June 1995
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Newcastle UnitedNewcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
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14 January 1997 |
27 August 1998
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CelticCeltic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
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10 February 2000 |
1 June 2000
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LiverpoolLiverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
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8 January 2011 |
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