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Kenneth "Kenny" Mathieson Dalglish Order of the
British Empire|MBE (born March 4, 1951,
Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland) is a former
Scotland national football team|Scottish
international Football (soccer)|football player.
He was famous for his successes with Celtic
F.C.|Celtic in the 1970s and with the English club
Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool 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.

More recently, Dalglish has also enjoyed success
as a club manager: he is one of only a handful of
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 caps. With 30 goals, he
holds the scoring record for his country jointly
with Denis Law.

== Playing career ==
Dalglish grew up supporting Rangers F.C.|Rangers.
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.

He wanted to join his idols at Rangers, but the
call never came. He had trials at Liverpool
F.C.|Liverpool and West Ham United F.C.|West Ham,
but they came to nothing. And so it was that
Dalglish, the Protestant son of an engineer, found
himself playing for the Catholic Glasgow Celtic.

His signing, on a provisional contract in July
1967, was not without amusement. Jock Stein, the
legendary Celtic manager, had sent his assistant
Sean Fallon to see Dalglish and his parents at
their home. 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.

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 European Cup
after beating Inter Milan. 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.

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.

The next season Stein was back and Celtic did the
Scottish Cup and League double. Dalglish, however,
had made up his mind to leave. Celtic had won the
European Cup before he had arrived at the club and
Dalglish wanted the chance not just to savour
European football, but to be where there was a
real chance of success.

He had been a full Scotland international for six
years, making his debut as a substitute in the 1-0
victory over Belgium in November 1971. He went to
the 1974 World Cup 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 England at Wembley. 

Dalglish had enjoyed an enviable run at Celtic.
Four Scottish Championships, four Scottish
Cup-winners' medals and a tally of 167 goals. But
it wasn't enough for him. He was ambitious and
needed a new challenge.

He moved to Liverpool in 1977, for a then-record
£440,000 transfer fee, to replace Kevin Keegan,
who left to play for Hamburger SV|Hamburg in
Germany. In his first season, Dalglish scored the
winning goal in the UEFA Champions League|European
Cup final, against the Belgian club Club
Brugge|F.C. Bruges. 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.

== Managerial career == 

After the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985, in the
wake of the resignation of manager Joe Fagan,
Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool. He
coached them to their first-ever "double" —
winning the League Championship and F.A. Cup in
the same season — 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 F.A Cup in 1988/89. 

Dalglish was also in charge of the club at the
time of the Hillsborough disaster, in the 1989 FA
Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest
F.C.|Nottingham Forest. 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.

Dalglish returned to management in October 1991,
with Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers, whom
he led into the English FA Premier
league|Premiership 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 Spring 1997 he took control at a third
top-flight English club, once again replacing the
departing Kevin Keegan, this time as manager of
Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United. 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.

In June 1999 he was appointed as Director of
Football at Celtic, with his former Liverpool
player John Barnes 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 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
F.C.|Inverness Caledonian Thistle and finish 21
points behind their arch-rivals Rangers in the
Scottish Premier League. Barnes was sacked in
February 2000 and Dalglish was appointed caretaker
manager until the end of the season. 

==Playing record== 

*Celtic: 1969-1977, 324 games, 167 goals
:Scottish Championship 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74,
1976/77
:Scottish Cup  1971/72, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1976/77
:Scottish League Cup 1974/75

*Liverpool: 1977-1990, 511 games, 172 goals
(player/manager from 1985-1990)
:English 1st Division Championship 1978/79,
1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1985/86,
1987/88 
:FA Cup 1986 (as player/manager)
:League Cup 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84
:European Cup 1977/78, 1980/81, 1983/1984
:European Super Cup 1977
:PFA Players' Player of the Year 1983
:Football Writers’ Association Player of the
Year 1979, 1983

*Scotland: 102 games, 30 goals (record shared with
Denis Law)
:Member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame

==Managerial record==
*Liverpool: 1985-1991
:English 1st Division Championship 1985/86,
1987/88, 1989/90
:FA Cup 1986, 1989
*Blackburn Rovers: 1991-1996
:Promotion to the FA Premier League|Premiership
1991/92 after beating Leicester City
:F.C.|Leicester City 1-0 in the play-off final
:FA Premier League: 1994/95

*Newcastle United: 1997-1998:

*Celtic (Caretaker Manager): February to May 2000
:Scottish League Cup 2000

==External Links==

*http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/playe
rs/dalglish/ Liverpoolfc.tv: Past Player Profile

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