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Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish:
Forward & Caretaker Manager |
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Job Title: Player
Manager with 30.05.1985 - 21.02.1991, Academy Ambassador with May 2009 - 08.01.2011 |
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Nickname: Kenny |
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Date of Birth: 04.03.1951 |
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With the Reds: 1977-1985,1985-1991,
2009- |
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Height: |
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Weight: |
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Bought from: Celtic |
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Signed for LFC:
Ј440,000 - 10.08.1977 |
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Debut: 13.08.1977 (Aged 26) |
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Last match: 01.05.1990 |
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Debut
goal: 20.08.1977 |
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1st team league
games: 355 (7 as sub) |
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1st team league
goals: 118 |
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Total 1st team
games: 515 (18 as sub) |
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Total 1st team
goals: 19 |
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Contract expiry:
21.02.1991 |
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International caps:
102 (54 as LFC) Scotland |
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International
goals: 30 (14 as LFC) |
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International debut:
10.11.1971 vs. Belgium |
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Former clubs:
Celtic |
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Former clubs as staff:
Blackburn Rovers (Manager), Newcastle United (Manager), Celtic |
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Birth Place:
Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland |
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Honours: 8 Division One
Championships: 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86 (player/manager), 1987-88
(player/manager), 1989-90 (player/manager), 1 FA Cup 1985-86 (player/manager), 4 League Cups
1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 3 European Cups 1977-78, 1980-81, 1983-84, 5 Charity
Shield 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (shared), 1 European Super Cup 1977, 1 Screen
Sport Super Cup 1985-86 (player/manager)
Runner-up; 2 Charity Shield 1983, 1984 |
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Personal Honours: Football Writers
Association Player of the Year 1979, PFA Player of the Year 1983, Football Writers Association
Player of the Year 1983, MBE |
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Honours as Staff:
3 Division One Championships: 1985-86 (player/manager), 1987-88 (player/manager), 1989-90
(player/manager),1 FA Cup 1988-89 (manager) |
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Manager |
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Arrived from: LFC player |
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Signed for LFC:
30.05.1985 / 08.01.2011 |
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First game in charge:
17.08.1985 / 09.01.2011 |
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LFC league games as manager:
225 |
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Total LFC games as manager:
309 |
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Contract expiry:
21.02.1991 |
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Total LFC games/goals
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League |
FA Cup |
FL Cup |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1977-78 |
42 |
20 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
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62 |
31 |
| 1978-79 |
42 |
21 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
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4 |
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54 |
25 |
| 1979-80 |
42 |
16 |
8 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
60 |
23 |
| 1980-81 |
34 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
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54 |
18 |
| 1981-82 |
42 |
13 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
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62 |
22 |
| 1982-83 |
42 |
18 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
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5 |
1 |
1 |
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58 |
20 |
| 1983-84 |
33 |
7 |
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8 |
2 |
8/1 |
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1 |
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50/1 |
12 |
| 1984-85 |
36 |
6 |
7 |
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1 |
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7 |
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2 |
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53 |
6 |
| 1985-86 |
17/4 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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2 |
2 |
27/4 |
7 |
| 1986-87 |
12/6 |
6 |
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4/1 |
2 |
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1/1 |
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17/8 |
8 |
| 1987-88 |
0/2 |
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0/2 |
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| 1988-89 |
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0/1 |
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0/1 |
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0/2 |
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| 1989-90 |
0/1 |
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0/1 |
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| Total |
342/13 |
118 |
37 |
13 |
57/2 |
27 |
50/1 |
11 |
11/2 |
3 |
497/18 |
172 |
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
| Total |
started/substitutions |
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Total |
Competition |
| 497 |
Started |
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355 |
League |
| 23 |
On the bench |
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59 |
League Cup |
| 18 |
Substitute |
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47 |
European Cup |
| 28 |
Substituted |
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37 |
FA Cup |
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7 |
Charity Shield |
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4 |
European Super Cup |
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3 |
Screen Sport Super Cup |
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2 |
World Club Championship |
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1 |
Centenary Trophy |
Career Milestones for Kenny Dalglish:
Appearances in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
13.08.1977 |
Manchester U |
0-0 |
Wembley |
Other |
| 50 |
29.03.1978 |
Borussia M |
1-2 |
Rheinstadion |
Europe |
| 100 |
13.03.1979 |
Everton |
1-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 150 |
22.01.1980 |
Nottingham F |
0-1 |
City Ground |
LC |
| 200 |
11.11.1980 |
Coventry City |
2-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 250 |
10.11.1981 |
Middlesbrough |
4-1 |
Anfield |
LC |
| 300 |
18.09.1982 |
Swansea City |
3-0 |
Vetch Field |
League |
| 350 |
14.05.1983 |
Watford |
1-2 |
Vicarage Road |
League |
| 400 |
15.05.1984 |
Norwich City |
1-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 450 |
11.05.1985 |
Aston Villa |
2-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 500 |
01.11.1986 |
Norwich City |
6-2 |
Anfield |
League |
Goals in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Min |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
20.08.1977 |
7 |
Middlesbrough |
1-1 |
Ayresome P |
League |
| 50 |
24.03.1979 |
41 |
Ipswich |
2-0 |
Anfield |
League |
| 100 |
07.10.1981 |
37 |
Exeter |
5-0 |
Anfield |
LC |
| 150 |
07.04.1984 |
12 |
West Ham U |
6-0 |
Anfield |
League |
Total LFC
games/goals for Reserves
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Reserves |
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League |
LS Cup |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1983-84 |
1 |
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1 |
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2 |
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| Total |
1 |
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1 |
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2 |
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Managerial records for Kenny Dalglish
| Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
% |
| League |
225 |
136 |
56 |
33 |
438 |
189 |
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| FA Cup |
38 |
23 |
12 |
3 |
79 |
31 |
60.53% |
| League Cup |
31 |
19 |
6 |
6 |
72 |
29 |
61.29% |
| Other |
14 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
29 |
12 |
64.29% |
| Total |
309 |
187 |
78 |
44 |
618 |
262 |
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Matches that are won or lost in a penalty shoot-out are counted as a draw in
those numbers.
Notes:
- b - on bench |
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PLAYER & STAFF
PROFILE
Liverpool Football Club confirmed on January 8 the appointment of Kenny Dalglish as
the club's manager until the end of the season.
The Kop legend returns to the Anfield helm in a temporary capacity following the
departure of Roy Hodgson.
Dalglish is revered on the Kop having represented the club as both a player and
manager with great distinction.
With a delicate touch and the ultimate football brain, King Kenny is regarded by
the majority of Liverpudlians as the club's greatest ever player.
When he joined in August 1977, it was hard to see how Bob Paisley's side could top
their first European Cup triumph of the previous season. But, with the highly influential
Dalglish in the team, the next 13 years brought untold riches.
Unlike many Liverpool signings of the era, the Scotland international was already a
household name when he made the switch from Parkhead to Anfield. His deeds in the green
and white hoops of Celtic had made him one of the most sought-after figures in British
football and it required a record Ј440,000 fee to secure his services.
Dalglish was brought in to replace Kop idol Kevin Keegan, who'd moved to Hamburg
earlier that summer, though any fears he couldn't fill those illustrious boots were
quickly laid to rest.
The Glasgow-born forward found the net seven minutes into his league debut against
Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park, and followed that with a goal on his first appearance in
front of the Kop as Newcastle were beaten 2-0.
Dalglish slipped seamlessly into Paisley's all-conquering red machine and the new
King of the Kop crowned his first season by topping the club's goalscoring charts. The
most memorable of his 31 strikes came in the 1978 European Cup final against FC Bruges at
Wembley, a delicate dink over the 'keeper that clinched a 1-0 victory.
The move south increased his profile dramatically, though Dalglish was never one to
seek the limelight and remained typically modest despite his new found superstar status.
In 1979, his talent was recognised by the football writers of England, who voted
the canny Scotsman their Footballer of the Year. The award was just desserts for a player
whose every touch made Kopites purr with delight.
A selfless team player who brought others into play, Dalglish was an on-the-field
visionary who could spot openings that few, if any, of his contemporaries could see.
David Johnson was the first grateful recipient of this in the late Seventies but it
was the King's strike partnership with Ian Rush that was to fire the Reds to greater glory
during the Eighties.
The club may have had a new chief goalscorer, but Dalglish remained the man pulling
all the strings. If assists were recorded back then, he'd have been the first name on
everyone's Fantasy Football teamsheet.
A double Footballer of the Year in 1983, he was without doubt the finest
British-born player of his generation and was rightly spoken about in the same breath as
Maradona, Zico, Platini and Rummenigge.
With the ball at his feet, he was a pure genius - a contention backed up by footage
of just about every one of his 172 Liverpool goals. There's the aforementioned European
Cup winner, his sublime curlers at Highbury, Portman Road and Goodison, a mazy dribble
through the Man United defence at Maine Road, his stretching volley in the League Cup
final versus West Ham and title clinchers against Tottenham and Chelsea.
Everyone has their own particular favourite but the one common denominator in all
the above was the famous Kenny celebration: a quick turn with arms aloft and a beaming
smile that would have lit up even the murkiest Mersey sky.
The Kop hero-worshipped him like no other. Dalglish was the first name they sang
and many a bed sheet was converted into a homemade banner paying homage.
In the aftermath of the Heysel Stadium disaster, the playmaker was a surprising but
popular appointment as player/manager.
Fears his new role would result in more time on the touchline and less on the pitch
were initially unfounded. It was on his return to the side during the 1985-86 run-in that
Liverpool embarked on a winning streak that would see them clinch a coveted league and FA
Cup double. How fitting it was at Stamford Bridge when Dalglish 'the player' scored the
goal that secured the title.
Inevitably, his appearances became fewer and fewer over the next couple of years
but there was still the odd flash of brilliance as the master sought to teach his
apprentices.
What Dalglish went on to achieve as Liverpool manager cemented his legendary
status.
His double in 1986 was followed by league titles in 1988 and 1990, with another
all-Merseyside Cup triumph in 1989.
Who knows how many European trophies would have found their way back to Anfield
during this period had English clubs not been barred from continental competition.
It could be argued that it took a decade for the club to fully recover from his
shock resignation in February 1991, but more than 18 years later, The King was emotionally
reunited with the Reds when he accepted a role at the Academy in 2009.
As well as aiding the development of Liverpool's stars of the future, Dalglish also
worked in an ambassadorial role helping develop the commercial side of the business around
the globe.
A year later, the 59-year-old was back in the Anfield hot seat almost two decades
after his resignation, assuming an interim position as Reds boss.
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Total Kenny
Dalglish in Scotland & other clubs games/goals
Players sold
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Update: 14.01.2011
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