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{{Short description|Scottish footballer and manager (born 1951)}}
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| name = <small>[[Knight Bachelor|Sir]]</small><br>Kenny Dalglish<br><small>{{nobold|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}}}</small>
| 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 = [[Glasgow]], 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 = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 1967–1968
| youthclubs1 = [[Cumbernauld United F.C.|Cumbernauld United]]
| youthyears2 = 1968–1969
| youthclubs2 = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
| years1 = 1969–1977
| clubs1 = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
| caps1 = 204
| goals1 = 111
| years2 = 1977–1990
| clubs2 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| caps2 = 355
| goals2 = 118
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| totalcaps = 559
| totalgoals = 229
| nationalyears1 = 1972–1976
| nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national under-21 football team|Scotland U23]]<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 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps2 = 102
| nationalgoals2 = 30
| manageryears1 = 1985–1991
| managerclubs1 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| manageryears2 = 1991–1995
| managerclubs2 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| manageryears3 = 1997–1998
| managerclubs3 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
| manageryears4 = 2000
| managerclubs4 = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] (interim)
| manageryears5 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs5 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| alt = Colour photograph of Dalglish in Singapore, 2009. He is dressed casually, wearing sunglasses and has his hand raised
}}

'''Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish''' (born 4 March 1951) is a Scottish former [[association football|football]] player and [[manager (association football)|manager]]. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time as well as one of Celtic's, Liverpool's and Scotland's greatest ever players.<ref name=":2">* {{cite news |date=31 May 2011 |title=The 100 Best Footballers of All Time |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/705591-the-100-best-soccer-players-of-all-time/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019005416/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/705591-the-100-best-soccer-players-of-all-time |archive-date=19 October 2023 |access-date=23 October 2023 |publisher=[[Bleacher Report]]}}
* {{cite news |date=5 September 2023 |title=Ranked! The 100 best football players of all time |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-100-best-football-players-of-all-time/6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003211846/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-100-best-football-players-of-all-time/6 |archive-date=3 October 2023 |access-date=16 September 2023 |publisher=[[FourFourTwo]]}}
* {{cite news |date=23 March 2015 |title=Best Liverpool players ever, the top 50 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/11489728/Best-Liverpool-players-ever-the-top-50.html |url-status=live |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 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |access-date=16 September 2023 |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]}}
* {{cite news |date=29 April 2022 |title=Ranked! The 50 best Liverpool players ever |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-50-best-liverpool-players-ever |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207142024/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-50-best-liverpool-players-ever |archive-date=7 February 2025 |access-date=17 June 2025 |publisher=[[FourFourTwo]]}}
* {{cite news |date=15 March 2023 |title=TBest Scottish Footballers Ever: Here are Scotland's 10 best footballers of all time - according to our readers |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 |url-status=live |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 |archive-date=17 February 2024 |access-date=23 October 2023 |publisher=[[The Scotsman]]}}
* {{cite news |date=14 April 2023 |title=Ranked! The 25 best British players of all time |url=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 |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 |archive-date=17 February 2024 |access-date=23 October 2023 |publisher=[[FourFourTwo]]}}
* {{cite news |last= |first= |date=4 March 2021 |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/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201221527/https://talksport.com/football/843253/liverpool-legend-kenny-dalglish-genius-jock-stein-celtic-manchester-united-george-best/ |archive-date=1 December 2024 |access-date=18 June 2025 |publisher=[[Talksport]]}}
* {{cite news |last=Lane |first=Barnaby |date=7 February 2025 |title=The 50 Best Soccer Forwards of All Time: Ranked |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/the-50-best-soccer-forwards-of-all-time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250529224552/https://www.si.com/soccer/the-50-best-soccer-forwards-of-all-time |archive-date=29 May 2025 |access-date=30 June 2025 |publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]}}</ref> During his career, he made 338 appearances for [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] and 515 for [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], playing as a [[forward (association football)|forward]], and earned a record 102 caps for the [[Scotland national football team|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 [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] in post-war British football, and he has been inducted into both the [[Scotland Football Hall of Fame|Scottish]] and [[English Football Hall of Fame|English Football Halls of Fame]]. He is 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]]".

Dalglish began his career with Celtic in 1971, going on to win four [[list of Scottish football champions|Scottish league championships]], four [[Scottish Cup]]s 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 [[list of English football champions|English league championships]], the [[FA Cup]], four [[Football League Cup|League Cup]]s, five [[FA Charity Shield]]s, three [[European Cup]]s 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 [[Cap (sport)|capped]] player and joint-leading goal scorer (with [[Denis Law]]). He was chosen for Scotland's [[FIFA World Cup]] squads in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] and [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], playing in all of those tournaments except the last, 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 F.C|Blackburn Rovers]], whom he led from the [[Football League Second Division|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 F.C.|Newcastle United]]. Newcastle finished as runners-up in the Premier League during his first season, but they only finished 13th in [[1997–98 in English football|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 [[2012 Football League Cup Final|League Cup]], which was the club's first trophy since 2006, earning them a place in the [[2012–13 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]], and reaching the [[2012 FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final]], Liverpool only finished 8th in the Premier League, and Dalglish was dismissed in May 2012. In October 2013, Dalglish returned to Liverpool as a non-executive director, and [[Anfield]]'s Centenary Stand was renamed after him in October 2018.

==Early life==
The son of an engineer, Dalglish was born in [[Dalmarnock]] in the east end of [[Glasgow]] and was brought up in [[Milton, Glasgow|Milton]] in the north of the city. When he was 14 the family moved to a newly built [[tower block]] in [[Ibrox, Glasgow|Ibrox]] overlooking the home ground of [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], 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>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2335207/My-School-Sport-Kenny-Dalglish.html My School Sport: Kenny Dalglish] {{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 }} ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' (12 April 2006) Retrieved on 18 June 2009</ref> He then attended High Possil Senior Secondary School,<ref name=returns/> where he won the inter-schools five-a-side and the inter-year five-a-side competitions. He won the Scottish Cup playing for Glasgow Schoolboys and Glasgow Schools, and was then selected for the Scottish schoolboys team that went undefeated in a [[Home Nations]] [[Victory Shield]] tournament.<ref name=Tele1/> In 1966, Dalglish had unsuccessful trials at [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<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>

==Club career==
===Celtic===
Dalglish signed a professional contract with [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in May 1967. The club's assistant manager [[Sean Fallon (footballer)|Sean Fallon]] 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 [[1967–68 in Scottish football|his first season]], Dalglish was loaned out to [[Cumbernauld United F.C.|Cumbernauld United]], for whom he scored 37 goals.<ref>Lomax, Andrew (14 February 2008) [https://archive.today/20120917205207/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/scotland/2291752/Kenny-Dalglish-backs-Scottish-youngsters.html Kenny Dalglish backs Scottish youngsters] ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' (London) Retrieved on 18 June 2009</ref> During this time he also worked as an apprentice [[joiner]].<ref name=returns/><ref name=Tele1/> Celtic manager [[Jock Stein]] wanted Dalglish to spend a second season at Cumbernauld, but the youngster wanted to turn professional.<ref name="kmprofile" /> Dalglish got his wish and became a regular in the [[reserve team]] known as the [[Quality Street Gang (Celtic F.C.)|Quality Street Gang]], due to it containing a large number of highly rated players, including future Scottish internationals [[Danny McGrain]], [[George Connelly]], [[Lou Macari]] and [[David Hay]].<ref name="Macpherson-224">{{harvnb |Macpherson|2007| p=224}}</ref> Dalglish made his first-team competitive debut for Celtic in a [[Scottish League Cup]] quarter-final tie against [[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]] 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 [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]] on 4 October 1969. Celtic won 7–1 but Dalglish did not score, nor did he score in the next three first-team games he played in during the 1969–70 season.<ref name="kmprofile" /><ref>{{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>

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

The [[1971–72 in Scottish football|1971–72 season]] saw Dalglish finally establish himself in the Celtic first team,.<ref name="kmprofile" /> He scored his first competitive goal for the first team on 14 August 1971, Celtic's second goal with a penalty kick in a 2–0 win over Rangers at [[Ibrox Stadium]].<ref>{{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 [[hat-trick]] against [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]] and [[Hat-trick#Association football|braces]] against Kilmarnock and [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]]<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 [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] in the [[1972 Scottish Cup Final]].<ref name="kmprofile" /> In [[1972–73 in Scottish football|1972–73]] Dalglish was Celtic's leading scorer, with 39 goals in all competitions,<ref name="kdfitba" /> and the club won the league championship once again.<ref name="kmprofile" /> Celtic won a league and cup double in 1973–74<ref name="kmprofile" /> and reached the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]. The ties against [[Atlético Madrid]] were acrimonious, and Dalglish described the first leg in Glasgow where the Spanish side had three players sent off as "without doubt the worst game I have ever played in as far as violence is concerned."<ref name="kmprofile" /> Dalglish won a further Scottish Cup winner's medal in 1975, providing the cross for [[Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1950)|Paul Wilson]]'s opening goal in a 3–1 win over [[Airdrieonians F.C. (1878)|Airdrieonians]] in what transpired to be captain [[Billy McNeill]]'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>

Dalglish was made Celtic captain in the [[1975–76 in Scottish football|1975–76 season]], during which the club failed to win a trophy for the first time in 12 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/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 [[Bob Paisley]] for a British transfer fee record of £440,000 (£{{Inflation|UK|440000|1977|r=-3|fmt=c}} today).<ref name=talks>{{cite news |url=https://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 [[testimonial match]] for Stein.<ref name="Macpherson-279">{{harvnb |Macpherson|2007| p=279}}</ref>

===Liverpool===
[[File:Kenny Dalglish 1980s (cropped).jpg|thumb|Dalglish playing for [[Liverpool F.C.|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 Stadium (1923)|Wembley]], in the [[1977 FA Charity Shield]] against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].<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 [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]].<ref name=":1" /> Dalglish also scored three days later on his [[Anfield]] debut in a 2–0 victory over [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], and he scored Liverpool's sixth goal when they beat Keegan's [[Hamburger SV|Hamburg]] 6–0 in the second leg of the [[1977 European Super Cup]].<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 [[1978 European Cup Final]] at Wembley against [[Club Brugge|Bruges]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0065-0e6a08688dbf-39a54804ad3c-1000/ |title=Dalglish keeps Reds on top |website=[[UEFA]] |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 [[1978–79 in English football|his second season]], Dalglish recorded a personal best of 21 league goals for the club and was also named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year.<ref>{{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 [[1980–81 in English football|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 [[1981 European Cup Final|European Cup]] and [[1981 Football League Cup final|Football League Cup]].<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 [[1980–81 in English football|the following season]], and was an ever-present player in the league once again, scoring 13 goals as Liverpool became league champions for the 13th time, and the third time since Dalglish's arrival. It was also around this time that he began to form a potent strike partnership with [[Ian Rush]];<ref name="rush-dalglish_Independent">{{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 [[Hole (association football)|hole]]".<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 [[PFA Players' Player of the Year]] for the [[1982–83 in English football|1982–83 season]],<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>

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 in English football|1985–86]] as Liverpool won the double, but he started the [[1986 FA Cup final|FA Cup final]] win over [[Everton F.C.|Everton]].<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 [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] 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 [[1986–87 in English football|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 in English football|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 in English football|1988–89]] campaign, and he made his final league appearance on 5 May 1990 as a substitute against [[Derby County F.C.|Derby]]. 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 [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] 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>

==International career==
[[File:Kenny dalglish figurita (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Dalglish with the [[Scotland national football team]] in 1974]] 
[[Tommy Docherty]] gave Dalglish his debut for the Scottish national side as a substitute in the 1–0 [[1972 UEFA European Championship|Euro 1972]] qualifier victory over [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] on 10 November 1971 at [[Pittodrie Stadium|Pittodrie]].<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 [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] qualifier win over [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] at [[Hampden Park]].<ref name=":3" /> Scotland would go on to qualify for the final tournament and he was part of Scotland's [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]] squad in West Germany. He started in all three games as Scotland were eliminated during the group stages despite not losing any of their three games.<ref>{{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 [[Hampden Park]] against [[England national football team|England]], by [[Nutmeg (football)|nutmegging]] [[Ray Clemence]].<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 [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]], 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 [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 World Cup]] in Argentina where he started in all of Scotland's games – scoring against eventual runners-up the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] 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 [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982 World Cup]] in Spain, scoring against [[New Zealand men's national football team|New Zealand]].<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 [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 World Cup]], 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 [[Denis Law]]).<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 [[Romania national football team|Romania]] on 26 March 1986 at [[Hampden Park]]. He was presented with the milestone cap by [[Franz Beckenbauer]] prior to kick off.<ref name="Tait2023p101">{{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 [[UEFA Euro 1988|Euro 1988]] qualifying game against [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]], 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 [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] in a World Cup qualifier, also at Hampden Park.<ref name="scottishfa">{{SFA Profile|id=113766}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
===Liverpool===
After the [[Heysel Stadium disaster]] in 1985 and [[Joe Fagan]]'s subsequent resignation as manager, Dalglish became [[Player-coach#Player-manager|player-manager]] of Liverpool. In his first season in charge in [[1985–86 in English football|1985–86]], he guided the club to its first "[[Double (association football)|double]]". Liverpool achieved this by winning the League Championship by two points over [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] (Dalglish himself scored the winner in a 1–0 victory over [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] at [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]] to secure the title on the final day of the season),<ref name="Mirror_86"/> and the FA Cup by beating Everton [[1986 FA Cup Final|in the final]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bevan |first1=Chris |last2=Barder |first2=Russell |date=23 January 2009 |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/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 [[1986–87 in English football|1986–87 season]] was trophyless for Liverpool. They lost 2–1 to Arsenal in the [[1987 Football League Cup final|League Cup final]] at Wembley. Before the [[1987–88 in English football|1987–88 season]], Dalglish signed two new players: striker [[Peter Beardsley]] from Newcastle and winger [[John Barnes (footballer)|John Barnes]] from [[Watford F.C.|Watford]]. He had already purchased goalscorer [[John Aldridge]] from [[Oxford United F.C.|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 F.C.|Wimbledon]].<ref>[http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1988.htm FA Cup Final 1988] {{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 FA Cup Final|1989]], but was deprived of a second double in the [[Liverpool 0–2 Arsenal (26 May 1989)|final game of the season]], when Arsenal secured a [[last-minute goal]] to take the title from Liverpool. 

In the [[1989–90 in English football|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 [[1989–90 FA Cup|FA Cup semi-final]] at [[Villa Park]].<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. 

Midway in the [[1990–91 in English football|1990–91]] season, Dalglish resigned as manager of Liverpool on 22 February 1991, two days after a 4–4 draw with rivals Everton in an [[1990–91 FA Cup|FA Cup fifth round]] tie at [[Goodison Park]],<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. Daglish's resignation shocked the football community. Explaining his choice in a press conference, he said "I've been in the front line for 20 years, and it's just really a result of 20 years' active involvement in football at a very high and successful level, and Kenny Dalglish is a person that has pushed himself to the limit. It's a decision that many people will find difficult to understand, a decision that only I could have made. And it would have been wrong to mislead people that everything was fine with me." [[Johan Cruyff]], echoing Dalglish, has noted "There is a time when you have been under pressure for 15 years when the stress begins to tell." Dalglish had been under immense stress, brought upon by the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters. At the time of Dalglish's departure, the club were three points ahead in the league and still in contention for the FA Cup. Seeing out the remainder of the season under [[Graeme Souness]], Liverpool would be knocked out 1-0 by Everton in a FA Cup second replay and finish second in the league to Arsenal.<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 [[Hillsborough disaster]] on 15 April 1989. The disaster claimed 94 lives on the day, with the final death toll reaching 97. Dalglish attended many of the funerals of the victims, including four in one day.<ref name="Hillsborough_Telegraph">{{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 [[Steve Rotheram]] announced he would submit an [[early day motion]] to have Dalglish knighted, "not only for his outstanding playing and managerial career, but also the charity work he has done with his wife, Marina, for breast cancer support and what he did after Hillsborough. It is common knowledge it affected him deeply".<ref name="Echo_Steve Rotheram ">{{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 [[Football League Division Two|Second Division]] [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] who had recently been purchased by multi-millionaire [[Jack Walker]].<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/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 [[Premier League]] by beating [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] 1–0 in the [[Football League play-offs|Second Division play-off]] 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>[http://www.premierleague.com/page/blackburn-rovers Blackburn Rovers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511203500/http://www.premierleague.com/page/blackburn-rovers |date=11 May 2008 }} [[FA Premier League]]. Retrieved 18 June 2009</ref> In the 1992 pre-season, Dalglish signed [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]'s [[Alan Shearer]] for a British record fee of £3.5&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://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 [[Premier League]]. The following year, Dalglish failed in an attempt to sign [[Roy Keane]].<ref>Kissane, Sinead (19 August 2002) [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2002/0819/keaneroy.html Keane tells of Dalgish fury] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610192858/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2002/0819/keaneroy.html |date=10 June 2009 }} [[RTÉ]]. Retrieved 18 June 2009</ref> Blackburn finished two positions higher the following season, as runners-up to Manchester United. By this time, Dalglish had added [[England national football team|England]] internationals [[Tim Flowers]] and [[David Batty]] 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 [[1994–95 in English football|1994–95]] season Dalglish paid a record £5&nbsp;million for [[Chris Sutton]], 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 [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] 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 |archive-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113093054/https://www.premierleague.com/history/season-reviews/3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The title meant that Dalglish was only the fourth football manager in history to lead two different clubs to top-flight league championships in England, after [[Tom Watson (football manager)|Tom Watson]], [[Herbert Chapman]] and [[Brian Clough]]. 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 [[1996–97 in English football|1996–97 season]] after a disappointing campaign under his replacement and former assistant manager, [[Ray Harford]].<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 [[Chile national football team|Chile]] international [[Sebastián Rozental]].<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 [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] 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=https://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 [[UEFA Champions League]].<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 [[Peter Beardsley]], [[Lee Clark (footballer)|Lee Clark]], [[Les Ferdinand]] and [[David Ginola]] and replacing them with ageing stars like [[John Barnes (footballer)|John Barnes]] (34), [[Ian Rush]] (36) and [[Stuart Pearce]] (35), as well as virtual unknowns like [[Des Hamilton]] and [[Garry Brady]].<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 [[Gary Speed]] and [[Shay Given]]. The [[FA Premier League 1997–98|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 [[F.C. Barcelona|Barcelona]] and an [[1998 FA Cup Final|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 FA Premier League|1998–99 season]], and replaced by former Chelsea manager [[Ruud Gullit]].<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 ''[[The Independent]]'' has since written, "His 20 months at Newcastle United are the only part of Kenny Dalglish's career that came anywhere near failure".<ref name="Rich_Independent">{{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 [[director of football|director of football operations]] 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 [[2000 Scottish League Cup Final|Scottish League Cup final]], where they beat [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] 2–0 at Hampden Park. Dalglish was dismissed in June 2000, after the appointment of [[Martin O'Neill]] 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===
[[File:King Kenny vs Bolton 2011.jpg|thumb|upright|Dalglish managing Liverpool in 2011]]
In April 2009 Liverpool manager [[Rafael Benítez]] invited Dalglish to take up a role at the club's youth academy. The appointment was confirmed in July 2009,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://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 [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]'s [[Roy Hodgson]] was appointed manager.<ref>{{cite news |title=Roy Hodgson leaves Fulham to become Liverpool manager |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/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 [[2010–11 Liverpool F.C. season|2010–11 season]] 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 [[New England Sports Ventures]]),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/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=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/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 [[Old Trafford]] against Manchester United in the [[2010–11 FA Cup|3rd round]] of the FA Cup, which Liverpool lost 1–0.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://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 [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] 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>
[[File:Kenny Dalglish 2011.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Dalglish managing Liverpool in 2011]]
Shortly after his appointment, Dalglish indicated he would like the job on a permanent basis if it was offered to him,<ref name=" Winter The Daily Telegraph">{{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 [[Tom Werner]] 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 [[Wolverhampton Wanderers|Wolves]] at [[Molineux Stadium|Molineux]].<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 [[Andy Carroll]] from [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle]] for a British record transfer fee of £35&nbsp;million and [[Luis Suárez]] from [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] for £22.8&nbsp;million at the end of January (in the wake of [[Fernando Torres]]'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 [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]] in February 2011, described by [[Alan Smith (footballer born 1962)|Alan Smith]] 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=[[Alan Smith (footballer born 1962)|Smith, Alan]] |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=7 February 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and a "defensive masterplan" by [[David Pleat]],<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> [[Henry Winter]] wrote, "it can only be a matter of time before he [Dalglish] 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 [[Harry Redknapp]]'s [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Spurs]] at [[Anfield]]. Dalglish's second stint in charge at Anfield proved controversial at times. The Scot defended [[Luis Suárez]] in the wake of the striker's eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United defender [[Patrice Evra]] when the teams met in October 2011.<ref>{{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 [[2011–12 Football League Cup]].<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 [[2012 FA Cup Final]] where they lost 2–1 to Chelsea. Despite the success in domestic cups, Liverpool [[2011–12 Liverpool F.C. season|finished eighth]] in the league, their worst showing in the league since 1994, failing to qualify for the Champions League for a third straight season.<ref>{{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, [[Anfield]]'s Centenary Stand was officially renamed the [[Anfield|Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand]] 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==
[[File:Kenny Dalglish in september 2010.jpg|thumb|upright|Dalglish in 2010]]

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, including [[Kelly Cates|Kelly]] and [[Paul Dalglish|Paul]]. Kelly has worked as a football presenter for [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] and [[Sky Sports]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/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.<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=[[Miami Herald]] |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> 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 [[Aintree University Hospital]] 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 advised author [[Jilly Cooper]] on her 2023 novel ''[[Tackle!]]<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |last=Cooke |first=Rachel |date=2023-11-12 |title=Tackle! review – Jilly Cooper takes on the beautiful game |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/12/tackle-jilly-cooper-review-football |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>''

== Recognition ==
Dalglish was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[1985 New Year Honours]] for services to football.<ref name=MBE>{{London Gazette |issue=49969 |supp=y |page=13 |date=31 December 1984}}</ref> He was appointed a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[2018 Birthday Honours]] for services to football, charity and the City of Liverpool.<ref name=Knighted>{{London Gazette |issue=62310 |supp=y |page=B2 |date=9 June 2018}}</ref> He dedicated the award to former [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] coaches [[Jock Stein]], [[Bill Shankly]] and [[Bob Paisley]] 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, [[Celtic F.C. supporters|Celtic supporters]] voted for what they considered to be the greatest Celtic XI of all time. Dalglish was voted into the team, which was; [[Ronnie Simpson|Simpson]], [[Danny McGrain|McGrain]], [[Tommy Gemmell|Gemmell]], [[Bobby Murdoch|Murdoch]], [[Billy McNeill|McNeill]], [[Bertie Auld|Auld]], [[Jimmy Johnstone|Johnstone]], [[Paul McStay|P. McStay]], Dalglish, [[Henrik Larsson|Larsson]] and [[Bobby Lennox|Lennox]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://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 [[English Football Hall of Fame]] 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 [[Scottish Football Hall of Fame]] 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=[[Scottish Football Museum]] |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 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=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|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=[[Liverpool F.C.]]|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 "[[100 Players Who Shook the Kop]]".<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, ''[[FourFourTwo]]'' magazine named Dalglish the greatest [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] 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>

On 19 December 2023, Dalglish won the [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year 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 [[Aintree University Hospital]] 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 [[The Walton Centre]] which allowed the purchase of a new [[MRI scanner]].<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 [[Gary Player]] 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 [[University of Ulster]], 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 [[Scottish Cup]], [[FA Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes [[Scottish League Cup]], [[Football League Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
|[[1968–69 Celtic F.C. season|1968–69]]
|[[Scottish Football League Division One|Scottish Division One]]
|0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
|[[1969–70 Celtic F.C. season|1969–70]]
|Scottish Division One
|2||0||0||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0
|-
|[[1970–71 Celtic F.C. season|1970–71]]
|Scottish Division One
|3||0||1||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=EC|Appearance(s) in [[European Cup]]}}||0||2{{efn|name=GC|Appearances in [[Glasgow Cup]]}}||0||7||0
|-
|[[1971–72 Celtic F.C. season|1971–72]]
|Scottish Division One
|31||17||4||1||8||5||7{{efn|name=EC}}||0||3{{efn|name=DC|Appearances in [[Drybrough Cup]]}}||6||53||29
|-
|[[1972–73 Celtic F.C. season|1972–73]]
|Scottish Division One
|32||21||6||5||11||10||4{{efn|name=EC}}||3||3{{efn|name=DC}}||0||56||39
|-
|[[1973–74 Celtic F.C. season|1973–74]]
|Scottish Division One
|33||18||6||1||10||3||7{{efn|name=EC}}||2||3{{efn|name=DC}}||1||59||25
|-
|[[1974–75 Celtic F.C. season|1974–75]]
|Scottish 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
|-
|[[1975–76 Celtic F.C. season|1975–76]]
|[[Scottish Football League Premier Division|Scottish Premier Division]]
|35||24||1||1||10||4||5{{efn|name=ECWC|Appearances in [[European Cup Winners' Cup]]}}||3||2{{efn|name=GC}}||0||53||32
|-
|[[1976–77 Celtic F.C. season|1976–77]]
|Scottish Premier Division
|35||15||7||1||10||10||2{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||1||colspan="2"|–||54||27
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!204!!111!!30!!11!!60!!35!!28!!9!!16!!7!!338!!173
|-
|rowspan="14"|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|[[1977–78 Liverpool F.C. season|1977–78]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|42||20||1||1||9||6||9{{efn|name=EC}}||4||1{{efn|name=FACS|Appearance in [[FA Charity Shield]]}}||0||62||31
|-
|[[1978–79 Liverpool F.C. season|1978–79]]
|First Division
|42||21||7||4||1||0||4{{efn|name=EC}}||0||colspan="2"|–||54||25
|-
|[[1979–80 Liverpool F.C. season|1979–80]]
|First Division
|42||16||8||2||7||4||2{{efn|name=EC}}||0||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||1||60||23
|-
|[[1980–81 Liverpool F.C. season|1980–81]]
|First Division
|34||8||2||2||8||7||9{{efn|name=EC}}||1||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||0||54||18
|-
|[[1981–82 Liverpool F.C. season|1981–82]]
|First Division
|42||13||3||2||10||5||6{{efn|name=EC}}||2||1{{efn|Appearance in [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]}}||0||62||22
|-
|[[1982–83 Liverpool F.C. season|1982–83]]
|First Division
|42||18||3||1||7||0||5{{efn|name=EC}}||1||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||0||58||20
|-
|[[1983–84 Liverpool F.C. season|1983–84]]
|First Division
|33||7||0||0||8||2||9{{efn|name=EC}}||3||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||0||51||12
|-
|[[1984–85 Liverpool F.C. season|1984–85]]
|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
|-
|[[1985–86 Liverpool F.C. season|1985–86]]
|First Division
|21||3||6||1||2||1||colspan="2"|–||2{{efn|Appearances in [[Football League Super Cup]]}}||2||31||7
|-
|[[1986–87 Liverpool F.C. season|1986–87]]
|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
|-
|[[1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season|1987–88]]
|First Division
|2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|[[1988–89 Liverpool F.C. season|1988–89]]
|First Division
|0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||1{{efn|Appearance in [[Football League Centenary Trophy]]}}||0||2||0
|-
|[[1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season|1989–90]]
|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"|[[Scotland national football team|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
|-
!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|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|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|[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
|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|[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
|align=left|14 January 1997
|align=left|27 August 1998
{{WDL|78|30|22|26|decimals=1}}
|<ref name="Managers: Kenny Dalglish"/>
|-
|align=left|[[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
|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}}
!—
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''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>
*[[Scottish Football League Division One|Scottish Division One]]/[[Scottish Football League Premier Division|Premier Division]]: [[1971–72 Scottish Division One|1971–72]], [[1972–73 Scottish Division One|1972–73]], [[1973–74 Scottish Division One|1973–74]], [[1976–77 Scottish Premier Division|1976–77]]
*[[Scottish Cup]]: [[1971–72 Scottish Cup|1971–72]], [[1973–74 Scottish Cup|1973–74]], [[1974–75 Scottish Cup|1974–75]], [[1976–77 Scottish Cup|1976–77]]<ref name=fs7475/> 
*[[Scottish League Cup]]: [[1974–75 Scottish League Cup|1974–75]]<ref name=fs7475/> 
*[[Drybrough Cup]]: 1974–75<ref name=fs7475>[http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player_games.php?playerid=2687&page=3 Games involving Dalglish, Kenny in season 1974/1975] {{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>[http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1974-08-03%3A+Celtic+2-2+Rangers+%284-2+pens%29%2C+Drybrough+Cup Drybrough tonic from 'Old Firm'] {{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> 
*[[Glasgow Cup]]: 1974–75<ref name=fs7475/><ref>[http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1975-05-10%3A+Celtic+2-2+Rangers%2C+Glasgow+Cup+Final Old Firm turn on a final classic] {{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>

'''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>
*[[Football League First Division]]: [[1978–79 Football League First Division|1978–79]], [[1979–80 Football League First Division|1979–80]], [[1981–82 Football League First Division|1981–82]], [[1982–83 Football League First Division|1982–83]], [[1983–84 Football League First Division|1983–84]], [[1985–86 Football League First Division|1985–86]]
*[[FA Cup]]: [[1985–86 FA Cup|1985–86]]
*[[Football League Cup]]: [[1980–81 Football League Cup|1980–81]], [[1981–82 Football League Cup|1981–82]], [[1982–83 Football League Cup|1982–83]], [[1983–84 Football League Cup|1983–84]] 
*[[Football League Super Cup]]: [[1985–86 in English football|1985–86]]<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>
*[[FA Charity Shield]]: [[1977 FA Charity Shield|1977]] (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> [[1979 FA Charity Shield|1979]],<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> [[1980 FA Charity Shield|1980]],<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> [[1982 FA Charity Shield|1982]],<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> [[1986 FA Charity Shield|1986]] (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> 
*[[European Cup]]: [[1977–78 European Cup|1977–78]], [[1980–81 European Cup|1980–81]], [[1983–84 European Cup|1983–84]] 
*[[European Super Cup]]: [[1977 European Super Cup|1977]]

'''Scotland'''
*[[British Home Championship]]: [[1973–74 British Home Championship|1974]], [[1975–76 British Home Championship|1976]], [[1976–77 British Home Championship|1977]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Scottish Football League Premier Division|Scottish Premier Division]] Top-scorer: [[1975–76 Scottish Premier Division|1975–76]] (24 goals) 
*[[Ballon d'Or]] runner-up: [[1983 Ballon d'Or|1983]]<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>
*[[PFA Team of the Year]]: [[PFA Team of the Year (1970s)|1978-1979]], [[PFA Team of the Year (1980s)|1979-1980]], [[PFA Team of the Year (1980s)|1980-1981]], [[PFA Team of the Year (1980s)|1982-1983]], [[PFA Team of the Year (1980s)|1983-1984]]<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>
*[[PFA Players' Player of the Year]]: 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>
*[[FWA Footballer of the Year]]: 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>
*[[Football League 100 Legends]]
*[[English Football Hall of Fame]] (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>
*[[Scottish Football Hall of Fame]]: 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>
*[[Scottish Sports Hall of Fame]]: 2002<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sshf.sportscotland.org.uk/inductees/sir-kenny-dalglish-mbe/index.html |title=Inductees 2002|publisher=scottishsportshalloffame.co.uk |access-date=23 July 2024 }}</ref>
*[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] FC Hall of Fame: 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/articles/article/3478 |title=Pictorial celebration of Liverpool's Hall of Fame |website=www.lfchistory.net |access-date=23 July 2024 }}</ref>
*[[FIFA 100]]: 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>
*[[BBC Goal of the Season]]: [[1982–83 in English football|1982–83]]<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 = [[The Guardian]] | 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>
*[[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award]]: 2023<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Sports Personality of the Year: Sir Kenny Dalglish wins Lifetime Achievement award |work=[[BBC Sport]] |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 |work=Bleacher Report |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 |last1=Carney |first1=Jimmi }}</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>
*[[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer Greatest Players of 20th Century]]: 22nd

===Manager===
'''Liverpool'''<ref name="hons" />
*[[Football League First Division]]: [[1985–86 Football League First Division|1985–86]], [[1987–88 Football League First Division|1987–88]], [[1989–90 Football League First Division|1989–90]]
*[[FA Cup]]: [[1985–86 FA Cup|1985–86]], [[1988–89 FA Cup|1988–89]]<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>
*[[Football League Cup]]: [[2011–12 Football League Cup|2011–12]]
*[[Football League Super Cup]]: 1985–86
*[[FA Charity Shield]]: [[1986 FA Charity Shield|1986]] (shared),<ref name="cs86" /> [[1988 FA Charity Shield|1988]],<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> [[1989 FA Charity Shield|1989]],<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> [[1990 FA Charity Shield|1990]] (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'''
*[[Premier League]]: [[1994–95 FA Premier League|1994–95]]<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>
*[[Football League Second Division play-offs (1987–1992)|Football League Second Division play-offs]]: [[1992 Football League play-offs#Second Division|1992]]<ref name="hons"/>

'''Newcastle United'''
* [[FA Cup]] runner-up: [[1997–98 FA Cup|1997–98]]

'''Celtic'''
*[[Scottish League Cup]]: [[1999–2000 Scottish League Cup|1999–2000]]<ref name="hons"/>

'''Individual'''
*[[FWA Tribute Award]]: 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>
*[[Premier League Manager of the Season]]: 1994–95<ref name=PremProfile/>
*[[League Managers Association|LMA]] Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elitesoccercoaching.net/kennydalglish#:~:text=In%20his%20first%20full%20season,the%20LMA%20Hall%20of%20Fame. |title=Kenny Dalglish: Coaching Sessions|website=elitesoccercoaching.net |access-date=23 July 2024 }}</ref>
*[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] FC Hall of Fame: 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/18300062.blackburn-rovers-premier-league-winners-reunite-charity-hall-fame-event/ |title=Blackburn Rovers: Premier League winners reunite for charity hall of fame event |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph |access-date=23 July 2024 |date=12 March 2020 }}</ref>
*[[Premier League Manager of the Month]]: [[1993–94 FA Premier League#Managers of the Month|January 1994]], [[1994–95 FA Premier League#Monthly awards|November 1994]]<ref name=PremProfile/>

===Orders===
*[[Member of the Order of the British Empire]]: [[1985 New Year Honours|1985]]<ref name=MBE/>
*[[Knight Bachelor]]: [[2018 Birthday Honours|2018]]<ref name=Knighted/>

==In popular culture ==

In 2025, a sports drama documentary film on Dalglish titled ''[[Kenny Dalglish (film)|Kenny Dalglish]]'' directed by [[Asif Kapadia]] will premiere at the [[20th Rome Film Festival|Rome Festival]] in October. It is narrated by Dalglish himself and draws from archival footage.<ref name="asif:variety">{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/asif-kapadia-kenny-dalglish-doc-premiere-rome-film-festival-1236524238/ |title=Asif Kapadia Doc on Liverpool FC Legend Kenny Dalglish to Premiere at Rome Film Festival; Jennifer Lawrence Expected to Attend With ‘Die My Love’ |author= Nick Vivarelli|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=19 September  2025 |access-date=20 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]
* [[List of English football championship winning managers]]
* [[List of Scotland national football team captains]]
* [[List of Scottish football families]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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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* [https://www.liverpoolfc.com/info/kenny-dalglish Official past players at Liverpool F.C.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250223074734/https://www.liverpoolfc.com/info/kenny-dalglish |date=23 February 2025 }}
* [https://www.liverpoolfc.com/info/kenny-dalglish-first-spell Official past managers (First spell) at Liverpool F.C.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251223202009/https://www.liverpoolfc.com/info/kenny-dalglish-first-spell |date=23 December 2025 }}
* [https://www.liverpoolfc.com/info/kenny-dalglish-second-spell Official past managers (Second spell) at Liverpool F.C.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251223200200/https://www.liverpoolfc.com/info/kenny-dalglish-second-spell |date=23 December 2025 }}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328072922/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/hall-of-fame/profiles/entry/kenny-dalglish/ |date=dmy |title=English Football Hall of Fame Profile}}
* [http://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/287 LFCHistory.net Player profile]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024074325/http://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/287 |date=24 October 2012 }}.
* [http://www.lfchistory.net/Managers/Manager/Profile/12 LFCHistory.net Manager profile]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102011044/http://www.lfchistory.net/Managers/Manager/Profile/12 |date=2 January 2011 }}.
* [https://www.premierleague.com/managers/90/Kenny-Dalglish/overview Premier League manager profile]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426230834/https://www.premierleague.com/managers/90/Kenny-Dalglish/overview |date=26 April 2019 }}.
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515032246/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/manager?id=182&cc=5739 |date=dmy |title=ESPN Profile}}
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