Editing Kenny Dalglish (section)

===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=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8012611.stm |title=Dalglish makes Liverpool return |date=4 July 2009 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=4 July 2009 |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710042259/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8012611.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> and Dalglish was also made the club's ambassador.<ref name="talks"/> Following Benítez's departure from Liverpool in June 2010, Dalglish was asked to help find a replacement, and in July [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]'s [[Roy Hodgson]] was appointed manager.<ref>{{cite news |title=Roy Hodgson leaves Fulham to become Liverpool manager |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8721942.stm |access-date=13 October 2015 |work=BBC Sport |date=1 July 2010 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112211336/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8721942.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

A poor run of results at the start of the [[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=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9094283.stm |title=Liverpool takeover completed by US company NESV |work=BBC Sport |access-date=24 October 2010 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112212141/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9094283.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Hodgson left Liverpool and Dalglish was appointed caretaker manager on 8 January 2011.<ref name="Ingle The Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/08/liverpool-roy-hodgson-kenny-dalglish?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Liverpool let Roy Hodgson go – and appoint Kenny Dalglish as caretaker |date=8 January 2011 |author=Ingle, Sean |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=9 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9350630.stm |title=Roy Hodgson exits Liverpool & Kenny Dalglish takes over |work=BBC Sport |date=8 January 2011 |access-date=8 January 2011 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112211923/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9350630.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Dalglish's first game in charge was on 9 January 2011 at [[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=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/9341910.stm |title=Man Utd 1–0 Liverpool |date=9 January 2011 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=10 January 2011 |archive-date=22 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122180148/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/9341910.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Dalglish's first league game in charge was against [[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>