Editing Kenny Dalglish (section)

==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=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/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=http://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 [[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 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>