Liverpool FC have renamed the Centenary Stand after Kenny Dalglish, but how much do you know about the man who wore the famous number 7 shirt and managed LFC twice?
1. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, back in 1951, Kenny Dalglish played as a forward for Celtic from 1967 to 1977, scoring 167 goals and winning nine major trophies including four Scottish league titles and four Scottish Cups.
2. In 1977 Liverpool FC boss Bob Paisley signed him as a replacement for Kevin Keegan. In his first season at Anfield Kenny scored the winning goal in the European Cup final against FC Bruges at Wembley, before celebrating by leaping over the advertising boards!
3. During the 1980s he formed a devastating strike-partnership with Ian Rush as the Reds went on to win loads of silverware, including two more European Cups in 1981 and 1984, five league titles and four League Cups in a row. No wonder the Kop called their number 7 King Kenny!
4. Then in 1985, when Bob Paisley's replacement Joe Fagan retired as LFC manager, the Club appointed Kenny as player-manager at the age of 34. In his first season Liverpool FC won a first-ever league and FA Cup double with Kenny himself scoring the title-clinching goal on the last day of the season away to Chelsea. What drama!
5. He gradually eased himself out of the side and built a new exciting team with players such as John Barnes, John Aldridge and Peter Beardsley helping LFC to win two more league titles and an FA Cup, but the tragedy of losing 96 Liverpool FC supporters at the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster hit Kenny hard and he decided to step down in 1991.
6. Kenny went on to manage Blackburn Rovers – winning the Premier League in dramatic circumstances in 1995 – and Newcastle United before making a sensational return as Liverpool FC manager in 2011, He led the Reds to another League Cup success at Wembley in 2012 before Brendan Rodgers took over from him a year later.
7. With 172 goals in 515 games, and over 20 trophies won as a player and manager for LFC, Kenny Dalglish is one of Liverpool FC's greatest legends. That's why Anfield now has a stand named after him, which was officially opened before the Manchester United game in October. All hail the King!
