Barnes was then snapped up by former team-mate and manager Kenny Dalglish, who was managing Newcastle United, although an approach had already been made by Harry Redknapp of West Ham ; Barnes had agreed in principle to join them until at the final moment Dalglish called him and Barnes changed his mind.

In 2009 FourFourTwo named Dalglish as the greatest striker in post-war British football, and in 2006 he topped a Liverpool fans ' poll of " 100 Players Who Shook the Kop ".

In 1977, Liverpool manager Bob Paisley paid a British transfer record of £ 440, 000 to bring Dalglish to Liverpool.

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 from Liverpool in 1991.

Despite winning the League Cup, Liverpool could only finish 8th in the Premier League, and Dalglish was dismissed in May 2012.

In 1966 Dalglish had unsuccessful trials at West Ham and Liverpool.

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.

Dalglish was signed to replace Kevin Keegan, and Liverpool supporters were initially sceptical that he could perform this task.

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 final at Wembley against Bruges.

Dalglish was voted PFA Player of the Year for the 1982 – 83 season, during which he scored 18 league goals as Liverpool retained their title.

After becoming player-manager on the retirement of Joe Fagan in the 1985 close season, Dalglish selected himself for just 21 First Division games in 1985 – 86 as Liverpool won the double, but he started the FA Cup final win over Everton.

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 season, and he played only twice in a league campaign which saw Liverpool gain their 17th title.

After the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985 and Joe Fagan's subsequent resignation as manager, Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool.

Liverpool achieved this by winning the League Championship by two points over Everton ( Dalglish himself scored the winner in a 1 – 0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to secure the title on the final day of the season ), and the FA Cup by beating Everton in the final.

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.

Dalglish guided Liverpool to victory over Everton in the second all-Merseyside FA Cup final in 1989, winning the match 3 – 2 after extra time, but was deprived of a second Double in the final game of the season, when Arsenal secured a last-minute goal to steal the title from Liverpool.

In the 1989 – 90 season Liverpool won their third league title under Dalglish.

Dalglish resigned as manager of Liverpool ( on health grounds ) on 22 February 1991, two days after a 4 – 4 draw with rivals Everton in an FA Cup fifth round tie at Goodison Park, in which Liverpool surrendered the lead four times.

Dalglish was the manager of Liverpool at the time of the Hillsborough disaster on 15 April 1989.

During the Hillsborough Memorial Service on 15 April 2011, Liverpool MP Steve Rotherham 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.

In April 2009 Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez invited Dalglish to take up a role at the club's youth academy.

Dalglish made his first-team competitive debut for Celtic as a substitute in the 1968 Scottish League Cup quarter-final tie against Hamilton Academical.

Dalglish did not play in Liverpool's 1988 – 89 campaign, and he made his final league appearance on 5 May 1990 as a substitute against Derby.

In 1976, Dalglish scored the winning goal for Scotland at Hampden Park against England, by nutmegging Ray Clemence.

A year later Dalglish scored against the same opponents and goalkeeper at Wembley, in another 2 – 1 win.

Dalglish went on to play in both the 1978 World Cup in Argentina – scoring against eventual runners-up the Netherlands in a famous 3 – 2 win – and the 1982 World Cup in Spain, scoring against New Zealand.

The 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 Barcelona and an FA Cup final appearance against Arsenal ), he was sacked by Freddie Shepherd after two draws in the opening two games of the subsequent 1998 – 1999 season, and replaced by former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit.

On 22 January 2011, Dalglish led Liverpool to their first win since his return, against Wolves at Molineux.

Fowler's next Liverpool goal, against West Bromwich Albion, meant he overtook Kenny Dalglish in the club's all time top scorers.

On 27 April 2006, Rush was involved in the Marina Dalglish charity match, which pitted the 1986 FA Cup final teams of Liverpool and Everton against each other in aid of Breast Cancer Research, as Kenny Dalglish's wife Marina had been suffering from breast cancer and the proceeds from the match were being donated to the charity.

Kenny Dalglish scored the winning goal against England in 1976 by nutmegging Ray Clemence.

Redknapp was the last player to be signed by manager Kenny Dalglish before his surprising resignation on 22 February 1991 and later became the youngest Liverpool player to appear in European competition, at 18 years 120 days when making his Liverpool debut against Auxerre in the UEFA Cup on 23 October 1991, by which time Liverpool were being managed by Graeme Souness.

Grobbelaar returned to England in 2006 to play in a replay of the 1986 FA cup final against Everton for the Marina Dalglish Appeal, a charity for Cancer research set up by former team-mate and manager Kenny Dalglish and his wife, Marina, a cancer survivor.

Souness played a critical role in Liverpool's retention of the European Cup against FC Bruges at Wembley, providing the pass for Dalglish to score the game's only goal.

His final competitive goals came in the dramatic first replay of the fifth round FA Cup tie against Everton at Goodison Park on 20 February 1991, which ended in a 4-4 draw and would be the club's last game before the sudden resignation of manager Kenny Dalglish, who by the end of the season had been succeeded by Graeme Souness.

In 2006, Ablett appeared as a substitute in Replay 86, a charity match staged in aid of The Marina Dalglish Appeal, which pitted the Liverpool and Everton sides that had contested the 1986 FA Cup Final against each other one more.

10 May 1978: Liverpool retain the European Cup thanks to a Kenny Dalglish goal against Club Brugge of Belgium at Wembley Stadium.

Dalglish praised Poulsen's performances in the 1 – 2 defeat by Blackpool on 16 January 2011, the 3 – 0 win against Wolverhampton on 22 January 2011 as well as the 1 – 0 win against Fulham on 26 January 2011.

Just months before his goals against Liverpool in the League Cup final, manager Kenny Dalglish had been interested in signing Nicholas for the Anfield club.

New manager Kenny Dalglish accepted a bid of around £ 2. 5 million for Elliott from Division One champions Bolton Wanderers in July 1997, becoming their record signing at the time.

Kenny Dalglish temporarily served as the caretaker manager of Liverpool F. C.

Smith is also a supporter of Liverpool F. C and considered Kenny Dalglish as one of his childhood heroes

* Professional footballer Kenny Dalglish who played for Celtic F. C.