In his first season Dalglish was loaned out to Cumbernauld United, for whom he scored 37 goals.

Dalglish also scored three days later on his Anfield debut in a 2 – 0 victory over Newcastle United, and he scored Liverpool's sixth goal when they beat Keegan's Hamburg 6 – 0 in the second leg of the 1977 UEFA Super Cup final.

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.

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.

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.

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.

However, United ( now managed by Shearer's old boss at Blackburn, Kenny Dalglish ) had a good run in the FA Cup ; Shearer scored the winning goal in a semi final victory over Sheffield United as the team reached the final.

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

In 1990 – 91 he scored 16 league goals, though the title slipped from Liverpool's grasp to that of Arsenal following the sudden resignation of Kenny Dalglish and the appointment of Graeme Souness as manager.

Fairclough's scored his one and only Liverpool hat-trick on 9 February 1980 during the thrilling 5 – 3 league victory over Norwich City at Carrow Road, the goals came in the 4th, 18th and 75th minutes, Kenny Dalglish ( 88th ) and Jimmy Case ( 89th ) guaranteed a late win for the Reds.

He was a prolific scorer in the reserves, but the phenomenal partnership of Dalglish and emerging goalscorer Ian Rush rendered him surplus to first team requirements – the two main strikers also rarely were injured – by the 1982 – 83 season, when he scored three times in eight league games but failed to play enough games to merit a title medal.

Rush never scored but played well and the following year he was the regular partner to Kenny Dalglish with Johnson being used less frequently.

He played 30 league games and scored once, remaining a regular player even after the resignation of Kenny Dalglish as manager on 22 February 1991 – after which he was succeeded by Graeme Souness.

Everton's form improved under Kendall and they finished ninth, also reaching the FA Cup quarter-finals and ousting Liverpool in the fifth round after two replays ; Cottee was Everton's saviour in the first replay on 21 February as he scored a late equaliser which forced a 4 – 4 draw in Liverpool's last game before the resignation of manager Kenny Dalglish the following day.

By the 1971 – 72 season, Dalglish had become established in the Celtic first team.

Dalglish had a personally better campaign in the 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.

The resulting promotion meant that Blackburn were back in the top flight of English football for the first time since 1966. In the 1992 close season, Dalglish signed Southampton's Alan Shearer for a British record fee of £ 3. 5 million.

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.

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

In February 2012, Dalglish led Liverpool to their first trophy in six years, with victory in the 2011 – 12 Football League Cup.

He lured former Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish as manager and a number of player purchases followed, helping the club to gain promotion back into the first division just before it became the FA Premier League at the end of the 1991 – 1992 season.

Since Dalglish's appointment as player manager in the 1985 close season, Rush had often found himself partnered with Paul Walsh in the Liverpool first team as Dalglish selected himself as a player less frequently.

Rush's former strike partner Kenny Dalglish ( who had been appointed player-manager in 1985 ) was still registered as a player but by then he was in his 37th year and rarely played in the first team, retiring completely in 1990.

* August 2006: Former Sky Sports presenter Kelly Dalglish became the first female sports presenter on Talksport, hosting Monday's edition of Kick-Off alongside Gabriele Marcotti and Jason Cundy

In 1985 – 86, new player-manager Kenny Dalglish put faith in Mølby, installing him as a regular in the first team.

He was never again an automatic choice in midfield under Dalglish as Whelan & McMahon became the first choice partnership.

However, after injury to McMahon and the surprise resignation of Dalglish, Liverpool could only finish runners-up in the league, despite having won their first nine matches of the campaign.

Given was one of the first signings of then-newly appointed manager Dalglish.

Beardsley suffered another blow to his first team chances in January 1991 when Kenny Dalglish brought in David Speedie.

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.

With Ian Rush injured at the start of his first season, Walsh was expected to slot in alongside Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish straight away, which he did with aplomb, skill and trickery, leading the line with confidence.

By the time he recovered Kenny Dalglish had settled on Steve McMahon for the central midfield role and there was to be no way back into the Liverpool first team.

The following season Rush was fully settled back into the Anfield groove and, with Dalglish reverting to a 4 – 4 – 2 formation with Rush and Beardsley as first choice strikers, Liverpool accepted an offer of £ 1million from Basque side Real Sociedad for Aldridge in early September, with Aldridge having played twice in the league for Liverpool that season.

Nicol became a first-team regular for many subsequent seasons, winning the League championship and FA Cup " double " in 1986 under the guidance of Kenny Dalglish, pipping Everton to the title by just two points and then beating them 3 – 1 in the first ever all Merseyside FA Cup final.

McMahon agreed to join Liverpool on the 12 September 1985 for £ 350, 000 thus becoming the first signing to be made by new manager Kenny Dalglish, and filling the void left by Graeme Souness over a year earlier.

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.

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

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.

ended goalless, but McDermott had a goal disallowed after the officials decided that team-mate Kenny Dalglish was in an offside position when McDermott struck his shot.

The replays showed that while Dalglish was, indeed, offside for the disallowed strike at Wembley, McDermott could count himself unfortunate to be penalised for hand ball for the goal which was ruled out in the replay.

They went on to beat Club Brugge 1 – 0 thanks to a Kenny Dalglish goal to retain the European Cup.

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