JAMES ADJETEY SOWAH: PROFILE OF KING KENNY DALGLISH

Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish born 4 March 1951 in Scotland. His footballing career spanned for 22 years, as he played for Celtic and Liverpool. He played 102 games for Scotland scoring 30 goals. In 1983 Dalglish won and the PFA Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1979 and 1983. 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". He has been inducted into both the Scottish and English Football Halls of Fame.

Dalglish began starting playing for Celtic in 1971, and won 4 Scottish First Divisions, 4 Scottish Cups and 1 Scottish League Cup. In 1977, Liverpool manager Bob Paisley paid a British transfer record of £440,000 to bring Dalglish to Liverpool. His years at Liverpool were among the club's most successful periods, as he won 6 Football League First Divisions, 2 FA Cups, 4 League Cups, 7 FA Charity Shields, 3 European Cups and 1 UEFA Super Cup. For these achievements and his style of play he was given the name King Kenny by Liverpool supporters.

Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool in 1985 after the resignation of Joe Fagan, winning a further 3 First Divisions, 2 FA Cups and 4 FA Charity Shields, before resigning from Liverpool in 1991. Eight months later Dalglish made a return to football management with Blackburn Rovers, whom he led from the Second Division to win the Premier League in 1995. Soon afterwards he stepped down as Blackburn manager to become Director of Football at the club, before leaving altogether in 1996.

In January 1997 Dalglish took over as manager at Newcastle United. Newcastle finished runners-up in both the Premier League and FA Cup during his first season, but they could only finish 13th in 1997–98, which led to his dismissal the following season. Dalglish went on to be appointed Director of Football at Celtic in 1999, and later manager, where he won the Scottish League Cup before an acrimonious departure the following year.

There can only ever be one King and the man who's earned the right to take his place on the Anfield throne is the one and only Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish.Regarded by the majority of Liverpudlians as the club's greatest ever player, his all round stunning brilliance has been deemed to have shaken the Kop more than anyone else.

HONORS - PLAYER

CELTIC

Scottish First Division 4

Scottish Cup 4

Scottish League Cup 1

LIVERPOOL

Football League First Division 6

FA Cup 2

League Cup 4

Charity Shield 7

European Cup 3

UEFA Super Cup 1