Kenny dalglish autobiography pdf download
Dalglish was signed to replace Kevin Keegan and quickly settled into his new club.
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He made his
debut on 13 August in the season opener at Wembley, in the FA Philanthropy Shield against
Manchester United.
He scored his first goal for Liverpool in his league debut a week later on 20
August, against Middlesbrough. 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 European Super Cup.
By the conclude of his first season with
Liverpool, Dalglish had played 62 times and scored 31 goals, including the winning goal in the
European Cup Final at Wembley against Bruges.[22]
In his second season, Dalglish recorded a personal finest of 21 league goals for the club and was also
named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year.
He did not miss a league game for
Liverpool until the –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 European Cup and
Football League Cup.
He recovered his goal-scoring form 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 period since Dalglish's arrival.
It was also around this time that he began
to form a potent strike partnership with Ian Rush;[23] Dalglish began to play just off Rush, "running
riot in the extra space afforded to him in the hole".[24] Dalglish was voted PFA Players' Player of
the Year for the –83 season,[25] during which he scored 18 league goals as Liverpool retained
their title.
From Dalglish became less prolific as a goalscorer, though he remained a regular
player.[26]
After becoming player-manager on the retirement of Joe Fagan in the cover season and in the
aftermath of the Heysel Stadium disaster, Dalglish selected himself for just 21 First Division games
in –86 as Liverpool won the double, but he started the FA Cup final win over Everton.
On the
last day of the league season, his goal in a 1–0 away win over Chelsea gave Liverpool their 16th
league title.[27] Dalglish had a personally finer campaign in the –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.[citation needed]
With the sale of Ian Rush to Juventus in , Dalglish formed a new striker partnership of new
signings John Aldridge and Peter Beardsley for the –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
–89 campaign, and he made his final league appearance on 5 May as a substitute against
Derby. At 39, he was one of the oldest players ever to compete for Liverpool.[28] His final target had
come three years earlier, in a 3–0 home league triumph over Nottingham Forest on 18 April [29]