Liverpool unveil new Kenny Dalglish Stand at Anfield in honour of legendary former player and manager, who is simply dubbed 'The King' on Merseyside






  • Liverpool have renamed the Centenary Stand at Anfield in honour of club legend Kenny Dalglish
  • Dalglish, hailed 'The King' by Reds, arrived at Liverpool 40 years ago for a then British record fee of £440,000
  • The Scot went on to win 20 trophies as a player and 11 as a manager during two decades at the Anfield club
  • To cap off a weekend which will honour the icon, fans will display a mosaic ahead of Manchester United clash


  • Liverpool have unveiled the new Kenny Dalglish stand in honour of the Anfield legend, who spent 20 years at the club as player and manager. 
    Forty years ago, Dalglish arrived at Liverpool for a then record British transfer fee of £440,000 from Celtic and went on to become one of the club's greatest ever players.
    And now the club's owners, Fenway Sports Group, have decided to give him the ultimate recognition and the Kenny Dalglish Stand will be a permanent monument to his influence.

  • The Scot's unparalleled services to Liverpool have earned him the nickname 'The King' on Merseyside and the new stand is testament to all he has done not only for the club, but the city. 
    Liverpool-born comedian Jimmy Tarbuck, former manager Gerard Houllier and former players Ian St John, Robbie Fowler, Alan Hansen, Phil Thompson, Michael Owen, Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard were all invited to attend the ceremony. 
    However, old foe Sir Alex Ferguson was perhaps the most notable name on the invitation list and he, and fellow Old Trafford great Sir Bobby Charlton, were both in attendance at Anfield.
    Scottish bagpipes rang out around the stadium and Dalglish has been overwhelmed by the response from the football fraternity.
    'The first feeling you get is you feel a wee bit humbled,' he told the club's website.

  • 'We're tremendously proud when we see our name up there on the stand. There's plenty of candidates that could've been up there and it's fantastic for us as a family that our name is up there. As I say, when you look at it you're a wee bit embarrassed, but obviously immensely proud.'
    The former forward, now 66, moved south from Glasgow at just 25 years of age. It preceded many joyous and fruitful years for the Reds and Dalglish recalls the time fondly.
    'We came here in 1977 so for us it was a big move, coming from Glasgow. If I'd had the choice of where I wanted to play, it would've been here,' Dalglish added.
    'I came down here when I was 15 and stayed for a fortnight. Shanks asked us to sign then, but I was a wee bit young to leave home, I thought, so I was very fortunate to be asked to come back again when I was 26 and play for the club. For me, it was a perfect place to play. 
    'Everybody helped each other, there was never any big-time Charlies in the dressing room, everybody was on an even keel and everybody got treated exactly the same.
    'So for us it was a fantastically run football club, and all we had to do was go and play. We had the easy part, and probably the most enjoyable part as well.
    To cap off a weekend which will honour the Liverpool icon, fans will display a mosaic in the newly-renamed stand ahead of their clash with Manchester United Saturday lunchtime. thank you

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