Kenny Dalglish fact file

1977: August 10 - Joins Liverpool from Celtic in a British record £440,000 deal.

August 13 - Makes Liverpool debut in Charity Shield encounter with Manchester United.

August 20 - Scores first Liverpool goal after just seven minutes of league debut against Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park.

August 23 - Nets on Anfield debut as the Reds beat Newcastle 2-0.

1978: Tops the club’s goalscoring chart at the end of first full season with Liverpool, his one-in-two ratio bringing 31 goals in 62 appearances.

May 10 - Scores the winning goal in the European Cup final against FC Brugge at Wembley.

1979: Dalglish is awarded the football writers’ player of the year award as Liverpool wrap up the First Division championship.

1980: Wins second English league title with Liverpool.

1981: Liverpool win the League Cup, but the big prize comes as the Reds clinch the third European Cup of the Bob Paisley era.

1982: Liverpool claim another First Division Championship and a second successive League Cup win.

1983: A third League Cup triumph is capped by securing back-to-back league titles. Dalglish’s contribution is recognised as he is voted both Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year.

1984: Now playing under Joe Fagan, Dalglish is again inspirational as Liverpool clinch a famous treble, lifting the European Cup, league title and League Cup.