Liverpool icon Kenny Dalglish will soon have knighthood bestowed upon him by the Queen of England but ‘King Kenny’ has insisted that he’ll remain the same person and even jested that daily chores like taking out the trash will still have to be done by him.
The 67-year-old Scot was included in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list on Friday for not only his incredible achievements as a player and manager both, but for his off-field charity work and support for the local community as well.
Dalglish, who has managed the Reds twice, has been major supporter of the Hillsborough families and The Marina Dalglish Appeal.
The Hillsborough incident, in particular, has been a sensitive topic among the Liverpool faithful.
Due to an major oversight by the South Yorkshire Police, 96 Reds fans lost their lives as an human crush situation developed during the 1989 FA Cup semi-final between Sheffield United and Liverpool.
Dalglish, then the manager of the Merseyside outfit, personally attended many funerals and has expressed regret that the FA and the police did not consider rescheduling the fixture.
He also helped to raise more than £10million to improve cancer care across Merseyside.
And despite his towering achievements as a player and manager both, Dalglish was humble as ever as he spoke to LFC TV:
A knighthood for our King. 👑@kennethdalglish reacts to the news that he will become Sir Kenny Dalglish: https://t.co/bQlt2zmiCL pic.twitter.com/6kQX5mFnCH
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 8, 2018
A bonafide legend at Scottish giants Celtic, Dalglish joined Liverpool in the summer of 1977 and started to bang in the goals for the Reds from day one.
A part of Bob Paisley’s legendary Liverpool team of the late 70s to the early 80s, Dalglish won everything on offer with the club, both domestically and on the continent.
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Powered by his and Ian Rush’s goals, the Reds emerged as the dominant force in British and European football.
Dalglish’s record at the international level for Scotland wasn’t too shabby either as he scored 30 times in 102 appearances.
And when he became player-manager of Liverpool in 1985, after the Heysel Stadium disaster, Dalglish proved to be a success in the dugout as well. He won the league title on a number of occasions, with the FA Cup and the League Cup as well.
Success on the continental stage eluded him, however, and he departed the club in 1991.
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Stints at Blackburn Rovers (where he won his sole Premier League title), Newcastle United and Celtic followed, before he returned to his beloved Liverpool in 2012.
While his second stint wasn’t as successful as his first one, the Scot’s was already part of the club’s folklore and his latest recognition by the regent of England is justified, to say the least.