1977: Transferred to Liverpool for record transfer fee of £440,000 on the 11th of August. 
Debut : 13th August 1977 v Manchester United (N) Charity Shield: Drew 0-0 
1st team games: 511            
1st team goals: 172 
International caps while with Liverpool: 54 
Honours with Liverpool: First Division Championship: 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1985/86 (player/manager), 1987/88 (player/manager) & 1989/90 (player/manager), FA Cup 1986 (player/manager), 1989 (manager), Charity Shield 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (shared), European Super Cup 1977, European Cup 1977-78, 1980-81, 1983-1984, Screen Sport Super Cup 1986 (player/manager) 

1977:  first season was a triumph for Dalglish. He scored 30 goals, including the only goal of the game as Liverpool retained the European Cup against Bruges at Wembley. Dalglish had left Scotland looking for European glory and had found it inside one year.
1979: Footballer of the Year.
1983: Footballer of the Year and Players' Player of the Year.   

Being presented with the 
Football Writers' Footballer of the Year 
Award in 1983 by Pele

1985: Appointed manager of Liverpool in wake of Heysel tragedy.
1986: Leads Liverpool to League and FA Cup double in his first season.
1988: Wins League title, but lose to Wimbledon in FA Cup final upset.
1989: Attends many of the funerals of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster. Liverpool beat Everton 3-2 after extra time to win FA Cup, but lose title to Arsenal after dramatic final match at Anfield.
1990: Wins his third League title with Liverpool.
1991: Announces shock resignation in February, saying he cannot cope with the pressure

Considered by many to be the greatest player in Liverpool history Dalglish gloriously displayed that priceless quality of performing as a brilliant individual within a team framework. "His genius is not only in his own ability but in making others play", proclaimed Bob Paisley, the manager who signed him from Celtic for £440,000 in August 1977.
With Kevin Keegan having departed to Hamburg for £500,000 earlier that summer the capture of Dalglish as his replacement must rank as one of football's shrewdest pieces of business as the Glaswegian who amassed a record 102 caps and joint record 30 Scotland goals inspired the club to new heights.

'King Kenny' swiftly became a Kop hero and his late partnership with Ian Rush was perhaps the finest ever seen in England.
Such was Dalglish's skill at holding on to the ball that, years later, the former Arsenal and Republic of Ireland defender David O'Leary would describe trying to rob him of possession as "impossible.""He crouches over the ball, legs spread and elbows poking out," said O'Leary. "Whatever angle you come in from, you're liable to find his backside in your face."

Dalglish's majestic play was blessed with a creative vision and icy coolness only the true legends of the game possess. His 1978 European Cup winning goal against Bruges at Wembley - one of 172 he scored for the club in more than 500 appearances - was a supreme example of how he could 'freeze' play before delivering a deadly finish.
With Ray Clemence, Alan Hansen, Graeme Souness and Billy Liddell he was voted into the BBC Merseyside Team of  the 20th Century and he is an MBE.

If Kenny Dalglish had simply played football for Liverpool he would be an Anfield hero. However, the fact that he managed the club to even greater success guarantees him the status of a legend.
After eight brilliant years as a player he was asked in 1985 to combine his work on and off the pitch to become Liverpool¹s first player / manager. It was an inspired choice. In the space of five years he was voted 'Manager of the Year' three times and led Liverpool to a League and FA Cup double in 1986 and further championships in 1988 and 1990.
He was responsible for signing some fine players including John Barnes, Peter Beardsley and a young Jamie Redknapp. One of his great moves was to make the brilliant defender Alan Hansen his captain - a move applauded by all but the painfully shy Hansen. Alan however rewarded Dalglish's faith and turned in some of his finest performances under Kenny.
When it came to transfers, the purchase of John Aldridge to replace the surely irreplaceable Ian Rush equalled that of Paisley buying Dalglish to replace Keegan. The terrible, shattering events at Hillsborough on April 15th 1989, spelt the end of Dalglish's time with the club, and indeed for a time, with football. Dalglish and his squad spent countless hours trying to find ways to bring comfort to the bereaved and traumatised, but eventually if proved too much for this sensitive man. He suddenly resigned in 1991, after admitting that the strain and emotional distress of the Hillsborough tragedy had made him feel like his 'head would explode'.
The effect on Merseyside was only equalled by the similarly surprise retirement of Bill Shankly. Whilst few would dispute his reasons, there was dismay that one of the great periods in the Club's history was closing: For the fans player/manager Dalglish had taken them on a wonderful, joyous ride through the League and the passion he engendered was equalled only by Shankly.