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Kenneth
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BLACKBURN
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1991: Appointed Blackburn manager in October.
- Appointed manager of Second Division Blackburn Rovers hours before
their home game at Ewood Park against Plymouth Argyle on Saturday, 12
October 1991. Rovers win 5-2.
- Appoints Ray Harford as his assistant.
- The Lancashire club climb the table and a 1-0 Wembley win over
Leicester City in the Second Division play-off final in May takes
Blackburn back into the top flight for the first time since 1966 and in
time for the launch of the new Premier League.
- 1992 Breaks British transfer record in July by paying £3.3million to
Southampton for Alan Shearer.
- 1994 Breaks transfer record for second time by paying £5million to
Norwich for Chris Sutton in July.
- 1995 Steers Blackburn to first championship for 81 years. Becomes
Blackburn's director of football, with assistant Ray Harford taking over
as manager.
This managerial
successes proved his time at Anfield had been no fluke as he joined the
select
band of men to have taken two clubs to the championship title.
winning the Premier League
with Blackburn, at Anfield
Leaves Blackburn by mutual consent.
In December 1996 he was appointed as business development manager for
Rangers, chairman David Murray's company Carnegie Sports International.
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NEWCASTLE
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1997:
Succeeds Kevin Keegan as manager of Newcastle in January.
1998: A most disappointing season sees Newcastle end in a frustrating
13th place in the league.
A good FA Cup run ends at Wembley when they lose to Arsenal.
1998: Sacked from Newcastle United after only 2 games played in the
new season. A strange time to change manager according to many..
Dalglish took legal action concerning his dismissal, eventually
winning compensation from the board.
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CELTIC
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1999 In June, Dalglish becomes "Director of
Football" at Celtic. Appoints former Liverpool team-mate John Barnes
as club manager
1999-2000
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SCOTLAND
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1971 Won first of 102 Scotland caps (8 as sub),
scoring 30 goals.
He had been a full Scotland international for six years, making his debut
as a substitute in the 1-0 victory over Belgium in November 1971. He went
to the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, but did not play well. Scotland
were eliminated at the group stage, even though they were undefeated.
That spring of 1977 he had scored in Scotland's 2-1 victory over England
at Wembley when the Tartan fans invaded the pitch and tore down the
goalposts.
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