A little history of:
Managers and ex.managers
careers in Soccer.
# 12
Kenny M. Dalglish
1951:
Born Dalmarnock, Glasgow, on 4 March.
1966:
Played for Scotland schoolboys.
1967:
Joined Celtic on provisional contract.
1968:
Turned professional; loaned by Celtic
to Cumbernauld United.
1969:
First team debut for Celtic (324 games,
167 goals).
1971:
Won first of 102 Scotland caps (8 as
sub), scoring 30 goals.
1977:
Transferred to Liverpool for record
transfer fee of £440,000 on the 11th of August. During his career
as player with Liverpool he played 354 league matches, 12 as sub, scoring
118 league goals.
1979:
Footballer of the Year.
1983:
Footballer of the Year and Players'
Player of the Year.
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. Appointed Blackburn
manager in October.
1992:
Wins division one play-off final to
take Blackburn into the
Premiership. 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.
1996:
Leaves Blackburn by mutual consent.
In December, appointed as
business development manager for Rangers, chairman David Murray's
company Carnegie Sports International.
1997:
Succeeds Kevin Keegan as manager of
Newcastle in January.
1998:
A most dissapointing 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.
(Made by: Ulf Brennmo)
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Other managers/ex. managers at the following links:
#1 Arsene Wenger
#2 Brian Little
#3 Colin Todd
#4 Ruud Gullit
#5 Steve Coppell
#6 Jim Smith
#7 Howard Kendall
#8 George Graham
#9 Martin O'Neill
#10 Roy Evans
#11 Alex Ferguson
#13 David Pleat
#14 Dave Jones
#15 Gerry Francis
#16 Harry Redknapp
#17 Joe Kinnear
