10 h. ago Kenny Dalglish review – Liverpool’s everyman football hero who took the city’s woes on his shoulders

Asif Kapadia’s film draws an absorbing portrait of the Liverpool legend whose career was blighted by the Heysel stadium and Hillsborough disastersAsif Kapadia has curated an absorbing portrait of footballer Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool’s legendary player and then player-manager, using a quilt of archive clips with voiceovers. It takes us through his childhood in Glasgow and his sparkling career at Celtic, at a time when the stars were hardly financially better off than the fans, before Dalglish arrived at Liverpool, effectively taking over Kevin Keegan’s position. Kapadia makes his central focus the mysterious inner trial, perhaps Dalglish’s hidden ordeal, that took place between 1985 to 1989; from Heysel to Hillsborough.Dalglish was the easygoing, level-headed everyman whose destiny it was to take the city’s woes on his shoulders. He became player-manager just after the Heysel stadium disaster in 1985, when there were 39 deaths as a result of a riot at the dilapidated Belgian ground b...

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3 d. ago ‘It’s what’s in your heart that counts’: Kenny Dalglish on his love for Liverpool and the long shadow of Hillsborough

The Liverpool legend is the subject of a new film directed by Asif Kapadia on the Scot’s remarkable career in football and connection with his adopted city‘We got the bus and went down to Sheffield to visit the supporters who were in hospital,” Kenny Dalglish says as he remembers how he spent the Monday after the tragedy of Hillsborough in April 1989. “All the players were there so we split up and they walked into different wards to see people. We were trying to give them a wee bit of confidence or belief of anything that could help them. And there was a family around a young boy’s bed and he was unconscious.”Sean Luckett was 20 years old and one of the thousands of fervent Liverpool supporters who had travelled to Hillsborough to support the team who Dalglish managed and had played for with such sublime talent since arriving from Celtic in 1977. Ninety-seven Liverpool fans eventually lost their lives after the unbearable crush during the club’s FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham ...

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6 d. ago Kenny Dalglish's bombshell Liverpool phone call and private chat changed football history

Kenny Dalglish had just signed a four-year contract at Liverpool when he received a phone call out of the blue that changed his life and British football history

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6 d. ago Kenny Dalglish film shows why Liverpool icon's greatness extends far beyond the pitch

REVIEW: Kenny Dalglish, the new film by Senna, Amy and Diego Maradona director Asif Kapadia, outlines the triumph and tragedy of the Liverpool legend's career

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7 d. ago Kenny Dalglish relives Hillsborough horror and heartbreak in new film on Liverpool legend

Liverpool icon Kenny Dalglish opened up about the horrors of the Hillsborough disaster and how it affected him and his family in a new documentary about his life from acclaimed director Asif Kapadia

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7 d. ago Kenny Dalglish in tears as he relives Hillsborough horror in new film on Liverpool legend

Liverpool icon Kenny Dalglish opened up about the horrors of the Hillsborough disaster and how it affected him and his family in a new documentary about his life from acclaimed director Asif Kapadia

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3 w. ago Arne Slot handed worrying Liverpool timeline amid brutal Florian Wirtz verdict

Kenny Dalglish has explained exactly how much time Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike may need to come good at Liverpool, after Arne Slot spent massively on recruitment this summer

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3 w. ago Kenny Dalglish tells Florian Wirtz how to succeed at Liverpool after Jamie Carragher comments

Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has told Florian Wirtz what he must do to get up to speed at Anfield, after Jamie Carragher criticised the German's start to life in the Premier League

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3 w. ago Florian Wirtz told one thing he must do at Liverpool after Jamie Carragher comments

Florian Wirtz has struggled to make much of a mark at Liverpool since his £116million move from Bayer Leverkusen this summer, and Kenny Dalglish has now explained what the attacking midfielder can do

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4 w. ago Alan Shearer and Mark Clattenburg in agreement as late Liverpool penalty overturned

Liverpool saw a late penalty overturned by VAR review in their 1-0 defeat to Galatasaray

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4 w. ago Arsenal’s late heroics at Newcastle and peerless Palace beat Liverpool – Football Weekly

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Will Unwin and Nedum Onuoha and there’s plenty to squeeze in as the panel review an eventful Premier League weekend, including Liverpool’s first dropped points of the season, Arsenal’s late win against Newcastle and also discuss Graham Potter’s departure from West HamRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; a fantastic weekend of football, starting at St James’ Park as Arsenal win in stoppage time to move just two points behind Liverpool who lost at Crystal Palace. Continue reading...

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