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Its May 1977 and we have just lifted the European Cup for the first time but the utter joy this particular 13yr old lad felt was tinged with heartache because Kevin Keegan was leaving us for Hamburg. I had started going the games regularly in the early 70s and took to Keegan instantly, he was enthusiastic, brave and for his height quite good in the air but it was only after Shankly pulled off a masterstroke by signing a giant from Cardiff that Keegan really fulfilled his budding potential.The Toshack, Keegan partnership soon became unrivalled in the first division and their understanding was said to be telepathic! So much so that Grandstand once set up a telepathy test to try them out, they failed miserably off the pitch but on it they where unbelievable and to this day I can still hear David Coleman commentating on a match with utmost simplicity “Toshack to Keegan, 1-0!”The reason for the big intro is to get to my all time favourite player one Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish, my mourning for the loss of Keegan was soon put aside as Dalglish quickly became my all time hero, I will admit as to not being to familiar about his time at Celtic but I like all other reds got excited about the lad from Glasgow even if after the first time he spoke at a press conference we couldn’t understand a word of what he said.My hero worship went into overdrive as Kenny scored in the Charity shield and then went on to score a week later in his league debut at Middlesbrough and by the time we had reached the end of the season and he had scored 31 goals in 62 games and got the winner at Wembley as we defended our European crown it really was a case of Kevin who?As a player I loved the way he played he was never the quickest sprinter but his footballing brain worked quicker than a PC’s processor, he could hold the ball up better than any forward I have ever seen as he stuck out his backside like Beyonce to stop defenders getting a glimpse of the ball, he saw a pass hours before any other player and could complete a killer pass in double the time, his goals ranged from tap ins to the downright mystifying as he spotted and converted chances nobody else could see, his partnership with Ian Rush will never be forgotten and I honestly believe Ian wouldn’t have been half the player he was if he hadn’t learnt his trade playing with Dalglish.I also loved the passion he showed and for that matter still shows to this day for our club and I will never forget how he gave his all to grab a goal and give us a win and once he had scored he would wheel away with the biggest smile you have ever seen in your life.But to claim Kenny as my all time favourite I must add that Mr Dalglish the man is just as exceptional as the player ever was, at the lowest point in our clubs history the man and his family where there for us and he personally gave so much that in the end he had no more to give, and so it is for what he did on the pitch and to a degree a little more importantly what he did off it that I will always hold him in the highest of regards.Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish (well if Taggart can get a knighthood)
Scholes- Only 18 months left with him and thats using him wisely, but what a dictator of a game, Best passer of a ball I've ever seen.
Non LFC is Thierry Henry. He always brought a smile to my face.
