60 reasons we love King Kenny
4th Mar 2011 - Latest News
With the King of Anfield celebrating his 60th birthday today, here's a list of 60 reasons - provided by Liverpool supporters on both official and independent online forums - explaining why we all love Kenny Dalglish so much.
He held our city together and led us through the period after Hillsborough, to the detriment of his own health. Many of us could not have coped without him
His total and absolute love for everything to do with Liverpool Football Club
He is a link between Liverpool's great past and hopefully our great future
When he smiles it makes the world seem like a better place
His dignity, humour, compassion and loyalty. All absolute when it comes to our great club
Scored the goal to win us the league in his first season as player/manager, and won the double that season
He is LFC's best friend. True and loyal, who wouldn't want a friend like that?
Only player/manager to win the league, never mind the double
He is a symbol of strength and hope for us fans - and gives us many laughs along the way
He's given us the 'Us against the world feeling'
His glorious volley at Stamford Bridge to win us the double
One of three managers to win the league with two clubs
He knows how to celebrate a goal
The word legend is overused - he needs a new word just for him
Twice now, Kenny has helped to heal this club, this year after the splits and divisions caused by the previous owners, and previously in our darkest hour. He's family
The effect of his personality on people around him
His return is akin to a wise and trusted grandfather returning to the family fold to bring unity, direction and care
Kenny was made for Liverpool and Liverpool was made for Kenny. One can't be without the other
The way he refers to us as 'wor punters'
The way he speaks about the club and the positivity he brings is a breath of fresh air
He has single-handedly turned back the clock and suddenly the club is functioning in the way it should and has in the past when we were the elite club in Europe
It seems his joy and love of football is only overshadowed by his love of Liverpool and its fans
Mr Alex Ferguson et al are terrified of him
His razor-sharp wit when dealing with HM's press
He's like the Nelson Mandela of Liverpool. A man who can unite a collective
Quite simply the greatest man ever to have represented this club
His achievements, not only as a player or as a manager, but also and above all as a human being
His smile when we score
Each and every one of us feels like a big kid at the very mention of him - let alone the sight or sound of him
He gives the fans the feeling of ownership
He has not just steadied the ship, but raised the titanic
The effect of his personality on people around him
He is the post-Shankly generation's Shankly - a man who not only understands us, but fights for us
He says all the right things every time he speaks, and always with respect to everyone else but always defending Liverpool Football Club
He helped Liverpool Football club and it's supporters after Heysel by giving us something to be proud of again
He's cooler than milk that's in a glass with ice and been left in the fridge in Greenland in the winter
He's the only person out there who understands us
His legendary big coat
The way he jumped over them hoardings at Wembley in 78
His unique wit and flippancy towards the media when being interviewed
He is one of us and understands us fans like no-one in modern day football would
He loves the fans twice as much as we love him
118 goals, 355 appearances, 8 first division titles, 3 European Cups, 4 League Cups, 2 FA Cups
He is our moral barometer, keeping us enshrined in The Liverpool way of doing things
He is the guardian and gatekeeper of the house that Shankly built
Because he doesn't have to get 'us'. He is one of us, and much much more
Finished his first season getting the winner in the European Cup Final, to make us the first British team to be European Champions two years running
He has fully supported Marina as she has built Chemotherapy Wards for cancer patients at both Fazakerley and Clatterbridge
He is one of the greatest managers in the history of football, building the greatest footballing side ever to grace these shores, one of only 5 managers to have won the league and FA Cup double since 1900
He could walk in to any pub from Liverpool to Lands End and have someone want to buy him a drink
His press conferences have become the biggest 'must-watch' event every week
The way he sets out every team of his to play exciting, attacking football
He makes us know he would never do or say anything wrong as far as the club is concerned
He makes us, as Liverpool fans, feel bulletproof
He is what we are, but with just more power
Kate may get her Prince in April, but The Kop got our King in January
He doesn't need Twitter, he is already following you
Player...Player/Manager...Manager...Legend...Manager...King
He is our greatest ever player
Because he is Kenny Dalglish. I need no other reason
Author: Liverpoolfc.tv
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