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That taste of euphoria inside Anfield might be nothing new to the 74-year-old.

Not after gobbling up eight league titles as a player and manager at Anfield, three European Cup triumphs and another seven domestic cup successes.

Yet watching as the emotion poured out of Dalglish like the bubbly that was soon to flow long into the night shocked even his nearest and dearest a fortnight ago.



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For son Paul, it was the first time in his adult life he’d been able to celebrate success side by side with his old man.

Correction, the second.

Because just 24 hours earlier they’d raised a glass to Celtic hitting five of their own to get over the line as Scottish Premiership champions.

As Dalglish junior puts it: “It was a good weekend to be Kenny Dalglish.”

But, be it down to work, football commitments elsewhere or the barren years for Liverpool, never before had the 48-year-old been able to directly share in the joy.

Which meant the emotional outpouring from Dalglish as he joined the party directly across from the Anfield stand named in his honour took them by complete surprise.

It was a reminder, as if any was needed, that they were stood among his people.

Celtic won the league and Liverpool won the league.

“So, it was a good weekend to be Kenny Dalglish, I guess!

He's obviously won a lot more, I've been lucky enough to win one or two things myself.

“But that's the first time that I've ever been able to celebrate Liverpool or Celtic winning anything with my dad.

Seeing Liverpool win the league, that's what you grow up with, don't you?

“For every kid, most of the time you get taken to your first game by your dad.

Going to a game with your dad means everything.

“To see your team win the league for the first time with your dad, it was special.

“Every son idolises their dad and I’m no different.”

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Seven days after Liverpool partied, Dalglish was back among the honours.

Almost 35 years to the day since he last kicked a ball as a professional player he was awarded the PFA Scotland accolade.

As Scotland’s most capped player of all time on 102 appearances and a share of the record goalscorer title with the late, great Denis Law his place in the Hampden Hall of Fame is unrivalled.

Dalglish junior - who himself came through the ranks at Celtic before going on to have a playing career down south and a managerial career in the MLS - insists it means more to him than anyone could ever imagine.

He said: “He's never forgotten where he's from.

“It's something that as kids we were always made well aware of, where we were from.

“We've got different accents from down south but the values that we were brought up with were always from Glasgow.

“It's something that our mum and dad have instilled in us from young ages.
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