Liverpool shows its class with gesture to 14 players as Kenny Dalglish involved

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Liverpool has honored 14 of its former players with retrospective league championship-winning medals, in recognition of their contributions to one of the club's record-equalling 20 league titles. These specially commissioned medals, engraved with individual names and title-winning seasons, were created to celebrate the players' achievements in league-winning sides before the Premier League era started.

Four additional players who were unable to attend the ceremony have received their medals separately: Alec Linsday (6 appearances 1975/76 season); Colin Irwin (8 appearances 1979/80 season); Sammy Lee (7 appearances 1979/80 season) and Steve Heighway (9 appearances 1979/80 season). David Fairclough (right) helped Liverpool win one of the club's 20 top-flight league titles (Image: Getty Images) Liverpool legend, Sir Kenny Dalglish, now a non-executive director at the club, was present to hand out the medals alongside Jonathan Bamber, the club's chief legal and external affairs officer.

"It was an emotional night for many and it's a real honour to have been able to source and present league championship winners' medals to our Forever Reds. "Their role in winning one or in one case two of our twenty league titles deserve a medal not only to mark their achievement but also for playing such a significant part in our club's decorated history for which we are immensely grateful." Liverpool will be hoping to dish out more championship medals come the end of this season, as the Premier League title race continues.