In the search for its first coach for the new USL-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies, the ownership in Tampa dipped into one of the storied families in European football when they hired Paul Dalglish, the son of former Liverpool and Scotland great Kenny Dalglish.
"This sport is my obsession," said Dalglish, who gets his first pro head coaching job. Click to continue reading...

Kop favourite Craig Johnston believes Rafa Benitez may have lost the dressing room and that his reign as Liverpool manager is hanging by a thread.
Benitez's side needed a controversial penalty to salvage a 2-2 home draw against Birmingham last Monday night and have won just once since the end of September. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has stoked up the mounting pressure on himself by incredibly insisting: "I don't have to win a trophy."
The Reds' title dreams have been hit by FIVE League defeats already this season; they crashed out of the Carling Cup at Arsenal in midweek and their Champions League dreams will be in tatters if they lose Wednesday's crucial Group E clash in Lyon. Click to continue reading...

What does former Red, Craig Johnson think he is on about?He is quoted in The Star as saying: "Has he lost the dressing room? Six defeats in eight games would say that he has."The former Liverpool fancy-dan has got that one wrong, big time.Despite our poor run of form, the players have not lost faith in Rafa Benitez, as anyone who has seen Liverpool's performances will tell you that they have given 100% commitment in every game. Click to continue reading...

Martin O'Neill has emerged as the man to replace Rafa Benitez.
American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have identified O'Neill to succeed the Spaniard if Liverpool fail to qualify for next season's Champions League.
Hicks, Gillett, and managing director Christian Purslow are standing by beleaguered Benitez despite Liverpool's woeful recent run of form. Click to continue reading...

Latest rumours in the press are that that the Liverpool owners want to replace struggling Benitez with Aston Villa's Martin O'Neill, it is believed Hicks & Gillette are impressed buy the way the Irishman has built a strong squad on limited funds from Randy Learner and is riding high in the Premier League. Click to continue reading...

There is a growing section of Liverpool fans who believe that sacking Rafa Benitez is the way forward at the moment. TAF MCDONALD disagrees, and explains why he believes there is no real possibility that this is going to happen.
Before Rafa's future can even realistically be called into question at least two of the following three things need to happen. Click to continue reading...

Steven Gerrard believes there are several exciting prospects at the Academy who could one day take the Premier League by storm.
Not since Gerrard broke on to the scene in 1998 has Liverpool produced a world-class star.
The skipper, though, thinks all that could soon change as the new-look Academy led by Frank McParland and Kenny Dalglish looks to get players into Rafa Benitez's first team. Click to continue reading...

Any Liverpool fan would remember the skills and talent of Danish turned honorary Scouser, Jan Molby. Voted in at no. 16 on the list of 100 Players Who Shook The Kop, he was a player with as immense a talent as was his waistline. Before the elegant Xabi Alonso, Liverpool fans marvel at the sublime passing skills and long range shooting of Jan Molby. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez is using Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish as agony aunt for his Anfield crisis.
Dalglish - rated by many as the greatest-ever Reds player - is back at the club working as an ambassador and with the Academy.
This week he found himself fighting manager Benitez's corner after Liverpool slumped to four defeats on the bounce for the first time since 1987. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool are on a disastrous four-game losing streak in the league at the moment. How does this compare to the club's worst runs over the last 100 years? LFCHISTORY.NET investigates.
Liverpool have not lost 4 games in a row since the 1986-87 season, when Kenny Dalglish was in charge and the Reds finished 2nd. Click to continue reading...

Granted that all LFC fans want us to succeed but to agree along with what the media have been calling for non-stop now would be ridiculous. They want Rafa's head to roll. And this after what Rafa has achieved even with so many obstacles (need they be mentioned again and again?) in front of him.�

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Kenny Dalglish has given his full backing to Liverpool FC manager Rafa Benitez following the club's worst run of form for 22 years.
Dalglish is currently employed by the club as a roving ambassador as well as the director of Liverpool FC's academy. He was appointed in the summer at Benitez's instigation. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool's crushing defeats to Sunderland and Lyon are undoubtedly devastating blows to the club's trophy ambitions. Clearly, the recurring problems that have plagued Liverpool under Rafa Benitez are wreaking havoc once again. As such, if the club is to recover and salvage something from this campaign, it is imperative that important changes are made NOW. Click to continue reading...

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Life's A Beach for Rafa Benitez with punters responding to Liverpool's worst run of form in 22 years with a wide variety of betting requests speculating on the manager's demise. Responding to the range of requests Paddy Power are offering 10/1 that Liverpool's crunch game against arch rivals Manchester United [. Click to continue reading...

Picking Liverpool's greatest ever XI is a nigh-on impossible task, especially given the sheer volume of fantastic players in the club's glorious history. In my personal greatest XI, skill and leadership ability are the defining characteristics, and I believe that the side I've chosen would pulverise any team in world football - past or present. Click to continue reading...

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Since football official restarted back in 1992, a team called Blackburn Rovers have always been there, with the exception of two seasons in the wilderness.

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Many superb Scottish players have turned out for Liverpool over the years, making a considerable contribution to the club's success. But who makes the best ever XI?
Here is my all time Scottish XI:
Manager: Bill Shankly
----------------------- Tommy Lawrence
Steve Nicol --- Alan Hansen --- Ron Yeats --- Bill Dunlop
Willie Stevenson - Graeme Souness(c) - Peter Cormack - Billy Liddell
------------------- Kenny Dalglish
----------------------------- Ian St John
Substitutes
Bert Slater (GK)
Willie Fagan
Gary McAllister
Donald McKinlay
Jimmy McDougall
Total appearances combined: 10,705
Total goals combined: 1396
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Liverpool hero Kenny Dalglish believes that the return of centre-back Daniel Agger from injury will provide a big boost to the Red line-up.
A back problem has seen the Danish international sidelined so far this season, but he returned to action for the reserves last week and played 90 minutes of Denmark's 1-0 win over Sweden on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

On May 17, 1990, Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 1-0 in the FA Cup Final replay to win the first silverware of Sir Alex Ferguson's 22-year reign at Old Trafford. It had taken the Scot three-and-a-half years to achieve it, but 32 trophies later the adoring Mancunian fans have no qualms about the bedding-down period Ferguson was granted. Click to continue reading...

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Liverpool co-owner George Gillett recently told fan group Spirit of Shankly that Rafa Benitez is the man to blame for the club's underwhelming start to the season. While throwing his manager under the bus may not sound like the classiest thing for an owner to do, it really does make a lot more sense in the context of the full discussion.

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Henry Winter is one of Britain's most respected football journalists and currently works for the Daily Telegraph. His career started at the Independent and he moved to The Telegraph in 1994. A familiar face on Sky's Sunday Supplement, Henry was been kind enough to have a quick chat with us about himself and football.

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Fernando Torres is usually bang on target – and he certainly was after his hat-trick against Hull City on Saturday.
Rather than basking in the glory of his outstanding individual achievements, the Spaniard was right to point out that it's winning the major trophies that really matters in a player's career. Click to continue reading...

"I think that, all things considered, that second half was the worst Celtic performance I've ever seen. I'd say that match was a clear cut case of selling the jerseys" - Gerry Coogan (ManAtTheWindow).
Well, yet again we have to remind you that we warned of the consequences of allowing not-so-super agent John Colquhoun to oversee the selection process for the new Glasgow Celtic manager. Click to continue reading...

Before yesterday I knew about as much about Debreceni VSC as I know about the Faint Object Spectograph on the Hubble Telescope. They are among the "new kids" in the Champions League and not knowing anything about their club (or their league) forced me to underestimate them greatly. I assumed this would be an easy win for Liverpool.

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Kenny Dalglish believes the club's new sponsorship deal will aid Rafa Benitez in his quest to bring silverware to Anfield.
Liverpool today announced the biggest commercial contract in its history, with Standard Chartered set to appear on our shirts for four years from 2010-11.
New club ambassador Dalglish claims the deal is another example of how the Reds are evolving on and off the pitch. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez today stressed he is working well with new Anfield managing director Christian Purslow – following the well-documented tensions which existed with his predecessor Rick Parry.
Said Benitez: "We are working very hard together, very close.
"I would say we have a meeting not just every week but every day. Click to continue reading...

Kenny Dalglish claims Liverpool can still prove their doubters wrong and win the Barclays Premier League this season.
The Reds moved up to fifth in the table on Saturday with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Burnley, but they have already suffered two defeats in their opening five league fixtures this year, including a humiliating 3-1 loss to Aston Villa at Anfield. Click to continue reading...

Christian Purslow today insisted how important it was for Liverpool to embrace the greats of Anfield's past – including legends like Kenny Dalglish.
The Scot, still worshipped by the Kop for his heroics as both player and manager, rejoined the Anfield hierarchy this summer.
Said Purslow: "Kenny Dalglish coming back to the club is a key development. Click to continue reading...

An insight into the treatment and attitudes that for decades have surrounded Liverpool's England heroes from COS's latest writing recruit Michael Williams.

Since the mid 1980's there has been a distance between Scousers and England. In the depression years of the decade Liverpool became a target for the Government and the Southern based media joined in with Thatcher's persecution of the city.

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Rafa Benitez believes the major changes at Melwood and the Academy this summer are already paying dividends.
The international break has given the Spaniard the chance to see for himself the progress being made both at reserve and under-18 level.
And the Reds boss insists he is delighted with the impact the new coaching staff have made. Click to continue reading...

It always baffles me when I hear people disparage David Speedie as one of Liverpool's ‘worst ever players'. He may have been an unfashionable signing, but Speedie was a very effective player for Liverpool in the latter stages of the 1990-91 season, scoring some big goals against the club's biggest rivals. Click to continue reading...

Ian Rush's comments about his struggle to adapt to Italian life whilst playing for Juventus entered into Liverpool FC folklore long ago, but did he really say that living in Italy ‘was like living in a foreign country'?
According to Liverpool's goal-scoring Legend, he made no such comment:
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What does it take to knock Sir Alex Ferguson off his perch? Only three men have managed that in 17 seasons: Kenny Dalglish once, Jose Mourinho twice and Arsene Wenger thrice.
Does Rafael Benitez have the capability to join that shortlist? Received wisdom dictates that defeating the belligerent Scot demands the mental fortitude to survive his campaign of psychological warfare. Click to continue reading...