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I regret to announce
that Kenny Dalglish

told the board yesterday of his wish
to retire as team manager.

[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK]

Ever since then, the board
have made strenuous attempts

to make him change his mind.

Well, obviously,
I've been involved

in football since I've been 17
and for 20 years really

I've been with the two most
successful clubs in Britain

and I've been...

I've been in the front line...

in... in... for 20 years.

And it's just really a result of 20 years'
active involvement in football

at a very high and successful level

that really I'm...

kind of reached a person
that's pushed himself to the limit.

Urn...

It's something that's taken rne
a long time to come to.

REPORTER: When did you
start thinking about it, Ken?

Do you want me to keep talking
or are you going to interrupt?

But the most important thing...

and the worst decision I could have
come to is not to have made a decision.

[CLAPPING AND CHANTING SOUNDS]

FOOTBALL FANS:
Dalglish!

Dalglish!

MUSIC:
"You'll Never Walk Alone"

♪ When you walk through a storm

♪ Hold your head up high

♪ And don't be afraid
of the dark ♪

KENNY: I got a phone call
completely out the blue

from Peter Robinson

saying him and the chairman would
like to come and have a word.

I said, 'Yeah, no problem.'

So I came.

They asked if I'd like to
become manager.

I asked them 'Why?'

But they never told me why, really.

But that was it.
That was my exit out of the dressing room

to being in isolation at the bottom of
the corridor in the manager's office.

[CROWD CHEERS]

I'm afraid the news is
very bad from Brussels.

Hooliganism has struck again

and I'm afraid the scenes
are as bad as anything

we've seen for a long, long time.

Ah...

Generally speaking, whether we
get beat in the football match

I'll have a quip or I'll laugh a bit
but I'm not laughing tonight.

Thousands of Liverpool soccer
fans are in Brussels

for tonight's European Cup Final
against Juventus.

It will be the last for Liverpool's
manager, Joe Fagan

who has announced that he is retiring
whether his team win or lose.

I think it'll lift the team tonight
more than anything.

They'll want to go out there tonight
and really win it for Joe Fagan.

I was delighted by playing.

I was a footballer,
I wanted to be a footballer.

Everybody knew Joe was retiring.

He was only doing it
for two years.

Between them asking me to do it

and becoming the manager

I had exactly the same thought
all the way through.

To win the game.

How you doing, mate? You OK?

Dig. Jocky.
- How you doing? You alright?

Good to see you.

REPORTER: It seems that the
manager's resignation has increased

the fans' determination to
beat Juventus.

It could have a more unsettling
effect on the players.

But there's nothing that
the entire Liverpool contingent

would like more than to reward
Joe Fagan's decades of service

with the European Cup.

Everyone was saying when
we picked up our tickets, you know.

'We haven't got the whole end.

There's gonna be so-called neutral
fans from Brussels in one section.'

Brussels had a massive Italian community.

We knew those tickets
would go on the black market.

We could foresee problems.

It was supposed to be, right,
neutrals in that little bit here

and then there was a chicken-wire fence
and then the Liverpool fans.

At 10 to six we go and have a look
at the pitch. We picked up...

it was like a half brick.

Who brings a half brick
with them into the stadium?

In actual fact, it was the stadium
that was crumbling.

And so you sort of went,
'Hmmm, this ain't great.'

A group of Liverpool fans decided
that they were gonna charge

across the terrace into the corner.

It caused a wave of crush
and a wall collapsed.

REPORTER: Good evening,
this is Clive Tyldesley

in the Heysel Stadium
in Brussels

where Europe's premier
football match of the season

has now been completely
overshadowed by scenes of violence

the likes of which I've never seen
in a football ground before.

We were right beside
where it was all happening.

We saw the wall come down
and one of the girls

went outside and above.

It was horrendous.

COMMENTATOR: Well, for the last
50 minutes the Heysel Stadium

in Brussels,
the capital of Belgium

has been a sickening and
bewildering sight.

There was rumours in
the dressing room

and then the rumours were
changing every five minutes.

How long were you in there
before you went back out?

Must have been over an hour.

Really the game was an insignificance.
- Yeah.

But they just said...

I suppose that was... they thought
that was the best way

to see it through
was to have the game.

What that must have been
like for young men

to actually have a consciousness
and an understanding

of what the hell was
going on around them

and to react in such a way
that they could just play

a normal game of football
like ever before.

COMMENTATOR:
And the Liverpool team appear.

And all credit to them.

I walked out to the field
and I looked left.

You could see the carnage,
and there were still ambulances there.

We... we played.

PHIL:
That was the decision that was taken.

And we know that they were
playing in a daze.

Subconsciously you know that there's
something happened, isn't there?

You're not oblivious to what's
going on round about

although you don't know the facts.

COMMENTATOR:
Between two.

Yes, a penalty's gonna be given.

They get a penalty awarded...

which Platini put away.

COMMENTATOR:
Out by Scirea.

And Liverpool's run of success

in European Cup Finals
comes to an end.

But this is not a night when
football will be remembered.

The official figures of the tragedy

which occurred before
a ball was kicked.

36 people killed, more than
200 injured

and 15 of them seriously.

PHIL: How would any of us
respond to a situation like that?

It's a football match.
It's a joyous occasion.

It's the biggest game of the season.

And people are dying around me.

We were up until late and just talking
about how could it happen.

The next day I went to the shops
and actually, I was embarrassed.

I felt really ashamed.
It was a horrible time.

The majority of fans didn't behave
reprehensibly.

The majority of fans
condemned those who did.

And Liverpool fans didn't have a
history of that kind of violence

and it besmirched the club's name.

It reduced the club incredibly
in the public eye.

It had massive consequences.

And quite rightly, Liverpool was
banned from European tournaments.

ALAN:
We came back to Liverpool.

Joe Fagan was crying
and everybody was crying.

I mean, it was, like, horrible.
It was a horrible, horrible time.

REPORTER: Do you think the game
should have been played?

It wasn't for rne to make
the opinion, was it?

We were asked to play and we played.

REPORTER: A lot of people, though,
thought it was a bad decision.

Well, we didn't realise what had
happened before the game.

REPORTER: You had no idea that
people had been killed?

No.

It's a shame really that
something like that

the biggest club game in the world

and it's ended in disaster
for so many people.

If it was difficult for me to deal with

it would have been much more difficult
for the people who suffered a loss.

You've just got to deal
with the hand you're dealt.

KENNY:
Your parents are the ultimate.

They shape your life.

They mould you into what you
become later on in your life.

I really enjoyed growing up.

Everyone was in the same boat.

Everybody got out and played.

A lot of young families there.

And a lot of friends.

I think it was always better
to do somebody a good turn

than a bad turn.

My sister Carol and I
were brought up

with very good family values.

I'm supposed to run out and
throw my arms around wide...

[SHE LAUGHS]

How are we?
- Hiya. How are you?

Good. Nay problems.
- Yeah.

CAROL: The old house there.
I cannae believe just how long it's been.

It's just so familiar.
- It is.

There's an awful lot of memories
round about here.

Oh, I know.
- They all come back when you come back.

KENNY: I thought I was alright.
- No, no, no, you weren't.

Not when you were young,
really young.

I thought I was OK.
- Up until you were about five.

My mum stayed at
home and ran the house.

My dad went to work.

He was a diesel engine fitter.

I think my dad first introduced me
to a ball before I could walk.

He used to hold me and let me
have a kick at a ball.

CAROL: He liked you to
sit up straight at the table

and not leave the table
till you'd finished your meal.

A lot of the time it was only speak
if you're spoken to type of thing

if you were in adult company.
- A 'yes' and a 'thank you.'

Yeah, yeah, so...
- 'Please.'

It's great though.
It's really good to be back.

From a very young age
I wanted to be a footballer.

I just loved the football.

One of the boys' dads
made goals for us.

He had somewhere to get nets from.

We had a great time, really.

Most of your spare time
was spent playing football.

There's so much change isn't there?
It's so different.

Everything's...
Mind you, it is 50 years ago, though.

It is 50 years, I was thinking
that coming over.

CAROL:
Dad was the orange man, wasn't he?

He was the man who brought
you the half-time oranges.

Mum did the strips.

KENNY:
Everybody chipped in.

Up at Springburn,
before the bus went away

we got our picture taken
in front of the bus.

Was it? I'll need to bend down,
as I was four then!

You were brought up
to support either Rangers or Celtic

and if you sat on the fence
you were a Partick Thistle fan.

So my dad was a Rangers fan.

It comes back to you.
- It does.

When you come here you get
one or two things coming back.

Yeah.

Well, it's a very great sorrow for me to
have to tell you that at this stage

there are 66 persons that have lost
their lives as a result of the accident

which took place on
the terracing exit.

I was at the game.

We used to always go to
the same crash barrier.

My dad's mates with his work,
they all used to meet up

and we all used to stand there
and watch the match.

COMMENTATOR: It looked like ending in a
draw until one minute before the end

Rangers equalized and the
crowd roared in excitement.

Some of those who were
halfway down the steps

tried to get back into the ground
with tragic results.

NEWSREADER:
From the stunned city of Glasgow

pictures of the aftermath of
Britain's worst ever soccer disaster.

There but for the grace of God go I.

We had to move out of here.

My mum and dad thought
we should move out

and get our own independence

and at least have a room
to ourselves

so they put in for a move
and they moved to Ibrox.

My mum drew a house overlooking
the training ground

that Rangers used so I could
look out the window

and watch Rangers training.

Sean Fallon went to his house
and he was the type of person

when he spoke to you, you believed
him and you trusted him.

Sean was the
assistant manager at Celtic

and asked if I'd like to come
and join them for training.

He was on his way down to
the Ayrshire coast to celebrate

his anniversary with his wife
and a couple of kids in the car.

And they left them in the car
for about an hour.

SIR ALEX: Kenny had a photo
of John Greig, the Rangers captain.

CAROL:
Which my mum wanted to take down

and my dad told her to
leave it alone.

SIR ALEX:
So he was a Rangers fan

but what Celtic
were offering him was opportunity.

At that time, Celtic would have
been the best place

for any of the kids to go and try and
educate themselves to be a footballer.

And I was fortunate to be
given the opportunity.

There was no way we were ever
going to turn down Celtic.

It was a no-brainer, really.

To make your debut at
Celtic Park was massive.

Big Jock came into the
boot room and he said

'You're not playing for
the reserves tomorrow.

You'll be playing for
the first team.'

And I went, 'Oh, that's alright.'

I turned up the next day
and Bobby Murdoch

sat next to me and he says,
'Are you nervous?'

I says, 'Just a wee bit
but not really. '

He went, 'Well, you're putting
your right boot on your left foot.'

I said, 'Maybe I am nervous!'

This has not changed one single bit.

Every single thing is just
the exact same. Same houses.

KENNY:
And then we're at the Beechwood!

Oh, yeah.
The Beechwood. Yes.

I was learning the pub trade.

I learned in a restaurant
called the Beechwood.

All of the Celtic players
used to go in there.

Gosh, it's completely different,
isn't it?

MARINA: My dad had a pub and I was
working during the school holidays.

Alex, I think he wanted to
open a pub of his own

and he came in and he got
some tips on the bar trade.

How are you doing?
I'm Kenny.

Hi, hello. How are you?

MARINA: I used to work here when
I was still at school as a Saturday job.

Sometimes Friday night
after school if there was a wedding

and then I'd work Saturday night
just for pocket money.

How did you get on with my dad?

I knew your dad before I knew you.

Did you? I knew Fergie
before I knew you!

Fair enough, right?
So what?

Your dad didn't recommend you.

No?
- No.

You were recommended
by Jock Stein.

You were alright.
- Was I?

I think this has been extended,
there was a bar there.

This was where everybody sat.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]

MARINA: He was just one of
the young boys that came in.

I never really noticed him at first.

[THEY LAUGH]

The thing that made him stand out

was that he used to blush
all the time.

MARINA: He waited until my
parents went on holiday

before he would ask rne out because
he was a bit scared of my dad.

KENNY:
She said, 'You give me a phone.'

I said, 'I've not got your number.'

MARINA: And I said,
'Well, my number's in the phone book.'

KENNY:
Playing hard to get.

MARINA:
And he rang rne and that was it.

Do you know what you wore?
- Yeah.

What?
- A wee white short raincoat.

I was going to her house
to pick her up.

MARINA: What did I wear
when you picked me up?

Can you remember?
- A blouse.

A dress.
- Did I?

I dunno, I can't remember.
Did I?

When I was in that flat over there

watching Kenny
come down the street...

[MARINA LAUGHS]
- KENNY: What?

MARINA:
I was on the phone to my friend

and I said 'I wonder what
car he's got.'

I don't know what she was
expecting me to pick her up in

because I came off the bus.

MARINA:
We went to the cinema.

And then we very romantically
had fish and chips in the close

in the tenement.

When we came out it was raining.

[MARINA LAUGHS]

MARINA:
He tried to impress.

So I suppose that was
our first outing as a couple.

There we go.
Ah, real nice date.

I'm gonna ring the girls.
- Why?

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]

Celtic. An unbelievable place.

Won five trophies in '67

including the European Cup.

You don't get a rehearsal.

You've got to earn the right
to belong somewhere.

[CROWD CHEERS]

[CROWD CHEERS]

COMMENTATOR:
Dalglish! Oh, a peach of a goal!

I was thinking about moving.

I was captain.

They were asking me to
sign a contract

and I says, 'No, I don't want
to sign a contract.

I would like to go at the end of
the season if I could.'

COMMENTATOR:
Edwards and Dalglish clashing there.

MARINA:
He's always been single-minded.

If he puts his mind to something,
he'll do it.

If you've asked for a move,
you know you've got to go.

So your mind's set up to go.

[CROWD CHEERS]

Big Jock shook my hand,
gave us a cuddle and says

'All the best, you little bastard!'

Liverpool signed
Kenny Dalglish for £440,000.

He's a brilliant player.
But is he as good as Keegan?

We knew he was leaving going
to Hamburg and we couldn't believe it.

We'd just won the European Cup.
Why would he want to leave?

The public of course are already talking
about you replacing Kevin Keegan.

Is that how you see it?

Kevin Keegan's been here,
he's done a great job for Liverpool

and Liverpool have been very good
to Kevin Keegan.

SIR ALEX: Kevin Keegan was
a great player for Liverpool

but I think Kenny Dalglish by far
was the better player.

This club will be here long after
Kevin Keegan and myself have gone.

Liverpool, after having won
the European Cup

they must be the number one
club in Europe.

PETER: Liverpool's reputation
was spreading round Europe.

There was a feeling of invincibility.

I wasn't going to be Kevin.
I was going to be myself.

And if that was going
to be good enough

then it would be a happy story
for everybody.

COMMENTATOR:
Dalglish...

Oh, that's nice!
That's lovely!

PETER:
He hit the ground running.

Straight away you could tell,
this fella is something special.

COMMENTATOR:
He's got a second chance

because Harris's
clearance was a bad one.

And he's curled it in!

PHIL: The minute he started
playing I was mesmerized.

COMMENTATOR:
Kenny Dalglish!

Much too good a player to be
given a second chance.

We thought,
'We've had it good up until now.

This is going to be great!'

COMMENTATOR:
Dalglish, the shot and it's going in!

If I was a manager, he would be the first
name on the team-sheet week after week.

PETER: He had grace, he had skill
and he had football intelligence.

You saw a player
that has all the time in the world.

You knew there was something
special there.

PHIL:
He had three defenders around him.

He went one way, he went the other
and then he went between them.

And as he came from going
the other way

I'm sure his shoulder was
almost on the ground.

He was like a dancer.

Kenny Dalglish was born
with a great gift.

And that's something I suppose
if you asked him to describe

how he scored a goal or explain
how he did something

he'd find it almost impossible.

I do and I know Kenny would as well.

His brain, you can see he's three, four
moves ahead of everyone else.

And at times I've watched him play
and I've got frustrated for him

because I know he's thinking
ahead of other people.

COMMENTATOR:
Certainly, the idea is to take the battle

even more now to Brugge.

PHIL: It was a game that was
going nowhere.

COMMENTATOR:
Still no goals.

PHIL:
And then this moment came.

COMMENTATOR:
And here's Dalglish.

PHIL: Souness had the ball
and he divided the defense.

Kenny runs on to it and then...

[CROWD CHEERS]

PHIL:
we'd won the European Cup!

KENNY: To score a goal
was a dream come true.

If you scored a goal,
you got a Mini.

I've come in after the game and Marina
went, 'Oh, when will the Mini arrive?!'

I went, 'What do you mean?'

She said, 'Well, you get a Mini
for scoring the winning goal.'

I went, 'Marina, it's gone for
a night out for the boys!

There'll be no Mini!'

I always wanted to go on
an open-top bus,

showing off the trophy.

There was a restriction in Glasgow

that neither Celtic or Rangers
could do a bus tour.

Ah, that was unbelievable
the number of people that turned out.

Also, there was a significant number
of blue and white scarves there as well.

It was just a reflection of
the people in the city.

The fans, the atmosphere
was just the best.

It was unbelievable.

But you were usually that pissed
you cannae remember!

Where there is discord,
may we bring harmony.

Where there is error,
may we bring truth.

Where there is doubt,
may we bring faith.

RICKY:
I always thought that Liverpool

was like a pain in the arse
to the establishment.

They had no time for Liverpool
whatsoever.

For more than a generation,
Liverpool had been like the hub.

Everything that came into the country
more or less came into Liverpool.

The country owed
quite a lot to Liverpool.

But when they decided it didn't
have much more to contribute

particularly under Heath and Thatcher,
'We'll give it the elbow.'

It was struggling in terms of poverty

it was struggling in terms of
institutionalized racism

and it was struggling in terms of the
marginalization of its working class.

'In the present context,
it may serve to as a useful reminder

of the need to be careful not to
over-commit scarce resources to Liverpool.

I cannot help feeling that
the option of managed decline

is one which we should
not forget altogether.

We must not expend all our resources in
trying to make water flow uphill.'

That's appalling. That is appalling.

These were bad times.
And serious times.

You know when you're pushed
against a wall

and there's nowhere else
you can go.

The only way you can go
anywhere is forward.

PETER: The one thing that did give
people some hope was the football.

PHIL: I'll never forget, you know,
walking three miles up to the ground

and the feeling, the buzz
as you were getting closer.

ALAN: It just gave everybody in
that city something to believe in.

You get heartbreak,
you share the heartbreak.

When they thought
we were a little bit down

they could lift us.

And when you scored a goal...

Well, you share in it.

MAN:
What else have you got to look for?

And all's you've got is the football.

We'd feel as happy as they did.

I know what's going on all week
and I know we're having a bad time

and I know conditions are
not right but never mind

we've got Saturday
to look forward to.

If you economically marginalize
communities

they won't go away
with their tail between their legs.

They will fight back.

ALAN:
7 minutes to 3.

Without a shadow of doubt,
somebody would shout, 'Stick together.'

MUSIC: "Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone
You Shouldn't've)" by Buzzcocks

COMMENTATOR:
Dalglish...

It might break for him.
It does!

[CROWD ROARS]

COMMENTATOR: It's Dalglish,
and he turns! That's a goal!

IAN: I signed for Liverpool as a teenager.
I think 300,000.

But I was really panicking.

So first thing,
I walk in the dressing room

I got changed next to Ray Clemence,
Alan Hansen.

You know, and I didn't say
a word and everything.

And I always remember you lot,
the famous one was saying

'You got changed
in the dark did you?' You know?

And everyone was like taking
the mickey and all that

and I didn't know how to take it
to tell you the truth.

I was really panicking, like.

[OVERLAPPING VOICES]

Rushie, you normally
put them in.

I missed it altogether!

A huge part of the success
as the club

was the atmosphere in
the dressing room

and if somebody walks into
the dressing room

the best way to make
them feel part of it

is maybe not to rip them
to bits but...

But you did!

I know, but we were
spoiled for it.

We had loads of ammunition,
didn't we?

Yeah.
[THEY LAUGH]

REPORTER:
What's he like off the pitch?

In 5-a-side, d'you mean?
Or away from the pitch?

I don't know. He doesn't talk.

Nobody knows!

I must say I like your cat.
Are you fond of animals?

Yes, my favourite is a seal.
And I also like whales.

Well, where do you keep them?

Well, now, I spend most of my time
around the pool.

There are a lots of big fish there.

If you're winding them up
or having a laugh at their expense

it's almost like you
welcome them.

IAN: The first impression,
no, I didn't like Kenny.

I was very shy and also
I remember about Kenny

he just took the mickey out of me.

Yeah, I got a wee bit on top of him
I think at the very beginning.

So in trying to be helpful,
although it might sound cruel

the help that you were giving him,
we almost lost him.

Almost lost him.
What a tragedy that would have been.

COMMENTATOR: Onside. Ian Rush.
1-0 Liverpool. Brilliant goal!

IAN: Then after about 6 or 7 months,
you realised everyone's in it together.

That's what the true
Liverpool spirit was, wasn't it?

Aye.
- As you say, it wasn't just the games.

Going in everyday,
knowing about what's going on

about the club and everything.

As Kenny was getting older

he said, 'Now you can help rne
with the running and all that.'

And that's what you do.

He said, 'Your job is just
to score goals.

Leave the rest to me.

When I get the ball,
you just run into that space.'

COMMENTATOR:
Dalglish. Rush.

IAN: He didn't even look.
He just put the ball in that space.

COMMENTATOR: There you see just why
Ian Rush is feared so much.

That's how good Kenny was.

And I thought, 'I can get to like this.'

Because I was quick

COMMENTATOR:
Dalglish, look at that. Rush is through...

IAN: And I had like two yards
on the defenders.

COMMENTATOR: He's hit the post.
He might score now... he has!

It was his football brain.

He can see things
way before anyone else.

COMMENTATOR:
Neal's clearance to Dalglish.

Beautiful turn.

Oh, and on for Rush
with a perfect through ball.

Because I managed to get
on his wavelength.

COMMENTATOR:
Ian Rush celebrates the goal

but Kenny Dalglish,
the creator supreme.

IAN: What he was best at
was turning defenders.

COMMENTATOR: Splendid turn.
Clemence in the way again

but Rush... and still Clemence...

Then once he turned defenders
he was either in himself

or he'd put someone else in.

COMMENTATOR:
Straight on from Dalglish to Rush...

and it's in at last!

He was not one for self-glory.

He was a reflection of what
Liverpool was all about.

Ronnie Whelan came in at
the same time as you

and he used to take the piss
out of you as well.

IAN: Kenny for me is the best
Liverpool player

they've had in their history.

He's the King without doubt.

This afternoon, Liverpool appointed
a new player-manager

to replace Joe Fagan, who announced
his retirement before yesterday's match.

He's Kenny Dalglish, one of Liverpool's
most capped international players.

Shanks built the place
for everybody.

Old Bob carried it on.
Joe Fagan was next.

And then I'm thrown into that.

SIR ALEX: He came to rne room and
he said, 'I need a bit of advice.'

He says, 'What about management?
What do you think?'

I says, 'Do you fancy it?'

He says, 'Yeah, well, there could be
something in the offing.'

And a few weeks later
he's the manager of Liverpool.

When I saw that, I says,
'You bugger, you've...

you've had me!'

We were going out for something
to eat with the girls

and he just turned around and he said,
'I've got news for you.

They've asked rne to become manager of
Liverpool and I've accepted.'

So I said,
'Yeah, you're kidding.'

He said, 'No, no, no.'
I said, 'Well...'

He said, 'No, no, Joe's gone, ' he says.

'And I'm gonna be
player-manager.'

I mean, I had three years left
on my contract or four years left.

I'd just signed a four-year contract
so I'm thinking...

'Well, I'm not taking a chance here

because if I'm rubbish the first year,
just take the managerial role off rne

and I'll carry on in
my playing contract.'

I'd never really heard about
player-managers

and then when we heard that
Kenny Dalglish was gonna manage

Liverpool and Liverpool were
obviously the best team in Europe

how did the team respond to that?

You have to call him 'boss'.

He's your boss so you've
got to call him 'boss.'

'That means I can't talk to you now.'

And he said,
'Oh, nothing's gonna change.'

I said, 'Nothing's gonna change?

You've got to be kidding, ain't you?'

He knew that in the dressing room

I would never, ever tell him
anything that was going on

and he didn't want that.

But if there were any problems
I could go to him and say

'Look, there's a bit of a
problem here.' Whatever.

It worked absolutely perfectly.

I remember coming back to
the house with Jannie

and saying, 'That's it.
I mean, this friendship's gone.

And it'll never ever come back.'

But you know, he came in and...

well, I mean he still has that...

and he was still playing.

And you know what he was like
when he got older, he got grumpier.

You know, when you used
to play it into his feet

you could play it five yards either
side and then when he got older

you had to be spot on.

JOHN:
Go wide on either side.

Phil Neal was captain.

I swapped that and put
Alan in as captain.

Not because he was
a better player

not because he was a
pa! of mine

because I thought a captain
has to be fortunate

has to be lucky, as well as good

and to have the respect
of the dressing room

and I think he had all three.

ALAN: Pre-season friendly at
Brighton, I'm sitting beside him

and he goes,
'Right, you take the ball.'

And I went,
'What are you talking about?'

He said, 'Are you taking the piss?
You're the captain.'

Never changed a thing. Did you?
Really.

Monday morning,
when we used to...

We had tea and biscuits.

[KENNY LAUGHS]

It was his idea and he even
went and bought the biscuits.

Borrowed the money of course
but great idea!

I thought it was gonna be difficult,
it was gonna be a huge change

but if they had the belief in me
then the least I could do

was try and find out if I had
the belief in myself.

REPORTER:
Who are the players you like?

Kenny Dalglish.
- Paul Walsh.

Paul Walsh!
- Jan Molby.

ALAN: We played Everton
and we get beaten 2-0.

COMMENTATOR:
And Grobbelaar. Goal!

And we go out for dinner at night
and I say to him

'This is the worst Liverpool side
I've ever played in.'

COMMENTATOR:
Can it be 2 for Everton?

By far!

COMMENTATOR:
It is!

And he turned round and he said,
'Well, ' he said

'Yeah' he said.

'Maybe the players aren't
as good this season.'

But if we could just
get something going

you know, we could still
do something.'

And I've gone,
'Have you been drinking?!'

COMMENTATOR: And Dalglish gets away
with Rush going on the left.

On the right he's got Craig Johnston.
This is Rush. Yes!

And now Johnston.

And he fires it across. McMahon!
He's got his second.

Gillespie getting up underneath
this one and his header!

Finds the back of the net!

REPORTER:
So you think Liverpool are gonna win?

Yeah.

Well, who's gonna beat them?
- CROWD LAUGHS

COMMENTATOR:
That was Hansen heading down.

Thomas miscued.

And Rush played it back
and Whelan fired it

and it came to Molby.

And that's the equalizer!

We just got a bit of momentum
and kept going and going and going.

It was like a journey
that we're on.

COMMENTATOR:
And Whelan coming forward...

There it is! Number two!

Rush is in there...

Oh, and it fell to McMahon!

We won 12 and drew the other one

in the last 13 matches
and then we won the double.

COMMENTATOR:
And Dalglish is in here.

Yes! The player-manager
scores the goal!

They win the double!
The finest team that we've ever seen!

And then it's...
3-2.

[CROWD LAUGHS]

COMMENTATOR: And Dalglish...

And Rush is on the far side.
Is this 3? It is!

You went crazy when we
came off that pitch.

COMMENTATOR:
And Liverpool Football Club

have become only
the third team this century

to win the marvelous double
in the same season.

ALAN: From somewhere he galvanized
the players from really nowhere.

ALAN: It's one of his greatest
achievements.

Probably the greatest.

[TV PLAYS]

KENNY: Here.

Have a wee sip. Let's see what
that is you're drinking, Lyns.

Good girl.

[LYNSEY SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

KENNY:
Oh, yes.

This is what the cameraman
likes to see!

LYNSEY:
Yes, Dad! Yeah!

Dad does video.

He promised me that when
he finished playing

he had no intentions of doing
anything in football.

Hello!
- Hello?

MARINA: He didn't know
what he was going to do

and then he was offered
the manager job at Liverpool.

KENNY: Lynsey, your share's over
beside the rocking horse.

That's all your pressies.

Go and see if there are
any babies over there.

This is the best Christmas ever!

MARINA: And he'd said to me,
'When I finish playing, that's it for me.'

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

MARINA: And he said, 'What will I do
when he's offered us?'

You can't turn the manager of
Liverpool job down.'

Shall I move these?

KENNY: Sing, girl.
- No.

KENNY:
♪ Come on Eileen ♪

Dexys Midnight Runners!

KENNY: Corning straight out
of playing into management...

it was difficult for rne because
I loved the dressing room

I loved the banter,
I loved the carry-on.

Have you tried it?
- It's spicy.

MARINA: I think he was easier
going when he was player

because you were part of a team.

Whereas as the manager,
everything rests on your shoulders.

I think it was different.

It was more stressful as a manager
than what it was as a player.

Well, he won't play anything!

He's always in bed.
- REPORTER: Even football?

Well, he plays football with Paul
but he's always in bed.

Yes, and he won't play my
Scalextric with me!

KELLY: That's not been out
for a long time.

REPORTER: Lynsey, you like
Daddy don't you?

Well, there you go!
[CROWD LAUGHS]

KELLY:
Definitely when he was managing

you would notice a
change in mood.

It was very rarely to do with
the result of the game.

It was mostly to do with how
the team had played.

If they'd done what he'd
asked them to do

if he'd felt that they'd
given enough on the pitch.

I remember coming back
in the car once

and he was in a really bad mood
and Mum was like

'If that's what you're like
when you've won

imagine what you're like
when you lose!'

And he was like, 'Yeah but this
went wrong and that went wrong.'

It was harder to predict because
it wasn't all about the result.

When he came home, he unwound.

When he came home
with the children

because four kids you come home

and you really can't..,

you can't think of anything else
when you've got four of you.

But you could have
your moments, couldn't you?

You weren't always like
Mr Nice Guy.

I mean, we... we can't
tell lies about you.

You're not always
Mr Nice Guy, are you?

KENNY: You're not always
a nice person yourself!

Am!

You try your best not to
bring your work home

but I think in football
it's a lot more difficult

not to bring your work home

because everybody else
has brought it into your house.

Kenny, if you don't know him,
can be a very awkward guy.

But, I mean, he's a very
private person

and he's only got time for his family
and people that he really knows.

I mean, he's a nightmare
for the press.

Ideally, he'd like to play
the game of football

and get into his car and
go straight home

and not have to talk to
anybody afterwards.

Obviously, when you stand up
in a press conference

there's a lot of people there

and there's people there
that really you cannae trust

with the words that you're gonna use,
or you'd like to use.

And all you need is one slip
of the tongue

and you get whatever
the quotes you've made

wrongly attributed to you
because they twist them.

The only reason I've come is because
they'll no' tell the truth anyway.

They what, sorry?
- They don't tell the truth anyway.

People are a wee bit
frightened of him.

He growls at people and he's...
he makes people jump.

And that with his knowledge
and that

the fact that he was such
a great player.

I mean, who can argue with him?

You've got to respect that.

Kenny thinks that weakness
is a weakness.

Um, and he ain't for it.

ALAN: To describe him you'd say
strong character.

In fact, very strong character.

In fact, very, very, very
strong character.

REPORTER: You're called ruthless
but in a nice way.

Well, I don't know about that.

Do you take that as a
compliment or not?

Well, as you say,
I know what I've got to do

and they realise
what I've got to do.

And they realise the importance
I place on them

and they realise the importance
that the decision that I make

is for the club's benefit.

And that's the way it will always
be for rne here.

Some of them were saying as well

that maybe the public have got
the wrong impression of you

through the media,
which isn't your fault obviously

but, uh, you know,
that you are a bit dour.

But we all know...
I mean, I've known you for years

and you've got a cracking
sense of humour.

REPORTER:
And you enjoy that, don't you?

Yeah. You've got to have
a laugh, I think.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I think he thinks maybe
somebody's trying to trick him

or trying to coerce him
into a certain answer.

I'm not sure why he's like
that with the media.

I think a lot of his attitude and
commitment was tremendous really.

Erm...

Lawro's playing
out of position and he's...

he's had as good a game
as anybody on the pitch.

[THEY LAUGH]

LYNSEY:
But, yeah, he's not like that at all.

He's really, really funny.

[FAMILY LAUGHS]

Ladies and gentlemen.
[CROWD LAUGHS]

That's obviously ladies and gentlemen!

What is it?
- Eh?

What's he saying?
What's he saying then?

I'd like to thank...

I'd like to thank...
[CROWD LAUGHS]

I think obviously you
understand that the press

have got a role to play
and they've got a job to do.

But equally, I've got a job to do.

I don't need to try
and do their job for them.

And I don't expect them
to try and do my job

so I protected the players
if they deserved to be protected.

It's working!

KENNY:
Let's see your new pyjamas, come on.

[MARINA IN VIDEO]
It is working.

[FAMILY LAUGHS]

You have to make the bed now!
I was sleeping!

[FAMILY LAUGHS]

I'll always be on my guard
when I make statements

about Liverpool Football Club.

I've got to protect myself
basically to protect the club.

REPORTER: So really are you
saying you're being cautious

as opposed to dour?

I've got to concentrate.

I find it hard to concentrate
and speak at the same time.

Speaking's a big problem for me

and I find the concentration
a bit of a problem as well.

MARINA: He's intelligent although
he pretends he's stupid.

He could cut interviewers in two
just with his one-liners.

I don't understand him and
he said he's got trouble with me.

Well, it goes both ways!

REPORTER:
He is a bit hard to understand

I would think in team meetings
and the like, isn't he?

Pardon?
- He's a bit hard to understand...

Be yourself

because when you
wake up in the morning

you know what you've
said the day before.

And if you know yourself

I think you've got to have
a very good memory

to remember what you've said.

And I never had a
very good memory

so it was no use to me that...

that wasn't an option.

♪ Liverpool FC is hard as hell

♪ United, Tottenham, Arsenal

♪ Watch my lips
and I will spell

♪ 'Cause they don't just play
but they can rap as well!

♪ Liverpool FC

♪ Liverpool FC ♪

Listen, it was a Cup Final
so of course we were gonna do a song.

And I don't know if I wasn't there
we woudn't've done a rap.

♪ Walk on, walk on

♪ With hope in your heart

♪ And you'll never walk alone ♪

It was a good laugh doing it.
- Yeah, it was a laugh.

Can you remember your lines, AI?
- I can't remember.

I can't remember your lines.
- My line was...

♪ You two Scousers
are always yapping

♪ I'm gonna show you some
serious rapping

♪ I come from Jamaica,
my names is John Barnes

♪ When I do my thing
the crowd go bananas ♪

COMMENTATOR: Oh, my word,
that's unbelievable, it really is.

I think they should stick
to playing football.

Terrible.
What do you think, Kenny?

[DJ DISC SCRATCH]
- Oh, yeah.

PETER: We're thinking
how can we replace Ian Rush?

KENNY:
Rushie was going, he was leaving.

We went out in the market

and bought probably as many
new players in one season

as what Liverpool had done
for a long time.

We had made some changes
and they paid off.

COMMENTATOR:
This is Venison.

And here's Barnes.

And Aldridge this time. 2-0.

I played for Watford,
which is long ball.

I never thought I'd be a
Liverpool type player.

So obviously Liverpool
sees things in players

that the players don't even
know themselves.

COMMENTATOR:
McMahon!

Oh, I say. What a belter.

I expected some indoctrination

on when you first come to find
the “Liverpool way.”

And I remember you saying

'Well, there's an orange
bib and there's a yellow bib.

And just pass to someone
in that orange bib.'

COMMENTATOR:
Barnes.

Oh, lovely back heel. McMahon.

Aldridge, good challenge.
Beardsley!

Oh, that's a lovely goal.
That's a lovely goal.

ALAN:
They did have rules on the pitch.

But within those rules...
- The framework, yeah.

You had tremendous
freedom to play.

COMMENTATOR:
He had a long time to clear that.

He dwelt on it too long.
Barnes...

And Barnes again. Three.

People talk about time to settle in

and when you talk about time
to settle in

is it three games into the season?
Is it 10 games into the season?

I'm talking about the first week

the first two weeks in
pre-season training

before we'd even played a game,
just being with the lads

just playing football with the lads

the acceptance and, you know,
the camaraderie.

John was an ideal player for us
to go down the touch lines.

Talented, skilful, scored a goal,
made a goal.

COMMENTATOR: He's got Beardsley
going to his left but still Barnes!

That's a fabulous individual goal!

When I picked it up on that
left-hand side

there was only one person
I was looking for.

ALAN: It's just that one sliding
into the left-hand side

because you know that
he's going to keep it for you.

He could go past people for fun and it
was a really, really exciting time.

COMMENTATOR:
Barnes, took on Caesar, still Barnes.

Brilliant.

Houghton couldn't convert.
McMahon...

Three in the way

They knitted so well together, the hunger
and the desire to be successful

was there for everybody to see.

COMMENTATOR:
McMahon won that back

Barnes, Beardsley and Aldridge,
you know, they just seemed to gel.

COMMENTATOR:
Oh, a goal for Aldridge!

PETER: It was intuition.
It was one-touch football.

COMMENTATOR:
Beardsley.

Oh, brilliantly done by
Peter Beardsley!

The quality was there for
everybody to see.

They never let go throughout
the whole season.

JOHN: Nottingham Forest were
a good side at the time

and one of the top three teams
in the country.

COMMENTATOR:
Houghton. Barnes.

Houghton goes again.
He's through.

You talk about a 90-minute
performance of not just quality

but of players making
the right decisions.

COMMENTATOR:
finds space and finds Aldridge.

And that is another superb
Liverpool goal.

The performance
the players put on was fantastic.

COMMENTATOR:
working it to Houghton.

Aldridge. Gillespie!

They had great determination that
they wanted to play well for 90 minutes.

COMMENTATOR:
Barnes against Chettle.

Look at Barnes here.

They're waiting for the pull back.

Beardsley!

Oh! A glorious goal again.

JOHN: We played the game as if it
was 0-0 when we were 5-0 up.

COMMENTATOR: And Beardsley
and Spackman and Aldridge! It's 5!

That's the finest exhibition
I've seen in the whole time

I've played and watched the game.
It was absolutely tremendous.

PETER: Corning from Shankly's
favourite player, Sir Torn Finney.

We all went back to the pub
that night and we're going

'Do you think we'll ever see a team
performance as good as that?'

Everybody kept asking
about the secret.

I'll tell you what I think the secret is.

Everybody that's got a job to do,
does it well.

Hello, Paul!
- Oh, Pedro!

MARINA:
What are you eating?

KENNY:
Eat with your mouth closed!

Smile, you're on candid camera!

Say hello!

FAMILY:
Hello, Bruce!

Congratulations!

What for?
- What for?

He's not pregnant,
he just put the...

Did you think I was pregnant?

[FAMILY LAUGHS]

So we're coming to see you soon.

Have you looked your doors
and changed your looks?

KELLY: They're coming
straight from my house.

Ooh, we might have to go because
the food's gonna be here in three minutes.

Good!
[FAMILY LAUGHS]

Bye!
- Miss you!

They didn't let rne in the picture.
Bye!

Bye, Paul, bye bye.

FAMILY:
Bye!

PAUL: I don't think he's ever
let rne win at anything.

Even from a young age
I've always had to earn it.

I'll take that.

PAUL: That's why maybe
I am the way I am.

It's in the water.

In life you don't just get
things given to you, do you?

No pressure.
- No.

You've got to earn it.

So what's the point
making it simple for him?

Oh, there we go.

PAUL:
I expect to win. I need to win.

There's no times that you can lose
that don't feel bad.

Do you know you're not allowed
to do that after you've started?

I know that.

That's probably something
I got from him

from even playing golf
against him.

KENNY:
You must be in the bushes, Paul.

Nice to see him help me
look for my ball.

Playing now, there's just
that ruthlessness

to always be successful.

I'm even more pleased that
I think you've lost it.

Where did it go?

There was a company from Italy
called Pantofola D'Oro

and they used to make these boots

but they were... you got them
custom ordered if you...

they put, like...

'Which colour do you want this bit?'
Which colour do you want this bit?'

'What type of leather do
you want this bit?'

'What sole?' They were beautiful,
like, amazing boots.

So when I was playing they said,
'Oh, we wanna give you boots.'

And there was no money
but they'd give us boots.

So I got these boots
with a little bit of red on them.

And I'm telling you it was like...

a little bit...
like, a little bit of red.

And he said, 'You must be some
player, you, with red on your boots.

Why don't you bring attention to yourself

by the way you play,
not by the way you look?'

Do you remember that?
- No.

PAUL: One of my best friends
growing up was a guy called Gavin Jones

and his dad Eddie Jones.

My dad said, 'Come on, Eddie,
we'll take on the kids.'

High.

PAUL:
Gav hits a shot...

Go on.

It might still be you.
[KENNY LAUGHS]

Gav's dad to Eddie:
'Well done, Paul, well done, Gav.'

You are getting nothing!

Three or four holes in
Gav hits a putt.

Maybe a 6 or 7-footer, goes in.

Eddie: 'Well done, son. Great putt.'

My dad: 'Eddie, what do you mean
“well done”?'

He said, 'We're one down.'

He said, 'Do you wanna win?!'

He said, 'No more “well dones.”'

I don't think you can get
through your life

without being competitive.

There's not been a hole halved Paul.
- No.

You've won three. I've won three.

Will you give me that?
- Aye, I'll give you that.

I got that?
- I said I'll give you a half!

I wasn't even trying it!
[PAUL LAUGHS]

I'll take that!

PAUL: Anything that he was
involved in, he wanted to win.

The grandkids have made him soft!
I'll take it!

He enjoyed nothing more than winning.

PAUL: It's weird how things
have gone full circle.

There you go, in there.
Don't touch anything.

I wanted to shout at him,
'Stay off the pitch!'

'Don't touch anything in the office!'
Because that was my childhood.

I get to sit on this side now.

I know.
- He's not changed a bit.

Mind you, it was only last week
that picture was taken.

I don't even think I get a mention.

Do I get a mention in this one?
- I don't know.

It's all... you should be
able to...

You should be able to
get through that book.

It's all pictures.

Here's another one.
How many have you made?

Are you struggling for cash?
Is that you as well?

Yeah!
[THEY LAUGH]

PAUL: When he was a young
manager at my age

I would go with him

to training and maybe boot
a ball off the wall or...

and I'm watching him booting balls.

For rne to have my dad here,
there's a comfort that comes with it

and maybe one day he'll say
something nice, I don't know.

I was lucky.

I started at one of the most
successful clubs in the world

and met great people
working there.

Paul's had to start a bit
lower than that

but it's not been easy for him.

A lot of people have had a problem
with him because of his name.

He was a brave boy to go
down that road

and try and make a career out of it.

I was pretty nervous
at the game.

PAUL:
It doesn't matter how old you get

or how much success you have

you always want the approval
of your dad.

He's given his heart and
soul to Liverpool.

His loyalty to the club is
unquestioned.

Whatever he means to Liverpool

isn't close to what Liverpool
means to him.

I couldn't believe it when I got this job

and Bruce Grobbelaar's
the goalkeeper coach.

He was a team-mate of my dad's.

He was a hero of mine and
he played for my dad.

BRUCE: I've got 96 on my back,
I've got 96 on my training shoes.

It's in all of us that were a part
of the Hillsborough tragedy.

PAUL: Hillsborough is just not
something we ever discuss.

I count myself lucky that
we all came home.

I almost feel guilty about talking about it
because we were the lucky ones.

BRUCE:
96 will always be in all our lives.

Wherever you go in football,
everybody knows about 96.

PAUL: It's something that I've
probably never really dealt with.

I've never spoken to my dad about it.

Hillsborough was a famous ground.

It had been used many times
in the past for semi-finals.

We'd played Notts Forest there
and we had a good result there

so we were looking forward
to the game.

We just had a normal Friday.

Trained in the morning,
had our lunch.

We just pottered over to prepare
for the game the next day.

Got there on time for our dinner
half six, seven o'clock at night.

Normal preparation, really.

Same as we did for most
away games

if not all of them.

I just know that there was
a lot of people

that went to that game,
that never came home.

I don't want to go back.

I don't want those memories

to come back to the forefront
of my mind.

So people might say
'You're running away from it. '

Well, if I am, I am, but at the end of
the clay, it still won't get me back.

No. Not me.

KELLY: We saw the crowds
start to move to the side

and we saw that people
were coming over the fence.

We started to see that happening.

And I vividly remember Mum
turning to the press box

that was right next to us
and I remember her saying

'My God, this isn't trouble.
This is something really terrible.'

PAUL: I saw Bruce start getting
agitated in the goal

and then there were people
coming over the barriers.

We're kind of in seats
but watching what's going on.

And it was...
watching it all unfold was...

you didn't really understand
the magnitude of it.

[CLAMOUR SOUNDS IN CROWD]

COMMENTATOR: There are fans on the
pitch here in the six-yard area.

The referee's going to have
to stop the game.

There's an overflow behind the goal...

I turned around,
I ran towards the referee

and I saw the policeman
coming across the field

and that's when they called
the game off.

There was people
helping other people

who unfortunately
had been injured

or even worse than that.

At ground level
we couldn't see much

because of the number of bodies
that were on the pitch.

COMMENTATOR:
I have no way of knowing

how many casualties we have here,
but they are considerable.

There are ambulances
on the arena.

First aid treatment is being applied
to people on the ground as I speak.

The fans were tremendously helpful.

I think they were the first to react.

COMMENTATOR:
Advertising hoardings

are being used as
emergency stretchers.

And there are clearly a number
of fans seriously injured.

There was people on the pitch
doing their level best

to try and help someone
who was in need of help.

We had nae much of an idea
how bad it actually was.

REPORTER:
Possibly the biggest tragedy ever seen

on an English football ground.

REPORTER:
There is terrible emotional scenes going on

because people are checking to see if
their nearest and dearest are in fact safe.

MARINA:
We lost Paul.

Paul always went with his friends.

At that minute,
all I worried about was my son.

Paul had to enter through
the Leppings Lane end

to walk round to go to
the main stand.

Your concern obviously was for him
to start with to see if he was alright.

MARINA: I would think although
he was getting pulled by everyone

to say and do things, his number one
would be looking for Paul.

They asked us to go and
say a few words

over the tannoy
to the supporters.

[KENNY SPEAKS OVER
LOUDSPEAKER INDISTINCTLY]

PAUL: I remember then hearing
my dad's voice

coming over the speaker system

And it was almost like...
I only wanted my dad then.

PAUL:
And then he was there...

like, just there.

I remember the fans going
to get the newspaper

and ripping it off the newspaper
stands and burning it.

Erm...

Then I got a phone call
from Kelvin Mackenzie.

And he said,
'We made a mess of this. '

I said, 'I think so.'

He says, 'Can we do anything to help?'

I said, 'Well, I don't know
if it will help

but I would suggest you start
by putting a headline "THE TRUTH"

and just put it in tomorrow's
paper saying "WE LIED".'

He says, 'I cannae do that.'
I said, 'I cannae help you.'

I dread to think what
it would have been like in the homes

of some of the people
who lost someone.

You speak about the family values.

You speak about helping people
less fortunate than yourself

or helping people when
they need a bit of help.

That's all we did.

We only did what somebody
else would have done for us

and what...

They were football fans, they went
to support the football club.

Now it was the football club's turn
to support their families.

PHIL: What he and Marina must
have gone through

of going to so many funerals

the pain of what he'd witnessed,
what he'd been through

in the light also of Heysel

to now be the primary
spokesperson

for a club, all the weight
fell on him.

Going to the funerals
and hearing these stories

about these people whose
lives had ended

these kids who had lost parents,
parents who had lost children.

He never dealt with absorbing
any of that information

because he felt that his need was so
much lower down than everyone else's.

On the Monday we went
back to Sheffield.

We went to the hospital to
see how people are

and maybe even hopefully
it helped them a little bit.

The people that we could help.

There was, urn, a woman.

Her 14-year-old son, um,
was on a life support machine

They wanted to turn it off but
she wanted us to get there

to say goodbye to him.
Oh.

Well, is there anything in life
that prepares you for that?

When something happens

and it's something
that you're involved in

it's fantastic the way people
get together.

And as we said before,
the city of Liverpool can be totally proud

of what they did in the aftermath
of Hillsborough as well.

ARCHBISHOP: It is a great tribute
to the whole of this city

to its commitment to
the great sport of football

but most of all of love
amongst good friends.

So they decided to open up
Anfield to the fans

which was an unbelievable idea

and hugely appreciated
by the fans.

It gave them a focal point.

MARINA: They had nowhere to go.
They just...

So they came to Liverpool because
they had nowhere else to go.

I remember the first day
I went in there

and there was a guy that
came up to rne and he said

'Al, he was 17.

He was 17. And he was taken
away from rne.'

And so I'm thinking to myself,
I've got a son that was 8 at the time.

You just imagine that your son's 17
and what life would be like.

I went to the Kop with Kelly and Paul,
I think, on the last day

before everything was
moved away.

That's the only time
I've been in the Kop.

We wanted to go in.
It felt like the right thing to do.

It felt like...

for no real reason
that's easy to explain

we wanted to go in.

It was unbelievable the messages
of support on the Kop

like, just little messages where
somebody... and it was almost like...

I know it was a standing area

but it was almost as if it was,
'Well, that's your space.'

Right, without a number
or without any recognition on it

other than just a normal thing.

'He's here week in, week out';
'he always stands there';

'The boy next to him played football,
he left a pair of boots. '

'He had an orange, he always had an
orange at half time, he left an orange.'

It was unbelievable.

The messages from the punters

to the people who stood around
about and in and around them.

PAUL: The minute I walked on the Kop
and I saw the tribute on the pitch

and I wanted to take...

like, I had a little Celtic teddy bear
and a Liverpool teddy bear

and I wanted to... I wanted to
leave that at Anfield.

And I'd had it from when
I was younger.

I think taking us on to the Kop
and seeing the scarves tied there

and seeing messages written
on the barriers

to people who were
no longer there

and would never stand there
again from their friends

and from their families

I think it sunk in for Dad as well.

And I think it became...

you know, more even
than standing on the Kop

and looking out over that
carpet of flowers

it was the small details of it.

It was seeing people's names and
realizing that this was about individuals.

I went to where I stood on the Kop
with my Dad and my sister

just looking and just broke down
and cried in my Dad's arms.

It was the moment maybe that I needed
to kind of release everything I'd seen

as I didn't know how to deal
with it as a child.

No, they wanted to go.

Er...

I wanted to take them.

So...

It was...

for them it was really sad,
for us it was sad

but it...

it's just something that...

er, it had to be done.

KENNY:
The people who were gonna decide

if we were going back to play

first and foremost
were the families.

You could really sense
the desire of the players

to go and get a result.

CROWD ROARS

LYNSEY: Dad?
- KENNY: OK.

Dad?
- OK.

Hi!

MARINA: There was a lot going on
that no one knew about

and he wouldn't tell anyone.

But he was falling apart
after Hillsborough.

[CHILDREN LAUGH]

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

By the time it gets to Everton
in the Cup and...

I knew there was something
building up.

MARINA: He was terrible
to live with, really horrible.

And with the children
he was snappy

so I would manage to keep
them out the way.

KENNY:
Lynsey, don't tear it off!

KELLY: He wasn't sleeping,
he was taking sleeping pills.

He couldn't get to sleep at night.

He had a rash all over his body.

And he doesn't tell people this.

You know, he waits until
it all comes to a head.

I was gonna make a change
during the game defensively.

COMMENTATOR:
Cottee!

3-3!

And Ronnie and Roy went,
'I'm not so sure.'

And I Went 'OK, OK.'

COMMENTATOR:
Barnes!

He looks for goal and finds it!

PAUL: And when he realised
he couldn't make a decision

he didn't feel like he was the
manager Liverpool deserved.

COMMENTATOR 1:
Tony Cottee!

COMMENTATOR 2:
Well, I can't believe this, Martin.

When all Kenny Dalglish

would have wanted was
his team to defend properly

and they go and commit
something like this.

COMMENTATOR 1:
It's been quite magnificent.

It's been a night to shake
the soul really.

If I cannae make decisions

I said to myself, 'I've got to go. '

I regret to announce that
Kenny Dalglish told the board yesterday

of his wish to retire as team manager.

[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK]

MARINA: I don't think it ever
got easier for Kenny.

I think it got worse.

He would never, ever admit
that Hillsborough

had anything to do with anything
because that's the way he is.

PHIL:
Only Kenny can tell us

what that journey was really like.

What I do know is that the stress

and strain of that
must have been at times intolerable.

PHIL:
In the aftermath of Hillsborough

it has taken the families
two decades

to set the record straight.

Marina and Kenny Dalglish

were real humanitarians
in the face of dreadful adversity.

People turning up literally
on their doorstep.

And that's why they are
so respected

in our city.

They know what they sacrificed
and what they gave.

MAN: Today we take the
unprecedented step of granting

the freedom of the city
posthumously to the 96 individuals.

Sisters Sarah Louise Hicks
and Victoria Jane Hicks.

Kenny had been a part of our lives
before I actually met him

on that day back in April 1989.

Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish.

JENNI:
Kenny has been a part of my journey

from the beginning of losing
both my daughters.

MAN: Marina Dalglish.

JENNI: Sarah had had Kenny Dalglish
albums every Christmas

for years when she was little.

He's the King of Anfield, really.

But I don't look at him like that.

I just look at him as a dear man.

And we've adopted Kenny now.

You know, he's not going back
to Glasgow.

We won't let him.
[SHE LAUGHS]

MUSIC:
"You'll Never Walk Alone"

♪ When you walk through a storm

♪ Hold your head up high

♪ And don't be afraid of the dark

♪ At the end of a storm

♪ There's a golden sky

♪ And the sweet silver song

♪ Of the lark

♪ Walk on through the wind

♪ Walk on through the rain

♪ Though your dreams

♪ Be tossed and blown

♪ Walk on

♪ Walk on

♪ With hope in your heart

♪ And you'll never walk alone

♪ You'll never walk alone

♪ With hope in your heart

♪ And you'll never walk alone

♪ You'll never walk alone

[FANS CHANT AND CLAP]

Dalglish!

LYNSEY: Show us what
you do on the slopes, Dad!

[LYNSEY LAUGHS]

LAUREN: Someone said to me
when I was really little

'What does your Dad do?'

I mean, he stands in a little box on
a Saturday and he points and shouts.'

Which to be fair is a
fair assessment.

[KENNY LAUGHS]

KELLY: Two fingers, Dad!
Woo!

KENNY:
Speak into the camera.

Hello.

Say, 'Hello, Father Christmas.'
- Hello, Father Christmas!

KENNY: Are you happy with
your pressies, troops?

Yeah.
- Yeah.

KENNY:
What's your favourite one, Lyns?

Baby, Dad.

KENNY:
Look at that.

LYNSEY: Say we're going
to the nightclub, Mum

and then say goodbye.

Goodnight!
You can't see anymore!