To all,
I have written a one page document. Please see it pasted below. Comments would be welcome.
To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing to ask for your support to assist Steve Rotheram, Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton, in his campaign to obtain an early day motion to place a Knighthood onto Mr. Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish (MBE). This early day motion, EDM 1733, would for services to football and the community for Mr. Dalglish. After the Hillsborough events and the following days and weeks in 1989, Mr. Dalglish worked very closely with the families involved as well as being a supportive shoulder for those grief stricken people of Liverpool and the surrounding area. His work provided the families with person within the heart of Liverpool Football Club and British Sports to talk to, to gain strength from and someone who would listen and provide advice wherever needed.
Mr. Dalglish has also been a dedicated football player, manager, academy director and supporter of multiple football clubs. His passion for the game from his time at Celtic, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United clubs has shown he is one of the all-time greats. His knowledge of the game and his time and effort are unparallel in British Football. He is the most capped Scottish player of all time (102 caps) and jointly holds the most goals record (30) with Denis Law. At each club he has played for or managed, he has put in 110 %. Recently, he was the Liverpool Football Club Ambassador (2009 – 2011). Here, he was involved in the clubs youth academy and this has developed forward, such that recently several of the academy players have recently made first team appearances. Currently, he is caretaker manager of Liverpool Football Club and his involvement in this role, along with the other backroom staff and players at the club, has provided a new vigor to the club and the city. You just have to see Kenny walking around the club to know what it means to him and what it means to the city.
In the 2000’s, Kenny founded, along with his wife Marina, the ‘Marina Dalglish Appeal’ (
http://www.marinadalglishappeal.org/) to raise money for cancer care. His tireless work in this role provided the appeal team and his wife with supportive care and unrivaled dedication for such a worthwhile charity. In 2007, the appeal reached is £1.5 million original target and it has continued to grow since.
If you talk to anyone about Liverpool Football Club and its long history or to name the best Scottish football player or even one of the past players of all time, it’s all about ‘King Kenny’. If you ask anyone to say who provided support to them after the 1989 events at Hillsborough, they will say Kenny, not Mr. Dalglish, but Kenny. Therefore, I am asking you to support Steve Rotheram in his early day motion to make him ‘Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish’
Yours truly,
