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• Plays in all 3 of Scotland's games in the World Cup Finals in Argentina:
  

  ~ 3-1 defeat by Peru in Cordoba

  ~ 1-1 draw with Iran in Cordoba

  ~ 3-2 win over Holland in Mendoza, in which he scored a goal.

• The World Cup takes Dalglish past Denis Law's 55-cap Scotland appearance record.
• Scores 2 goals in a 7-0 drubbing of Tottenham Hotspur in the league in what is regarded as one of the finest-ever Liverpool performances.
• Liverpool go on to win the championship amassing 68 points from 42 games, a record under the 2-points-for-a-win system, and conceding only 16 goals, also a record.
• Dalglish passes the 100th appearance milestone and also the 50th goal milestone as well.
• Voted Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers' Association.