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Dalglish leaves post as Liverpool boss

Once the dominant force in English football, Liverpool have not won the championship since 1990 and the club's eighth-place finish this season, when they finished 37 points behind champions Manchester City, forced the Fenway Sports Group to act.

"Fenway Sports Group (FSG) and Liverpool Football Club announced that Kenny Dalglish is to leave his post today as manager after having his contract terminated," the club said in a statement on their website.

"After a careful and deliberative review of the season, the club came to the decision that a change was appropriate. It is not a decision that was reached lightly or hastily."

"It has been an honour and a privilege to have had the chance to come back to Liverpool Football Club as manager," said the Scot.

"Of course I am disappointed with results in the league but I would not have swapped the Carling Cup win for anything as I know how much it meant to our fans and the club to be back winning trophies."

Chairman Tom Werner said disappointing Premier League results meant Liverpool needed to "make a change".

The club said the search for Dalglish's successor would begin immediately.

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.