Scotland great Sir Kenny Dalglish handed £1,000 court fine for speeding

Scotland great Sir Kenny Dalglish has been fined £1,000 after he was caught breaking a 20mph speed limit.

The 74-year-old was prosecuted by Merseyside Police after he was caught on a speed camera in the town of Crosby last September.

Sir Kenny, who made 338 appearances for Celtic and 515 for Liverpool, playing as a forward, and earned a record 102 full caps for the Scotland national team, pleaded guilty to speeding and was sentenced last Monday.

Magistrate Sylvia Yang gave him three penalty points on his licence and ordered that he pay a £1,000 fine, £120 in costs, and a £400 victim surcharge.

Court papers show Sir Kenny was also charged by the police with failing to identify himself as the driver of the vehicle in the aftermath of the speeding offence.

Merseyside Magistrates’ Court was told Sir Kenny had not replied when first written to about the incident.

However, the former Scotland international pleaded not guilty to that offence, and wrote in a note to the court: “I do not remember receiving the letter asking for the information of the driver/rider of a vehicle.”

The police force then agreed to drop the charge.

The court was told Sir Kenny’s speeding offence happened at 2.09pm on September 21, 2025, as he drove his silver Mercedes on Little Crosby Road at 30mph.

The road has a 20mph limit as it passes through the village area of Little Crosby.

Kevin Scott, the safer roads manager for Merseyside Police, told the court in a statement: “On September 24, 2025, a Notice of Intended Prosecution and a requirement to provide driver details under Section 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 was sent by first class pre-paid post to the registered keeper, Kenneth Dalglish… who failed to comply with the Section 172 request.”

Sir Kenny, who managed Liverpool to three league titles and two FA Cup triumphs – and was knighted in 2018, pleaded guilty to the speeding offence in writing, without needing to appear in court.

He was prosecuted and sentenced in the Single Justice Procedure, a fast-track court process which enables magistrates to deal with cases based on written evidence and behind closed doors.