The photo is from Kowloon’s Kai Tak Stadium tonight, as Liverpool FC play AC Milan: stadium CEO John Sharkey presents Liverpool legend Sir Kenny Dalglish with a copy of When ‘Jesus’ Came to Hong Kong, Derek Currie’s book about being the first European football star to play in Asia.
Currie came to the city in 1970 to play for Hong Kong side Rangers, but before he left Scotland he had played for Cumbernauld United — “alongside a youngster called Kenny Dalglish”, he says.
Currie picks up the...
Published on July 26, 2025 07:56