Kenny Dalglish proves feud with Sir Alex Ferguson is over after inviting former foe to Anfield stand re-naming

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A line will finally be drawn under one of football's great feuds at the Anfield ceremony for the re-naming of the Centenary Stand after Kenny Dalglish on Friday.

The Scot, whose unparalleled services to Liverpool as both player and manager is being recognised by the honour, drew up the VIP guest list for the unveiling.

The most intriguing name among the invitees is Sir Alex Ferguson, whose managerial rivalry with Dalglish mirrored the intensity of the games between Liverpool and Manchester United. 

Kenny Dalglish (left) shows Sir Alex Ferguson rift is history with invite to stand opening

One incident saw Dalglish carrying baby daughter Lauren past a group of reporters interviewing Ferguson after a 3-3 draw at Anfield in 1988 and saying: 'You'll get more sense out of her.'

But in recent years Dalglish and Ferguson, who has a stand named after him at Old Trafford, have become much closer with a lot of mutual respect culminating in Fergie being a special guest on Friday, along with United legend Sir Bobby Charlton.

The pair were long-standing rivals in Dalglish's two separate spells as Liverpool boss

Fergie enjoys a United goal in a 2-1 win in February 2012 as a disappotbed Dalglish turns away

This 2011 Anfield encounter finished 1-1 but you can bet neither boss went home happy 

More predictable names on the list include Liverpool-born comedian Jimmy Tarbuck, former manager Gerard Houllier and former players Ian St John, Robbie Fowler, Alan Hansen, Phil Thompson and Steven Gerrard.

Dalglish wanted the occasion on Friday rather than at Anfield on Saturday for the Liverpool v United game because he did not want to be the cause of any interference to the match-day focus.

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish, whose team are still without a point or a goal in the Premier League this season, must be fearing the worst. 

He is using social media to advertise two large commercial properties in Clerkenwell available for rent on flexible terms.

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has seen his side struggle in Premier League this season

A handful of Arsenal shares have been traded for a record amount over the last week. The six shares were sold on the Nex Exchange at prices between £25,000 and £28,000 — which is up more than 20 per cent in the last six months. 

Neither Stan Kroenke nor Alisher Usmanov, who own the vast majority of Arsenal shares, were the buyers as they have to make it public when they add to their holdings. 

The only obvious perk for new shareholders is entry to the Arsenal annual meeting in a fortnight — but it is a lot to pay just to complain about chief executive Ivan Gazidis receiving a £1million bonus in the season Arsenal failed to qualify for the Champions League. 

Stan Kroenke's Arsenal have sold six shares all in the region of £25,000 to unknown investors

Boxing promoter Frank Warren, who has been a leading figure in the sport for more than 30 years, is set to have a TV series made about him. Independent producers World Media Rights have the funding in place to chart Warren's remarkable life.

It includes breaking the monopoly hold on British boxing in the 1980s, being shot at close range by a masked gunman and being beaten up by Mike Tyson over the heavyweight boxer's unpaid jewellery bill.

MCC's wasteful trip

With all money now crucial to the MCC after they turned down £150m from property developer Charles Rifkind in favour of funding their own improvements to Lord's, the club will be spending members' cash in extravagant fashion by staging the next World Cricket committee in Sydney.

The talking shop group meet twice a year, once at Lord's and then again at an agreeable global Test location. The Sydney meeting is not even being staged during the Ashes Test, but two days after, prolonging the expensive jolly. If MCC members are paying, the summits should be at Lord's, not on the other side of the world.

An MCC spokesman said: 'The World Cricket committee has been hugely influential around floodlit cricket, pink balls, size of bats and sendings off, to name but four big issues.'

The MCC will spend big with their members' money on World Cricket committee in Sydney

It has emerged that the proposed Amazon Prime fly-on-the-wall documentary series with Manchester City, which is concerning Premier League rights holders, is an even more lucrative project than first reported. Amazon are offering City £24m over three years for access.