[Football] RIP Denis Law

[Weststander]

RIP.
Loved his punditry and ever positive persona in media work.

What an era for world class finishers in Law, Greaves, Hunt, Hurst and Best.

 

[amexer]

John Jackson Palace keeper gave my Father tickets for game against Utd. As a young boy my first viewing of a Div ! game Always remember it because Best Charlton and Law all scored

 

[Durlston]

John Jackson Palace keeper gave my Father tickets for game against Utd. As a young boy my first viewing of a Div ! game Always remember it because Best Charlton and Law all scored

I've just enjoyed watching Manchester United hammer Palarse at a sunny Selhurst Park with the whole ground admiring their team with polite applause after each goal on YouTube. I could watch that all day.

 

[AZ Gull]

John Jackson Palace keeper gave my Father tickets for game against Utd. As a young boy my first viewing of a Div ! game Always remember it because Best Charlton and Law all scored

...and future Albion goalkeeping coach and youth team manager.

 

[Pavilionaire]

This is very sad news. A truly great player, a genuine legend and a top man. RIP The Lawman.

 

[Doonhamer7]

Probably Scotlands greatest player and from what I’ve heard one of the nicest people you could meet. He was before my time but my Dad said when he went up for a header he appeared to be able to hover to wait for it to arrive

 

[dstanman]

One of those you feel deserves the recognition on their passing

 

[Beach Hut]

Great player in his era, RIP

 

[Invicta]

A true legend of a player and entertaining pundit on TV and radio in the eighties and nineties.

Still the joint top scorer for Scotland with Dalglish.

 

[marlowe]

Famous urban myth is that. They were down regardless of whether they won that day or not as other results had gone against them.

He was just before my time, so it was always just an oft mentioned name. But it does appear that he would have been in the team alongside Charlton and Best. It's no wonder they lifted the European Cup in the late 60s.

RIP

Would he have known that though when he scored the goal? His reaction suggested he didn't.
He doesn't actually clarify it in this clip but he does reveal that it was his last ever kick of a ball in league football which I wasn't aware of....

 

[Albion my Albion]

Best Charlton and Law

I thought this was about a famous barrister named Charlton who wants to be superior to his relatives.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Hero of every Scotland fan of a certain age. RIP Denis

 

[5Ways Gull]

Weirdly him and Ian Ure stick out as the first players I ever remember being sent off.

Great player, great character, RIP.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

No argument about this RIP thread. Dennis Law a truly great player for Man U and Scotland.
There was Best , Law and Charlton and very often it was Law who finished and scored..
I used to like him on Radio 5. as well
RIP Dennis , not forgotten.

 

[Trevor]

Just too young to see him play. Remember him as expert pundit with Jimmy Armfield. I think that will have been Radio 2 - prior to Five Live. Proper gent. RIP

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Correct.

He did however ‘sub‘ himself immediately that day, and then made the Man City kit man destroy his shirt so it never became a “collectors item” long before it was a thing.

John Vinicombe always reckoned we turned him down as a teenager when he was at Huddersfield because he was ‘no better than what we had’

Didn’t know either of those facts….

The sheer horror on his face with that goal though, wasn’t he immediately subbed and then the fans invaded the pitch?

Everyone has summed it up so well.

Great on R5, a true great.

RIP

 

[Questions]

...and future Albion goalkeeping coach and youth team manager.

He took my autograph book and never returned it. He was dining at Hangleton Manor. …

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

That's sad. Scored the goal that relegated man u.

Yep l remember that well.

An absolute legend of the game, R.I.P. Denis.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

A great tribute on Football Focus.
The Trinity statue at Old Trafford is already awash with shirts, flowers, wreaths and scarves.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

There will be a minutes applause before kick off tomorrow.