The three-pronged strike force of Denis Law, Bobby Charlton and George Best led Manchester United to English league titles in 1965 and '67 and the European Cup in 1968 — a first for an English club
Denis Law was the last surviving member of the fabled United Trinity. Together with George Best and Bobby Charlton, he helped to rebuild Manchester United after the Munich Air Disaster threatened to destroy it.
TO many Manchester United fans, he was known simply as The King. To his contemporaries he was everything from a wonderful team mate to a fierce opponent, or a great pal. British football has been
Small, thin and scrawny, with a terrible squint that forced him to wear glasses, there was little to suggest Denis Law "would make it as a footballer". Yet even while at primary school, he found the net with such regularity that his exploits frequently appeared in local papers.
Acá está Jack Charlton encarando a Denis Law en un encendidísimo Leeds United - Manchester United en una de las semis de la FA Cup de 1965. A la izq está Bobby Charlton tratando de separar a Bill Bremner y uno del ManU. Cómo dirían allá, “what a fine mess” (“culo de verguero”) pic.twitter.com/kE7K27jXnb
Old Trafford, one week on from Denis Law’s death. “We’re striving to do justice to a legacy that will endure until football ceases to be played on this planet,” acknowledged the editor of the United Review in notes for the excellent match programme for Thursday night’s game against Rangers.
Describing Denis Law as the “hero of a generation,” Manchester United led tributes to one of its greatest players following confirmation of his death at 84 on Friday. “Everyone at Manchester United is mourning the loss of Denis Law,
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United fans paid tribute to Denis Law on Sunday, following the death of the Old Trafford icon. Former Scotland striker Law's death was confirmed on Friday. He was 84 and had been diagnosed with dementia in 2021.
At Manchester United Law scored 236 goals in 393 games; third behind his team-mate Sir Bobby Charlton and Wayne Rooney on the all-time scoring list, and set club records for the most goals in the FA Cup (34 goals), which still stands, and in Europe with 28 goals in 33 games.
Denis Law, who has died aged 84, was, with the possible exception of Eric Cantona, the most exciting striker to have played for Manchester United; his partnership with George Best and Bobby Charlton was integral to the club’s glory years in the mid-1960s,
Denis Law was one of the greatest British footballers of all-time, arguably Scotland’s finest ever player, and a man whose very name conjured notions of skill, flair and toughness. Born during the privations of the Second World War,
Manchester United legend Denis Law has died, his family confirmed in a statement on Friday. He was 84. Law is widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in the club's history, remembered for his part in an infamous "United Trinity" partnership with Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best, with the trio immortalised in a statue outside Old Trafford.