Law was a magnificent footballer who filled his own space at Manchester United alongside fellow Titans George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton. The Lawman fell somewhere in between, not as flamboyant as Best, not as straight as Charlton.
Most reading this will have neither seen him play nor have any sense of the predator he was. This Boomer caught only a glimpse at the end of his career, but it was enough to grasp his majesty and the power of that stiff right arm held aloft in salute.
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Read MoreLaw happened across the piece in the early Sixties just as transfer values were beginning to become a thing following the scrapping of the minimum wage. His £55k move to Manchester City from Huddersfield in 1960 broke the transfer record. A year later he was heading to Torino for double that figure and a new record.
United won the FA Cup in his first season and the 46 goals he scored in his second set a club record that holds today. After the trauma of Munich, Law brought light to Old Trafford, reviving United’s sense of themselves during Sir Matt Busby’s second coming.
Law alongside Best and Charlton in later years (Photo: PA)
He was enthralled by Best’s chutzpah and skill, and admiring of Charlton’s athletic grace. Even in that exalted company Law carved his own identity, loved by the fans for his quicksilver reactions and fearless approach, adored by his team-mates for always being on the end of a cross.
In his dry, Lanarkshire argot Bill Shankly, for whom he played at Huddersfield and who wanted him at Liverpool but could not afford the fee, captured his essence with this typically pithy observation: “Denis Law could dance on egg shells.”
That’s if they could see him coming. Law would glide over the surface, appearing on the shoulder of defenders like the reaper himself to smash the ball home.
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Read More“I’ll never forget going for a cross in a game at Elland Road and, as I went to volley the ball clear, suddenly Denis was diving over me and heading it into the net. I kicked Denis right in the mouth. I really walloped him – not deliberately, of course.
In his later years Law was increasingly troubled by knee problems as the treatment meted out took its toll. He was devastated to miss the European Cup Final in 1968, and lost out the following year when United departed in the semi-finals to AC Milan.
For a few brief seconds time seemed to stand still as the enormity of what he had done settled on the stadium. Law appeared struck by lightning. His teammates tried to rouse him but there was no response, just a glazed look in his eyes. It proved his last act. He was substituted immediately and never kicked a ball professionally again.
Like Charlton and Best, Law is indivisible from the red shirt, the very mention of his name placing him at the Stretford End, arm raised, finger pointing skyward in celebration.
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