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.
Charlton named his best-ever Manchester United XI in his autobiography, Sir Bobby Charlton: My Manchester United Years. The team features players dating back to the 1950s but Charlton left himself out.
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.
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.
With his eye for goal and effervescent personality, Denis Law was the darling of a generation as the Scotland striker played a key role in Manchester
Denis Law dies aged 84; Law began his career at Huddersfield and played for Manchester City and Torino but made his name at Manchester United where he won two league titles as well as the European Cup in 1968;
There is a photograph that tells you everything about what Manchester United’s supporters thought of Denis Law. It was taken moments after he had scored the goal he always wished he hadn’t at Old Trafford.
Manchester United were condemned to a fourth loss in five home games as Brighton breezed past the Red Devils at Old Trafford.The visitors took an early lead through Yankuba Minteh, but this was cancelled out midway through the first-half as Bruno Fernandes levelled from the spot.
Denis Law was known as one of the finest strikers of his generation, scoring 237 goals in 404 appearances for Manchester United – a number which puts him behind only Wayne Rooney and Sir Bobby Charlton on the club’s all-time list – but he also shone on the international stage for Scotland.
Denis Law, the former Manchester United and Scotland centre-forward, has passed away at the age of 84. Law scored 237 goals in 404 appearances during an 11-year stay at United, forming part of the ‘United Trinity’ alongside team-mates Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best.
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.
Ruben Amorim might not have been historically accurate when he labelled his Manchester United flops as "maybe the worst team" in the club's history, but his astonishing claim did expose the extent of the problems facing the beleaguered boss.