Denis Law
Denis Law
Denis Law CBEis a Scottish former football player. His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, he was signed by Manchester City for a transfer fee of £55,000, which set a new British record. Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for £110,000, this time setting a new record fee for a transfer between an English and an Italian club. Although he played well in Italy, he...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth24 February 1940
count lost
I lost count of the times he let me down.
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He does not look good, but he is fighting. He is a fighter, I have always known that. I did get a shock, the man's not looking good.
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He was one of the best inside-forwards of his or any other generation,
soccer cities moments
Walsall have given City more than one anxious moment amongst many anxious moments
soccer winning matter
Who ever wins today will win the championship no matter who wins.
giggs way
There's no way Ryan Giggs is another George Best. He's another Ryan Giggs
football winning would-be
A win would be better than a draw.
best hoped knew prize receive truly weeks
Best truly hoped to be here (to receive the prize himself) but as more weeks passed, the more we knew it would be impossible.
scottish-athlete
It was one of those goals that's invariably a goal.
knew latest looking shock
He is still there and we have got to hope. We knew he was not well, this latest one is the most serious. I did get a shock the man's not looking good.
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It's an extremely sad day for the Best family,
awful best happened knowing liked slightly vegetable
In the long run, after knowing him for a long time, it's the best thing that could have happened because he would have been slightly like a vegetable and he wouldn't have liked that. It's awful to say it sometimes but it was a blessing.
people proud
I'm very proud to see so many people here.
both bundle dynamite few great jimmy knew played time
I played with Jimmy a few times and knew him for a very long time and we had some great times off the field. He was a bundle of dynamite both on and off the field.