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All hail the king: Looking back at the late, great Denis Law

ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LATE, GREAT DENIS LAW

Party time: Denis Law, centre, and his teammates celebrate winning the FA Cup

The last of Manchester United’s famous triumvirate, Denis Law, sadly passed away in January at the age of 84.
Absolutely fearless on the pitch, Law unsurprisingly tackled dementia head on too before it finally took him.
Law, fondly known as ‘The King’ by those who worshipped him at Old Trafford, is now immortalised outside the stadium as part of the Holy Trinity statue alongside his former teammates George Best and Bobby Charlton.
The trio may h...

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