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YOUNG DENIS THE MENACE

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
17 January 2019

PROFILE
DAVID DOCHERTY RECALLS THE EARLY DAYS OF LEGENDARY STRIKER DENIS LAW…

Clinical: Manchester United’s Denis Law fires home against Arsenal in 1965

In control: Law playing for Huddersfield against Leyton Orient in 1960

THERE was no more spectacular sight in British football than that of Denis Law springing above a ruck of tall defenders, with the reaction of a striking cobra, to bullet a header past yet another helpless goalkeeper.
He would then celebrate in his own unique style, by thrusting his hands skywards in a victory V, cuffs gripped tightly, as jubilant teamm...

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