Denis Law was ‘the Lawman’, ‘the King of the Stretford End’ but also a man of his word — if you ask one of his fellow Scots.
Sir Alex Ferguson paid tribute to Law during the hour-long service in his memory at Manchester Cathedral this afternoon; the final farewell to a Manchester United great who passed away last month at the age of 84.
Ferguson recalled a time back in 1993 when he invited a man he was “in awe of” round for a cup of tea at The Cliff, United’s old training ground. Law responded:
💬 “Are you joking? I’m the last person you want to see there. The press will have a field day. But if you win the league, I’ll be there the next morning.”
At the time, United were hunting down their first league title in 27 years. After clinching it by beating Blackburn Rovers on a Monday night that May, Ferguson strolled back into The Cliff triumphant. Ferguson recalled:
💬 “(Denis) was there the next morning for his cup of tea.”
In a touching service — attended by Ruben Amorim, Bruno Fernandes and Harry Maguire, as well as many ex-United players — Law’s courage, tenacity and goalscoring prowess was commemorated.
Law was the last surviving member of the United Trinity, following the passings of George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton, who are famously immortalised in a statue outside Old Trafford.
Law’s daughter, Diana Buckley, said in tribute:
💬 “There is an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman… Don’t worry, this isn’t going to be a bad joke.
“They’re all up there in heaven, reunited, smiling down, and I’d like to think they’ve started a team with all the others.”
