Denis Law's death marks the end of Man United's immortalised Holy Trinity - we may never see the like of such a triumvirate again, writes JEFF POWELL
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On the balmy summer's afternoon in 1966 when England won their only World Cup the greatest of all Scotland's goalscorers was keeping his head down on a Manchester golf course. Not only to secure solid contact with that little shoe ball. As he came up the 18th fairway another member stretched over a fence and told him: 'Lawman, England won.'.
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Said Denis the perpetual menace to England: 'Thanks for ruining my day. It was bad enough losing to someone who played awful. Now it feels like the end of the world.'. To invoke his own cryptic sense of humour, it didn't take him long to get over it . It was no more than a quarter of a century later, by which time we were neighbours in football's press boxes, that we were first down to the hotel bar after checking in before one of Manchester United's away days in Europe.
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Denis Law has passed away at the age of 84, his family and Man United confirmed on Friday. Law, who also scored 30 times in 55 appearances for Scotland, is a Manchester United legend. Law (L) was part of 'The Holy Trinity' alongside Sir Bobby Charlton (C) and George Best (R).
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'What will it be Denis?' I asked first. Some things never change.'. 'Brandy on the rocks, wee man.'. As we clinked glasses he added: 'Here's to your mate Mooro. He deserved to win that bloody thing.'. There was an abiding respect between them. Bobby Moore the arch defender and Denis Law the sharpest thorn in the side of every defence he played against.
![[Law was also able to handle playing for both United and arch-rivals Man City in his career]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/18/08/94235585-14299145-Law_was_also_able_to_handle_playing_for_both_United_and_arch_riv-a-5_1737190235583.jpg)
