On "windswept touchlines" in Aberdeen in the 1950s, people began to talk with excitement about a "puny, bespectacled kid with a squint who was somehow ramming home goals for his school and boys' club teams", said Michael Grant in The Times.

Describing Denis Law as the “King of the Stretford End,” Manchester United has led tributes to one of its greatest players following confirmation of his death at 84.

It is rare for a footballer to be a great, a legend and a king. Denis Law was all three. The most treasured item of football memorabilia in my possession remains the esteemed Manchester Evening ...

Tributes pour in for 'true gentleman' Denis Law after death aged 84 - Law won two league titles with United and was a member of United’s European Cup-winning side

Denis Law is hailed as one of Scotland's greatest ever players after he died on Friday.

At Manchester United Law scored 236 goals in 393 games; third behind his team-mate Sir Bobby Charlton and Wayne Rooney on the all-time scoring list, and set club records for the most goals in the FA Cup (34 goals), which still stands, and in Europe with 28 goals in 33 games.

Manchester United fans paid tribute to Denis Law, following the death of the Old Trafford icon. Former Scotland striker Law’s death was confirmed on Friday.

Denis Law, the iconic former Manchester United striker and the only Scottish player to win the Ballon d’Or, has died at the age of 84, the club confirmed on Friday.

Denis Law, the Manchester United and Scotland legend nicknamed ‘the King’, has died at the age of 84 his family have confirmed.

MANCHESTER, England — Describing Denis Law as the “hero of a generation,” Manchester United led tributes to one of its greatest players following confirmation of his death at 84 on Friday.

Denis Law, who has died aged 84, was, with the possible exception of Eric Cantona, the most exciting striker to have played for Manchester United; his partnership with George Best and Bobby Charlton was integral to the club’s glory years in the mid-1960s,

Denis Law, the former Manchester United and Scotland centre-forward, has passed away at the age of 84. Law scored 237 goals in 404 appearances during an 11-year stay at United, forming part of the ‘United Trinity’ alongside team-mates Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best.