Denis Law ( born Denis Law ; born February 24, 1940 in Aberdeen , Scotland ) is a Scottish footballer , one of the best players in the history of British football. His distinguishing feature on the field was his developed scoring instinct, which allowed him to score many goals in a variety of ways: long-range strike, head, on finishing, rally, falling through himself, etc.
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Low is best known for his 11-year career at the English club Manchester United . Playing in conjunction with the legendary United players Bobby Charlton and George Best , he won two titles of the champion of England , the FA Cup and the European Cup , and also became the only Scottish footballer in history to be awarded the Golden Ball award. He is third in the Manchester United top scorers list of all time (237 goals in 404 official matches [4] ) and holds the club’s record for the most goals scored in a season (46 in the 1963/64 season). During his career at United, Low has made 14 hat-tricks and 4 poker [5] .
For the Scottish national team, Lowe played for 16 years, having spent a total of 55 matches and scoring 30 goals. This result made him the best (along with Kenny Dalglish ) team scorer in history. In November 2006, the Scottish Football Association recognized Lowe as the best Scottish football player in the last 50 years.
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Early years
Lowe was born in Aberdeen , Scotland , into the family of fisherman George Lowe and his wife Robina. He was the youngest of seven children in the family. The Low family lived poorly, and Denis received the first pair of football boots as a gift from his neighbors.
Denis was a fan of Aberdeen since childhood and attended club home games when he had money. He loved football so much that he refused a place in Aberdeen High School, since there he would have to play rugby. Instead, he went to the Powys Academy in Aberdeen, where he played football for the school team. Despite a strong squint, he showed his talent when he retrained from a defender to a left insider. He was called to the Scottish school team.
Club career
Huddersfield Town
In the 1954/55 season, Archie Beatty, a scout of the Huddersfield Town football club, who invited him to watch, noticed him. After watching, the head coach of Huddersfield said: “ Strange kid. "I have never seen anyone less suitable for football - weak, weak and wearing glasses ." However, to Lowe's surprise, the club signed a contract with him on April 3, 1955. Later, already speaking for Huddersfield, Low had surgery to correct strabismus, which was successful and greatly increased his self-esteem [6] .
Due to Huddersfield relegation to Lowe's Second Division , it was easier to get a game practice, and he made his debut for the club on December 24, 1956, at the age of 16, in a match against Notts County (Huddersfield won 2-0) . Soon, Manchester United head coach Matt Busby offered £ 10,000 for Low (a significant amount for that period of time), but the club refused to sell the player. From 1957 to 1959, Huddersfield's head coach was Bill Shankley , and after leaving for Liverpool , he wanted to take Low with him, but at that time Liverpool could not afford such financial expenses [7] .
Manchester City
In March 1960, Lowe signed a contract with Manchester City . His transfer set a new British transfer record of £ 55,000, although Lowe himself received "practically nothing" from this amount [8] . Although City played in the First Division, the club almost flew into the Second Division a season earlier, and Low believed that Huddersfield was at that time a stronger team [9] . On March 19, 1960, Lowe played his first match for City, scoring a goal in a meeting with Leeds United. In April 1961, Low made a “double” against the “ Aston Villa ”, which the “City” won with a score of 4: 1, thereby retaining a place in the First Division.
Although Lowe was thinking about leaving City, he had a successful 1960/61 season, scoring a total of 23 goals. In 1961, he scored 6 goals against Luton Town in the FA Cup match, but 20 minutes before the end of the meeting, the match was stopped and these goals were not scored. In the replay of the match, “Luton” won with a score of 3: 1, and “City” flew out of the FA Cup [11] .
Although Low enjoyed his game for City [12] , he wanted to play for a more successful team, and in the summer of 1961 he moved to the Italian club Torino .
Torino
Immediately after Lowe's arrival in Italy, another Italian club, Internazionale , tried to prevent Denis from joining Torino, saying that the latter had previously signed a preliminary agreement with Inter. However, even before the start of the season, Inter renounced its claims.
In Italy, shortly before that, restrictions on the maximum salary for football players were lifted. Low was pleasantly surprised by the pre-season training, which took place in the Alps, and the players were located in a luxury hotel. “Torino” paid the players a salary depending on the results of the team’s performances: in case of victory, the players received “bags of money”, and in case of defeats, they received almost nothing [13] . Like many British footballers who came to Italy, Lowe did not like the over-defensive " catenaccio " style of play, popular among Italian teams, and was struggling to adapt [14] .
On February 7, 1962, Lowe had a car accident with his teammate Joe Baker . Baker received very serious injuries and was on the verge of death, while Low's injuries did not pose a danger to his life.
By April 1962, Lowe requested a transfer, but his request was ignored. The conflict between Lowe and the coaching staff began to grow. In the match against Napoli , Lowe was sent off. After the match, it became known that the Torino coach asked the judge to remove Lowe, because he was angry with him for throwing the ball out of touch, although his coach told him not to. [15] Lowe left the field, after which he was informed that he would leave the team and move to Manchester United. A few days later he was informed that he would be sold to Juventus , as allegedly there was a clause in his contract, according to which he was obliged to move to another club, regardless of his preferences, if the Torino leadership wanted it. Lowe ignored this statement and calmly flew home to Aberdeen, realizing that Torino would not receive a song for his transfer if he refused to play for Juventus.
In the end, on July 10, 1962, Lowe transferred to Manchester United for a record British football of £ 115,000.
Manchester United
Lowe returned to Manchester , settling in the same house where he lived during his appearances for Manchester City. His debut for United took place on August 18, 1962 in a game against West Bromwich Albion , in which he scored a goal already in the 7th minute. The match ended in a draw with the score 2: 2. During this period, United went through a transition period after the Munich tragedy , and therefore acted unstable. In the 1962/63 season, the club fought for survival in the First Division. In the league match against Leicester City , Low made a hat-trick , but United still failed. In the FA Cup, the club performed more successfully. So, in a match against Huddersfield, Low made a hat-trick against the gate of his former club, while United won 5-0. The club reached the final of the FA Cup, where he met with Leicester City. Leicester was considered a clear favorite in the final match, finishing in the league in 4th place. Low scored the first goal of the match, while United won 3-1. It was the first and only FA Cup in Lowe's trophy collection for his entire career. In December 1962, Denis Low married a girl named Diana.
At this time, an incident occurred, the consequences of which, according to Low, he felt for many more years. In the match against West Bromwich on December 15, 1962, the chief referee of the match, Gilbert Pallin, constantly provoked Law with ridicule such as “You're a damn smart guy, you don't know how to play.” After the match, Lowe and Matt Busby filed a complaint about this with the Football Association. [16] The Disciplinary Committee issued Pallin a serious warning, but he did not recognize the verdict and refused to further judge the matches. Later, Lowe admitted that “in the eyes of some judges, [Lowe] became the person to be noted”, and that incident resulted in “crushingly heavy punishments” from judges in his future career [17] .
At the beginning of the 1963/64 season, Lowe regularly scored for the club, and was invited to the Rest of the World team , which played against England at Wembley . In this game, he scored one goal, which, as he later admitted, became the greatest honor of his career [18] . This season was interrupted for him by a 28-day suspension for removal in a match against Aston Villa . Due to the unusually cold winter, United had to play a large number of matches for a short period of time, and Low's absence negatively affected the team’s results. Later, Lowe himself said that his disqualification was the main reason why United did not win trophies that season.
The following season, Lowe received the Football Player of the Year Award in Europe , and Manchester United won their first league title after the Munich tragedy.
On October 21, 1965, Lowe suffered a right knee injury in a match between the national teams of Scotland and Poland. Even while playing for Huddersfield, he had surgery on this knee [19] , and this injury haunted him throughout his remaining career.
In 1966, Lowe demanded from the head coach of the United, Matt Busby, an increase in salary when renewing the contract, and threatened to leave the club if he did not receive it. Busby immediately set Lowe up for transfer, stating that "no player can set conditions for the club and demand a ransom." When Lowe met again with Busby, the latter presented him with an official written apology for signature, and then showed it to the press [20] . Later, Lowe admitted that Busby used this opportunity to warn other players not to do the same, although secretly he nevertheless agreed to raise his salary [21] .
In 1968, United won the European Cup , but due to a knee injury, Lowe missed the semifinals and finals and did not receive a gold medal. He regularly injected cortisone to relieve pain, but performances with an injured knee only exacerbated the injury. In January 1968, he visited a specialist who wrote a letter to United in which he recommended a new knee operation. Lowe did not show this letter to anyone for several years, and trained as usual [22] .
In the 1968/69 season, United reached the semifinals of the European Cup, in which he met with AC Milan . The first match at San Siro ended with a score 2-0 in favor of Milan, in a return match at Old Trafford United won with a score 1-0 thanks to Bobby Charlton's only goal. Lowe claims that he scored another goal in this match when the ball crossed the goal line after being hit, but he was knocked out by a Milan defender. However, the judge did not see the moment and did not count the goal, so United did not make it to the final. At the end of the season, Matt Busby, knighted, resigned as head coach. After that, the sunset began, Manchester United.
Wilf McGuinness was appointed new club coach at the start of the 1969/70 season [23] . This season, United took eighth place in the championship, and Lowe missed most of it due to injury. In April 1970, he was put up for a transfer with a redemption value of £ 60,000. However, no one showed a desire to buy it, so he stayed at United.
After an unsuccessful 1970/71 season, Frank O'Farrell was appointed head coach. The team started the season 1971/72 successfully, by the end of 1971 heading the championship standings with a margin of 5 points from second place. At that time, Low scored 12 goals. However, in the new year, the results worsened, and United finished only in 8th place [24] . In the first match of the 1972/73 season, Low scored a goal, but he again began to worry about a knee injury, and for the remainder of the season he did not score a single goal in the championship. The team also performed unsuccessfully, and O'Farrell was fired.
Lowe recommended that the board of directors invite Tommy Doherty to the position of head coach, knowing he was working as a coach for the Scottish national team [25] . The club listened to Low's recommendation, and under the guidance of Doherty, the club began to show more confident results, rising to the middle of the standings.
Doherty released Lowe as a free agent in the summer of 1973. Low spent 11 years at Manchester United, scoring 237 goals for the club in 404 matches. For a long time he was the second scorer in the history of the club, second only to the result of Bobby Charlton , but in 2016, Lowe also beat Wayne Rooney in the number of goals scored for Mankunians [26] .
Return to City
In 1973, Lowe returned to the City. He played in the final of the Football League Cup , in which City lost to Wolverhampton with a score of 2: 1. In the last game of the 1973/74 season championship, City played against Manchester United at Old Trafford. In this match, Low scored a goal with the heel against the gate of his former club, guaranteeing the City 1-0 victory. Low did not celebrate this goal, because believed that because of this goal, United would fly out of the First Division (later it turned out that even if United had a draw, it would still have flown to the Second Division). Lowe left the field with his head bowed and was immediately replaced. This was Lowe's last club match in his professional career.
He still had a contract with Manchester City, but City head coach Tony Buck told Lowe that he could only count on reserve games. Lowe refused such a continuation of his career and in the summer of 1974 ended his professional career as a football player [27] .
Career in the national team
Lowe was not called up to the Scottish national team to participate in the World Cup in the summer of 1958, but made his debut for the national team in the fall. It was a match against Wales on October 18, 1958. Low quickly entrenched in the main part of the Scottish team. He played in a match against England on April 15, 1961. Scotland lost in this match with a score of 9: 3, and Low described this defeat as “the darkest day” [28] .
Speaking for Torino, Lowe continued to play for Scotland, although the Italian club was reluctant to let him go to the matches of the national team. There was a provision in the contract with the player, according to which the club had the right not to let Low go to the matches of the national team.
On October 21, 1965, in a match against the Polish national team, Low injured his right knee - later on, this injury regularly made itself felt. On April 15, 1967, Lowe scored a goal in a match against England at the British Home Championship : Scotland won 3-2, defeating the British, who had become world champions less than a year ago. In the same season, Manchester United became the champion of England, but Low considered the victory of Scotland over England even more important [29] .
Scotland made it to the 1974 World Cup , the first time since 1958. Lowe was included in the national team and played in the first match in the championship against the Zaire national team . He failed to score a goal, although Scotland won 2-0. Low was “very disappointed” with the fact that the coach did not include him in his next matches against Brazil [30] and Yugoslavia . Although Scotland did not lose a single match, she could not qualify for the second stage and dropped out of the tournament [31] .
Scotland's Low Matches
| Scotland's matches and goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | date | Rival | Score | Goals Low | Competition |
| one | October 18, 1958 | Wales | thirty | one | British Championship 1958/59 |
| 2 | November 5, 1958 | Northern Ireland | 2: 2 | - | British Championship 1958/59 |
| 3 | May 27, 1959 | Netherlands | 2: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| four | June 3, 1959 | Portugal | 0: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| five | October 3, 1959 | Northern Ireland | 4: 0 | - | British Championship 1959/60 |
| 6 | November 4, 1959 | Wales | eleven | - | British Championship 1959/60 |
| 7 | April 9, 1960 | England | eleven | - | British Championship 1959/60 |
| eight | May 4, 1960 | Poland | 2: 3 | one | Friendly match |
| 9 | May 29, 1960 | Austria | 14 | - | Friendly match |
| ten | November 9, 1960 | Northern Ireland | 5: 2 | one | British Championship 1960/61 |
| eleven | April 15, 1961 | England | 3: 9 | - | British Championship 1960/61 |
| 12 | September 26, 1961 | Czechoslovakia | 3: 2 | 2 | World Cup Qualifiers 1962 |
| 13 | November 29, 1961 | Czechoslovakia | 2: 2 | - | World Cup Qualifiers 1962 |
| 14 | April 14, 1962 | England | 20 | - | British Championship 1961/62 |
| 15 | October 20, 1962 | Wales | 3: 2 | one | British Championship 1962/63 |
| sixteen | November 7, 1962 | Northern Ireland | 5: 1 | four | British Championship 1962/63 |
| 17 | April 6, 1963 | England | 2: 1 | - | British Championship 1962/63 |
| 18 | May 8, 1963 | Austria | 4: 1 | 2 | Friendly match |
| nineteen | June 4, 1963 | Norway | 3: 4 | 3 | Friendly match |
| 20 | June 9, 1963 | Ireland | 0: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 21 | June 13, 1963 | Spain | 6: 2 | one | Friendly match |
| 22 | November 7, 1963 | Norway | 6: 1 | four | Friendly match |
| 23 | November 20, 1963 | Wales | 2: 1 | one | British Championship 1963/64 |
| 24 | April 11, 1964 | England | ten | - | British Championship 1963/64 |
| 25 | May 12, 1964 | Germany | 2: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| 26 | October 3, 1964 | Wales | 2: 3 | - | British Championship 1964/65 |
| 27 | October 21, 1964 | Finland | 3: 1 | one | World Cup Qualifiers 1966 |
| 28 | November 25, 1964 | Northern Ireland | 3: 2 | - | British Championship 1964/65 |
| 29th | April 10, 1965 | England | 2: 2 | one | British Championship 1964/65 |
| thirty | May 8, 1965 | Spain | 0: 0 | - | Friendly match |
| 31 | May 23, 1965 | Poland | eleven | one | World Cup Qualifiers 1966 |
| 32 | May 27, 1965 | Finland | 2: 1 | - | World Cup Qualifiers 1966 |
| 33 | October 2, 1965 | Northern Ireland | 2: 3 | - | British Championship 1965/66 |
| 34 | October 13, 1965 | Poland | 12 | - | World Cup Qualifiers 1966 |
| 35 | April 2, 1966 | England | 3: 4 | one | British Championship 1965/66 |
| 36 | October 22, 1966 | Wales | eleven | one | European Championship 1968 Qualifiers |
| 37 | April 15, 1967 | England | 3: 2 | one | European Championship 1968 Qualifiers |
| 38 | May 10, 1967 | the USSR | 0: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| 39 | October 21, 1967 | Northern Ireland | 0: 1 | - | European Championship 1968 Qualifiers |
| 40 | November 6, 1968 | Austria | 2: 1 | one | World Cup Qualifiers 1970 |
| 41 | April 16, 1969 | Germany | eleven | - | World Cup Qualifiers 1970 |
| 42 | May 6, 1969 | Northern Ireland | eleven | - | British Championship 1969 |
| 43 | April 26, 1972 | Peru | 20 | one | Friendly match |
| 44 | May 20, 1972 | Northern Ireland | 20 | one | British Championship 1972 |
| 45 | May 24, 1972 | Wales | ten | - | British Championship 1972 |
| 46 | May 27, 1972 | Of England | 0: 1 | - | British Championship 1972 |
| 47 | June 29, 1972 | Yugoslavia | 2: 2 | - | Brazil Independence Cup |
| 48 | July 2, 1972 | Czechoslovakia | 0: 0 | - | Brazil Independence Cup |
| 49 | July 5, 1972 | Brazil | 0: 1 | - | Brazil Independence Cup |
| 50 | September 26, 1973 | Czechoslovakia | 2: 1 | - | World Cup Qualifiers 1974 |
| 51 | October 17, 1973 | Czechoslovakia | 0: 1 | - | World Cup Qualifiers 1974 |
| 52 | November 14, 1973 | Germany | eleven | - | Friendly match |
| 53 | March 27, 1974 | Germany | 12 | - | Friendly match |
| 54 | May 11, 1974 | Northern Ireland | 0: 1 | - | British Championship 1974 |
| 55 | June 14, 1974 | Zaire | 20 | - | Final matches of the 1974 World Cup |
Total: 55 matches / 30 goals; 24 wins, 14 draws, 17 losses
Scotland Youth Matches
| Matches and goals Low for the Scottish national team (under 23 years) | |||||
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| No | date | Rival | Score | Goals Low | Competition |
| one | November 25, 1959 | Wales | eleven | - | Friendly match |
| 2 | March 2, 1960 | England | 4: 4 | - | Friendly match |
| 3 | March 1, 1961 | England | ten | one | Friendly match |
Total: 3 matches / 1 goal; 1 win, 2 draws
Personal life
After completing his football career, Lowe worked on radio and television , commenting and analyzing football matches. He currently resides in Manchester with his wife Diana. Low has five children, and his daughter, who, like her mother, is Diana, works at the Manchester United press center.
In 2002, Lowe was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his services to English football.
On February 23, 2002, a statue of Denis Lowe was presented at the West Stand of the Old Trafford Stadium, known as the Stretford End [32] . In November 2003, Lowe successfully underwent surgery to treat prostate cancer [33] . On July 5, 2005, Lowe was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Aberdeen [34] .
In the 1990s, it became known that the Dutch striker Dennis Bergkamp got his name in honor of Denis Lowe, because Bergkamp's parents were Manchester United fans in the 1960s. The Dutch authorities did not give permission to name the child "Denis" with one letter "n", because it was too much like the feminine name Denise. In the end, Bergkamp was named Dennis.
On November 25, 2005, Lowe spent in the ward of his dying friend George Best , who died of numerous internal organ failures.
In May 2008, at the City of Manchester Stadium, Lowe, together with UEFA President Michel Platini , awarded medals to the winners and finalists of the UEFA Cup, Russian Zenit and Scottish Rangers.
In February 2010, Lowe was named the patron of a football aid charity, inheriting this position from Sir Bobby Robson [35] .
Achievements
Team Achievements
Manchester United
- First Division Champion ( 2 ): 1964/65 , 1966/67
- European Cup Winner: 1968
- FA Cup Winner : 1963
- Super Bowl of England ( 2 ): 1965 , 1967
- Total: 6 trophies
Personal Achievements
- Winner of the Golden Ball to the best football player in Europe: 1964
- Top scorer in Scotland's history: 30 goals [36]
- Manchester United top scorer in FA Cup: 34 goals
- Top scorer of the Fairs Cup : 1965
- European Cup top scorer: 1969
- Manchester United record holder for the number of goals this season: 46 goals
- PFA Football Merit Award : 1970
- Included on the Scottish Football Team Honors List : 1988
- Included in the list of 100 Football League legends
- Included in the English Football Hall of Fame : 2002
- Winner of UEFA's Scotland's Best Soccer Player of the Last 50 Years : 2003
- Included in the Scottish Football Hall of Fame : 2004
Performance Statistics
Club career
| Club | Season | League | Cups [37] | Eurocups [38] | Others [39] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
| Huddersfield Town | 1956/57 | 13 | 2 | five | one | - | - | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| 1957/58 | 18 | five | 2 | one | - | - | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | |
| 1958/59 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
| 1959/60 | 24 | 7 | 3 | one | - | - | 0 | 0 | 27 | eight | |
| Total | 81 | sixteen | ten | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | nineteen | |
| Manchester city | 1959/60 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 1960/61 | 37 | nineteen | 6 | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 23 | |
| Total | 44 | 21 | 6 | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 25 | |
| Torino | 1961/62 | 27 | ten | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ten |
| Total | 27 | ten | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ten | |
| Manchester United | 1962/63 | 38 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 29th |
| 1963/64 | thirty | thirty | 6 | ten | five | 6 | one | 0 | 42 | 46 | |
| 1964/65 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 3 | ten | eight | 0 | 0 | 52 | 39 | |
| 1965/66 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 6 | eight | 3 | one | 0 | 49 | 24 | |
| 1966/67 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 25 | |
| 1967/68 | 23 | 7 | one | 0 | 3 | 2 | one | one | 28 | ten | |
| 1968/69 | thirty | 14 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 45 | thirty | |
| 1969/70 | eleven | 2 | five | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | sixteen | 3 | |
| 1970/71 | 28 | 15 | 6 | one | 0 | 0 | 3 | one | 37 | 17 | |
| 1971/72 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | 43 | 13 | |
| 1972/73 | eleven | one | 3 | one | 0 | 0 | one | one | 15 | 3 | |
| Total | 309 | 171 | 57 | 37 | 33 | 28 | ten | 3 | 409 | 239 | |
| Manchester city | 1973/74 | 24 | 9 | five | 3 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | thirty | 12 |
| 1974/75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | one | 2 | one | |
| Total | 24 | 9 | five | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | one | 32 | 13 | |
| Total for Manchester City | 68 | thirty | eleven | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | one | 82 | 38 | |
| Total career | 485 | 227 | 79 | 47 | 33 | 28 | 13 | four | 610 | 306 | |
Team appearances
| Team | Year | World Cup Qualifiers | World Cup Final Matches | European Qualifiers | British Championship | KNB | Friendly matches | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
| Scotland | 1958 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | one | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | one |
| 1959 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | four | 0 | |
| 1960 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | one | - | - | 2 | one | four | 2 | |
| 1961 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | one | 0 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | |
| 1962 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | five | - | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | five | |
| 1963 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | one | - | - | five | ten | 7 | eleven | |
| 1964 | one | one | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | - | - | one | 0 | five | one | |
| 1965 | 3 | one | - | - | - | - | 2 | one | - | - | one | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1966 | - | - | - | - | one | one | one | one | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1967 | - | - | - | - | 2 | one | - | - | - | - | one | 0 | 3 | one | |
| 1968 | one | one | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| 1969 | one | 0 | - | - | - | - | one | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1970 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1971 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 3 | one | 3 | 0 | one | one | 7 | 2 | |
| 1973 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | one | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1974 | - | - | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | - | - | one | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total career | ten | five | one | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | eleven | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 55 | thirty | |
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1061264092 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- Mp filmportal.de - 2005.
- ↑ These official statistics do not include the matches and goals of the Low in the Watney Cup (4 matches, 1 goal) and the Anglo-Italian Cup (1 match, 1 goal).
- ↑ Multiple Scoreres League Table . StretfordEnd.co.uk . Date of treatment February 15, 2011. Archived February 23, 2012.
- ↑ Denis Law, Bob Harris. The king. - Bantam Press, 2003. , p. 29.
- ↑ Denis Law, Bob Harris. The king. - Bantam Press, 2003. , p. 44.
- ↑ Denis Law, Bob Harris. The king. - Bantam Press, 2003. , p. 52.
- ↑ Denis Law, Bob Harris. The king. - Bantam Press, 2003. , p. 53.
- ↑ Denis Law, Bob Harris. The king. - Bantam Press, 2003. , p. 54.
- ↑ Clayton, David. Everything under the blue moon: the complete book of Manchester City FC - and more !. - Edinburgh: Mainstream publishing, 2002 .-- ISBN 1-84018-687-9 . p. 126.
- ↑ Denis Law, Bob Harris. The king. - Bantam Press, 2003. , 55.
- ↑ Denis Law, Bob Harris. The king. - Bantam Press, 2003. , 67.
- ↑ Denis Law, Bob Harris. The king. - Bantam Press, 2003. , p. 68.
- ↑ Denis Law, Bob Harris. The king. - Bantam Press, 2003. , p. 80.
- ↑ Denis Law, Ron Gubba. Denis Law - An Autobiography. - Futura Publications, 1980. , p. 67.
- ↑ Denis Law, Ron Gubba. Denis Law - An Autobiography. - Futura Publications, 1980. , p. 68.
- ↑ Denis Law, Ron Gubba. Denis Law - An Autobiography. - Futura Publications, 1980. , p. 74.
- ↑ Denis Law, Bob Harris. The king. - Bantam Press, 2003. , p. 164.
- ↑ Denis Law, Bob Harris. The king. - Bantam Press, 2003. , p. 170.
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- ↑ Stuart Jackson. Season 1971–72 . RSSSF.com . Date of treatment July 10, 2007. Archived February 23, 2012.
- ↑ Denis Law, Bob Harris. The king. - Bantam Press, 2003. , p. 217.
- ↑ Rooney took the 2nd place in the list of the best scorers in the history of the Premier League , Champion.com (January 2, 2016). Date of treatment May 18, 2016.
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- ↑ Match Schedule - 1974 World Cup . planetworldcup.com . Date of treatment October 6, 2007. Archived February 23, 2012.
- ↑ Denis Law statue unveiled (inaccessible link) . Article on official Manchester United website . ManUtd.com. Date of treatment April 6, 2014. Archived February 23, 2012.
- ↑ How I beat prostate cancer: Denis Law . Article on Manchester Online . Date of treatment June 25, 2005. Archived February 23, 2012.
- ↑ Law will not judge Glazers yet (inaccessible link - history ) . Article on Manchester Online .
- ↑ Your Chance to Meet Football Aid's New Patron - Denis Law . Article on Football Aid's website . Date of treatment February 4, 2010. Archived February 23, 2012.
- ↑ Along with Kenny Dalglish .
- ↑ FA Cup , Football League Cup, Italy Cup .
- ↑ European Cup , Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup Winners Cup .
- ↑ England Super Cup , Intercontinental Cup . Also included are games in the Watney Cup (1970/71 season, 3 matches, 1 goal; 1971/72 season, 1 match, 0 goals), the Anglo-Italian Cup (1972/73 season, 1 match, 1 goal) and the Texaco Cup ( season 1974/75, 2 matches, 1 goal).