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Jan 16, 2025, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by
Kronos
Just a bit outside. Rest in peace, Bob.
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Jan 17, 2025, 12:45 AM
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A great one.
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Jan 17, 2025, 01:04 AM
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Originally Posted by
tribe125
A great one.
I saw this earlier... yes indeed.
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Jan 18, 2025, 12:16 AM
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My first football hero, dating from around 1963, and my first hero of anything. A boy in the playground told me that Denis Law was the greatest footballer in the world, and I believed him, with all the certainty of an 8 year-old. I can still remember where we were standing. I became a Denis Law supporter, and because he had recently signed for Manchester United, that made me a Manchester United supporter as well. He was the most expensive footballer in the world at the time - at £115.000. He would have been as outstanding today, hardly having to adjust to the modern game.
I saw him play, and I saw him score. I could hardly believe that was him, out in the green pitch in the red shirt. Even as an adult there would sometimes be a catch in my voice as I said his name.
He was probably the first player to celebrate a goal. Up to then players simply walked back to the centre circle, maybe receiving a handshake. Denis Law wheeled away, one finger pointing to the sky.
An irrepressible character and ‘The King’. Thank you, Denis.
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Jan 18, 2025, 12:17 AM
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Jan 18, 2025, 04:46 AM
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I remember reading that he initially had to hide the fact that he was in a rock band from his mother. He said he was teaching them.
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Originally Posted by
tribe125
I remember reading that he initially had to hide the fact that he was in a rock band from his mother. He said he was teaching them.
Yes. He didn't want his parents to think he was "wasting" his music education by playing rock & roll.
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