A true Scot – tributes paid to Denis Law following death aged 84 - Former Manchester United team-mate Alex Stepney said Law “was a true character…a firecracker”.

Denis Law has been described as a “true Scot” by former teammate Alex Stepney as tributes poured in for the Manchester United and Scotland great following his death at the age of 84.

Manchester United and Scotland great Denis Law has died at the age of 84, sparking a wave of heartfelt tributes to a man known at Old Trafford as "The King".Manchester United said the club was mourning the loss of "the King of the Stretford End".

Denis Law, legendary Manchester United and Scotland goalscorer, dies aged 84 - The striker, part of Man Utd’s Holy Trinity with George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton, established himself as one of the gr

Former Manchester United and Scotland striker Denis Law, who has died at the age of 84, was hailed Friday as a "football giant" whose "memory will live on forever more".

With his eye for goal and effervescent personality, Denis Law was the darling of a generation as the Scotland striker played a key role in Manchester United's rise from tragedy to triumph.It was the last goal Law scored in a competitive match as he retired after playing for Scotland at his only World Cup a few months later.

Not only that, he did it with his last-ever kick in professional football, and a backheel to boot. The insolence. The irony. What a story. Six years on from helping United become