A shining star ornament placed at Denis Law’s right boot on Manchester United’s Holy Trinity statue gave out a frail light and people arrived with bouquets to provide some colour, but there was no getting away from the bleakness.
It was a grey, stone-cold day and the last of the legendary triumvirate, linking United to a glorious past, had gone.
The messages attached to the flowers thanked Law for ‘the memories’ and for the absolute certainty that he would deliver for fans. If you needed a player to ‘score a goal to save your life’ stated a message inked in black onto a replica shirt, then you would ‘send for the Lawman.