Joe Brewin raids the archives for the greatest Manc match-ups – featuring irate Irishmen and lots (and lots) of goals
When Denis Law’s late backheel found the net against his former club, the Scot thought he’d been the man to end Manchester United’s 36-year stint in English football’s top flight. As it happened, the Reds would have been relegated anyway after Birmingham beat Norwich in their final game of the campaign, but Law wasn't to know.
He refused to celebrate and was substituted immediately after, never to play another league game for the club who’d beaten Matt Busby to his signature the first time around in 1960.