February 24:
Widely regarded as one of the best footballers ever to have played the game, Denis Law was born on this day in 1940 and is celebrating his 82nd birthday today.
He was our youngest ever player when he made his debut for Town on Christmas Eve 1956, only 16 years old. He was 18 when he made his Scotland debut, scoring as well against Wales. He was chosen for that game by Matt Busby, who would later sign him for Man Utd, for whom he would play the majority of his career.
He scored 19 goals for Town in 91 matches before Man City paid us a British record transfer fee in 1960 and we spent the £55,000 on a new set of floodlights.
Anyway, I haven't time or space to write about all he achieved in the game, so if you've got a spare 13 minutes, watch this Sky documentary about him, it's very good.
Another one for you to watch, just seven and a half minutes this time. It's from this date in 2018 when we beat West Brom at the Hawthorns in the Premier League. A fantastic performance it was and gave us all belief that we were actually going to stay up, which we did. Goals from Rajiv van La Parra and Steve Mounié.
Widely regarded as one of the best footballers ever to have played the game, Denis Law was born on this day in 1940 and is celebrating his 82nd birthday today.
He was our youngest ever player when he made his debut for Town on Christmas Eve 1956, only 16 years old. He was 18 when he made his Scotland debut, scoring as well against Wales. He was chosen for that game by Matt Busby, who would later sign him for Man Utd, for whom he would play the majority of his career.
He scored 19 goals for Town in 91 matches before Man City paid us a British record transfer fee in 1960 and we spent the £55,000 on a new set of floodlights.
Anyway, I haven't time or space to write about all he achieved in the game, so if you've got a spare 13 minutes, watch this Sky documentary about him, it's very good.
Another one for you to watch, just seven and a half minutes this time. It's from this date in 2018 when we beat West Brom at the Hawthorns in the Premier League. A fantastic performance it was and gave us all belief that we were actually going to stay up, which we did. Goals from Rajiv van La Parra and Steve Mounié.