Praise and tributes aplenty after the passing of the Law man
Cuala manager Austin O'Malley with Con O’Callaghan after Sunday's All-Ireland club championship final victory over Errigal Ciarán. Photograph: Ken Sutton/Inpho
Last year’s All-Ireland final was the last straw. “There were 97 kick passes and 592 hand passes – 592! This is not FOOTball, it’s Gaelic HANDball.” So vexed was he, he was tempted to take to the pitch with that Fr Ted sign, “Down with this sort of thing”. A sublime Peter Harte goal, some otherworldly points, a sprinkling of delicious KICK-passing, Pat, and that was 60 minutes plus added time very well spent on the couch.
“If you had to send a man out to score a goal to save your life, there’s only man you’d send – you’d send the Law man,” said the very great Hugh McIlvanney in a clip from the archives. We were then shown a montage of his goals, and oh my. “Farewell to the king, Denis Law was one of the true greats,” said Gary Lineker, and that he was.
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