Man United 0-1 Man City 1973-74 (Law backheel)

"Denis has done it!" The words of Gerald Sinstadt as the wee Scotsman nonchalantly back-heeled a goal that, even if other results had gone their way, sealed Manchester United's relegation after a 36 year stay in England's top flight. One of the most renowned Manchester derbies, which also features numerous pitch invasions, a smoke bomb and the linesmen using pink flags.

[@fruitfarmfactory7901]

Pitch invasions should be added to the next Fifa/PES games.

[@TheLibermania]

It would happen every game. What would trigger it?

[@user-co1gi7yd2r]

TheLibermania random. And not every game

[@fruitfarmfactory7901]

@@TheLibermania A team getting relegated. Not necessarily the one you play as but if your final game in a league ; you beat a team fighting relegation then the fans storm the pitch..... *OR* if you win a Champions League Final *OR* if you play as a lower rank team and when the FA Cup etc.

[@gearboxobs419]

Racist flags too. And a spot of square going.

[@Lucky-sh1dm]

Douglas Nosferatou visible hooligan brawls for derby matches

[@tomasjurogutierrez2294]

*Resume of 1973-74 First Division season:* _ Leeds United champion of the league. _ Liverpool champion of the FA Cup. _ Man. U. relegated by Man. C. and with a Law (a "red devil" legend) goal. Incredible.

[@kjellesperas5132]

Fantastic. Football history, and great Celebrating in NORWAY. MOT 😊😊

[@RYx222]

Law didn't relegate United

[@CoolDude-jp1kj]

@@RYx222 Was part of confirming it tho lmao

[@RYx222]

@@CoolDude-jp1kj No he wasn't. They were going down regardless of the result.

[@RYx222]

@Mark Griffin For the love of God, his goal was not pivotal his goal meant fuck all. United could have drew 0-0 and they were still relegated

[@toby94015]

I’m American and I lived for almost two years at that time in my late teens in that part of England. Since I wasn’t emotionally locked into a club every Saturday and sometimes Wednesdays I went to all of them in the area. The experience changed my life. I love England and I will love English Football, forever.

[@jmacmcfc4662]

You a red or blue? That is the question my friend hahaha,

[@englanduk6131]

​@@jmacmcfc4662Hopefully a blue! 😁

[@fatbelly27]

4:44 I have never, to this day, seen a man more disappointed to have scored.

[@vangaaltheperfectcureforin5802]

Never mind that, he brought jubilation to every normal person in the rest of the world!!

[@artursfilipovs4923]

@@vangaaltheperfectcureforin5802 back then united were not hated as much

[@wonjubhoy]

Henrik Larsson was like this when he scored for Barcelona against Celtic.

[@kevinprior3549]

What made him move to City from Utd tho... it did seem a strange cruel twist for the red side of Manchester

[@echarts3710]

Frank Lampard felt awful when he scored against Chelsea under M. City jersey

[@renejean2523]

Gerald Sinstadt. One of the great football voices that I grew up with. Rest in Peace.

[@kevinprior3549]

Was he with itv back then or was he always with BBC?

[@richardtaylor8165]

Granada in those days. If I remember took over about 1969 when his predecessor Barry Davies moved to the BBC.

[@leshill6186]

Iron Mike Doyle, just stood there, not arsed about the pitch invasion. True Blue Legend.

[@ivorscrotumic3556]

It'd would've taken more than that shower of shang-a-langs to bother Doyle.

[@GreenCocanix]

His grandson plays for city too

[@onthekippaxsince75]

@@ivorscrotumic3556 hahahahaha "Shang a langs " I love it, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@seanswift8455]

Pity you mongs didn't,utfr

@@GreenCocanix aye, Tommy Doyle

[@markhemming318]

Even the young players look old.

[@oscargalvis197]

Maybe the most painful goal in united's history

[@vangaaltheperfectcureforin5802]

I was 17, and being a fan of the greatest British club of all time it was one of the most FANTASTIC weeks of my life! You insidious BASTARDS got relegated, and we thrashed the Geordies in the cup final a week later, and I was there!... An absolute gobshite that he is, it's just a shame that Law's goal didn't confirm your relegation!.. Now that would have been the icing on the cake!!… Happy days, and hopefully that minging motormouth Mourinho can bring them back..!!

[@Hawkzblade]

@big boy 2 thirds of those came from London though. lol and still do.

[@Hawkzblade]

@big boy what are you talking about. 2 thirds of man u supporters are from London. I never mentioned how big the crowds were. no wonder you support them lmao.

[@mancunited3845]

What has Klopp won..FUCK ALL YOU VERMIN BASTARD.

[@jr8163]

@@mancunited3845 United the original vermin vile club of the north.nice to see the tramps of the Stretford end invade pitch to look for some tab ends

[@GirGir183]

6:50 It's just SOOOO 1970s, isn't it?

[@fabrizioluci801]

04:14 The Denis Law's Goal 07:50 The Manchester United's Relegation

[@user-ls8ks7kv8c]

7:02 lol even the pitch invaders wore suits back then

[@setiapratamadupi]

Not only I just found out Law's last club was City, he played with them before playing for United. I only knew him as United legend.

[@pj5517]

The fashion then is now catching on in Luton.

[@edwardevans4717]

And Middlesbrough

[@colinjennings3661]

Dennis Law's last kick in English league football was that backheel.

[@neilshaw5404]

Only because he didn't feature in Tony Book's plans for 74-75. Law had already played (and scored) for City in the Anglo Scottish Cup v Sheff United and actually wanted to play for another season.

[@richardgere9365]

Flares, flour-bombs and fighting on an epic scale. The epitome of football in the 70s.

[@fredfox1764]

and we have a statue of him outside old trafford coz he will always be our king denis

[@elsiecook2071]

How he must have felt....but whit a goal! A pure LEGEND! Bless ye Dennis! X

[@ryanrobinson3900]

Perfect season, leeds champions, man utd relegated, doubt that'll ever happen again 😀

[@nimlopatlo1013]

Yes you got that right, never again.

[@JESUS-LOVED-ANAL]

More chance of man u getting relegated than Leeds being champions. And I mean THIS coming season cos man u are rotten.

[@sagahammer]

Great day. Now the top teams can't get relegated because of their money. It makes the experience of watching a team so much worse.

[@bobbieeeee]

Aston Villa and Newcastle are massive clubs.

[@ph0n1xz]

Wtf you're talking about?

[@i_know_youre_right_but]

Father Jimmy Ranable Villa are a massive club? Get real.

[@amarrr8979]

Keith Johnson they r

[@TheGiantKillers]

@@bobbieeeee Yep and Everton are bigger again and came within a stones throw three times between '94-2004

[@ianwilson2007]

Greatest pitch invasion ever. The ref just went 'fuck it'.

[@ervineokuboh7459]

I remember this game well. April 27th 1974. The goal that sent Man Utd into the second division. It was surreal.

[@standrewsSH]

Was it birmingham who sent united down???

[@Conici_AU]

Law could have backheeled it into the keepers gloves and it wouldn’t have changed a thing. United were down regardless of his goal

[@RYx222]

@@Conici_AU Finally someone with sense.

[@kevinprior3549]

Did they go straight back up as champions of the old 2nd Division in 1975?

[@deanlipoy_yt4766]

@@kevinprior3549 I know this is late, but they did. They won the 2nd division the next season.

[@petersmith4202]

Liverpool fan here I liked Denis law he was a gent

[@user-wx1gd9fs1k]

Denis Law was awesome.

[@eddybluesteel9058]

Great Hairstyles and the flairs wonderful fashion they still have that up north nowadays ;-)

[@shoutinghorse]

How the hell did they get relegated with players like Martin Buchan, Brian Greenhoff, Sammy McIlroy, Gerry Daly and Lou Macari in the side. I remember it as a boy and everyone kept saying they were too good to go down, but go down they did.

[@oldmanc2]

6:49 solo run cracks me up everytime

[@ChesterRGC]

It remembers me of a dog running happily on a field when you free it for some minutes

[@boxthorncutter2804]

@@ChesterRGC 😆

[@dantheman5745]

Great play-by-play commentary by Eric Idle. :-D

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

Eric Idle always reminded me of Stan Bowles.

[@gusdogbrownlab435]

Great goal by Dennis Law ...remember watching this and practicing back heels with my brother in the back garden. Always liked flair players of the 70s and those invading supporters were wearing some of the best.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Denis*

[@edwardmorris728]

A brilliant finish from a United legend. But was he doing playing for citeh? Like dalglish playing for Everton 😂

[@wonjubhoy]

Tommy Docherty let him go and his family did not want to leave the Manchester area.

[@tomben6180]

He started his career at City, he played for City first

[@Adam-pu6jg]

Don't you mean Dalglish playing for United?! As an Liverpool > < Everton transfer is, by an order of magnitude, more likely than any Liverpool > < United transfer.

[@tomben6180]

@@Adam-pu6jg The United vs Liverpool rivalry as a historic thing is one of the biggest myths in football. It only really got big in the 1990s because Sky pushed it.

[@Adam-pu6jg]

@@tomben6180 that rivalry was big before Sky pushed it. When was the last time the two clubs directly transferred a player between themselves? 1964. Even Barca-Real have made more transfers between themselves since!

[@DokktorDeth]

The greatest goal in English post-war football history

[@chrish2359]

It's a great goal. It's skilful and at a crucial moment. But that is a bit of an exaggeration.

[@sonny7194]

@@chrish2359 more like a giant exaggeration lol

[@kevinstephenson4674]

I think that the four England struck in the 1966 World Cup final plus about 750 in the various Cup Finals might just trump it

[@Scot913319]

most important*

[@DokktorDeth]

@@chrish2359 / Michael Smith. It is to me (plus 74 thumbs up in agreement by extension), and that's all that really matters. It's all about context.

[@TheJohhnyrotten]

This was the first game I ever went to. The season after it was games against the likes of Leyton Orient, Oxford United and Bristol Rovers but we came straight back up with Norwich and Aston Villa. I remember all this but struggle with last weeks results.

[@chrish2359]

The way United are playing now that is probably not a bad thing!

[@TheJohhnyrotten]

Good point @@chrish2359

[@redflag8970]

ye i find it easier to remember those days aswell

[@CallumLUHG]

I'm a massive Red, but come on Denis Law is a legend, he had to do his job. What else do you want him to do. I respect him for walking straight off the pitch down the tunnel after scoring. And come on Reds they had better days than us then..

[@JamesHReeve-cd4fr]

He didn't walk straight off the pitch. The game restarted, there were several more pitch invasions, and Law was taken off, replaced by Phil Henson.

[@Inglese001]

What a class act Denis Law was - not celebrating a goal against his old club.

[@conner1260]

He loved United, never wanted to leave

[@portcullis5622]

Those were the days of a Manchester derby with British players. Probably quite a few local lads in the teams as well. This fixture probably really meant something to every player on the pitch. I doubt whether that is the case now. An era of mercenary players who go where their agents tell them there is the most money to be made.

[@armandot347]

I profoundly hate what English football, or rather its main tournament, has turned into. Completely unrecognizable with all those foreign mercenaries. The reason why I love watching videos from a long gone era where football was truly British.

[@li4398]

Portcullis totally agree

[@li4398]

Yep I’m a Leeds fan but totally agree. Utd v city now would probarly involve about 4/5 British players tops, the rest just there for vast wage packets. That Pogbas the worst, Christ what a vile individual. Sorry we bottled it again (players not fans) and won’t be seeing you again next season.

[@theaussieburwoodboy9943]

Could fans make a cull.....

[@grantpage2138]

So you wouldn't go for a job that pays you the most then? 🤔

[@BLACKLEYLAD1]

Love Mike Doyle, a blue warrior not worried by all the vermin at all.

[@alistairnewton4149]

Slap Bang !

[@sergemanoukian2281]

BLACKLEYLAD

[@user-sw2lv3zp6o]

Just what I thought. Strolling off the pitch without a worry.

[@mancunited3845]

Doyle watched utd as a kid...Vermin, coming from a so called Mancunian club who sing about Munich...

[@pj5517]

Later played for Stoke. Was cool and hard with it

[@Grahamgusbull]

As I keep saying,things were far more exciting in those days!

[@pfg333]

@6.40 fans climb onto the pitch to avoid the smoke and the copper just pushes a kid back into it. Ahhhh the good old days.

[@peterdudgon3830]

great to watch remembered when i was a kid

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

Game also marked the end of City for a generation. The Mercer/Allison team was finally broken up the next season and the new team of Watson, Hartford, Royle, Tueart etc never achieved its potential.

[@scherben8870]

Was a good team, nonetheless. You should have won the League in 1977.

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

Yes, I remember my Dad taking me to Maine Rd for the game against Liverpool around Christmas 1976. We gave away a soft equaliser because Joe Corrigan slipped on the frozen pitch. We would have won the league if not for that.

[@scherben8870]

You were also unlucky to lose at Anfield the following April. Not forgetting our two 3-1 wins over you ;) (You should have had an equaliser in the Maine Road derby, when the ball crossed the line at 2-1.)

[@vangaaltheperfectcureforin5802]

Correct, but by goodness they made countless Liverpool fans very happy that day!.… I was 17 at the time but still smile about it now!!

[@tomben6180]

@Manchester United Rag muppet counts charity shields and club world cups in his numbers but denies them City? 😂 That number of trophies won by City is climbing and quick, you’re done for.

[@Dude0000]

Booing Dennis Law was a measure of the lack of integrity that has stayed with the club to this day (and beyond unfortunately, albeit fewer of them).

[@thebeatnumber]

What lack of integrity? Wasn't Cristiano Ronaldo given a hero's welcome back to OT in the 2013 Champions League, even though he scored the goal that knocked us out of the competition?

[@Dude0000]

@@thebeatnumber yeah, by the ‘tourist’ supporters Old Trafford is inundated with nowadays. Got success by being a corporate club, and still that way. Financial files are like ‘Tiger proofing ‘ golf courses. Never hurt Tiger, just his opponents. Same with United. Without the corporate side, they’d be mid table. Great football club mss as only off the pitch. They knew how to get a worldwide fan base to buy crap. What else mss as de them stand out before Fetgie? Only 2 managers have won the league for United, Liverpool it’s 7. Yet United had the foresight to create a ‘brand’ as a corporation does. Liverpool never capitalised on their success proactively. Only organically. Yet Liverpool have now won more again…

[@tchbigchannel5361]

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[@Darwinion]

8:26 love how the City No.4 stands his ground at the scum giving him shit. Is that Mike Doyle? I'm not a City fan to be fair.

[@masstransit2]

Probably nonced the youth team after the game, isn't that what City employees do?

[@johnhughes4292]

Mike Doyle hard man and City legend RIP ike

[@tomben6180]

@@masstransit2 Bit rich isn’t it considering you’ve just employed two rapists. Mike Doyle made the entire sweaty end run away 😂

[@germanangel2141]

y así fue como uno de los mejores jugadores de la historia del united se encargo de descenderlos a segunda

[@GlidersByStefan]

I remember that game well, did t go because my mum wouldn’t let me... my favourite bit? Mike Doyle, just standing there. I was waiting for him to cuff one of the pitch invaders round the back of the head...

[@04Redeemed]

what a fall from grace, from European champs only a few seasons previously to being dumped by their city rivals and one of their own heroes, couldn't write it better!

[@notoriouseagle1074]

I'm not a United fan at all, but to be fair, they lost that trio of players and Busby had retired a few years earlier.

[@fatbelly27]

To this day I have never seen a player less happy about scoring a goal. Worth pointing out that that backheel was Denis Law's last touch in a professional game, as there was the pitch invasion and he was substituted, then he retired.

[@cerneuffington2656]

Not quite. He did play a few matches for Scotland, including the '74 World Cup. Having said that, I'm not sure if he touched the ball in any of those games, so you could be right.

[@fatbelly27]

No, you&#39;re right. He played against Zaire in the 74 World Cup, then 2 pre-season matches for City. Then he retired. &#39;Last touch in the Football League&#39; would have been accurate. His last game was a pre-season friendly against Oldham

[@JamesHReeve-cd4fr]

Law's last game was v Oldham Athletic.

[@davidclarke6718]

It’s amazing how fast the fans left the pitch when they saw the old bill coming at them with truncheons raised. Very different old bill now to scared of law suits now.f

[@mellymel245]

RELEGATED 💙nice one Dennis...best goal ever.... icie moss side Manchester city 💙

[@Wickedpissah41]

Preferred David pleatt dancing across the maine Road pitch

[@tomben6180]

@@Wickedpissah41 Mind the gap Munich

[@hughjanus900]

14 when this happened, as an lfc fan boy did I celebrate

[@TheShotgunslade]

Saturday afternoon and all this wonderful fun then ome for a quick clean up and off to see Slade. heh heh heh. Glory days. Marmaries are made of this. Luv it.

[@masstransit2]

You mean mammaries surely?

[@MrDws1960]

Denis Law played for city before he played for utd ! fact if you have a transfer market some players move from club to club how many current premier plyers have played for the same club all there lives ?

[@neilshaw5404]

One of the most iconic moments in football history, but one which would now be destroyed by VAR checking whether Law was offside.

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

Never tire of watching that genius goal pure class

[@davidcole9971]

The thing I remember most about Manchester City at this time was the great and modest Colin Bell, if he scored a goal he just wanted to run back to halfway and shake hands, none of the showboating that goes on nowadays which does nothing to enhance the game

[@RH-ku3ol]

david cole implying celebrating a goal is only apart of the modern game You boomers are the same that think pogba is a disgrace because he posts on instagram and gets different haircuts but think it was acceptable for George best to be an alcoholic sleep with prostitutes and own a nightclub

[@raghavmadan9161]

@@RH-ku3ol best didn't let those things affect his performance. Ultimately it all comes down to the performance.

[@pacificstudioskct]

he said to you that only 2 seasons played with city...So I think that he counts the season 1960-1961 that you mentioned. More than 300 games and 170 goals with one team make him a legend. I don't like M.U. but this moment was really bad...

[@prakashgooljar5026]

His reaction bears testimony to his eternal loyalty to United. Hope he is keeping well these days

[@BuffaloZx]

Eternal loyalty to united? He’s in a city shirt

[@oldskoolfool141]

@@BuffaloZx And we still call him King Denis at Old Trafford

[@lawmantheonetrueking3739]

@@BuffaloZx Denis never wanted to leave Utd. Docherty made him a free transfer. He found out about on the TV when he had gone up to Scotland at the end of the previous season. Not a classy bit of work from the manager. He planned to retire but then City came him and Denis decided to do one more season and he made it to the ‘74 World Cup. He was and is simply the One True King of Old Trafford. The first Utd Ballon D’or Winner. He also has 2 statues at the ground. No-one should ever disrespect that.

[@JESUS-LOVED-ANAL]

@@lawmantheonetrueking3739 Absolutely correct. Thank you. Doherty did Dennis dirty. Scoring that goal was his natural reaction to a chance in the box but once he realised what he'd done I'll bet he nearly threw up. Sad ending for him to be booed by the fans that adored him. The hurt was in his face in his body language everything.Man was gutted.

[@phillipsexton9543]

this was when football really was football no insurance policy for the big teams pre 92 I really miss it

[@accountuser5588]

Phillip Sexton And then 45 years from now people will look back at 2019 and then say exactly the same thing.

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

@@accountuser5588 they won't footballs been tame and predictable for about 30 years

[@rocon86]

Brilliant!!!

[@theholyfather1]

Even though I'm a lifelong Man Utd supporter I still love how Law never celebrated ! The look on his face said it all. He was taken off soon after & never played again . Well done The Lawman !

[@JamesHReeve-cd4fr]

Law played 1 game for Scotland in the 1974 World Cup (v Zaire) and played two games for City at the start of the following season.

[@mancunited3845]

After the game Denis sat in the Utd dressing room...

[@eddiepower3876]

@@mancunited3845 I'd say that was pretty ... the very same as Tierre Henry sitting on the pitch beside the Irish players after handballing them out of the world cup🤣🤣🤣

[@zzzaaa0990]

Always get the goosebumps when I see this match and Law's golden goal that sent man u/fa back where they belong.Great memories,it really doesn't get any better does it?13>1.Amen.Also 20-10-2011 man u/fa 1 6 City,riveting stuff.Amen.

[@shoutinghorse]

It's become a myth that Denis Law sent them down with that back flick. The truth is other results went against them and they would have still been relegated even if they'd won as they lost away at Stoke last game. It was the 1st season that three relegated was introduced and they would still have gone down had it been just the two relegated. They finished 2nd bottom on 32pnts 4 behind Southampton.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Spoken like a true bitter ( misinformed ) Blue.

[@redflag8970]

just a troll on utd sites.

[@BlackbirdSCV]

"Back where they belong"? But this goal didn't win the league for United...

[@zzzaaa0990]

@@BlackbirdSCV Always get goosebumps when I watch this vid dude,what a goal by Denis,hats off dude.21/10/2011 man u/fa 1 6 City. Amen.

[@ianwhitehead691]

All those flared trousers in one place OUTRAGEOUS. Thank God Punk came along.

[@casoncello]

A true masterpiece by a great who honoured football, Manchester, City and United. And that's all.

[@bledzhius]

6:52, what was oliver twist doing on the football pitch?

[@eddiepower3876]

😂😂😂😂good one

[@lewis72]

6:53 Even the hooligans were smartly dressed back then !

[@obadiahspong2300]

It was even smarter during the suedehead era of 1971, Crombie coats, button-down shirts, staypress trousers and polished brogues.

[@swaldron5558]

@@obadiahspong2300 high platform shoes or Dc Martens boots!

[@obadiahspong2300]

@@swaldron5558 Dr Martens were 1969-70 Skinhead and Platforms arrived 1972ish. The Suedes of '71 wore brogues. Youth fashions changed fast back then.

[@chadwickthebeta1611]

"We've got an invasion of the pitch that we could well do without."

[@marianocastillo5779]

It really amazes me how calm British people can be in these situations

[@wd-id4th]

Gerald Sinstadt commentary, the good old days, even though both sets of fans invaded there wasn't that much trouble 🤷‍♂️we'll, not inside the ground anyway.

[@daveglynn748]

@@wd-id4th Only United fans invaded the pitch mate and the city fans at the corner of the United road shit it. I was 16 at the time and at that match. Remember it well

[@wd-id4th]

@@daveglynn748 thanks Dave. I was away in the Navy when United went down, gutted when I heard. Loved the Doc era.

[@daveglynn748]

@@wd-id4th I was heartbroken at being relegated but it turned into yet another chapter in united’s glorious story where we stormed to the division 2 title. Went to nearly every game home and away that season and loved every minute. If I could change history I wouldn’t change a thing to do with that relegation. Even Denis’s back heel is pure poetic legend. 🎼We’ll Never Die🎵

[@seanycage2610]

Would love to see them go down again.

[@frankrogowski5608]

Denis the hero of the game - what a legend

[@airborneassassin6588]

I was there 13 years of age City fan loved it.

[@mancunited3845]

One of the few who were, city returning thousands of tickets...

[@MarpleSteve]

Me too 11 y/o first ever away game and to be honest I was a tad scared at the end. But I’ve never stopped watching the Blues since.

[@bazhowell1123]

Loads of City fans were there .... scoreboard and scoreboard paddock ..... ask the rags who were fightin with them near the end!

[@Dude0000]

When Manchester United had maybe half the stadium with people from Manchester in the crowd.

[@buzzybeepopman2009]

Xenaphoba by any chance

[@swaldron5558]

Now is 95% comes from Cornwall & London.

[@markymark6233]

Where were the city fans??

[@emptypages1970]

It was called league division 1 in those days.Man utd were division 2 champions the following season so returned for season 1975/76.

[@Simplyclouds2]

I’ve never seen so many pairs of flares in my life.

[@mattblack8370]

They're Parallels "paras" not flares.

[@swaldron5558]

Platform shoes & doc martens boots!

[@tomben6180]

They always were odd looking cunts those lot from Trafford

[@nsule195]

does anyone know the name of shirt 3, from man city?

[@jonc3295]

Those pitch invaders do really well to run in those flares

[@gtella31]

Anyway what a great goal!

[@edgarbodiao4589]

That's the time when fans had freedom and the game belonged to them and players.

[@moron4374]

but the fans lost their freedom because of the disruption and deah they caused. it had to be controlled but, unfortunately, those with power and control love power and control; this class of fans (the true fans) have been banished to their living rooms.

[@AnythingButRnB]

We were shite that season, we deserved to go down. I stood on the stretford paddock when Denis scored, it broke my heart but I took a piece of the pitch home with me after the game

[@UrbanFreestylerTV]

Hi Col, I am looking to speak to fans who were around in the 70s for a new book I am researching. would you be interested in talking to me? Martin

[@sallywilson5097]

Look at the state of the pitch compared to today's pitches

[@kevinprior3549]

Proper football field

[@scotfoxx]

Good to see so many scots taking part . Apart from Dennis , big jim Holton, willie Donachie ( famous for his own goal ) Marin Buchan , Houston ,Gordon McQueen .......now we just produce managers !

[@stingray4real]

George Graham played for Man Utd .

[@mick6370]

Gordon McQueen was still at Leeds United winning a League title.

[@peterpeterxxo]

best's last match for man utd was on Jan 1st 1974 then after another row with docherty he left the club and this time for good..best was in prison over christmas 1984.

[@scottishjohnInTexas]

I was there that day, poor Denis, he was gutted.

[@paulnutter1713]

The best season in living memory, United are the champions and "United" get relegated, happy days, it'll never happen again

[@eddiepower3876]

@ants staffs Leeds be champions?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣what u smokin mate?

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Famous for being the last goal that The King ever scored at Old Trafford.

[@alftupper9359]

The invasion of the Oxford bags.

[@roywinstanley9402]

Didn't Everton play a part in utd,s relegation the week before in a 1-0 victory.city,s win was the final nail if memory serves me ?

[@craiggerrard5117]

Yes, that's right. United had already been relegated before this match even kicked off.

[@imgoingtocountdownfromthir4580]

Actually United still needed to beat City and hope other results went their way....The still had a slim chance before the City game.

[@bazhowell1123]

Crikey, so many years ago ..... i was just a City fan of 15, and i was actually at this match in the United Road Paddock, as it was known back then ..... I can recall the pitch invasion and United fans climbing over the scoreboard end fences to try and 'mix it' with the City fans there and those who were in the scoreboard paddock too, was quite a day that was ... the ref and the cops just lost all control. The game itself was nowt to shout about , Law didn't celebrate the goal ... the result didn't help United but neither did other results around that time, they were just a lost cause.

[@UrbanFreestylerTV]

Hi Baz, I'm looking to speak to fans from the 70s for a new book I am researching. Would you be interested in talking to me? thanks Martin

[@blindpink]

Love the 70's

[@zzzaaa0990]

Pound for pound this was the greatest goal ever scored in English soccer,hats off to Mr.Law for the memories,we salute you.Amen.p,s it also relegated the world's most notorious cheats.13>1,Amen.

[@user-wx1gd9fs1k]

This is up there with the Aguero moment in the City/United annals.

[@Sabhail_ar_Alba]

Today there isn't one Scotsman that could tie the laces of any of these players - McCalliog, Law, Donnachie,Morgan, Forsythe, Houston,Buchan

[@mschauhan3855]

there is one andy robertson

[@Rich6Brew]

It didn't work, did it? Trying to get the match abandoned and force a replay. If you can't do it by fair means, then do it by foul. So what's new?

[@ervineokuboh7459]

A few weeks earlier on March 9th 1974 the fans did a similar thing at the Newcastle- Nottingham Forest quarter final F.A. cup tie. That game was eventually replayed. Some commentators said that this was what inspired United fans to invade the pitch. It was a weird end to the season. The Newcastle pitch invasion, United's relegation and a week later Liverpool's crushing of Newcastle in the F.A. Cup Final

[@redflag8970]

during that era pitch invasions were common an last day of season all grounds had one at end of game.

[@deebunker8277]

Never gets old 🤣

[@erniescullion8452]

I never tire of watching or enjoying this. To see whinging we believe we have the divine right to win man ut fans sickened.

[@jamescooling]

lol its like an ant hill when you step on it, loads of ants just running around aimlessly

[@Isleofskye]

I started watching and attending football in 1962. What I never realised THEN was that Denis originally came from Man City via Italy.

[@KenCostlow]

He came to United via Huddersfield Town.

[@redflag8970]

No Utd signed him from Torino in 62

[@redflag8970]

Huddersfield city Torino Utd back to city but we bought him back from italy

[@onthekippaxsince75]

@@KenCostlow no he didn't, he came to City from Huddersfield, around 1961 for £55-000, which was a record transfer fee between 2 English clubs, he was then sold to Torino in Italy for around £110- 000 a year later, then the rags bought him a year after that for about £105-000. So yes he started with City before he ended up at the swamp.

[@stephenclues2948]

Always and ever The King of Old Trafford.

[@aurynwestwield1682]

no just a traitor

[@mcfcste99]

Doyle surrounded by Utd fans on the pitch doesn't move and is not bothered quality 👊😁

[@UnitedSlacker]

@westwood16 If we had to go down, I'm glad it was The King who did it. Denis Law = United Legend.

[@user-wx1gd9fs1k]

That back heal makes me lol so hard.

[@holydiver73]

Not many players can score such a cheeky as fuck goal that actually relegates their old club and can still have a statue of him outside that club. If you're gonna end your league football career, what a way to do it. It's what makes Denis Law not only the ultimate professional, but one of the naturally gifted players ever to grace the game.

[@jamesgonzalez4022]

holydiver73 It didn't relegate man utd

[@JamesHReeve-cd4fr]

The goal didn't relegate Utd. Birmingham City's result did. Look it up.

[@Mike_Marco]

good old days...:042...MU is attacking and the ref is inside the MC's box, as a last defender... :)

[@davygraham]

is the same gonna happen this season