Denis Law by Alex Gordon

Author:Alex Gordon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2013-07-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

SCREEN GEMS

We should file this chapter under ‘You Can Never Have Too Much Of A Good Thing’. I have revisited the DVD of the 3-2 triumph over England in 1967 several times in the course of putting this book together; all in the name of research, you understand. It’s amazing what you miss first time around. Or second. Or third. I believe that was the finest all-round performance I have ever witnessed from Denis Law and, of course, there is a landslide of great memories from which to choose.

I decided to go through it on almost a minute-by-minute basis and I’ve noticed a few things that had previously escaped my attention. For a start, the commentary for ITV was provided by Englishman Hugh Johns and the summary came from former England captain Billy Wright, who won 105 caps for his country. What? No Archie Macpherson? No Arthur Montford? The Scottish viewers were getting served the English viewpoint on the big game and some of the observations during the 90 minutes appeared to be transmitted through gritted teeth. Are you sitting comfortably? Here we go as referee Gerhard Schulen­burg puts his whistle to his lips.

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