RIP Denis Law

did Summerbee, Bell, Lee, Law and Marsh ever get on the pitch at one time.. my dad thought so for about 30 mins.. i am not convinced we had four but not Marsh as well on at same time?

As noted above by various posters and as this site's history section shows, all five played together on numerous occasions, starting with the Charity Shield at home to Burnley in August 1973. The last one was in a 1-0 defeat at Leeds the week after the League Cup final. Marsh then got injured and didn't play in any of the remaining 12 fixtures following that match at Elland Road.

In the next game in March 1974, against United at Maine Road, new signing Dennis Tueart made his debut. However, further injuries to Lee, Law and then Tueart himself meant that only twice did an equally impressive front five on paper feature for City. The combination of Summerbee, Bell, Lee, Law and Tueart took to the field in the final two matches of the season, namely at home to West Ham and in the famous away engagement at Old Trafford.

At the start of the following season, we played three Texaco (i.e. Anglo-Scottish) Cup matches and called on various combinations the six outstanding talents. Away to Blackpool, we fielded Summerbee, Bell, Lee, Marsh and Tueart. At Sheffield United (where Law scored his last ever senior goal), it was Summerbee, Bell, Law, Marsh and Tueart. And at home to Oldham, it was Lee, Bell, Law, Marsh and Tueart, with both Lee and Law making their last senior City appearance.

I once saw a documentary made by Central TV about the Wolves win in the 1974 League Cup final. Their players said they thought that, though each of the five City forwards was brilliantly talented, we didn't have a balanced side if we played them all at once and Wolves were therefore confident of winning the game when they found out our line-up.

Manager Tony Book evidently agreed as he sold Lee after the Oldham Texaco Cup game to help fund the signing of Asa Hartford. That then necessitated a switch in system to 4-3-3, meaning there was no place in the first-choice starting eleven for Law. Denis then opted to retire rather than play in our reserves, move to a new club away from the Manchester area or drop down the divisions.
 
Sorry for the tangent, but does anybody know what this is about???

“Ross County say they are appalled by the behaviour of a small section of their fans during a minute's silence in Dingwall on Saturday.

Jeering and several flares were set off in the Jail End stand before County's home game against Livingston in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

The silence was held in tribute to former Scotland, Manchester United and Manchester City striker Denis Law and also Gordon Seaton, who played for County in the 1970s and 80s.

Ross County said they and the police are investigating the incident and prosecutions and bans from the stadium could follow.”

And, secondly, “prosecutions”??? Whaaaaat???

I may find abhorrent behavior abhorrent, but prosecutions???

Freedom is well and truly down towards the bottom of that slippery slope.
 
Sorry for the tangent, but does anybody know what this is about???

“Ross County say they are appalled by the behaviour of a small section of their fans during a minute's silence in Dingwall on Saturday.

Jeering and several flares were set off in the Jail End stand before County's home game against Livingston in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

The silence was held in tribute to former Scotland, Manchester United and Manchester City striker Denis Law and also Gordon Seaton, who played for County in the 1970s and 80s.

Ross County said they and the police are investigating the incident and prosecutions and bans from the stadium could follow.”

And, secondly, “prosecutions”??? Whaaaaat???

I may find abhorrent behavior abhorrent, but prosecutions???

Freedom is well and truly down towards the bottom of that slippery slope.
Presumably any prosecution, however unlikely, would be for the illegal setting off of flares and not to do with any notion of free speech.
Obviously they’ll all get banned from the ground, which is in the gift of the club.
 
George Poyser as manager was the nadir. Standing on a desolate Scoreboard End watching us being held by Swindon in 1963 playing in Div2 with just over 8,000 other lost souls watching at Maine Road. We had more fun and positivity when in the third tier.
And then, thankfully, Sir Joe and Big Mal arrived.
 

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