The Saddest Backheel in Manchester

OTD E0178 — 27 Apr 1974: Denis Law’s backheel for Manchester City at Old Trafford became one of English football’s most haunting moments. This episode traces Law’s path from City to Torino to United and back again, United’s decline after Busby, the survival stakes of the 1974 derby, the goal itself, the pitch invasion and abandonment, the myth that Law “relegated” United, and the longer Manchester arc from Docherty and Ferguson to City’s modern era.Ideas: [email protected]