Denis Law, Scotland's all-time top goalscorer, has died at the age of 84.

Born in Aberdeen in 1940, he never actually played club football north of the border having been signed by Huddersfield Town at the age of 14.

Law spent a season with Manchester City in 1960-61, before becoming the most expensive British player in history to that point when he signed for Torino in a £110,000 deal.

While he endeared himself to fans with four goals in his first six Serie A games, both he and fellow recruit Joe Baker struggled with the disciplined atmosphere of Italian football and were repeatedly fined by the club.

On February 7, 1962, Baker purchased a brand new Alfa Romeo and drove Law and his brother, Joseph home from a party with all three having been listening to music and drinking whisky until around 4am.

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The driver lost control on Corse Cairoli, flipping the car which travelled across the street and struck a statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi on the banks of the River Po.

Law was not seriously injured but was excluded from the squad until the final day of the season, and was sold to Manchester United in the summer after 10 goals in 27 appearances.

Eventually a deal was found for £110,000 but even that wasn’t without incident. Law returned to Italy to pack his bags, only to be told by a Torino executive that he’d been sold to Juventus. The Scotsman had no intention of continuing in Italy though, and he flew back to Aberdeen until the Bianconeri took the hint and pulled out of the deal.

He returned to the same flat he'd left as a City player, and quickly became a key man for their cross-city rivals.

Law helped them to win two league titles and the European Cup - though he didn't play in the semi-final or final - being named Ballon d'Or in 1964.

His total of 46 goals in all competitions in the 1963-64 season is a club record which stands to this day.

He ended his career back at City, famously scoring against United on the final day of the 1973-74 season.

Believing that his goal had relegated the Red Devils, Law did not celebrate though, unbeknownst to him, results elsewhere meant his former side were going down whatever happened.

Denis Law of Scotland looks to cross the ball watched by Martin Peters of England (Image: Fresco Monte) The forward represented Scotland with distinction, earning his first cap against Wales in 1958.

He scored in the famous 3-2 win at Wembley in 1967 which made Scotland 'unofficial world champions', the Three Lions having won the World Cup on home soil the previous year, and represented his country at the 1974 World Cup.

Law holds the scoring record for the national team jointly with Kenny Dalglish, with both men on 30 goals, but he achieved his tally in just 55 caps while the Liverpool legend received over 100.