Maticmaker
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"Watching George Best for fifteen minutes, was worth the entry money on its own" - Michael Parkinson
RIP George.
RIP George.
I didn't know about this, obviously being born in a different era but they've kept that under the rug with his documentaries and legacy etc. Terrible stuff.Wife beating alcoholic?
I doubt it.
Purely as a player, absolute magician!
I don’t think it’s been covered up. The information was in the public domain for a long time, stories like thisI didn't know about this, obviously being born in a different era but they've kept that under the rug with his documentaries and legacy etc. Terrible stuff.
There's no denying, off the field when the alcohol took over it was a tragedy to see how the man deteriorated. Some fans just don't understand when they sing songs about going on the piss with Georgie Best. Harry Gregg understood at an early stage where he was heading. Nobody listened to him though. Must have been hell for his son.I don’t think it’s been covered up. The information was in the public domain for a long time, stories like this
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/calum-best-my-dad-punched-me-in-drunken-rage-28502955.html
https://www.newstatesman.com/node/163369
As Calum says, this behaviour would never have happened in the absence of alcohol so it’s a question of how much agency you feel he had over his drinking.
I don't think it was ever covered up up swept under the rug. Was huge news at the time and for years afterwards.I didn't know about this, obviously being born in a different era but they've kept that under the rug with his documentaries and legacy etc. Terrible stuff.
Fair point mate, just pretty new to me.I don't think it was ever covered up up swept under the rug. Was huge news at the time and for years afterwards.
He's been gone for a while now so no real reason to bring it up every time he is talked about. One of those "remember the art, not the artist" things.
I saw peak Paul Gascoigne - arguably most talented Brit of his generation, but not a GOAT - George was.Some claim peak Paul Gascoigne was the british goat
Yep - people don’t realise that he was constantly on the front and back pages from being a teenager. Hounded by the press For good or bad and the first footballer ever subjected to this level scrutiny.I don't think it was ever covered up up swept under the rug. Was huge news at the time and for years afterwards.
He's been gone for a while now so no real reason to bring it up every time he is talked about. One of those "remember the art, not the artist" things.
that’s pretty sad, mate because most people who met him say he was the nicest bloke you could meet, which in a way was partly his downfall.He was a totally different character when he was on the piss. He used to drink in a pub on the King’s Rd, Chelsea. I worked in Chelsea at the time and would see him in there when I’d go there after work. A Utd supporting mate met me there once before Utd were due to play at the Bridge. He idolised Best and wanted to say hello, I warned him not to but he wasn’t to be deterred.
Best gave him mouthful of appalling abuse and he came away shocked and upset. I just said that he needed to remember the player in his pomp and not the man he’d become. A year later he was dead in a hospital near to where he was drinking.
Pretty crazy watching the pros having a full on game with teenagers - imagine the insurance companies/clubs these days thinking about Rashford/Martial/Bruno doing that!! Great footage, thanks for sharingWas not sure where to post this awesome rare footage but here you go
The team of the 60s playing some cricket/indoor football
brilliant video.Was not sure where to post this awesome rare footage but here you go
The team of the 60s playing some cricket/indoor football
He could be both. It was the alcohol that did it.that’s pretty sad, mate because most people who met him say he was the nicest bloke you could meet, which in a way was partly his downfall.
Alcohol addiction.
Not forgetting that pitches in those days were often not much more than ploughed fields.Watch videos of him - he was hacked to pieces and still went past defenders like they weren't there. He'd probably be even better in the 21st century with so much more protection/less risk of a career-ending injury
For the simple reason that not every pitch and game would have had television crews at that time.Why there is so few available footage of him playing for Northern Ireland ? It seems like he played much more for United
Sure. I think that somehow it only adds to his legend. I once read that in a game against Netherlands, he allegedly nutmegged CruyffFor the simple reason that not every pitch and game would have had television crews at that time.
Yeah its interesting you say that. I was watching videos of Ronaldinho the other day and wondered how many players out there from the past that may have been very good players but don't get the recognition because of lack of footage and/or people who watched them live.Sure. I think that somehow it only adds to his legend. I once read that in a game against Netherlands, he allegedly nutmegged Cruyff
Stanley Matthews and Duncan Edwards come to mind as footage on both of them is almost non-existent, but even Pelé, what we can see on Youtube is absolutely nowhere near what he surely produced in non-televised games. A legend on him is that he once beat about five defenders by putting the ball above their heads (don't know the word in english) , including the goalkeeper, and scored.Yeah its interesting you say that. I was watching videos of Ronaldinho the other day and wondered how many players out there from the past that may have been very good players but don't get the recognition because of lack of footage and/or people who watched them live.
because he played a lot more games for United?Why there is so few available footage of him playing for Northern Ireland ? It seems like he played much more for United
Utd would have had more European Cups than those wankers.Imagine if Best & Law got to play with the Munich lads, what a team that would have been, Edwards, Charlton, Dunne, Law, Best, Whelan, Giles, Styles, Gregg etc
You're listening to One Direction aren't you?Imagine if Best & Law got to play with the Munich lads, what a team that would have been, Edwards, Charlton, Dunne, Law, Best, Whelan, Giles, Styles, Gregg etc
Would have been an insane team.Imagine if Best & Law got to play with the Munich lads, what a team that would have been, Edwards, Charlton, Dunne, Law, Best, Whelan, Giles, Styles, Gregg etc
There is somewhere some footage of him playing for NI.Why there is so few available footage of him playing for Northern Ireland ? It seems like he played much more for United
At the time, were there some sort of qualifiers for euros and world cups or the system was different ? I think nowadays there are much more matches it seemsThere is somewhere some footage of him playing for NI.
The best individual performance i have ever seen id George playing against Scotland in1967
Ive told this before but its worth repeating.
years ago Best came to NZ on a book signing/speaking tour. A couple of us went along. Later in the evening for $15 you could get George to autograph a copy of a photo of him. We had a mate called Joe who is a Liverpool fanatic and it was coming up to his birthday so we got George to Autograph a photo for him. We explained that Joe was a Liverpool fanatic, hated utd and even had a huge framed Photo of Anfield on his wall. George duly signed the photo. A short while later at Joes birthday party we handed him his present. he opened it up and there was a photo of George which he had signed " Dear Joe, feck off. George". Joe has it proudly hanging by his Anfield photo.