RIP George Best

[caz99]

My symapathy goes out to all his family and ex wifes and girlfriends it`s them who have had to suffer the pain for years on end and there lifes will be easier without his habits.

Great footballer but from then on a total time waster who was given every chance to lead a normal life.

 

[Caveman]

R.I.P

 

[Moshe Gariani]

nice anecdote (probably apocryphal but who cares now...) about Best deliberately dribbling the ball across the pitch to find Cruyff just so he could win a bet about nutmegging him in the first 5 minutes...

a young genius who in today's world would have been looked after much better

RIP

 

[Hiney]

The first game of football I can really remember watching on TV was the 1968 European Cup Final. I was 8 years old and completely captivated by George Best and the glamour and total awe in which people held him.

After seeing that game I begged my dad to take me to a proper game and that game was Brighton and Hove Albion v Torquay United on 28 August 1968. There started my passion for football in general and my love of The Albion in particular.

For anyone over the age of 40, George Best was the living breathing symbol of everything you wanted to be - he had all the women, clothes and drink he wanted and to top it all off, he was brilliant at football - lucky bastard!!

I played in The West Sussex League in the 1980s and remember being completely dumbstruck about the possibility of playing Ford Prison whilst he was there and playing against him. It didn't happen of course but he STILL had that hold on people's emotions.

His descent into illness in the years since he retired is well documented and many of the strongest comments are based on the abuse of his body and the system by accepting a liver transplant.

That is fair enough but for the time being I want to remember him as the bloke who was the best player EVER to play in this country.

RIP George

 

[Croydonbloke]

What.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

He had some good times on the way and lived his life they way he wanted, he knew the risks and died 16 years prematurely. At least the man has been released from his demons now.

RIP

 

[Beach Hut]

RIP

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I doubt his family think they are better off without him CB and there are people on this board who lost a love one very early due to drink. A tad more sensitivity may be called for

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Sublime player - who I saw live on a few occasions, and once at Chelsea when he famouly didn't turn up. A player who made the world a better place - and imagine what he would have achieved on todays pitches with todays protection.

RIP George.

 

[robbied69]

Does anyone know the exact time as I had him between 12.10 and 12.20pm in the staff pool

 

[B.M.F]

Does anyone know the exact time as I had him between 12.10 and 12.20pm in the staff pool

f*** off you prick

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars - the rest I just squandered.

The bloke knew what he was doing and enjoyed himself. Sadly he got to a point where he was no longer in control. He's not the first and won't be the last, but it's always sad when someone is overcome by addictions.

RIP.

 

[robbied69]

Can I ask you all something, I'm not denying he is a great footballer.

But he was also an alcoholic, wife-beating cheat who was a waster. If this had been Joe Nobody he would have been could scum. Society is all wrong nowadays.

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

I don't think many people are trying to turn him into a saint.

 

[caz99]

Can I ask you all something, I'm not denying he is a great footballer.

But he was also an alcoholic, wife-beating cheat who was a waster. If this had been Joe Nobody he would have been could scum. Society is all wrong nowadays.

so was my father. however i loved him and he certainly wasnt scum either.

 

[Croydonbloke]

I doubt his family think they are better off without him CB and there are people on this board who lost a love one very early due to drink. A tad more sensitivity may be called for

I have sympathy for people as losing a loved one is not a nice thing to happen under any circumstances, my Uncle died through alcohol abuse. All I am saying IS surely yearof torture and suffering for him and his family have been laid to rest. He was never going to recover from his addiction.

Sorry if my point of view upset anybody.

 

[enigma]

For fucks sake, whatever his faults HE IS DEAD NOW. Show some compassion all you twats who are having a pop at him.

 

[Marshy]

RIP George, thanks for the memories.

 

[London Calling]

The first game of football I can really remember watching on TV was the 1968 European Cup Final. I was 8 years old and completely captivated by George Best and the glamour and total awe in which people held him.

SAME HERE

After seeing that game I begged my dad to take me to a proper
That is fair enough but for the time being I want to remember him as the bloke who was the best player EVER to play in this country.

I ASSUME YOU ARE EXCLUDING PELE IN 1966 AND EUSEBIO WHO ALSO PLAYED IN THE ABOVE MATCH AT WEMBLEY

ANOTHER ONE MINITE TRIBUTE

 

[Lammy]

For fucks sake, whatever his faults HE IS DEAD NOW. Show some compassion all you twats who are having a pop at him.

So no matter what you have done if you are dead you MUST be respected?

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