George Best footballer

[ScallyWag II]

I saw him play in around 1990, at a charity match in Minehead, strangely enough. Fuck knows what it was for, or how they persuaded him to come down for it.

The All-Star team - basically Best, Alan Ball and Frank Worthington plus some mates - took on the local FC.

Best looked fat and knackered, but at one point managed to leave a defender on his arse with a little snake-hips shimmy. A privilege to see, even that far past his peak.

Between him & Worthington, the football club bar had their finest night in years.

RIP

fucking hell, that's a name from the past...i'd have loved to have seen that game! Bestie and Frank Worthington, i bet it was class (even if they were past it)!

i saw George Best live only once, and i was about 7 so don't really remember too much about it sadly

 

[hibee]

Possibly not entirely relevant to the thread but a proud moment nonetheless.They had a minute's silence yesterday at Prescot Cables (Unibond Premier) for my dad-did a really lovely article on him in the programme,and gave a lengthy announcement about his 10 years as the club secretary,the 15 years he spent running another non-league club,passing condolences on to my family-"Oh,and not forgetting,Georgie Best". How proud my dad would be at upstaging George Best's minute's silence.

That's a great story. RIP your dad.