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His body left the family home at Cregagh Road, East Belfast, shortly after 10:00 UTC on Saturday, 3 December 2005. The cortege then travelled the short distance to Stormont. The route was lined with around 100,000 mourners. [129] Former Northern Ireland manager Billy Bingham, international teammates Derek Dougan, Peter McParland, Harry Gregg, Gerry Armstrong and Denis Law were the first to carry the coffin to the base of the Stormont steps. [129] After a week of your workshy tales, we think we've found the workplace blagger's workplace blagger: a man we shall call John. George Best drama: an intrusive film that failed to tell the whole story". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 October 2010 . Retrieved 10 October 2020.

Early years and family [ edit ] Best grew up on the Cregagh estate, east Belfast. The playing fields in the estate where he played football as a boy, Cregagh Green, is protected for community recreation in perpetuity as a Fields in Trust Active Space. [7] In 2007, GQ magazine named him as one of the 50 most stylish men of the past 50 years. [111] When Best played football, salaries were a fraction of what top players earn today, but, with his pop star image and celebrity status, Best still earned a fortune. He lost almost all of it. When asked what happened to the money he had earned, Best quipped: "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds (women) and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." [112]a b c "Maradona hails 'inspirational' Best". RTE Sport. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016 . Retrieved 9 September 2013. ACTIVE SPACES: Belfast's Cregagh Green first to benefit from London Marathon Charitable Trust funding". Fields in Trust. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020 . Retrieved 13 October 2020. George Best hand signed(Best Wishes), framed autograph, double mounted with a photograph of George celebrating after scoring during the 1968 European Cup Final at Wembley stadium in 1968. Double mounted in blue and white...

Generally, collecting banknotes is not about the serial number it possesses, but instead the chief cashier is of most interest, particularly on UK banknotes. a b "Do Alcoholics Deserve Liver Transplants? | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022 . Retrieved 18 August 2022. George Best at Burrelton". pkc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009 . Retrieved 18 November 2012. In 1957, the academically gifted Best passed the 11-plus and went to Grosvenor High School, but he soon played truant as the school specialised in rugby union. Best then moved to Lisnasharragh Secondary School, reuniting him with friends from primary school and allowing him to focus on football. He played for Cregagh Boys Club. [13] He grew up supporting Glentoran and Wolverhampton Wanderers. [14] Club career [ edit ] Manchester United [ edit ]The Premier League announced that a minute's silence would be observed before all Premier League games to be held over the weekend of his death; however at many grounds a minute's applause broke out in his honour. [127] The first match at Old Trafford after Best's death was a League Cup tie against West Bromwich Albion, the club against which he made his debut for Manchester United in 1963. [128] The match, which United won, was preceded by tributes from former teammate Sir Bobby Charlton. Best's son Calum and former teammates, surviving members from the West Brom team which he played against in his debut, all joined the current United squad on the pitch for a minute's silence, during which fans in every seat held aloft pictures of Best, which were given out before the match. [128] Funeral [ edit ] Best's grave at Roselawn Cemetery, overlooking east Belfast George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. A skilful dribbler, he is considered one of the greatest players of all time. [2] He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968 and came fifth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. Best received plaudits for his playing style, which combined pace, skill, balance, feints, goalscoring and the ability to get past defenders. His style of play captured the public's imagination, and in 1999 he was on the six-man short-list for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Century. He was also an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002. a b "George Best". The New Elizabethans. 20 July 2012. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015 . Retrieved 18 January 2014. Ashdown, John (30 July 2008). "The professionals who played for pub teams". The Guaridan. London. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014 . Retrieved 12 September 2011.

She also alleged that new carers were put through an "initiation" by Elaine - being called into the academic's bedroom at night to find him and his naked wife having sex.a b "Book still winces at six of the Best". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022 . Retrieved 5 September 2014. Alcohol abuse campaigners have enthusiastically praised the film, hoping that the poignant portrayal of Mrs Best will now serve to widen the public's perception of alcoholism among women, by highlighting the predicament of "invisible" women - who first start to drink at home, away from public view, until alcoholism creeps up insidiously on them. I don't know about you but I'd call losing a bet and changing your mind after 30 years admitting you were wrong.

The happy hour in his all-too-short football career came in 1968, when he inspired Manchester United to a 4-1 European Cup final win over Benfica and was named European footballer of the year. "Best was one of the greatest footballers of all time," read a statement from Manchester United today. "His gifts were legendary. For the goals, the audacious dribbles and all the wonderful memories, United and its legions of fans worldwide will always be grateful. We feel a deep sense of loss but his spirit and his talent will live on forever."

About Man Utd | Manchester United vs Queens Park Rangers - 1 Jan 1974". Archived from the original on 7 November 2011 . Retrieved 30 December 2011. Tuesday 1 January 1974 Best note prompts auction fever". BBC Online. 1 December 2006. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016 . Retrieved 9 June 2007. Best was considered briefly by manager Billy Bingham for the 1982 World Cup, but at the age of 35, with his football skills dulled by age and drink (and five years having passed since his last cap), he was not selected for the Northern Ireland squad. [84] A proponent of a United Ireland football team, in 2005 Best stated: "I've always thought that at any given time both the Republic and Northern Ireland have had some great world-class players. I still hope that in my lifetime it happens." [87] Style of play [ edit ] Mural of George Best in Belfast in his dribbling pose More like he was one of the greatest players ever in the most popular sport ever, looking at the image on the note that is what is remembered, what he was, not what he became. George Best and me". Manchester Evening News. 25 November 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014.