George Best
George Best
George Bestwas a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. In 1968 he won the European Cup with Manchester United, and was named the European Footballer of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year. The Irish Football Association described him as the "greatest player to ever pull on the green shirt of Northern Ireland"...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth22 May 1946
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
Owen is great and Beckham is good. Owen is direct, fast and scores goals. Beckham has other qualities which make him good, but what makes a player different is the danger he poses to the opposing defense. That's where Owen is better than Beckham.
It was shown on BBC Two television the first time on a Monday or Tuesday night, and seven hours afterwards fans jammed the switchboard at the BBC asking where they could get a copy of the record.
He can't kick with his left foot, he can't tackle, he can't head the ball and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he's all right.
I know myself I will never drink again,
Every team has a hard man. We has Nobby Stiles, Chelsea had Chopper, Arsenal had Peter Storey, Liverpool had Tommy Smith. Leeds had eleven of them
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds?
In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol and it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.
I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.
Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.
I'd give all the champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him in a big European match at Old Trafford.
They told me I wouldn't make 25. Then it was 35, then 45. These were my doctors speaking - they're all dead now.
There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. A great entertainer needs to have charisma.
If I had been born ugly, you would have never heard of Pele