George Best

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  • George
  • Best
  • was
  • sheer
  • magic.
  • Plucked
  • from
  • the
  • mean
  • streets
  • of
  • Belfast
  • by
  • a
  • canny
  • old
  • scout,
  • he
  • astonished
  • everyone
  • at
  • Old
  • Trafford
  • with
  • his
  • unique
  • gift
  • for
  • the
  • game,
  • bursting
  • into
  • Matt
  • Busby's
  • first
  • team
  • at
  • 17.
  • He
  • starred
  • as
  • Manchester
  • United
  • won
  • the
  • League
  • title
  • in
  • 1964/65
  • while
  • still
  • in
  • his
  • teens
  • and
  • fame
  • followed.
  • 'El
  • Beatle'
  • became
  • football's
  • first
  • pop
  • idol
  • in
  • 1966
  • after
  • the
  • match
  • of
  • his
  • life
  • against
  • Benfica
  • in
  • Lisbon.
  • He
  • shone
  • again
  • in
  • 1966/67
  • as
  • the
  • Red
  • Devils
  • clinched
  • the
  • League
  • title
  • once
  • more
  • and
  • then
  • he
  • was
  • central
  • to
  • the
  • lifting
  • of
  • the
  • European
  • Cup
  • in
  • 1968.
  • Packed
  • full
  • of
  • rare
  • photos
  • and
  • personal
  • insight
  • from
  • the
  • men
  • who
  • knew
  • him
  • best
  • on
  • the
  • pitch,
  • the
  • likes
  • of
  • Sir
  • Bobby
  • Charlton
  • and
  • Denis
  • Law,
  • this
  • book
  • examines
  • the
  • career
  • of
  • a
  • legend,
  • celebrates
  • the
  • talent
  • of
  • a
  • truly
  • exceptional
  • footballer
  • and
  • nods
  • in
  • heartfelt
  • appreciation
  • to
  • the
  • sporting
  • gods
  • who
  • sent
  • George
  • Best
  • to
  • thrill
  • us all.
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