George Best Tribute
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George Best Tribute - One of the Greatest Footballers
george best is the best from liverpool fan !!!
Fuck this video is sad.
For me he is still the best player to ever touch a football.
mute the music
mute your mom
@@pocheymustill the best
For you he may be the best , for me the best player to ever kick a ball was the Brazilian Ronaldo. Look Best was a genius but a flawed one, as so many often are, he could have been the GOAT but he prevented himself from being so
Chelsea fan for life but I bow down to the greatest player I ever saw
live. RIP to a legend.
I'm 52yrs young he was my hero on the pitch to this day i think he was the best player ever
R.I.P
An absolute miracle of a player. With the amount he drank, I don't know how it's possible for a human being to be head and shoulders above everyone else. In the 1968 European Cup final, players from both sides were exhausted but Best was still full of energy. He won the game for United. Prime example of how physically fit he was, never mind the skill, balance and sheer class that came from him.
Never was a footballer more aptly named. An absolute genius without equal. Head and shoulders above everyone else. I agree with the choice of music behind this video. I'm 65 years old and this video brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it. I was lucky enough to see him play twice. God bless you George Best.
All time hero - it all seemed so easy for him but I know he must have spent thousands of hours practicing. As graceful as Cruyff, as balanced as Messi and unbeatable for sheer entertainment. When George was playing both sets of supporters went to see one player. From a Leeds fan.
Greatest player of all time.From Chile
My old man loved George Best and Matt Busby .I remember watching him crying when they died..... now he's gone.
I'm with ya mate
I also cried when he died my football idol was gone
Same here Patrick reynolds. I never thought george best would ever die, he came across as some one who was going to live forever. And the way he looked in his last 2 weeks was just horrific and with photos splatterd over every single page of what he used to like in is peak. It sent a shiver through my whole body! Rip george
George best is one of the greatest players to ever step foot on a football field!
The best player to ever come from Britain and a top 5 all time player if you are talking strictly skills and ability in peak years, had the potential to go down as the greatest in history in my opinion.
imagine at his peak and Best wearing the Magista or Hypervenom 2, I dont think any defender would have able to fairly let alone tackle him without vomitting blood.
+johan cruijff When it comes to skills and pure talent he was the best player that was ever born in Great Britain, could have been one of the best
+johan cruijff For sure his talent was up there with Maradona's
He was from Ireland not Britain
+JCGamer Northern Ireland = part of Britain
The greatest footballer to ever grace the pitch.
+George Havenhand just because his name is "best" it doesnt mean you have to go so far.
Messi is the greatest footballer to ever grace a football pitch.
@@nixxxon18 who said that he said that he is the Greatest because his name is “Best”. He said he was the Greatest as a player which I agree
@@CrownlessRaven Messi, Maradona, Pele, Ronaldo Nazario, Cruyff...
@@nixxxon18 I think George is better than Messi because the pitch back then rigs your movement and can hinder your balance and despite all of that George can beat 4 players alone plus, the ball was way heavier and gives it harder to control. The tackles were pretty immense back in the day as you would rarely get yellow card even if you cut someone’s legs off but George still took on. If George played in today’s pitch with HyperVenom. He would destroy any defender.
Now Ronaldo, he became the World’s best for 3 years but then something tragic happened and he wasn’t as good as before, the same goes for George Best. He was the greatest footballer in the world for 3 years but his alcoholism injured his career and wasn’t as good as before. Compare their play styles, Ronaldo was a prodigious goal scorer while George was an artist.
Johan Cruyff gets an edge over George for being a complete midfielder and a playmaker but I still think George was better because of his unorthodox play style.
Pele humbled himself and regarded George best as the Greatest football ever and the best footballer he played with
Maradona was influenced by his childhood hero who is George Best
The first time i watched this video was about 9 years ago. The song was Ordinary World - Duran Duran
i am from the irish republic george best was the greatest footballer of his generation he was the best footballer from both sides of the irish island as a far as i am concered his footballing talent inspired to put aside both relgions in northern ireland and also put aside diffences between northern ireland and the irish republic hes simply the best i have huge huge respect for him such a shame he died from alcohol hope paul mccgratha dosent follow in george bests footsteps hes a great to
Pure class! As a liverpool fan through and through till i die. My god what a player and gift this man had! i wasnt alive to witness his greatness, but not many a player has come through like george did, a few have but he was a different league. Just think how much he would be worth in todays market!!!! A legend. In the top 3 of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brilliant player. Addicted to this video of Best. First real fut-ball star that transcended the game as a star. The women loved him. All of Europe loved him and he paved the way for many of the star players to follow as icons. He never really recovered from his mother committing suicide back in Ireland. Drink was his balm.
+ Marc Kryzhan -- Still probably my favorite soccer video just because contextually it registers a lot with me, ultimately its a sad video, a sad story of absolute wonderful brilliance and the very human struggle to find happiness. Best was one of top 10 football players of all time and just brilliant coming up at a very young age, 18, to play professionally in England. He was 'discovered' in Ireland and for him it was making the lonely and long trek from Ireland to his new home that eventually had him struggle with balancing his brilliance and the pain of life. Read up on his life story to get a better grasp of the loneliness he felt moving to a new country, the strangeness of becoming so popular at a young age and then how it created that continuous search for happiness (my take on it) that eventually hurt him. At the age of 18 he was really the first to popularize what it meant to be a true soccer star in Europe. Before that they weren't celebrities like he became. He was the first true soccer star celebrity in Europe historically. And he was just mesmerizing the soccer world at that time. A vulnerable and naive kid that at such a young age was wowing the professionals of the time. His mother's suicide was the thorn that killed his naivety.
I saw George Best play when I was 6. I thought I was looking at a ghost with a ball dancing. Only once I saw him play.
wow must have been amazing to watch him play
1:47 .Nowadays 99 out of 100 players would fall , asking for a foul as soon the defender touched them.What a great player !
Aha this man is truely a footballing god! Looking at the tackles he just waltzed past when todays 'top players' would be down on the floor rolling round and crying, he brushed past defenders like they were feathers and scored goals when he wanted, a real golden apple of the footballing world, Good work Lad!
I come back and watch this video at least 3 times a week. And I HATE seeing people that are just hating, even about random things that don't concern the video. Just shut the fuck up and enjoy the magic that was George Best.
I wish I could have seen him play. Forever a fan, George even 50 years on you are still entertaining us. R.I.P
what a fantastic player!
GEORGE BEST ISNT good . He was a LEGENDARY PLAYER
Anyone who can withstand a sliding tackle from Chopper Harris, stay on his feet and go on to score is a true great.
0secure 1 Imagine him today, not in need of evading THESE tackles, playing in perfect pitches and with a lighter ball. He would score 50 goals a season.
0secure 1 yes chopper Harris said that he was best player he faced and was a nightmare as use too swear and wind him up as he went round him . Great player
The best footballer ever!
What a great legend !!! They don't produce legends like this anymore😭😭
A truly GREAT footballer. He had that spice and bottle to turn it on and be a showman on the football pitch, but also matched it with strength and desire, he simply didn't go over easy like we see from the cheats today, he never gave up with the ball at his feet, and played the game purely as it was meant to be played, hard, but first and foremost, as a sport played by sportsmen, he played the game, and boy, could he f*cking play it! - From a die-hard Liverpool fan.
3:46...the defender tries to break him in half. The way he rides tackles like that, the balance, that's what set him apart. The word genius is reserved for players born with something different, and he was different.
Ali74 thats true. Every time i watch that goal it sends a shiver down ma back. Its got to be one of the greatest goals ever, when you thinck of the pitches back then and the brutal tackling, and that park was really soaking wet that night and george still didnt go down to then take it round peter bonneti who was no fool. Ron chopper harris said "if a had cought him full on a wouldv got 3 month in jail for that, but george rode the tackle and scored, it used to be on at the start of grandstand for a few years that goal and every time i watched it a always thought i will get him this week lol"
I wish I had of been born to see him play
Same
That what people gonna say in future i wish i had to be born to see C.Ronaldo ,Robben,Messi play so football is mutch better now because is more balanced devenders are better and Gk are so good in the past a lot of Gk was bad!
Marius Soaita
Every single generation thinks the way you do. Best played in the era of Franz Beckenbauer and Bobby Moore, two of the greatest defenders the world has ever seen. Also the era of Lev Yashin and Gordon Banks, two of the greatest goalkeepers the world has ever seen. And he didn't have the same protection from violent tackles that todays players have. There were a lot of bad goalkeeper and defenders in the past but there are also a lot of bad defenders and goalkeepers today! And you will no doubt be having the same argument 15 years down the line with some kid who thinks Messi, C Ronaldo and Robben wouldn't cut it in what will then be the modern era.
kev smith You are right. I watched full games of Moore in England vs Brazil matches, and he had Pele in his pocket for a whole 90 mins. From what I could tell, no defender today is as good as Moore, he was slow, but very very good at marking and tackling. And people seem to think Pele scored in every game, that is not the case.
Best was similar to Messi in many ways, he would pass, and on occasion, do what you see in the video. He would only do it in spells, as the manager and players would tell him off. It is this type of video that people judge players ability on, and it is wrong to do so, as this is just the best moments from most of a players career.
You have to watch more than a few games of them playing to judge better.
Mesmerising to watch can u imagine trying to stop him he just bounces off people ,left, right foot doesn't matter in the box or out he didn't care I in never seen any other player look that good so much style who else had his qualities ??? I'm scratching my head
"Mesmerizing." Absolutely. You took the word right out of my mouth.
There was a kid at my school just like him, without the pace though, unbelievable how he could just walk and nutmeg everybody, the teachers included..we were all shocked when we learned he never went on to play for a team
the most naturally gifted footballer ever. But, as is often the case, this natural talent was never seen.
Would like to see today's "stars" stand up to tackling like that! Proper football, proper legend!
We need another George Best now
Messi
TyDoesGaming yea very similar , only thing is messi is not two footed and sumtimes he falls down way to easily , esp around the box like most barca players do , only thing which puts me off cos he's an amazing talent too.
well there is no one that comes close that plays now
TyDoesGaming
Claro Cristiano ronaldo le pega bien con ambas piernas y supera en nivel a George Best en todo
Miguel Lopez no dan leña hoy en dia como antes,los campos son mejores etc etc y George era más guapo también
Best player ever
Yeah
The very best
Who would have thought the greatest soccer player of all time would come from our little island
AMAZING PLAYER!!!! UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO FULLY ENJOY HIS BRILLIANCE!!
Football*
George Havenhand Its soccer in Ireland,we have our own football
I didn't know that, what's your football like? I know Best was Anglo-Irish Protestant and he referred to the game as football himself, that's why I corrected you.
George Havenhand look up gaelic football,Incorrect Best was an Irish-Scotch presbyterian not anglo-irish
Brilliant tribute to one of the best to ever play the game. If booze hadn't effected his career he would have been the best ever.
Beautiful... He is in the top 5 ever for me...
Would love to see Messi try and play with that ball, those boots, on that pitch, taking the kind of tackles Best had to take without the protection of the referee sending off anyone who touches him. Best in the conditions these days would score about 70 goals a season for club alone. Unluckily for him, he came from Northern Ireland (my country) where major success was just qualifying for major tournaments and is now just winning a match.
Fact that he's from the same country as you already indicates bias. Looking at this, I can tell George Best was certainly a great player. In fact his play looks incredibly similar to Messi in the way he feints a lot and it catches a lot of players out. However, the fact that conditions have changed and such doesn't mean one player is better than the other. If that was the case some could argue that the quality of players (particularly defenders) have become a lot better than what they have been. And Messi has taken quite a lot of those dirty tackles. Quite a while back, he used to get hammered by them, hence why he usually walks around the pitch until the ball comes within proximity of him.
Viciouz What do you mean conditions changing means one player isnt better than another? Of course it fucking does, If I can swim through treacle faster than Rebecca Adlington can swim through water then I am a better swimmer than her.
Having a heavier ball doesn't necessarily mean it's harder to control the ball. In fact, for some people it may be the case that a heavier or lighter ball is easier to control or vice-versa. Using that swimming analogy wouldn't be accurate as swimming through treacle would be harder for everyone. Using a heavy/small ball would differ for different people. And I checked over Messi's videos again - I'm sure he's the better player. Especially when people like Pelé think so too.
George Best had the ability to become the best!! He got drunk a lot he could of not done that today. I like this era than todays, football today is CRAP. example rules have changed like the offside rule, people not going in for slide tackles as much because seen as dangerous ahahah!! Football is capitalist today!!
Well, I've seen a couple bad injuries so I reckon its best for the safer option, I'm sure sliding doesn't make that much of an effect in how dangerous people go in for the tackle.
When you are so far ahead of what's around you that they barely know what you're doing then is genius. Of course.
Best player form the UK ever.
he is irish
+Tom Caffrey Northern Irish, which is politically in the UK.
+Emerald City Saint *Great Britain
+MegaGoodoldtimes Northern Ireland*
Maybe it is the music selection, and I swear I have not been drinking, but this video makes me cry. What he could do w/the football at his feet was the most beautiful art. Such grace and the ability to turn on a dime. And look at the hits he took and never went down. Nothing like today, they would be rolling as if they had been shot. I'll bet there is many an Englishman who long for the excitement of the day when they knew they were going to watch George Best at work, 90 minutes of heaven.
Gutted to not been alive when he was at his peak. Word's can't describe my admire for Georgie. Thanks for the memories and may you rest in peace. Maradona- Good Pelè- better George- Best.
BEST and CRUYFF are the best european players of all time
Ignacio Natale luego vendrá otra camada, que abarca a Laudrup, Hagi, Baggio, Puskas, Zidane, Iniesta, Van Basten, Ronaldo, Beckenbauer, Matthaus, etc, pero ellos dos son los mejores.
CR7 is the best
+Mohamed Harajli haha...ha HaHaAhaaha... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Van Basten?
Emiel de Vries u want ?
George Best il calciatore piu forte.
Him and Ronaldo were easily the most talented players to ever put on the red shirt
+Caldor3 wise up Best was a genius the minute he put on the shirt & he was 17, Ronaldo took years & nutritionists, personal trainers etc & took him years to mature & took on a forward role BEST was a winger as Ferguson said "he never got handed any goals like a forward he had to beat players 2 score"
+Caldor3 get a life u fanboy he was shit 4 3 bloody years
yeah right assists free kicks & penalites = talent
+Oscar Cartabon Clearly you guys critizicing Ronaldo don't know anything about football. Attacking is way harder nowadays than it used to be. First of all, there was a bigger skill difference between big teams and other teams.Secondly, nowadays' football is way more about athletisicm. And last but not the least, tactics evolved and defenders don't run around like fools (e.g. this video).
Anyways, Ronaldo can't be compared to Best because they simply don't match. Best = skills, dribbling like Messi. Ronaldo = Athleticism & pace
Laurent Peigneux way & fuck all the idiot does is DIVE DIVE & DIVE he's a twat & throws fits when someome else from his own team scores A FIRST RATE DICK
Sometimes when I'm feeling down in the dumps,I come and watch this video...........Beauty is truly inspiring!
Respect. Thank you for those lovely words. From a United Fan to a Liverpool fan.
He was like messi but better only kids brought up before playstations have this ability now all the greats would play 24/7 growing up because there was only basic cartridge consoles and small tvs, no1 had internet and the only mobiles were bricks, kids now play a little and then go on facebook or console games only those who where there before or when mega drives were around are the last capable of this ability like messi and ronaldo if your born from 92 and upwards you will never surpass the generations b4 u because they have hunger initiative and awareness that seems to have been bred out of you
What if someone has hunger and drive now and isn't too hung up on today's technology are you saying that they still can't surpass yesterday or are you being too nostalgic
RIP george best
Best reminds me to Messi o Maradona in the way he run making fall players around him...yeah the scout was right...he found a genious.
english football was dull and then he came along and breathed live into it, he done things you had never seen, entertained and made the football world a better place
Thumbs up if your watching in 2012 and still believe he was the greatest ever!
Su apellido lo dice todo el Best !
I wish i could have seen him play...his style of play reminds me a lot of Messi both a bit shorter using great agility and control at speed to gracefully move around players.
Not to discredit Messi but it seems that people who were fortunate to watch Best played said that Best had insane elegance and balance to the extent he defied the laws of physics.
+ahchaibloodcrip
Best was an extraordinary player. Messi is the best ever. His scoring average is just insane and he has won everything again and again with Barcelona!
+Nicolas Costantini CR7 is the best ever.
Pele - Good;Maradona - Better; George BEST!!!
wow I remember watching this video yesterday ten years ago
George Best was probably the most graceful footballer ever. His sytle was unique, like he was flying over the field. He beat the defenders so easy and clean, seems like he could read their minds. Despite he was mostly used as a winger, he was a top scoarer, unbeatable in one on one, he could orient the game and combine as well as break the defense lines by himself. A true artist. Too bad he was born Irish, he never had the chance to play a world cup.
Compare him to a player like C. Ronaldo. Best got tackled many times but knew it was better to keep running, Ronaldo would've fallen down to get a pen. Legend
+Paul L. George Best scored all his goals by beating defenders Ronaldo huffs when his team mates pass to other players rather than him - Ronaldo demands penalties & free kicks - Best rarely took penalties or free kicks he respected the fact he was a winger & Bobby & Denis were the strikers
stfu hater
+Mohamed Harajli I'm not hating Ronaldo, I just don't like the fact that footballers today would do anything to get a goal, and diving is the worst about it, because it ruins the sport :/
+best349 I agree best was like a greyhound he skipped n ran his heart out, tackled hard also but stayed on his feet, never dived or looked for a foul, a true profesional unlike todays players. rip george a true genuis.
You’re a moron. Diving for a penalty like Suárez does regularly and falling down from tackles are two entirely different things. True, Messi does manage to keep dribbling but that has to do with different body types as well. He is way way shorter than Cristiano thus lower center of gravity. Also Ronaldo runs faster (or used to in his winger days) which made him less agile and more prone to hits that threw him off his pace. I agree that Best managed to shake off worse defender physical contact and still managed to keep going but if he wouldn’t, he would not even get the foul, it simply was that kind of era.
Maradonna is good, Pele is better, George is best.
Not Braindead pele said he was the best
cruyff - pele -maradonna -best - messi -ronaldo ; all the Best !
+Roel Verheggen agree with most of that but Ronaldo I hope you mean Brazil Ronaldo & not the show puppet
+FunkyDelicia Cat. Ronaldo demands goals - Best won them = rarely took a penalty r a free kick - as ferguson said Best was never handed a goal he had to beat people to score
and Ronaldinho
How caan anyone not see that he is truly one of the top 3 wingers of all time after seeing the vid?Truly the best!
Hard to compare decades but my god this guy was generations ahead. Imagine if he was focused or his talent was born now 😮
Messi- great
Ronaldo- greater
Goerge- best
Asad Hakim it's Diego good Pele better George best
Ronaldo-great
Messi-greater
George-best
@@hatesosa3394 loser
His name already tells you the story...
Without a doubt the best ever
Maradona Pelé george best
I was not born when Best is shining. But he is really the Best
Just think if he was still alive! RIP THE BEST OF THE BEST
Mito!
This very corny song ruins the video, I don't wanna hear a girl cry while I watch George play Jesus.
Ruins everything... Have to put "mute" xd
what is so bad about this song?? my immortal is inspirational
And the surface he was doing all this on was terrible. Imagine what he'd do nowadays with the perfect field conditions modern players have...add in the proper diet, fitness and too class surgery (Best had botched surgery on his knee that left him unable to move freely for the last three or four years (from 23 to 27). It's a major reason he retired so young. His best days were between the ages of 17 to 22...1968 was the end of his peak. Botched knee surgery, as well as alcoholism, declining fitness etc meant he wasnt what he was. Harry Gregg told me all this. In peak condition you could not put a price on him.
+Ali74 he did have bad surgery check out George Best's body on youtube but he carried United for another 4yrs & in the end he could barely walk
I saw George Best play at Fulham towards the end of his career. I was absolutely astounded at the magic he could still produce. He was blessed. He was the best footballer in the world. Rip George best. thank you from real footballing fans.
God bless.
Im Young never watched George Best live but what ive seen from games and now this he was dynamite a combination of Messi and CR7 pro better then both. Genius. Shame he never played in a World Cup. Born between two good Northern Ireland teams of 58 and 82 he would have been a "Puskas" in a world cup
Career ended to short, would of been the best player ever.. Better than messi, pele, maradona, ronaldo
how long did he played ?
+FCBFan he has stopped at approx 26 years old
+Laurent Peigneux OMG WHY?!
Alcohol problems lead to difficult relationship with his new coach when Busby retired. Busby was the only one who could restrain him! I invite you to watch the documentary " There's Only One George Best", interesting piece of work and teach a lot about the legend he was. Have a good day
+Laurent Peigneux thanks for the Information. I will definitely watch it.
Have a nice day, too.
Whatever his faults as a man and we all have them. Look at that acceleration, tight ball control, balance, strength and all whilst being hacked to death in which modern players would now go down holding their face. Best is more in the Messi, maradona mode. I don't think i rate ronaldo so much- very effective with speed and power of which he is more reliant on.
Best alcoholic player of all time, Paul Gascoigne goes 2nd
Pero George Best no fue ningún "pollo" del franquismo y del franquista Real Madrid. Supo amar su camiseta y serle fiel a diferencia del "pollo" Di Stefano que fue contratado primero por el Barcelona y terminó cediendo a las ofertas monetarias del franquismo que se ahllaba detrás del Real Madrid. Mira el documental de History Channel sobre "Fútbol y Fascismo"
Roberto Rosendo Molina Castillo Di Stéfano no fue contratado por el Barcelona, estuvo a prueba y al final fue contratado por el Madrid porque nació para jugar en el Madrid, al igual que Neymar fue contratado por el Barcelona, eso sí, con algunos chanchullos mafiosos de por medio.
Yo no tengo que mirar ningún documental, yo soy del Real Madrid, y si el franquismo ayudó al Madrid, pues me alegro mucho, eso es lo que deberían hacer todos los gobiernos, ayudar al Madrid, y perjudicar al Barcelona, pero no solo el franquismo, sino todos los gobiernos de España.
*****
I said the truth.
Alfredo Di Stéfano Laulhé lmao!!!!!!
ik iyke Thank you, i totally agree with you.
Best footballer in history. No questions asked.
Still the BEST! RIP Legend. Greetings from Turkey.
My greatest Footballers Of All Time List -
1 - Di stefano
2 - Pele
3 - Maradona
4 - Garrincha
5 - Edwards
6 - Cruijff
7 - Puskas
8 - Greaves
9 - Best
10 - Eusebio
11 - Maldini
12 - More
13 - Beckenbauer
14 - Zidane
15 - Ronaldo (R-9)
16 - Platini
17 - C.Ronaldo (CR-7)
18 - B.Charlton
Eusebio
Please take CR7 out of this list and no Messi? Ooooookay buddy lol.
Emilio Bustamante
Why would I take the best player in the world and one of the greatest of all time C.Ronaldo off of my list. if C.Ronaldo isn't on this list why would I put Messi on my list? C.Ronaldo is a better player than Messi.
HAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHA ^^
Mathew Ball CR7 is not better than Messi he has stats goals and records to proove it Messi should be higher on that list than CR7 and thats a fact.
Maradona good PELE better George BEST
Cruyff shits on all of them
***** because Cruyff is better than those overrated players GTFO
@@TenshinhanIsKing
George got asked if he thought Cruyff was better than him before Northern Ireland faced Holland.
Better than me? I’ll Nutmeg him the first chance I get.
And so he did.
Messi's the new George
no
timmni clearly have never seen the two play the similarities are amazing just because Messi scores more goals doesnt mean Messi could not have taken something from Best and Maradona its obvious he has
not even close
Nope
good point very similar style footballer
THE MEMORIES & THE TEARS REMAIN.
GOD KEEP YOU SAFE ON YOUR 70TH BIRTHDAY
WEE BELFAST BOY.
RIP
UK/USABOY.
Thanks a million for this video. To hear the original beautiful soundtrack that they made you remove, do this: Start the video and press pause. Click the volume indicator to turn off the sound. Then in another CZcams window play the original Ordinary World by Duran Duran. Now return to your first window and click Play. You should now see the video and hear the original soundtrack. It's worth the trouble. The result is pure euphoria in places.
What a pretty song...never heard it before. Who sings it does anyone know?
It's a band called Evanescence. Song name is My Immortal.
Messi is not the new George!! Lets see how messi would cope with the tackles George best got during his career! Not very well at all me thinks
you can´t compare the level with today.
exactly rob,back then it was a mans game,not played to earn stupid amounts of cash,but played for the love of the game,pitches were shit,not like the game today where they are all pretty much pristine pitches,lets not forget the tackles too from back then,insane how ppl even try and justify messi being in the same tier as george
The better version of messi
The greatest ever, and look at the tackles and he didn't go down RIP BESTIE
such a well put together tribute video. watched it many times over the years, often to motivate me before playing myself! only heard about george from my dad but these clips are such a good glimpse to his football ability. instinct, skills, balance, bravery, artistry... had it all. whatever way a defender came at him he'd come up with a solution, changing his own mind and finding a way around. no other player like him..so sad to look back now on the anniversary of his death
Brian Glanville said it best: "Men are we, and must mourn , even when the shade of that which was great has passed.."
Peace.
Thank You
For George Best . A bloody good show
George Best greatness has to do with football and several other things too, he was one of us. He was the better version of every fottball fan or player. Corageous, down to earth, funny, and always ready to have fun with anyone. He was a superstar but he always acted like any worker loving football. He was a real man.
RIP from a Rangers fan. I have seen two troubled geniuses play for our club, Jim Baxter and Paul Gascoigne. Probably will never see players of that caliber play for my club again but it is players like Best who make the game worth watching. They transcend club loyalty and make us all stand up and applaud.
I could watch this all day!
I've seen some tributes of older football legends now an i really have to admit that this guy is really the best of them! As a german I'm pretty impartial when i say this. This tribute was definitely more stunning than the ones about cruyff, pele and even maradona!
this man set the bar and nobody has matched it
Greatest european footballer of all time, as the 25th of November approaches, we will remember all the great moments you had on the pitch and how much pride you brought and still bring to our wee country of Northern Ireland. R.I.P George, always the best.
Georgy, Georgy they call him the Belfast boy,
A frightening thought to leave his home to fly,
He found his feet and oh what a joy,
This was a talent the world could not deny,
Sir Matt brought phoenix from the ash of 58,
Maybe he thought he left it too late,
But surely he knew what he had was his fate,
As Georgy and United were the kings of 68.
football back in the older days r so much more different u cant compare between older nd newer players
He feared no one, he possessed skill of high quality, he didn't have to cheat to be successful in anything he did, that's why he's Best
My heart kill me George .. i miss you so much 💔
Any debate over who is the worlds best player includes simply, Ronald and Messi. It’s pretty easy to understand, George=Best
What a beautiful talent. The greatest player ever to grace English football. He was like a slalom skiier and beat defenders with such ease the length and breath of Europe. He belongs to an elite group Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Di Stefano, Puskas, Eusebio, Zidane and Van Basten. His weakness for drink robbed him of being the greatest. The god of football, Pele said he was the best of them all what a compliment. What I would have given to see the holy trinity.
the fact he did this, usually hungover, on those pitches, when tackling was 10 times more rough and with those balls and boots - different breed of player to today.