George Best

[sessions]

Doesn't change the fact he denied somebody else a lifeline and destroyed another liver.

Good footballer or not he was still a dickhead.

When he was drunk he was a dick head, when he wasn't he was a nice guy.
Ultimately though he is the best footballer the British isles have ever produced and every boy my age wanted to be him
Total all round genius and some of his performances were just breathtaking in a day when football was a hard game

 

[Sandman]

My first idol. I always seem to like the flawed ones.
Good looks, football, drink and women (but enough about me)

 

[Leicester Fan]

Being a rampant alcoholic isn't a "character flaw".

You're wrong, the tendency for addiction is a character flaw.

 

[dave hedgehog]

Sometimes with genius the downside is some character flaws.

As I only know too well myself.

Van Gogh, Newton, Beethoven, etc

Eddie newton? Great player, never given recognition he deserved. Succumbed to the drink snd drugs like them all though. Poor bugger

 

[Flash Gordon]

10 years since his passing. Phenomenal player and great character. A real mans man. Just don't make them like him anymore.
God knows how much he'd be worth in today's game.

More than Jamie Vardy but less than Harry Kane.

 

[Mr Jane]

What a fantastic player he was, watched many a documentary on him. Some class stories from senior players about when he was 15 and megging the then Man Utd 1st team keeper in training etc

 

[PeruzziWatch]

Who gives a fuck, Jardeens a reet cünt

 

[sunderpitt]

People would literally pay just to see him. I know he had Charlton and Law in his side but when Manchester United were in town thousands of people would go just to see him.
I used to go to Boro and Newcastle when they played Manchester United just to see him.

One of the last time I saw him play was when he and Rodney Marsh were at Fulham...good memories

 

[Nil desperandum]

Some of the quotes from likes of him
And Cloughie are fantastic. Characters are none existent in today's game.


Because he was talented perhaps?

What about Raheeeeeem, man? He'd dribble rings round spiderman.

 

[KNGHTHOOD]

And not forgetting he was a mate of Mick Horsewill. Now there's one guy who went HOME ALONE.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

It's frightening to think what he'd be like now, with modern training methods etc.
Apart from the fact you can't kick any fucker now.

Not very well probably, pissed the night before usually. Used to go to bed with an opened bottle of wine beside the bed in case he woke and needed a top up.

Hugely gifted player though, on the deck and in the air, and would work his socks off when younger

 

[The Hunt]

PVA would have him in his pocket.

 

[Big Duke Six]

Best British born player of all time. Pele described him as the best player in the World. I agree with Pele.

 

[jcrossan]

He went AWOL for a week...turned out he was shacked up with miss world.

Roonie meanwhile would be shacked up with a granny.

That's the difference.

 

[Mrjardine]

He went AWOL for a week...turned out he was shacked up with miss world.

Roonie meanwhile would be shacked up with a granny.

That's the difference.

 

[mark1em4rk]

Had a few pints with him in the roker hotel. MY claim to fame. LEGEND.

 

[FootballFan]

"In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol. It was the worst 20 minutes of my life."

 

[PhilSAFC]

Bloke was a waster.

 

[HnTch]

Legend is used too freely these days and all too easy to attain. George Best was the best footballer the world has ever seen. Only an opinion mind.

 

[AC Mack]

I think he would. He performed magnificently despite the drink. I think managers today might even turn a blind eye for such talent. I only saw him in the 70s but fortunately loads of archived stuff out there. A true GENIUS. The best British player ever?

He was obviously magnificent, but there's no way he could have been a heavy boozer and all that comes with it and had the same impact in today's game. Not with the necessity of the fitness levels.