Soccer in the 1970s: Los Angeles Aztecs teammates George Best and Ane Maihailovich pose before a match at the Memorial Coliseum.
I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London, train on the Friday and play on Saturday. That lasted until my friends at the Inland Revenue decided to take two-thirds. That wasn’t very entertaining for me. - George Best.
Played 24, won 10, lost 10 and drawn four. Three goals, three benders, one suspension and one sacking. This is the inside story of what happened when the world's most famous footballer joined the tenth best team in Scotland - In the winter of 1979 Hibs were enduring a season from hell and were freefalling towards relegation. They needed a miracle man to save them - what they got was a lonely, depressed man caught in a downwards alcoholic spiral. In just under a year in Edinburgh, George Best was never off the front and back pages of the national newspapers. A scrupulous, moving, extraordinary account, John Neil Munro weaves together an absorbing and unique portrait of a lost icon, with insights from his widow, his team-mates, his drinking buddies and many of the fans who saw his great performances; this is the definitive story of what happened when George Best came to Edinburgh.
Soccer in the 1970s: Superstar George Best loosens up at a practice session shortly after joining the Los Angeles Aztecs in 1976.
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It was 1976, Northern Ireland played Holland. I was playing against Johan Cruyff, one of the strongest of all time. In the 5th minute I take the ball, I jump over one man, I jump over another, but I don't point towards the goal, I pointed to the center of the field, at Cruyff's position. I got in front of him I make a feint of my body , a meg, then I kick the ball away, he turns around and I tell him: 'You are the greatest, but only because I don't have time. George Best
7 FEBRUARY 1970. GEORGE BEST scored 6 goals against Northambton at the end of the match goalkeeper KIM BOOK SAID:NOT EVEN THE BERLIN WALL COULD STOP BEST.
George Best SUPER STAR OF FOOTBALL , Sting And Francesca Annis Football player George Best, singer Sting and actress Francesca Annis, cutting a celebration cake at an after party for the film 'Dune', at the club 'Blondes', London, December 18th 1984.
Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric (L) stands with George Best the Myth of Football, before the Barclays Premiership match against Aston Villa at Fratton Park, Portsmouth, Tuesday August 23, 2005
The young footballer who started from Belfast of Northern Ireland and conquered the world. Here George Best playing football in the street with some local boys near his family's home in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1967...