Never be another player like Georgie Best again! You can have another Pele or Maradona but a George Best! Never...
Soccer in the 1970s: New York Cosmos forward Pelé unleashes a shot against Los Angeles Aztecs defender Phil Beal and forward George Best at Giants Stadium Best on the Fort Lauderdale Strikers
"In football there are games that you can see and enjoy. And there were games in which he played, for the Red Devils of Manchester, the boy from Belfast. Those were not normal matches. They were magical matches. He played Best... George Best".
NASL Action: Los Angeles Aztecs forward George Best looks to slip past New York Cosmos defender Werner Roth at Giants Stadium.
Did You Know? Northern Ireland superstar George Best scored in 2 of his first 3 games with the Los Angeles Aztecs in 1976, and both times his goals were game-winners.
It was 1976, Northern Ireland played Holland, against Johan Cruyff, one of the greatest players of all time. In the 5th minute Best takes the ball, jumps over one man , then another, but does not go to the goal and instead takes it to midfield to where Cruyff is. Best stops in front of him and makes a feint of his body , nutmegs Cruyff and kicks the ball away. He then turns around and tells him "you are the greatest of all but only because I do not have time" George Best
NASL Action: Los Angeles Aztecs forward George Best is surrounded - and tripped - by a swarm of New York Cosmos that includes Pelé, Charlie Mitchell and Tony Donlic at Memorial Coliseum.
NASL Dateline: On 15 August 1981, San Jose Earthquakes midfielder George Best scored the 54th and final goal of his NASL career in a 3-2 loss to the San Diego Sockers before 14,345 at Spartan Stadium.
George Best plays for Fulham, pictured with other new signing from America, Rodney Marsh, 2nd September 1976. George Best (1946-2005) posed wearing a Fulham shirt in 1976. George Best memorabilia at the Manchester United museum at Old Trafford Mural of George Best in Belfast in his dribbling pose December 28th 1975, a sadly departed great (George Best) leads out a sadly departed team (Cork Celtic) at a sadly departed, for association football, ground (Flower Lodge) for their game versus Drogheda. The manager of Cork Celtic was one Bobby Tambling, late of Chelsea. Cork lost the game 0-2 and George would play a further two games for them, Bohemians at Turners Cross, Cork winning 1-0 and Shelbourne away at Harolds Cross, Cork losing 2-1. Shelbourne had agreed to pay George's reputed £600 a game wages and his expenses to ensure he played in a bid to bolster the gate. It worked as 5,500 turned up, 5 times more than their average gate. Cork's first match after George left was against Waterford where a certain B. Charlton was plying his trade at the time.
NASL Action: Washington Diplomats midfielder Johan Cruyff sets the defense as San Jose Earthquakes forward George Best lines up a free kick at RFK Stadium.