George Best in action to score his second goal with a header past West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper John Osborne during the League Division One match at Old Trafford, 2nd December 1967.
NASL Quotes: "I scored a hat-trick against San Jose when George Best was playing for them. Bestie thought I was Canadian! I do not mean that in a micky-taking way. But he had never heard of me. He spoke to me after the game and asked, 'Where in Canada are you from?'. I said, 'I'm from Newcastle!'. Bestie then spoke to Manchester United and recommended me to them in 1982." - Peter Beardsley, Vancouver Whitecaps.
NASL Action: Los Angeles Aztecs forward George Best prepares to unleash a shot against the New York Cosmos at Memorial Coliseum.
On August 10th, 1968, Manchester United played against Everton at Old Trafford, with a match attendance of 61,311. Manchester United won the match 2-, with goals scored by George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton, while Alan Ball scored for Everton.
Did You Know? Serbian-American sports tycoon Milan Mandaric was a close friend of George Best and signed the troubled forward in 1980 over the objections of his scouts and staff for the San Jose Earthquakes. (Best responded with an eight-goal, 11-assist season in 26 games and a team-high 2,662 minutes.) Meanwhile, Best named his son born in 1981, Calum Milan Best, after Mandaric.
Did You Know? The Fort Lauderdale Strikers' vaunted trio of superstars - Teofilo Cubillas, Gerd Müller and George Best - only played 15 games together during the 1979 NASL season before Best left the team and was dropped and finished at 8-7 in those matches. Müller contributed 8 goals during those games, Cubillas had 7 and Best scored 2.