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- George Best was a name that many of you requested I look at in some of my other football videos. So here we are! Let's get back to some football! If you enjoyed this video, please like and subscribe!
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02:49 - Who's George Best?
05:29 - Reaction
13:07 - Outro
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React to sergio Ramos- the gladiator
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And mo salah he is in his form of his life
React to "Leicester City From Relegation To CHAMPIONS (The Story 2015/16)"
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This is one of the greatest story in sports
You should check out the film "don't take me home", it's the story of Wales' first ever euros it goes right from the death of Gary speed to the legacy of the new dawn of welsh football ⚽️
Brian Clough , maybe not for a review video but i promise you watch anything about Brian Clough and you will not be dissapointed, he was a legendary manager and one of his most famous moments was the Brian Clough and Don Revie TV interview after Brian Clough got sacked by Leeds united, this was a heated interview with ex Leeds united manager and current England manager Don Revie. Brian Clough later became manager of Nottingham Forrest and won two Historical European cups with them.
He was quite a character, there's alot of funny story videos on youtube about him .. Just type 'Brian Clough Funny story' even Vinny Jones was scared of him lol
Edit: the Brian Clough Don Revie full interview is on UA-cam aswell
Johnny Warren and the Curse!(Former National Icon and captain.)
True story that explains everything ,done via John Safran (was voted last on a reality travel TV competition by the judges but won the peoples vote!)
John Safran vs God- The Curse of the 1970 World Cup.
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Remember, back then the pitches were like ploughed fields, the ball was leather and weighed a ton wet, plus the defenders were allowed to cut you in half with a tackle!
A true icon of football. Many would rate him amongst the very best of all time.
Imagine messi playing with a water soaked leather ball, in winter, in Manchester…. How much control would he have?
George Best was a genius! ✌️
@@ChrisReadUK Very true. The black & white footage does show how little grass there was on football pitches in his day.
@@iainmalcolm9583 from what i remember, there was no grass on a pitch in the UK between October and February! 😂
" "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."... THAT WAS GEORGIE BEST...
These were different times and yes the players were not flashy, also the ball was a heavier back in those days and the ball would not curve like modern day balls do. Goals 3 and 1 show what he was capable of on the ball ie his dribbling skills. You should do Pele(Brazil) from this era and also Johan Cruyff(Netherlands) from the 70's as these 2 are also worthy of attention.
George Best we all loved him ❤
As a supporter of Spurs I always hated us playing Man. U then. There was always the feeling that if George Best decided he wanted to win, then you had lost the game. He was on a completely different level to anybody else. I’m very proud to be able to say that I saw him play, absolutely fabulous. I hated him twice a season.
A Spurs supporter doesn't consider Greavsie to be on that level ?
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I started supporting Spurs after Greaves left. Sadly I never saw him play. I hoped to see him just after he retired, at a charity match (with Alan Ball, Alan Mullery and many other England players of the period), unfortunately he “got lost” on the way down, rumour being, lost in a pub. They even delayed the match a while hoping he would arrive.
I have seen film of him, and he was brilliant, however, from the very short clips I have seen, I do not have enough information to judge, I have only seen him in and around the penalty area, Best I saw all over the pitch.
I lived for a while with my uncle in Tottenham so of course we went up to WHL. ManU was coming down that day, and I wanted to see them simply because of my favourite player Bobby Charlton. Anyway, when the teams came out, (it was the days when the fans could mix), we were talking to a couple of girls from Manchester and they said "you see that player with the long hair...wait and see, he's gonna be the "best" player in Division 1" .....and he was.
Probably the best way to imagine him, is as the equivalent of Joe Namath. He really was the 60s pin up boy of soccer and pulled in the female audience to the sport. And he had the Irish quick self-deprecating humor that makes us laugh.
One of his best quotes was, "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars; the rest I just squandered."
Another was, "I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World."
Seconded
My favourite story about him. One night George came out of an exclusive London nightclub with a bottle of champagne in one hand, and a Miss World on his arm. They got into a taxi. His taxi driver just sighed & said 'Where did it all go wrong George?'
Johan Cruyff was absolutely beyond belief. Also from the 70s like Best but his career spanned a longer period. He has one of fooball's greatest brains and I don't think his genius has ever been surpassed.
Totally agree..I loved best but cruyff was a master, who was far more professional..best was more like a maverick. I'll always remember bests performance against Benfica champions league final..think it was in 1967.. best is a true legend. RIP
Hi, Sarah, that was interesting. George Best was a genius, unfortunately due to his addiction to alcohol he may be termed a flawed genius. He was perhaps the very first celebrity footballer as well.
He gave Paul Gascoigne some good advice, "Don't make the mistake I did." (Alcoholism) Paul Gascoigne didn't listen.
Best himself said that he was born with a gift and unfortunately sometimes that comes with a self destructive streak. He tried so hard to beat it. It is a loss that he was unable to. But he was honest about it in hope that it would help others.
Ahh Georgie the Best. I remember his dad was so humble he still used his old age pensioner bus pass. I used to see him walking around the Cregagh like a normal person, despite his son being one of the greatest footballers of all time. BTW, most of Best's best goals were not even on camera. Back then BBC only filmed 1 or 2 games every Saturday :(
He came to manchester united around 5 years after the munich air disaster that killed 8 players and 28 people out of 44 passengers (majority of manchester united starting squad) so the team had to rely on a lot of youth and new talent, Making his debut at 17 and making him a regular the season after united went of to go win the division title.
I’d also recommend watching a documentary on the munich air disaster which is one the worst tragedies in football history, but had some absolute heroes like goalkeeper matt gregg who managed to save a lot of lives.
Well said! Have a wonderful Christmas!
@@ChrisReadUK You too mate!
I grew up in the 1960s going to watch Manchester United and was actually at many of the games in this video. George Best, for me, is one of the best players of all time and the best player ever born in the British Isles. If playing today he would be the equal of Ronaldo, Messi or any other player you could name. So glad you enjoyed it all. Have a look at another United player, the one and only Sir Bobby Charlton who played in the same team as Best.
Likewise as a kid attending OT it was the early 70's for me. I do remember watching from the stands, that lob over the defenders and into the goal from the same angle as the camera. Watching it again later on MoTD was kinda weird.
'Own Goal' was the term you had forgotten (when you score a goal into your own net)
Also notice how muddy the pitches were in those days compared to the carpets of grass they play on these days.
Shirt sponsorship in top flight English football didn't come about until the 1980's.
You should check out the English player Jimmy Greaves. He played for Chelsea, A C Milan, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham and was one of England's greatest strikers. Famously missed out on playing in the 1966 World Cup final due to picking up an injury in a previous round and losing his place to Geoff Hurst who scored a Hat-Trick in the final. (no substitutes in those days)
He overcame alcoholism and became a much loved TV personality. Sadly he passed away this year aged 81.
I've been a Manchester United fan all my life and was a child when George Best was in his prime. My Dad took me to Old Trafford (United’s ground) several times, once in the Stretford End (the epicentre of United fandom). Whenever George Best got the ball the whole crowd started to roar because they knew they were going to see something special. He had an instinctive talent that can't be taught. It may be difficult for someone not used to watching football to follow the action because each team has a Home strip (“uniform”- when they're playing at their own ground) and an Away strip (“uniform” - when they're playing Away, at the other teams ground).
George Best was the most exciting player I ever saw. I've seen messi and Ronaldo play but I thought best was more exciting. I know they all played in different times but when George got the ball a thrill of excitement ran through your body which has never happened with anybody else. I imagine it was the same with Maradona but I never saw him live, only on tv.
Never has a man's name been more fitting 💯
At the time he was unstoppable. An opposition manager told an anecdote of a time he took his team to play Man United and saw George Best before the game and he was blind drunk so went in to give the pre-match team talk and was so happy, explaining that they had a great chance cos Bestie was still drunk from the night before.
He paused briefly in his story and then said 'he put three past us...'
Georgie best was in a relationship with my Nan's Niece for many years (Grandads side of the family). I live in a City in Essex (Southend), my dad always use to see him about, they owned a green growsers down Southchurch Road, my dad always use to have a chat with him. He liked the bookies and the White Horse pub down Thorpe Bay Boulevard.
An amazing player, back then they didn't earn money like they do these days.
Own-goal is the term.
If you have difficulty spotting Georgie, he's the one with the ball.
He just made it look so easy.
the late great george best some of his antics away from the pitch are the stuff of legend like when he went to monacco a waiter came up to his room with and on the bed was miss world and a lot of money and the waiter looked at the bed and then said "mr best where did it all go wrong "
He ran rings around the opposition a childhood hero
Good grief George Best, a blast from the past!! Keep up the good work bonnie lass.
It’s an own goal when the other side puts the ball in their net. I’m a Liverpool supporter but he was something special 👍
George Best was absolutely gorgeous as a young man! He was very funny and likeable, unfortunately he suffered from alcoholism and died young. A great icon.
Imagine messi playing with a water soaked leather ball, in winter, in Manchester…. How much control would he have?
George Best was a genius! ✌️
Hi, great video. You should check out Denis Law and Sir Bobby Charlton, together with George Best they became known as the holy trinity and a statue of the three of them stands outside Old Trafford. Also have a look into the 1958 Munich disaster it is a massive part of the clubs history.
Thanks for that, I’m just about old enough to remember seeing him on tv. I think you summed up his attributes pretty well. Good analysis & insight.
Keep going pet, love your content
George Best played 470 games for Manchester United. Never did he have to carry the substitute’s number 12. Once - against Sheffield Wednesday in March 1969 - he donned the number 9 shirt. He wore number 10 on 39 occasions and had 8 on his back 43 times. In a total of 141 games, he was number 7, including the 1968 European Cup final win against Benfica, which has served to solidify the perception that it was ‘his’ number. It’s a perception which endures.
I just enjoy your reactions to these, it's so fun and entertaining, so go right ahead with more football content gal!
A lot of players have been successful in just being in the right place to take a ball and score. In my mind Best was incredible because of the way he could take a ball dribbling past many players as if they weren't there and soo fast.
In the game in which he scored six goals, after the sixth he said to the goalie 'if you're not going to try, I am not going to bother to score any more goals'. Funny.
Georgie Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton were known as the "three apostles." There was no stopping them.
"If you'd given me the choice of going out and beating four men and smashing a goal in from 30 yards against Liverpool or going to bed with Miss World, it would have been a difficult choice. Luckily, I had both." - George Best
Definitely the ‘BEST’ player I never got to see play, I did meet him at the airport once and he was brilliant! I remember someone(can’t remember who it was) being asked “How does it feel to be the best player in the world”? His reply “I don’t know ask George Best”
You've never let us down with football. x
George Best also played for three clubs in the USA : Los Angeles Aztecs, Fort Lauderdale Strikers & San Jose Earthquakes ... He and his manager opened "Bestie's Beach Club" in Hermosa Beach, California in the 70's ( now called "The Underground" ) & continued to operate it until the 1990's.
One of the most naturally gifted players ever to do it
Note in `Best` Goal No4, the player in all blue with No 3 on his back- trying unsuccessfully with A heavy tackle was "Chopper Harris". Even the `Chopper` failed to stop George Best there!
Hello Alan. I looked for your comment before I even watched the video. I have used your previous comments about Chopper as an example of how the game has changed in some of my comments. Best wishes (I just had to say it) and Happy Xmas.
George Best played for MUFC. He most often played with the with the number 7 or 11. At this time in football, number was to show position and Best was a winger. Best was the first celebrity footballer having numerous endorsements, was a male model, and owned boutiques and pubs. He scored the winning goal in overtime against Benfica at Wimberley team to win the European Cup in 1968. After Best, several talented players wore the number 7, today CR7 shows the tradition continues. At this time the pitch was played in any weather with a ball that would get wet and heavy, so someone that could dribble and control in conditions that included snow, ice, standing water, and mud several inches deep was a wonder to watch. Best was not a large player but the was brave, going into tackles and as you saw in this clip could take a ball off of any player. He had incredible balance and could ride tackles, even get taken down and pop back up and go for the ball. He was rare in that he was right footed but practiced until he was equally good with either foot. With his abilities all put together Pele himself said that Best was the greatest footballer in the world. This statement I don't believe was meant as any slight agaunst todays players. It was quite simply a different game in many ways from the ball used, the boots, the pitch, the rough play allowed, the weather European teams endured. It is quite a statement on how good you are if Pele thinks you are the best at the time they were both playing. You need to grab a few videos of Best displaying his dribbling, heading, actual game play. It was a different era and a different game. Most players today could not play on a pitch that was used in the 60s and 70s. Best had every talent and was simply born with a gift that no coach can teach. His career with MUFC was cut short by pressures with the team performance leading to relegation starting a pattern of alcohol abuse, missed practices, and his departure in 1974. He played for several smaller clubs, for Northern Ireland, and even the United States in California and Florida. The last goal that was on the video was in America for the San José Quakes. It was shown on major news outlets across the nation, even though the sport wasn't popular here, because the goal was unbelievable. Best wrote several books. My favorites were " Scoring at Halftime", "Blessed" and "Hard Tackles and Muddy Baths". The 3 books together are pretty unflinchingly honest about Best's life on and off the pitch, his life after football, his problem with drink, and the 3rd book will give you a better understanding of the players and times that shaped Best. I'm much older than you and had an older brother that always loved the game. So players like Pele, George Best, Rodney Marsh, Dennis Law, Bobby Charlton, Chopper Harris, and Gordan Banks were a few of the players that years later I would see in action through old game clips. Football was not broadcast in the United States at that time so all we had were magazines. I know that I love the beautiful game regardless of the era. To me though, George Best stands apart in that he was the first celebrity footballer and endured living hell with the press in the United Kingdom and Europe. He performed at such a high level and so much was expected of him with no guidance or protection from his club, he broke under the pressue. He was a big influence for Sir Alex Ferguson protecting his players when he took over managing MUFC. There is no way to really appreciate what George Best did for football unless you learn about where he came from, what he did to become great, and what he endured when the press went for him to first make him a god, and then to tear him to pieces. And quick footnote, when you score a goal for the opposing team, it's called an own goal. Keep up the videos. I really enjoyed watching a young woman taking an interest in sports, especially one as hard to understand as football. And don't worry, you'll understand offside soon enough, unless they change the rules concerning it again. Good luck on your adventure. I'll be watching!!
Fun fact about football in England; the term “back to square one” has its origins in the early radio broadcasts of the FA Cup finals back in the 1930’s. They would print a football pitch with numbered squares in the newspapers so people could keep track of the game whilst at home. ‘Square one’ was the 6 yard box, so it’s simply means ‘back to the goalkeeper’
best footballer i have ever seen play live , I saw him in the twilight of his career for Fulham against Brighton at the old Goldstone ground
Own goal was the term you were looking for. Shirt sponsors didn't really get going until the 1980s and even the the BBC didn't allow them on televised games. I remember Middlesbrough had their game switched to a televised away game at the last minute, they had to play in borrowed strips (uniforms). I noticed a lot of the shirts didn't even have badges on the chest, I can't remember that being a thing.
George was discovered in a hotel room with Miss World , bottles of champagne and cash allover the place, he is criticized by his agent saying "George , where did it all go wrong'. No idea how apocryphal that is.
These days it's only considered an own goal if the ball wasn't goal bound when the defender deflects it. Not sure if they were so compassionate back then.
When it was slow motion that was a game played your side of the pond. Unfortunately he was already over there when I started following football although I can remember him signing for fulham
One thing to remember is that the ball was a lot heavier than the ball they play with now and the pitches were not as good as they are now especially in Winter
George Best is the 70's and 80's GOAT.
Own goal
United fans still sing for him: Going on up to the spirit in the sky, that' where I'll go when I die. When I die and they lay me to rest, I'm gonna go on the piss with Georgie Best!
I met George a few times. He lived in my area. Don't get me wrong - we were not friends. We just said hi to each other. I'd like to say we went for a drink, but we didn't. Honestly, we tended to meet at the chemists... He was always very polite and when I saw him, sober. (He was known for being a 24hour drunk, but that was not my experience of him). He was clearly a weakened man. The booze had definitely kicked in. But his marbles were still in play. We only chatted for 30 seconds at a time, but he was very fluent and present. A charming man. Shame how it ended but we all go one way or another.
As a Man United fan, Bestie was our GOAT they didn't show his great dribbling skills where he made space for other players to score, he also once stole the ball off the goalkeeper (who threw the ball in the air to kick it downfield ) and smashed it in the net but it was disallowed England v Northern Ireland. And lastly he played in mud there was hardly any grass, PS It was called Division 1 before The Premiere League. Great memories....Thanks.
Eric Cantona. A great footballer, an even greater captain. And Leicester City's astonishing rise to win the triple.
My advise would be Denis Law, Bobby Charlton, Duncan Edwards, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Peter Schmeichel, Eric Cantona and Christiano Ronaldo.
I am in no way biased in my selection.
Being American and female having a channel that in part follows football is an extreme novelty for most Euro footie fans, and almost guarantees you gifted tickets and free stadium tours in any Euro Country from footie subscribers anytime you decide to visit a Country in Europe! 😄👏❤️
Not only was this in the days before shirt sponsorship, but squad numbering. Shirts were numbered 1-11, typically the number would bear relation to a player's position. A winger like Best might wear 11, a centre-forward 9, left back 3, right back 2, etc.
I think the last loud clip you had was from his time in the USA national soccer league. If you watch him closely, it is his ability to anticipate (as you said), it is also his “turn of speed” (changing from jog to sprint in a step. His close control is … sublime, the ball
Looks like it is glued to his boot
Here you saw mostly goals (ofc, 20 goals is the name of the video). He wasn't as flashy tho, that's true, he was more like Messi: keeping the ball tied to his feet, running in between defenders. He was also a great entertainer, watching his skills is enjoyable, as his goals. In some videos you can see how he taunted the rivals by telling them with the hands "come and get it". Such a fun guy
The term you were looking for was "own goal". Although, it's not considered an own goal if it was going in anyway, since defenders are expected to try to block it, and it doesn't make sense to call every unsuccessful block an own goal.
I was lucky enough to see Best play in the flesh just the once. Even though he was well past his prime and playing against my team, and tore us to BITS it was a joy to watch. In my eyes he was the first ever modern footballer, a man who if he didn't want you to have the ball you simply weren't getting it.
Took me a while to realized that kind of football you were talking as my depiction football refers to American football..I grew up with it as soccer
An amazing player. One of the best who sadly destroyed his health through alcohol.
And destroyed a donated organ at the same time.
@@georgeprime2249 Yes...He was a great footballer but that really put me off him as a person. Can't believe he did that.
I'm a retired nurse and have had many nights helping patients get through withdrawal from alcohol and other drugs. Addiction isn't a choice, it is a disease. Best went so far as to have Antabuse pellets sewn into his stomach lining to stop drinking. Everything you mentioned is unfortunate but the more you work with addiction the more you understand the self loathing that addicts feel when they fail. It can be a self destructive cycle that is only made worse by criticism and judgement. And Best got plenty of both it seems.
Later in his career he played for several clubs in different countries including the US where he played for Los Angeles Aztecs, Fort Lauderdale Strikers and San Jose Earthquakes and I guess from the commentators' accents that the last goal was scored for one of them.
The San José Quakes, when the United States were in the now defunct NASL (North America Soccer League) It was shown on News feeds nationally in the US because frankly no one here had ever seen anything like it before. And I may be American but "soccer" still hurts my brain. Everywhere else in the world it's Football.
He was a genius and remember they didn't film all the games back then so a lot of his great goals are not recorded.
The basics of offside in Football are that when you touch the ball for the first time in an attack or the ball is passed to you , you cannot be between the ball and your opponents goal. I don’t thing the header was an ‘own goal’, but that’s the term for where a defender puts the ball into their own goal. Georgie Best was very special. Best by name, best by nature.
The greatest footballer of all time.
When i was four my dad brought me to watch george best play for cork celtic,
all i really remember is my dad trying to make me hurry because he was afraid of missing a goal while i was taking a p1ss around the back of the shed.
I was at the European Cup Final George Best was such an amazing player
My family is kind of stuck supporting Manchester United, since in the late 50's my dad played for their youth team, with that very famous generation of footballers - the Busby Babes. But it was for the love of the game, and not for for the money back in those days. His story has always been that when he was offered a full team position, he had just married my mum - and she became pregnant, and knew he had to earn a proper living - so he turned it down. Coal miner, night school and became one of the first ever mine electricians. I was born in March 58 shortly after the Munich Air disaster - a flight my dad might well have been on, if he had not dropped out to follow the family life.
No.7 is the real iconic Man.UTD shirt, Beckham and Eric Cantina wore same number! But Eric Cantona's modern goals are some of the finest goals ever scored for Man.UTD, Eric Cantona's is credited for Galvanising Man UTD back to winning Championship titles in the 1990s, after 19 years of not winning any! ❤️👏🙏
George Best had such skill, balance and bravery on the ball. He played at a time when balls were heavier, the quality of the pitches weren’t good and players could get away lot more in terms of tackling and kicking other players. It took a lot of courage to dribble past players like Chelsea’s Ron Harris for goal number 4, who tried fouling him but he rode the tackle and went on and scored. When different skills were used to beat players was so rare compared to nowadays, it was genuinely exciting to see that then. George is a Manchester United legend and it was a tragedy when we lost him.
As you’re a Trekkie, have you ever watched Red Dwarf? It’s a British sci-fi sitcom set in space and it’s hilarious. Patrick Stewart is a fan of the show.
You could check out Arsenal/French superstar Thierry Henry.
What a player he was in his pomp!!
Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. He is British. It's not stealing the ball, it's making a tackle to get possession of the ball, and attack their goal, haha. An own goal is where the other team scores in theirs by accident.
LFC fan here, Best was insane. My grandad made me watch him all the time as an example of appreciating the great players at your biggest rivals. If you're doing any more football videos, I definitely recommend 'Steven Gerrard - The Ultimate Midfielder' to give you an example of the modern English game and the top level players in it. Gerrard v Lampard v Scholes is a permanent debate, Gerrard was the most 'complete' of the three, Scholes and Lampard excelled above Gerrard in other areas. Yes, I am biased but I was lucky to watch him in his prime and he was unreal basically every game. Definitely worth a watch.
In those days the balls were constructed differently and did not swerve as easily as today. Also the pitches were not as good as today and were often muddy and sticky. The shirts were numbered 1 to 11 depending on the position a player was in for that game, there were no squad numbers which is why you were not seeing lookalikes but just George in a different shirt.
I think one of the reasons you don't see the trick shots like spinning on a dime to score is that the balls then were a lot heavier, especially when they were wet. They could be like a cannonball when they were wet they soaked up so much water. That is why there is a lot of discussion now about some of the old players have brain injuries and dementia and alzheimer because of heading the heavy balls when they played. I used to have a couple of the old balls and the new ones are like a feather compared to the old ones.
I wish I'd been around to see him play. Sadly, being born in 91 and getting into football in 2005, my only memory of him is when he was on his death bed. If I remember rightly though, he did use his death as a warning to others with one of the last sentences he spoke being "Accept help and don't die like me" - Very sad.
Not a Man United fan but I'll concede - Marradona good, Pele better, Georgie Best.
George was famously an alcoholic and a womaniser. He was very good looking and dated many models and beauty queens. I come from Manchester and there are loads of stories about this side of his life. An old teammate Pat Crerand tells a story about meeting George in a hotel in Manchester years after his career had ended. When he turned up to meet him he was sat in the restaurant with Oliver Reed, (actor and alcoholic) and Alex Higgins, (snooker player and alcoholic). At the end of the night they all ended up back in George's room playing a drinking game. Pat didn't play but the other three did; one of them went out of the room and the other two had to guess who was no longer in the room.Get it right one drink, get it wrong two drinks. Another story from when he was still playing but his career was in decline due to his lifestyle was when he was in a hotel in Manchester in bed with the current Miss World. He ordered some champagne on room service and when it was delivered the waiter, a United fan said to him, "George, where did it all go wrong?"
George Best had wonderful football control, balance and pace, he was a key player in the great Manchester United team of the 1960s. He played only a fairly limited number of times for Northern Ireland, the country of his birth, he didn’t take these matches too seriously as he was aware that the Northern Irish simply didn’t have the players to make the impact on the international scene that United did in the club scene.
My recommendations to check out, are three very distinct players, Adama Traore, Davide Moscardellli and Dmitar Berbatov
Berbatov..one of my faves
Adama Traore is fantastic isn't he. He hasn't changed though despite what the pundits like to say. He still bulldozes his way through and makes the wrong decisions. I only watch wolves if he's playing. He always had me off my seat when he played for the Boro. Not sure there will be any documentaries out there about him though.
a chant sung by United fans is ...
going on up to the spirit in the sky,
it's where I'm going to go when I die,
when I die and they lay me to rest,
I'm going to go on the piss with Georgie Best.
(repeat)
The game was much more physical back then, the pitches were often quite poor the ball was heavier and players were allowed to be far more aggressive when trying to win the ball in the tackle yet Best still was able to shine , Messi and Ronaldo are very good players but they are protected I wonder how they would have fared in the English league in that era , because at times it was brutal compared to today's game.
Imagine Ronaldo and Messi against Don Revie's Leeds United! Ronaldo would spend most of the match rolling around on the grass and Messi would be covered in bruises.
Even with all the modern superstar players George Best was one of the all time best players ever.
As you will have seen from the clips George Best straddled the era between black and white and colour programmes. At that time there was virtually no live football shown on television and I think many matches were not fully recorded in those days. Sponsors names were not allowed to be on shirts in televised games until 1983, as tv companies did not allow them.
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Like many of that era and before, his best goals weren’t caught on camera.
The original video should have been "George Best 20 best TELEVISED goals ever" as most of his matches he would have played in were not filmed for posterity.
Being a totally biased Ulsterman....football genius..thanks for sharing this with us..peace and love from the wirral, keep well and safe over there...E
The offside rule is simple - at the moment the ball is passed, there must be 2 defensive players between the attacker that the ball is going to and the goal. This is usually a keeper and a defender but does not have to be
Best's close control and turn of pace made him very difficult (sometimes impossible) to stop in front of goal. There's a famous clip against a lower league club in an FA cup tie, where he has nearly the whole defence on their backsides before scoring. I'm surprised they didn't include the infamous goal where he sneaked up behind the keeper and headed the ball out of his clutches (while he was in the process of kicking it out) and then slotted it in the onion-bag. Don't quote me - but I think a law was introduced thereafter to disallow such a manoeuvre.
What it is hard to see in those b&w clips is the state of the pitches in those days especially the penalty areas they were like bogs, also the old leather balls doubled in weight during the game. One other player from George's era worth a look is Sir Bobby Charlton. Still with us today (just he has dementia now. This is linked to heading of those heavy balls) a great player for Man Utd and England known for scoring long range goals
What a player!
For three years he was as good if not better than any footballer ever, he done it when defenders were expected to stop you by whatever means they could
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I love youuu, top content as always and loved the reaction and analysis. If you let me I would suggest to react to Diego Armando Maradona, probably the greatest of all times.
the boots were old style, the balls were old Technology, the pitch was never flat bumpy wet grass. as a boy he honed his skills as a boy in NI on the roughest fields with the oldest football kit ever and still ran rings around everyone. In my minds eyes I can still see his skills, George could take the ball from his end of the field and dribble around the opposition and score, his downfall was the Booze.
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Most folk eulogise about the likes of Pele, Maradona, Messi and Ronaldo: George Best was right up there with them in terms of being a naturally gifted footballer. George Best was the first real British-born player to whom you would apply the term "star". He is probably the greatest player never to have played in a World Cup Finals tournament. Northern Ireland never qualified for a World Cup during his playing career and that is a crying shame, because he was a brilliant player who would have graced the most prestigious stage of all. He was instrumental in Manchester United's European Cup win in 1968 over Benfica at Wembley Stadium. His "champagne" lifestyle off the field often led him into conflict with the manager Sir Matt Busby when he was on occasion "absent from training". Keeping George Best away from the demon drink was something that not even his wife was able to achieve. Alcoholism is a terrible affliction. Happily I was lucky enough to see him playing Glasgow Rangers off the park on a frozen Easter Road pitch playing for Hibernian right at the end of his career.
Own Goal, noticed how Besty does not fall over for penalties he wood get hacked to pieces but still get the goal!
If a defender diverts the ball into his or her own goal, that is its name, own goal.
One video about British naval power worth watching , is , Thomas Cochrane , craziest sea captain in history.
Remember the time. For that era that was flashy as F***. Having seen football from past decades I was actually surprised by the creative and quick footwork/dribblings ... by an Irish man no less.
Good Reaction SoGalThat was not an "own goal" because George
was the one who headed it in.:)He played on incredibly heavy, muddy potches with heavy leather balls NOT the relatively lightweight balls of today.
He was a charming, good-looking Playboy who went out with, at least, 3 "Miss World's" and is famously quoted as saying .......
" "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."...lol
You should also watch some video of the worst misses of the current 2021-22 season or of the last season.
I dont know if there are any good videos, but I'd like to see your reaction to (decent) players NOT scoring when they should