George Best

[Plavt]

News at 13.24 GMT Friday 25 November.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4380332.stm


Plavt.

[Bubbles]

And another great British character bites the dust. Have a drink for me in heaven Georgie.

[Saint]

"I spent 90% of my money on women, drink and fast cars. The rest I wasted,"

George Best RIP

[JayV]

Rest well George and thanks for the memories.

[KT]

As Best used to quip: 'They say I slept with seven Miss Worlds. I didn't - it was only four - I didn't turn up for the other three.'

RIP

[stefania]

You won't be forgotten.......RIP George.

[dot dot dot]

Guess George is enjoying himself in the good company of a few angels now.

Party on over there George...

Eric

[Vaucluse]

Would it be out of line to draw the following comparison:


George Best - - - - - - Paul Gascoigne - - - - - - Wayne Rooney.

All three excellent players with the capacity for self-destruction, therefore not being able to show their best for a long time - hopefully Rooney will wisen up and not reach the depths that the otehr two had.


Shame I don't remmber him playing in '74 against Germany, would have been great to see.

[Baron Greenback]

slightly ironic that soon after they introduce 24 hour drinking Best dies.

I did hear something about he was actually quite shy & at one point he was made to live in a see through house, he started drinking to make it more bearable. But only hearsay, can't seem to find any evidence on Google.

RIP (rest in pubs) George

[Dunk]

He was certainly one of the best footballers of his time but the majority of his life a sad old drunk. He had a second chance when he had his liver transplant and then carried on boozing. Selfish loser.

May be a bit harsh as he's popped his clogs but I dont know why alot of Brits hero worship people like this? The death of Reggie Kray, a notorious gangster, had a huge turnout at his funeral. Why? He killed and maimed people. Odd.

[Vaucluse]

He was certainly one of the best footballers of his time but the majority of his life a sad old drunk. He had a second chance when he had his liver transplant and then carried on boozing. Selfish loser.

May be a bit harsh as he's popped his clogs but I dont know why alot of Brits hero worship people like this? The death of Reggie Kray, a notorious gangster, had a huge turnout at his funeral. Why? He killed and maimed people. Odd.

To cross over to another thread - worhsip a drug trafficker . . . makes no sense.

[ringo100]

I don't think anyone was worshiping a drug trafficker in the other thread, but many do the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Hendrix (almost ever rock/pop icon ever) would have probably face the death penalty if they had been caught in Singapore.

But back to the thread above; I agree great footballer, but so what. I think he wasted his talent as much as we wasted our money paying for his new liver.

[Vaucluse]

I don't think anyone was worshiping a drug trafficker in the other thread, but many do the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Hendrix (almost ever rock/pop icon ever) would have probably face the death penalty if they had been caught in Singapore.

But back to the thread above; I agree great footballer, but so what. I think he wasted his talent as much as we wasted our money paying for his new liver.

NHS patient was he?

nah, wasn't as much a case of worshipping, meant more that all of the sudden people are sooooooooooo concerned.

[riversandlakes]

Ronaldinho... sorry