Manchester United finished second in the Championship, they won the European Cup and George was the Footballer of the Year. A World Soccer Magazine által összeállított 20. század 100 legnagyszerűbb játékosa listáján a Puskás Ferenc utáni előkelő 8. helyet kapta. All the problems started with George in 1965, and he left him out [of the team] early in that season because he’d been spending too many nights at parties.“He thought that that would be sufficient. If he was playing well, then he wanted to go and get some more goals. “When he scored that famous goal for San Jose Earthquakes when he’s beating 29 men backwards, his first thought afterwards was: ‘What if I’d done that for Manchester United?’ I think that shows the kind of love and devotion he had for them.”In many ways, Best’s career trajectory mirrored that of legendary coach Brian Clough, whose managerial style brought endless success to both Derby County and Nottingham Forest at first, yet he retired in similarly humiliating circumstances, having overseen the latter’s relegation from the Premier League.Hamilton previously worked on a book about Clough for which he received the William Hill Sports Book of the Year accolade. And he thought he would carry on winning medals. Access exclusive podcasts, interviews and analysis with a monthly or annual membership. – London, 2005. november 25.) Create your own sports news feed by selecting what interests you most It was the football that led him into drinking. I think I’ve totalled up that between 1966 and 70, I think he put his name to 78 different things — everything from shoes to fashion to breakfast cereal to bedding. George Best net worth, salary and career earnings: George Best was a Northern Irish professional soccer player who had a net worth of $250 thousand at the time of his death in 2005. He was playing at inside left (wearing the number 10) in 1972 when he famously walked out on United the first time but was back in the number 11 for the autumn of 1973 before leaving for good. I think I’ve learned an awful lot about George as a character and I’ve tried to explain what happened to him and why it happened most of all, because everyone knows the cardinal points, but I really did want to explain why things turned out the way that they did.”Hamilton — whose intensive research involved going through around 5,000 press clippings and 500 books, in addition to interviewing over 100 people and viewing more or less every piece of footage in which the late star appears — believes Best would not have encountered such problems were he a modern footballer.At his peak, Matt Busby oversaw Best’s development — and the legendary manager was of a different generation to the precocious Northern Irishman and very much his polar opposite in terms of personality type. I think the first meeting might have been very sparky. As a left winger, where he played exclusively in his debut season and nearly all of the 1971–72 campaign, he wore the number 11. ""With feet as sensitive as a pickpocket's hands, his control of the ball under the most violent pressure was astonishing. He thought his peak would come at 29 years old. Create my newsfeed ""George Best was one of the most talented players of all time and probably the best footballer who never made it to a major world final. He had this absolute obsession — this need to be perfect and to go and win every game.“He said he never wanted a game to end if he was playing well. Access exclusive podcasts, interviews and analysis with a MANCHESTER UNITED LEGEND George Best — unquestionably one of the greatest players ever and arguably the first-ever footballing celebrity — has, over the years, become a cliché,  a by-word for ‘cautionary tale’.Yet the truth is naturally far more complex than this cartoonish image of him suggests, as a book by acclaimed sportswriter Duncan Hamilton explains.One of the predominant theories of Hamilton’s biography of the star goes against the grain of common thought — namely, that George Best’s career faded fast primarily as a result of his undue love of alcohol and other forms of excess.

Instead, Hamilton firmly believes that it was Best’s lack of success on the football field (when measured by his incredibly high standards) that drove him to alcohol.“There are several myths about George — some of which he liked to push himself,” Hamilton says. He was so young. And nor could you blame them for not knowing — it was just like a rollercoaster.

""People were transfixed, bewitched and delighted by the impish, cheeky skills of Best that invariably brought a smile to all except the defenders who had to face him. It was said that George had slept with 1,000 women before 1969. George Best Zodiac Sign is Gemini, Ethnicity White & religion Not Available.. George Best Net Worth 2018.