George Best Dies

George Best 

Picture and quotes from Random House:

'The best player in the world'
Pelé

'Unquestionably the greatest'
Sir Alex Ferguson

'Don't coach him. He's a genius'
Sir Matt Busby

'The one tragedy George Best has to contront is that he will never know how good he could have been'
Michael Parkinson

'He dribbled like Garrincha, pulled birds like Jagger and drank like a fish'
Daily Telegraph

'It all went wrong with football, the thing I loved most of all and from there my life slowly fell apart'
George Best

The first pop idol footballer and the greatest footballer of his time that Great Britain ever produced has sadly dies today after losing his battle against the liver damage caused by his well known drinking problem. A sad day for all football fans.