Dazzler

Yeah, I bet you're right! Bet my mum's fibbing to me. All those years she brought me up not to lie too!!

scoobydooooo

he said he wanted to donate his organs !!

tarmac terror

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There was more to george best than ever made the news guys.... He shy'd away from publicity - the reports on local radio stations over the past few hours have been truely heart-warming. The guy did a lot for charity, a lot for those less fortunate in life than himself and sought no reward, recognition or publicity for it.

The guy lived for several years with Alex in a tiny fishing village in Co Down, yet the media still stalked them hoping to get a shot of him with a drink in his hand. Despite his celebrity status he was treated as one of the locals and expected nothing different.

I feel for his family - his father particularly. His wife died an alcoholic, sadly he has lost his son prematurely in a similar way, Belfast has lost one of its favourite sons. Rest in peace George.

For the 'keyboard heros' how many of you have decided to take up gym membership or made a resolution to stop smoking or drinking or something similar only to fail or lapse back into your old ways. I think you get the picture.....

For those of you who seem to begrudge the guy a second chance at life perhaps your keystrokes would be more appreciated over here - http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/h...me_a_donor.jsp

TT

PS - just heard his funeral will be next friday in Belfast with his burial at Roselawn.

Peanuts

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God Bless Georgie, keep him safe.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of the press we seldom got to see the extremely charitable side of Georgie, they were more interested in the bad boy image.
Im too young to have seen him play but I was fortunate enough to see him a number of times at Fratton Park (one of Mandaric's closest friends).
The queue for autographs etc was always out the door of any room he was in, everyone who wanted to see George and get an autograph/chat etc was able to do so, he never left the fans who would wait for him. He also recently appeared to open a number of places (Disabled care centre, primary school, hospital wing etc) in Portsmouth, did you all read that in the press? obviously not.
It makes me sad to see a lot of the previous posts that criticise Georgie, he drank, albeit a lot, but the sum total of his faults/sins were that he enjoyed to drink.
He didnt steal, he didnt lie, he didnt mug anyone.
I am a little over half Georgie's age and the sum total of my faults already exceed his.
Still, I guess its easy to criticise, I often do it myself in NSR.

He had nothing but football and love to give (seems that wasnt enough for some on here), all he asked in return was a decent shot at the drinks cabinet.

R.I.P. God Bless, football and all its fans around the world have lost a hero and a legend.

Jaydee5

How sad to be judged by so many perfect mortals. If anyone of you here have experienced the "life" of an alcoholic in close up you would possibly show some pity and be ashamed of some of the comments on this thread.

Regardless of his sporting achievements, and the respect he deserves for that, the man was ILL, yes ILL! You know, the same way that people are ill because they smoke too much or eat too much.

It's oh so easy to assume he had any control over his illness or, eventually, his life.

But then, I'm forgetting, he was just a bit greedy with the drink so it's OK to continually take a pop at him.



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dba

To all you dung heaps that are trashing Best,just consider this.He bought more pleasure to more people than you lot put together.He was a football genius and will be remembered by many as such.In your boring little lives you can easily mock as you drink your Stella watching Eastenders,but he saw more of life and the world in general than all of you together.

Scoob99

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George Best was a genius, sadly, he blamed himself for his mothers death due to alcohol,because of his fame she died at 54 maybe it was in his genes and thats why he could'nt stop drinking, That aside he did more living in 59 years than some of us will do in a life time RIP George, Sir Matt is waiting for you
Cheers
Colin

Sbradley

OK, so maybe I was just a touch cynical earlier on.

I *do* begrudge the fact that he refused to change his lifestyle after getting a second chance, whether that's actually what killed him or not.

But damn the man could play football. And from what I'm hearing and reading about his charitable works and his wish for privacy (as opposed to being shafted by the gutter press) then maybe he's rather more a loss to the world than might at first appear.

The same gutter press will be running their "We always believed in you, George" crap as we speak.

A sad loss to his family and friends, who, for what it's worth, have my sympathies.

SB

+Doc+

Im sure he would of give up all his party lifestyle to see his future grandchildren.
What a waste, a great talent in his day and a stupid alchoholic in his retirement.

Bubba po

So he could kick a ball. Whoopee-fcuckin' doo.

fast bloke

He was good at dribbling but he was crap at CORNERs (can I do that in here?)

Wmscooby

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Just like to say RIP George a great footballing talent, but in the same breath he's already got more television and press than the late and great Richard Burns RIP

Need i say more?????????????????????

philc

there are some people in life that I feel privileged to have watched (and from the tone of this thread, have had the time to form my own informed opinion)

those who come immediately to mind are the likes of Mohamed Ali and, of course, George Best.

He was absolutely breathtaking to watch - went through the opposition defences like they were made of wood.

He could turn a game on his own.

He could make something out of nothing.

sheer football brilliance

Hey, George - you helped make the sixties the epoch decade that it was

RIP

Richard_P

What a load of rubbish is written on this thread.

People talking about him blowing his 2nd chance etc (i presume they mean the liver transplant)!

He died from a lung infection, not liver failure.

The fact is he raised the profile of football, he was the first football superstar and I think a lot of people who work in and support football would thank him for that today.

He earned his money and he chose to spend it how he did, I really don't think that impacted on your lives so why slag off a man who has died early.

Just imagine what his family would think if they read all this nonsense.

Leslie

The reason for his death has been mentined often enough but those who want to make cheap and childish jokes at his expense or run him down while on his deathbed will deliberately ignore that because it does not fit in with their purposes and they are not honest enough to take it on board!

Les

davyboy

There are some nice stories on the BBC News web site from people who have met him.

Dave

tarmac terror

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iamevilhomer

what goes around comes around.....when you find someday your car is covered in brake fluid