George Best: Angel or Devil?

Just watched the extremely thought-provoking programme ‘The Truth About George Best’ on Channel 5. Despite his liver transplant he is back on the drink and looks and talks like a dead man walking.

George Best was the first football superstar. He was in the same season once voted English and European Footballer of the year. At 17 he was a regular in the Manchester United team, which with him later won the European Cup in 1968. At 27 he was finished. Tragic in that he was so gifted it wasn’t true. Now at 57 he is riding shotgun with the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

As one who knows, take your sister’s advice and ‘Try a little harder.’

Best wishes.