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- Best goals, assists and dribbles from George Best's illustrious career for Manchester United and Northern Ireland. This is probably the most complete overview of his skillset on TH-cam with the inclusion of tons of rare footage (as well as some of his more well-known bits of play).
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3:59 one touch genius.
That bit of genius 5.20 where he just ghosts past 3 players was just sheer class!
@@footballsgreatest2645 in the European Cup final no less! 5:20
I've always loved that goal at 6:42. They way he positions himself and watches the ball as it rebounds of the keeper, then toes it over the entire defence into the net. Not one of his flashiest but great vision and weight on the touch. Such an amazing player to watch. I just wish Liverpool had discovered him before Man Utd.
I am a Liverpool fan since 1963 but my two favorite players of all time are George Best and Eusabio. Both were sonexciting to watch and admire!
Sorry nothing to do with his football, but I worked for him as a chef at his nightclub Resteraunt “ Blondes in Mayfair “ he often came into the kitchen to have a drink , Press would photograph him at his bar , during the eighties , I can honestly say he was a delightful man , very kind and sincere and loved ordinary people , our kitchen brigade loved 🥰 him , best job I ever had too , Cheers George I hope 🤞 your happy wherever you are resting up 🙏
You tell the truth about Geroge, he was a saintly king and generous man
@@jamesbradshaw3389 truth is James I was never a football fan , one of my work mates did not believe who I got a job for , so I got him an interview at the kitchen with the head chef , on his first day he was trying to light the oven while cursing it lying on the floor , George came in to the kitchen and said softly , hey do you want me to give it a kick , without turning my freind said na your alright mate , he was# a huge United fan , then he turned and looked up and nearly had a heart attack bless him , George bust out laughing as did we all , true story and what a wonderful boss .
@@jamesbradshaw3389 would be interested how you knew him , it’s sounds as if you did by what you agreed James .
I know he once berated pompous Michael Winner for the way he spoke to waiting staff at a celeb party.Well done George.
@@petrus666love Thank you for taking the time to tell me that great story about George and your time working for him. I am a little like you, I have never been to a football matching in my life, I was given tickets several times to go to watch Chelsea, Spurs, Man United and Watford but I never got the time to go to any of those, I have also recently worked on Watford stadium, Going to a match with all those other wild fans was never my thing but I will watch some games on TV, I have great fun with people I know who are very big football fans, as a none expert I find that I am more right with my predictions then they are. I always knew that there was something very special about George as a most gifted player, to me, he was the greatest of all time, George was a kind and gentle soul and was very shy also lonely, George & Phil Lynott were very great friends, they were both extremely talented and yet they were a little like each other in that they were shy men had a bit of looseness about them, they drank to helped to hide that problem.
Legs like sticks, no shinpads, pitches of mud, boots like steel toe caps, defemders that would try to kill you and he was still as graceful as a swan. The Greatest in my book.
Yes I agree with you 100% iam just so glad that I saw George Best at his best live as soon as he received the ball their was a loud bus of expectation around the ground, great great dsys
Was lucky to see him twice in N Ireland's colours. Played Scotland which contained most of Celtics 67 Hero's. He tore them apart. They often said that if he had of been English he would have been regarded as the best player ever. Was also was there the day he kicked the ball out of England keepers hand, robbed.
Maradona admired him. Personally, Maradona is my all-time Greatest, but George is underrated...a natural like Diego...certainly in the All-time Top 5.
@@michaeljennings6390 yes you are right about Northern Ireland being robbed of that goal, I am a man united fan so I saw George lots of times at Old Trafford, I remember seeing the game Northern Ireland vs England, on tv, my dad was a Stoke City fan, so of course when George kicked the ball out of Gordon Banks hands my dad said it was no goal, but I said to him, Banks didn't have it in His Hands Dad! because Banksy always threw the ball up in the air before he kicked it and George being the genius he was got his foot to the ball first, flicked it up into the air and into the net! The ref didn't give it but bestie and Northern Ireland were robbed, God bless George.
I place Best, Pele and Cruyff in joint first place in my book. I get such a thrill watching George Best; it's scary to think what he'd have done with today's training methods, pitches and equipment
Today’s players cannot compare with the legendary and magical genius, that was George Best.
Today players can not compares with them. But, football has change. Paul Gascoigne... Wayne Rooney... I'm an Argentine fan of British League. Y love "Gazza", And Wayne... David Seeman. Lineker... Very golf players. Sorry my poor english
My dad watched him in the 60s and said he was a footballing genius. He didn't just do things most other player couldn't do, he did things no other player would even think of doing.
those type of players ended in the 90's, now they are carbon copys of each other, or some video game gameplay. And they are all milionaires and live in castles at 18 year old.
@@badtuber1654nope😂
@@rvp1 you dont even know the type of players im talking about because you never seen these types of players. Their minds are in fortnite.
@@badtuber1654 😂😂😂
Same as my Dad. He was a Chelsea fan and used to go to games regularly. Whenever Utd played at the Bridge, he used to look forward to watching him play. Even if he scored.
Greetings from Switzerland... well, not much longer on this earth for me but having seen them all, Garrincha, Pele, Maradona among others too many too mention , George Best was the greatest player I have ever seen. He played on basically what in comparison to today are ploughed fields against real hard man defenders.
Basically if messi was born 50 years ago, this is what he would have been. Best is an absolute genius
@Treasure cave, if messi had been born the same time as best, messi would never be in georges class. Muddy parks, potatoe fields, no shin pads, no protection from refs, no nothing and kicked about all day. No CHANCE would messi be as good as best. Messi would be average
@@alanmctavish4802 bolloks!
Hope you're still with us, confiseur. I'd agree - I've seen Pelé, Eusebio, Cruyff, Maradona, Messi, etc in my time, but Best in his prime was better than all of them. The man was a genius. RIP, George, and thanks for the fantastic memories. LFC fan.
@@davidfiler7439 Both great players but George was the best
The miracle of this footage is we can enjoy George Best Forever and never be allowed to forget his Genius. Thank You
He rode tackles so well. I cannot get over the state of those pitches...WTF....
Great stuff - those pitches, those conditions, the heavy ball, and goodness the tackling! How he managed to play so many years we’ll never know. He was magic.
And with all that alcohol consumed plus the women. Unbelievable
Interesting, I actually do not see much tackling in this compilation. Defenders seem to be avoiding hitting legs - looks more like my school yard defence was with no shin guards, we tried not to injure each other
@@WillseyYeah- where did it all go wrong Bestie ??!!!!😂
@davecoalwood9487 didn't go wrong tho did it hes known as one of the best ever and won everything 😂
He is playing for heavens eleven in their Premier league.
A truly phenomenal natural talent - two-footed, brilliant in the air and electric pace over 10 yards. I was lucky enough to have seen most of his games at Old Trafford in the 60's and his charisma was indescribable. The first pop star footballer and one of the most talented the game has ever seen.
couldn't have put it better myself....really wasn't anything he couldn't do, and in most cases he was the best
The best ever!
I didn't start going to Old Trafford till 78 I envy you fellow red,my dad saw him though in fact my dad saw the babes too..
@@paulanthony5274 I was too young to see the babes but a fellow red who was older than me was always reminiscing about the babes said it was the best team he ever saw and said that Duncan Edwards would have become the best player ever! Ive only seen clips of him and he certainly was the best of his era but George Best is the greatest player I have ever seen!
@@paulanthony5274 Yes, Paulus, I was indeed fortunate to have experienced such an exciting time. The first time I saw United was the start of the 1958/59 season, just after Munich. I can remember it vividly - Chelsea were thrashed 5-2 and Bobby Charlton got a hat trick - one of them a header! I used to turn up at Old Trafford for home games at 12.30 to get a seat in the Stretford End with my best friend Jimmy Curran and we waited for two and a half hours until kickoff, reading and re-reading the programme. The cost of the seat was 1s 6d - 7p in today's money - not bad value! Jimmy was a very talented goalkeeper and joined United straight from school. He played all his games in the Central League (reserve teams' league as it was then) but couldn't break through into the first team as he had goalkeepers such as Harry Gregg, Dave Gaskell and Alex Stepney in front of him. However, he was well thought of at Old Trafford and stayed for over 40 years as youth team coach and physio. In the late 50's I actually lived in a street in a poor part of north Manchester opposite Wilf McGuiness, a promising player who broke his leg at 21 and never played again but became United manager in 1969. He only lasted 18 months before Best gave him a nervous breakdown and Busby took over again! That rough part of Manchester seemed to be a breeding ground for talent in general - besides Wilf, Nobby Stiles, Brian Kidd and Carlo Sartori all came from nearby and Bernard Manning and Les Dawson lived only a few streets away from me. Imagine living opposite a Premier League manager these days! How times have changed. I still enjoy watching football these days but nothing could replace the atmosphere and magic of the 60's. Best wishes from Ian.
I liked the way he fought through and stayed on his feet and scored. Most players today would have fallen.
And cried like little girls…
"fallen" ??? They throw themselves to the ground and pretend they're dying.....gutless dirty low cheats with no skill.
And held their precious little faces while rolling and rolling in utter agony:)
In an era of extreme ‘cloggers’ George’s ability to maintain his balance was insane. Rest in peace, Belfast Boy.
Fantastic compilation - thanks a million. George was the greatest the world has ever seen. Lots of comments here pointing out that he did all this with a heavy ball, heavy pitches and brutal defenders, without ever taking a dive. But it’s more than that. Unless you were there at the time it’s impossible to understand his sheer impact - there had been nobody like him. Today, high skill levels are more commonplace, but he was the only one back then, and I don’t think today’s greats would have been anything like the same in those conditions. Pure grace, natural skill and tremendous courage.
I agree with George Best re his own personal favourite goal (v Chelsea -shown here 2:16) where Chopper Harris tries to hack him down and gets left sitting on his arse whilst Bestie goes on to score ! Too many great players didn't have that extra piece of genius Best had and were crippled by thugs like Harris. That's what makes that goal so delicious !
Sublime- the most naturally gifted player to ever play the game
Your comment is as accurate as it gets. How can you compare Best when the pitch, ball and defenders were a liability that cannot be reckoned with in the modern age. Truly a gift to football, and the grit he displayed with determination and grace that keeps this as the beautiful game it is.
Pele?
He was great to watch even chopper Harris couldn't stop him
One thing I've noticed recently is how much courage the man had
I saw him on the kings road in London a few times when I was a kid .
He stood out a mile .I was never even into football .
His transplant drinking was not good. A donation should be respected & George didn't but he never should of been giving it as he wasn't a good prospect but they the transplant people knew the publicity would be worth it.
I was referring to his courage on the football field
That was all footballers back then. Not like the female cats of today.
I just want to add. I went to George's funeral. To see a Footballer get the closest thing to a state funeral was something truly remarkable. To see so many people wear football shirts from other clubs said alot about the admiration rival fans had for him. Many I spoke too who supported other clubs and had seen him play. Said he truly was the Best. The amount of people from all over the UK and Europe who travelled to Northern Ireland that day to pay their respects. Really showed how much he was respected.
Andy, you are remarkably fortunate to be there. You also have an incredible amount of class to give an honest reflection of the occasion. Were he not a drinker, he would have been regarded in a class with CR7 and Messi.
The only people in George's class were Maradona and Pele
@@grousetheghoul2754 I think he was above those players you mentioned and in the class of Pele and Cryuuf!
@@johnhughes5083 Pele has come out and said he was one of the greatest players he ever saw and coming from a player of his stature shows you how magnificent George was.
@@delby66 Yes Steve for me the greatest footballer ever!
The goosebumps after 15 seconds man. What a Legend Best was
Saturday 12th April 1969 @ 3.00 pm St James Park, Newcastle. A day I will always remember. I saw George flying down the wing only a few feet away from me...the thrill of a lifetime for a 10 year old.Thanks for taking me that day dad. I am a NUFC fan but I only had eyes for one legend that day.....Still the Best !!!
Growing up there were two players spoken of in the same vein, Pele & Best, sadly at some point people forgot how good George Best was... Pele even said George was the best player he'd ever seen.
Across 1966-1972. That indeed was the case.
Unfortunately, Best standing over the passage of time, as withered. Amongst, the global football audience's.
While successive players; Cruyff, Maradona, Ronaldo, Zidane, Cristiano, Messi, global standing. Overshadowed him & lume larger.
Today's twitter generation. Never include him, in their all time, T10 players.
I have a hard job explaining to them.
What an explosive, brilliant player, George was.
i read that as well!
E Best disse che il miglior giocatore Europeo era Rivera.
Di Best so che era un grandissimo. Un talento al di fuori del comune e bastano pochi minuti di questo video per comprenderlo
@@johnpacino007 tbh as great as Best was he wasn’t very disciplined as an athlete and wasted his talent. It’d take a deluded fan to out him top ten, and insane to place him higher than all those you mentioned.
They all hit heights Best didn’t. I’d include playing, Eusabio and Puskas, De stefano etc all easily above him. Best couldve been in that bracket but decided to take being one of the worlds most famous players instead 😂
Bet he had some stories to tell
@@truevanpencil5403 The problem with our lad Georgie was, he wanted to be James Bond, with the Hugh Hefner playboy lifestyle. Full of playboy bunnies in his playboy mansion.
You can't do that & hope to maintain a top tier sporting career...
The chopper harris tackle holy shit
Balance balance balance
Brave as a lion best player i have ever seen .
harris always said he could not believe he did not go down dirty git that he was.
That goal summed him up ......top three all time .
Grealish £100 million means that George would be at LEAST £500 million in todays bizarre market. Greaves would be £300 million in my book also ? Imagine those 2 in the same team.
Never really understood this logic. In reality Best, as talented as he was, would be nowhere near a top flight football club with his lifestyle off the pitch. He'd be blowing out his arse after 20 minutes.
Only Joking with this comment "Imagine the Bar Bill after a night out"
@@mrtoad1408 you are very confused do you think he would be able to have that lifestyle if he was in the current Man City team ?
@@mrtoad1408 Did you watch the video or not? I watched George from the time he was in the youth team right through his pomp, and believe me he'd have run today's automata ragged.
Funny you mention Greaves,talking to a man just last week who played a upper division in England back in the late sixties,ask who was the best he watched,Greaves.
We went to see aunty Joan one Christmas we traveled up from Norwich to stretford,what a surprise it was for me an eleven yr old boy to be walking to old Trafford from aunties house,ten minutes later I saw George and the rest warming up,best day ever,thanks dad and the Wards for takin me
I’ve been watching football since 1968 and I’ve seen em come and seen em go. Not a United fan but he George Best was incredible
What a fantastic player George Best was. That ball was like a magnet sticking to his feet and when tackled, not once did he intentionally fall to the ground. Even when he did slightly fall he just got straight up and carried on, not like some of the players we see nowadays falling to ground at the slightest touch and acting like prima donnas on the pitch. His unstoppable runs around opposition players and goals he scored was just mesmerising. He was one of the best players to ever grace a football pitch. Legend is a word that is probably at times used too often but Bestie absolutely deserves to be a legend. RIP Georgie.
Like most of Messi's career, George Best and the other great one's never cared for the intentional fall.
So much harder to play in black and white.
Players adjust to the rules. If rules are focused on safety and punish even small infractions, it is becoming a good tactics to play for them
The other thing about Best (and confirmed by his teammates) he could dish it out as well. In an era when thugs were called defenders he made them look like clowns.
One of the best players I ever had the privilege to see, and thats coming from a life long city fan ,wonderful player RIP.
one of them .... there was nobody like george best.... he was the greatest
Wish there were more fans who could respect an opponent.
Had the pleasure ( when I was a lot younger ) of seeing George playing for N Ireland against Scotland at Windsor Park Belfast , Never experienced such an electrified performance ever !! The hair actually rose in the back of my head !! Local newspapers said it all with their Headlines next morning ,, GEORGE BEST 1 SCOTLAND 0 !! , ,, nuff said , what a genius , will never see his like again
My boyhood super hero..he put 10,000 plus on every gate...and EVERYONE was on the edge of their seats every single time he got the ball ..everyone ..by far the most exciting footballer ever.
I feel very fortunate to have seen some great players in my 60 odd years. But here's the truth. George was better than anyone I ever saw. He had every single discipline you could want, except of course, self discipline. He never dived (cheated) and he was as brave as he was skillful. Bless him.
Respect for him but Cruyff that days and later Maradona...
the same here. im 60. i have seen jimmy greeves, the charltons, denis law, norman hunter , phil parks peter bonnetti and pat jennings, they were my heros, also rodney marsh, those were they days my friend, best wast the best, real football when i wasa kid
The greatest footballer of all time!
@@johnhughes5083 From memory: Puskas, DiStefano, Pele, Garrincha, Charlton, Eusebio, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Platini, Maradona, Matthaus, Van Basten, Ronaldo, CR, Messi, Romario... but Best will be in top 20 I think 😀
@@matthiasdominik4049 You think!?!?!?!?!
When players didn't get paid millions,when they didn't fall over,at the slightest touch.When they actually just played football.
Remember looking at a life size picture in the school library of bestie in the 60s it showed a season's worth of injuries he sustained from head to foot looked like he'd been through a meat grinder black and blue particularly legs and torso,he was as tuff as nails rip George a legend.
I had that picture on the back of my bedroom door.
He had everything, and do not forget those pitches were like ploughed fields in the winter. I doubt Ronaldo and Messi would have been so effective on those surfaces. Look also at Jimmy Greaves, until I saw the recent documentary on him, I didn’t realise how good he was on rubbish playing fields. The ball was also, when wet, like kicking a cannonball.
All the while having lumps kicked out of him and being pulled and dragged around the place..... without going down.
It even looks like they invented colour TV in the middle of his career so we could see him better.
They would adapt and overcome, they're 2 of the greatest players of all time, it's what great players do.
They would also have the advantage of modern fitness and 60 years of tactical advancement.
They would rule football for even longer in that era than they did in our own. They wouldn't burn bright for a few years then fizzle out at Fulham. They would be on top for 2 whole decades, injuries permitting, which would be their only serious concern.
Their speed, strength, and skill would set them large fractions of a second faster than all but the very, very best, and even those few would fail to manage the same intensity for the full 90 minutes. The final half hours of games they were involved in would be bloodbaths.
Messi and Ronaldo have levels of genetic athleticism which comes around once per centaury. with their level of skill and control they would adapt and dominate even more.
@@thegreathadoken6808 Exactly, not to mention that the quality of the top leagues back then was not at the level of today as they were less concentrated with global talent.
@@lukeswallow1075 Your comment has some merit. However, the flair players like Best and Greaves had virtually no protection from the referee and were routinely hacked down by the likes of Harris and Hunter. I doubt Ronaldo would have had the resilience to survive on a cold wet February day at Elland Road or Stamford Bridge.
Imagine him playing on the pitches of today and with the protection of the refs he would be unplayable. Unbelievable balance and change of direction
I believe he would be up there with Messi and Ronaldo today
@@shadowbanned5164 i would say better , the footballs weighed a tonne back then
@@jayyelland8289 You have to consider Messi and company are up against faster fitter and far more skillful players in defense
Best won 3 medals. Big deal.
@@shadowbanned5164 sorry but they would not be able to play on those terrible football pichtes and the bastards in defence.
I was fortunate to see George play in most of the fixtures shown with the London based clubs....he was simply magnificent.
Tony, you’re a lucky man and I’m kinda jealous of all the great football you’ve seen living there lol I have lived my whole life in the states so it makes it kind of tough. My uncle did get to see George play quite a few games when he was playing in Ft Lauderdale
@@garythompson5316 yes, I have seen some great players in the flesh, Best, Maradona, Platini, Cantona....and played against Hoddle and Barnes......I now live in New Zealand near my good friend Gary Locke who played for Chelsea in the 70s and 80s....and marked.....George Best.
I really Envy you, Living in New Zealand, as for George Best I don’t think he would get in a first team today. Far more skill involved in the game now and young players have to compete with every other kid in the world. George wouldn’t get past today’s defenders.
@@hardlines2635 🤣🤣🤣no he would struggle to do that- have a word son
@@hardlines2635 You are having a laugh .. aren't ya? Did you notice the state of the pitches' not to mention the attempted assaults. Quick , brave , genuinely two footed & could finish. Wouldn't get in a first team, back to the play station for you bud.
The way he runs through everyone seamlessly going past the tackles is so wow
Yes, it's almost like it's a highlights package. The thing that jumps out is how amateurish the defending was in those days. The second highlight, at 53 seconds in, shows the goalkeeper punting a long ball to the number 9, with four defenders in the vicinity and not one of them approaches within 5 yards of the number 9. Lol, imagine that today with the number 9 having Ramos or VVD or Thiago Silva leaping over him. Best was good by the standards of that era, but players today are lucky to get half a second before they are closed down by two defenders working in tandem.
@@daleviker5884 And if Best was born in time to get trained at a modern academy from pre-pubescence he’d be better than Messi. It doesn’t make sense to compare old footballers to modern footballers.
@@jedross2136 i respect ur opinion but no chance he’d be better than messi, this man is brilliant on the ball but messi does things u can’t explain
...and doing it on pitches that look like grenade ranges. The ball control needed to move, at a quick jog, with the thing would be impossible for most folk.
@@daleviker5884 A modern player would struggle to play on those old pitches. In old leather boots, heavy with mud. Using a ball that could cause a concussion if headed on a wet day. Not forgetting that tackles were given a lot of leniency by the rules and refs back then - Best was riding challenges that might end careers in today's game.
Put Best on a modern pitch with all the protection players get, using a lightweight ball, and on a surface perfect for his style of play...
...He'd break every modern record going.
The greatest player ever and considering the pitches he played on and the generally more physical game, he was sensational. RIP George
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't his opponents also handicapped by playing on the same pitches? God give me strength that is such a stupid argument. All 22 players were on the same bad pitches, yet you nostalgia merchants make out like George Best alone was disadvantaged. Modern attackers play on beautiful turf, but so too do the defenders and goalkeepers that they are up against. As long as the conditions are the same for both teams, then the quality of the pitch is irrelevant.
@@daleviker5884 The other 19 were not controlling the ball!
@@Baz-Ten Well its a lot easier to control the ball when defenders can't slide or change direction because of the conditions. Face it, you are just being nostalgic. Football in those days was amateur. Cruyff was a smoker who smoked at half time ffs. No matter how skillful you are, you wouldn't get away with that today.
@@daleviker5884 😴
@@daleviker5884 , only just seen your reply!...nothing to do with nostalga. Maybe 1 in 50 games were played on a bad pitch...plenty here on youtube. I agree that defenders are more clever now but Best had an equal balance to Messi
I was fortunate enough, and I'm proud enough, to have seen Best play twice: each time away to Huddersfield Town. In the first one he was returning from suspension and played Town off the park. He made the first goal by taking the ball off the Town midfielder, McGill, (close to where I stood) as easily as anything, crossing to Morgan who centred it for Law to smash home. 2-1 to United was the final score. The second one, we were stood behind a goal and it was 0-0 at half-time. Second half and all the goals were scored at the other end: Best, Law, Charlton for 3-0. One of the rare matches in which the holy trinity all scored. What memories.
This made me look for the highlights of these two matches. I found the second one, but the first is the one (1970/71 season) I really want to see but cannot find it.
Willie Morgan - there's a blast from the past.
I'm a Blade and was at Old Trafford when he scored that amazing goal against us, and I kid you not the whole crowd stood and applauded him, they showed it on MOTD opening titles for years, he was an outstanding talent!
For me he was the best footballer in the world and that includes today's top footballers just pure genius
I was at that match too, in the Stretford End. To have seen a player that great was a rare privilege. He was the greatest.
Props to you and the other appreciative Blades fans. RiP George
@@deborahcoveney8846 He certainly was/is the greatest player of all time!
Was at that game against Sheffield United as a young lad. Thankfully got down early to que to get in and by ko time there was thousands locked outside..what a goal by Besty and Alan Gowling headed the other goal. Great days..
Had the absolute privilege of seeing the great man on many many occasions following United and trust me when I say,from those clips,you ain’t seen nothing.
Last game of the season in ‘67 at West Ham,we had to win the game to win the title.
We won 6-1,but there was no coverage ?!
Besty was unplayable,but there are loads of other examples where his genius wasn’t recorded.
GOAT,no doubt whatsoever in my eyes.
Yeah, it's so sad that there's so little of footage of him left. Especially at his peak at mid-to-late 60's.
My dad says this all the time , often the coverage wasn’t captured because there was one game on match of the day. So some of what he did was only seen by people who witnessed it fist hand, what memories you must have.
@@roscoaber He really is the greatest player I ever saw! From 64 to 72 I saw him live nearly most of the time and there has never been a player like him and so much of his genius was never recorded as match of the day only had one game on a saturday night in those days! If all those games were recorded anyone who loves the beatiful game would have to concede he is the best player ever!
Probably the greatest compilation of GB clips on youtube. Forget Messi, Ronaldo, Maradonna etc - George was THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!
Put Messi on those mudbath pitches with a heavy water-soaked ball and those cut-throat defenders getting away with blue murder he would be crying for his mummy.
Best had everything...speed, heading ability, tackling ability, balance, incredible ball control and an awareness that was so far ahead of everyone on the pitch. And he had the good looks and charisma that made it easy to party with beautiful women off the pitch. I think he got his priorities right that ensured he had a great time on and off the pitch 😆genius!
Excellent letter. I agree completely !
He had a great time off the pitch? I think he was profoundly unhappy off the pitch. It is no fun to be an alcoholic and having a liver transplant. And all those so called friends were only interested in his money.
May be Messi,Ronaldo....George Best was not good as Maradona. Put him in same condition,Diego would made George Best a kid with his tricks.
@@user-bi5nw4vp6tcokehead vs alcoholic, who wins? my moneys on the alcoholic
I fully agree that George Best was one of the very best, but not sure if I agree with your full statement.
As much we can all assume that the muddy pitches etc. would diminish the talents of current greats like Messi, surely, we need to consider the possibility that the athletism and training of modern footballers could counter the individual talents of past players.
I am just happy to be able to enjoy and respect all of them.
Anyone who was alive back then and cared about football certainly remembers Georgie Best. Awesome ball control. He could see angles clearly and used them to his advantage. Not many could beat him one-on-one. His fabulous runs from one end of the pitch to the other simply amazed onlookers and players alike. Any player is judged by the quality of the game in any given era. During his time, George Best WAS the best.
Agreed. Way better than Pele, Garrincha and Cruyff.
Yes ! Better than Eusabio, and at least as good as DiStefano.
I saw Best at Ipswich Town in 1971. The Ipswich keeper was also called Best. David. A reserve for Laurie Sivell.
I was standing behind the Ipswich goal, & George got the ball with only David to beat. Best against Best. And I had a close up live view! But he only tapped it to the keeper. Very disappointing!!!! No magic that day.
My mother was a fan of British football and living in Iceland, she won the football pool, thanks to Georgie Best. It was enough for her to travel to the US to visit family before she passed away.
The greatest footballer ever.Best really was the best.
Totally agree and I am glad to be able to say, I saw most of his games.
Yes you are completely correct, I trillion percent
Maybe in the British Isles. Obviously not best in the world ever.
@@newbris he was the best all over the world of all time.
@@themanftheworld8439 he’s certainly no where near the best ever
That bought me close to tears. What a wonderful, precious gift that man had. And I'm not even a United fan.
One of the greatest to ever play. Pele thought he was an amazing player. I was lucky to meet him when my amateur team from Canada was entered into a tournament in LA when he was a part of LA Galaxy. This was in 1981. Our team was coached by a gentleman who's son played with George on LA Galaxy. On one of our days off, he invited us for brunch to his restaurant. George put on quite a spread for us and we were able to meet the legend. A great player and a great person.
what team in Canada?
@@cryptohalloffame I played for an amateur team from Burlington, Ontario. We were called Burlington United. Our team was invited to this tournament in Los Angeles. John McGrane was the player for the LA Aztecs, a team in the old NASL. I'm sorry, in my previous comment I said LA Galaxy not the Aztecs. John's father was our coach and his brother played for the team I was on.
@@delby66 very cool, I played for the nepean hotspurs in Ottawa in the early 80's. I did train with the Montreal Manic one summer in Montreal, but they folded the next year. I also attended the very first training camp held by the 86ers in Vancouver, but I wasn't keen on playing at that point. Too much soccer, not enough other stuff 🙂. thanks for the reply...
Legend and not a dive in sight even when they tried to chop his legs off.
His balance was unreal,he kind of leaned into the tackle he was as strong as he was skilkful
Brilliant player that Best was, his off field behaviour was appalling. He threw his life away by living a recklessly decadent lifestyle. He became an alcoholic through his stupidity then developed liver damage due to it. Someone graciously donated a replacement liver to him and he senselessly buggered that one up too - he was given a second chance at life and squandered it. Such a sad waste. And what about his family, who were left to deal with the aftermath of his selfishness ?
@@gribwitch stfku live your own life
@@gribwitch he was an addict . Don’t you understand addiction ?
@@Jon-qy4je Didn't George understand what happens when you lose your liver function ??? You DIE ! He should have known this when he received that liver transplant which gave him a second chance at life. But instead of appreciating this rare and precious gift of life and seeking help to overcome his addiction, he went back to boozing. How stupid is that ?
And you defend his stupidity !
I don't care which team you supported back then - you all wish George played in it! The man was on another level. He stood out in a United team dripping with talent.
Yet only won 3 medals.
@@johnnyrocker7495 Two League championship medals and a European cup medal, not bad medals to win eh, then throw in Footballer of the year and European footballer of the year.
@@johnnyrocker7495 It's not all about winning medals. Football is a team game. Is Messi a lesser player just because Argentina don't win many International medals? I say he isn't.
@@BoingBB You either fail to understand the point, or misrepresent it. When we're talking about the greatest players of all time, that conversation centres around achievement, therefore medals. Messi's achievements at club level, nationally and internationally, plus his individual awards (6 Ballon d'Ors) demonstrate that he is certainly part of the conversation despite Argentina not winning the WC. By the way, Argentina recently won the Copa America. Messi received a medal for that too.
@@johnnyrocker7495 Using your logic, I suppose Harry Kane is pretty useless then?
@4:18 lets appreciate the tracking of George that the camera man did. Keeping hin perfectly in frame whilst slowly turning the camera. These were huge machines and something that smooth was hard to achieve even in pre recorded dramas.
It was the way he rode the tackles that made him better than the others. When a big tackle came in, he'd spring onto his toes, sometimes even atop the ball for a fraction of a second (when you watch carefully) and avoid being felled. Absolute poetry. Can you imagine him today, people asking "why didn't he go down?" He just didn't have that mentality.
I was just too young to have seen George Best in his pomp, but I still believe George and Pele were the greatest players of my lifetime(born in 1966).Pele said George was the best player he’d ever seen,and that’s some statement coming from someone who played alongside the likes of Garrincha,Tostao,Gerson,Rivelino,Jairzinho,etc.I always thought George Best would have fitted into that 1970 Brazilian side,as he played LIKE a Brazilian.George said the best player he saw was Alfredo De Stefano.Imagine what players like George,Pele,De Stefano,Eusebio,Cryuff,Beckenbauer,,Maradona,etc, would be worth today? Especially with Jack Grealish signing for Man City for 100,million pound.Plus these sort of players would flourish in today’s games.When you saw the pitches George played on in the 60s & 70s,Imagine his skill on the bowling green type pitches of today.Incredible player.
You know, I see what you saying. You look at George and you feel the speciality in him almost spiritual! Him, Diego, Cryuff, Eusebio were(in my opinion) something more than skills. They were the enigmatic essence of the very physical being of kicking a ball. You cant restrict them with training, coaching or all these modern facilities.
As Arsene said once players like Messi, Pele, Diego would have been the same at any time or place.
Also, Jack is not worth 100m, even in today's inflated market. He is a popular signing. Coming from a Cityzen!
I have a photo of the two best stood together joking on my study wall...Best and Finney
Grealish isn't even Steve McManaman good lol I saw someone compare him favourably to Gazza - WTF?
@@clivelangman8696 lovely. I wish there were more footage of Finney though, such a magical player!
@@HarmsFootball The player I’d love to see more footage of is Duncan Edwards.I’ve spoken to Nottingham Forest supporters who saw Edwards at the City Ground in 1957, when United played Forest and have said he was an awesome player.Bobby Charlton has also said he was the best player he ever saw, and he should know, because he played alongside him.And look at the players Bobby Charlton played alongside and against.He played in the same England side as Tom Finney, so if Sir Bobby is saying that Duncan Edwards is the best player he ever saw, then he must have been some player.There was always that comparison between Tom Finney & Stanley Matthews in the 50s,who was the better player.Both players would have flourished in today’s game,absolutely no doubt about that.
And he did it in an era of terrible pitches and brutal defending, where the likes of Messi and Ronaldo possibly may not have survived. A magnificent footballer, one of the very best.
Exactly. 👏👏
And he didnt take Stroids either like a certain Mr Messi has!!
In fact this dude was probably nursing an hangover before the majority of matches he played , then hair of the dog to get rid of his shakes and then run rings around everyone 😂
Can't compare it's like a totally different game ,the art of riding tackles is dead
Defenders weren't as fit and smart as they are in today's game. So one has to question whether he would be able to do what he did then versus now.
6:36 This is a unique goal. From the second the ball comes Best's way he has assessed the situation, taken control of it, and pulls off a sly lob shot over everyone's heads that no one could have seen coming. 🙌
And he did all this when tackles were flying with very little protection from referees , and pitches were often mud baths or in a poor state of repair. Just imagine his impact on the game today.
The great Maradona once said: "George inspired me when I was young. He was flamboyant and exciting and able to inspire his team-mates. I actually think we were very similar players - dribblers who were able to create moments of magic."
Saw him a few times at Turf Moor. Best player I've ever seen.
very cool
The greatest of all time!
watching this made me cry.i saw him play when i was 11
Totally agree with all the comments I've been reading, what he was able to do on those pitches against some of the best and toughest defenders in the world at that time truly was incredible, not like the overrated and over paid pansies today,, rip George legend
Best was the best that ever kicked a ball. I'm old enough to have watched his exploits (as a Man City fan)
and I've ever seen anything like it since. Pure magic.
I'd call them dirtiest defenders in the world
Truly the greatest footballer that ever lived. Played in a era where pitches where not immaculate, when tackles where tackles, no divine, faking injury or throwing yourself to the ground at every slight touch. If you put heyday George into the modern game he would destroy everyone.
Great video, I was lucky enough to see him play ,pure football skill his ability to beat two or three defenders on the run ,could use both feet ,fearless, goals, all this on terrible pitches against brutal defences, Denis and Bobby as team mates , super entertainment.
You had to commit murder to get sent off in those days.
Jack Charlton.
Look at the pitch the boots and ball's
BEST PLAYED WITH
Look at the world class TOUGH defenders he danced around.
He truly was gifted
I'm glad to have seen that. He was very special and, from that footage, up there with Pelé, Maradona, Messi, and Ronaldo. Pelé and Maradona are Up There with the Best 😊
Maradona,Pele >>>>
A fantastic collection of George Best goals and moments, and indeed, many I have never seen before. I noticed a clip in there that was from the first time I saw him play which was at Highbury in November 1964 in front of a crowd of 59,000. Recommend this collection to anyone who has the audacity to say George Best was over-rated!
The best tribute of George Best! Congratulations for your job, keep it up!
Thanks!)
@@HarmsFootball hi can i ask what the music was please mate? Some track listings would be really appreciated as i really liked the music.
www.epidemicsound.com/artists/elliot-holmes/
@@HarmsFootball i will 2nd that ... well done .... he was the greatest
GB he was a master on all surfaces,snow..rain..sodden muddy pitches. Compared to flat green baizes the top stars play on today they've never had it so good! His sklll could take him from his own half to the goal mouth without assistance. He never stopped running he remains my number 1.
I’m a Chelsea supporter and saw Georgie playing us at Stamford Bridge he dribbled a football from the half way line avoiding and not falling over to some hard tackles and put the ball in the net passed Pete Bonetti even the Shed cheered him for that and Chelsea players shook his hand. Sheer magic RIP George Best entertaining God with his football skills.!
He loved playing under lights, it made him feel like he was on a stage and everyone came to watch him.... He was a amazing footballer
You just need to look at the state of some of the pitches he played on yet was still a genius.
No player will ever come near to him he was a football genius .Those defenders must have dreaded playing against him when he left them all dead !! RIP you are a legend George xx
"No player will ever come near to him"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@colors6692 Jo's right. I'm guessing you didn't see Best play.
@@kevinholloway7805 I saw Best play, and the defending in that era was barely pub team standard. Have a look at the goalkeeper's long ball at 0.53, and tell me when you last saw in 2022 a centre forward have a long ball to himself, unchallenged by even one of four defenders. Attackers in that era looked good because defending was a joke.
@@daleviker5884 Yep, but in the same breath, people will say (with a great degree of truth) Pele was the best player, and he was a generation before George Best. Was he not also playing against those same (similar) defenders? Why does no one question Pele's ability, "because the defenders were shit"????
Please look at the video. George Best made it look like he was DANCING past defenders, not flinging himself to the deck to get a free kick. A proper man in a proper mans game. Not like now.....a game for those that can afford it (and who can cheat the referee better)!
Pele, an absolute genius, wonderful, but not as balanced as GB.
I am stuck between GB, Pele and Maradonna. Messi is somewhere just below!
@@barneybear1971 Best over Messi? LOOOL
For me, what stands out, is that unlike most of today's players, when George gets touched while moving with the ball, he doesn't immediately fall down like he's been shot. He was an unbelievable talent.
Because he would've got laughed at. Remove the incentive to cheat and they won't do it. Retrospective bans for diving. Messi is pretty good for not diving for a modern player.
yeah we saw it with messi for 15 years🤭
His balance was incredible,a pure joy to watch.
Harms, Man...what can i say. This quite literally took my breath away.
Hands down, no question, the BEST compilation of Georgie Ive ever had the privilege of seeing.
Just astounding.
My gratitude to you for crafting this masterpiece is beyond measure.
King George is looking down from Footie Heaven - 2 Miss Worlds on either arm - grinning in appreciation I feel sure.
A truly worthy tribute to the Greatest Red of All Time.
Matchless.
Respect Brother
Seconded.
Very well said.
Some of those tackles would end the modern players career, and he doesn’t even go down. 👌
Tackles are way more dangerous nowadays as players are many times fitter and stronger. This started from mid to late 80ies onward. Bodies are being pushed to their limits today, there is a reason why reffing got stricter these last 30 years (van Basten, Ronaldo just to name 2 that suffered).
@@daarom3472 Rubbish.........Google Grahame Souness tackling/fouling.
@@stoptheworldiwannagetoff4780 as said it got really tough in the early 80ies which is when he mostly played. Then we had a string of high profile injuries and things got stricter.
@@daarom3472 Here is a tip! Try watching Leeds Vs Chelsea in the FA cup final and then watch Maradona and the butcher of Bilbao! You should realise how stupid your comment was then.
@@dannyvine3605 yea I did, good one is the 1974 match between Netherlands and Brazil as well. How many of those Chelsea/Leeds players got long-term injured?
The Greatest Footballer I’ve ever see. I was watching United before Munich & there were great players then but George was The Best ever 👍I met him a few times in my local Pub he was a Crossword Fanatic along with liking a Pint 👍 God Blesz you Genius ❤️
According to Busby him and Edwards are the players he really felt blessed to have managed. Said managers are lucky to have one player like that in their lifetime and he had two.
A technically brilliant footballer who I was privileged to watch many times in the flesh, but his greatest attribute was his bravery.
Best was not a big man, in fact he was small by today's standards, but he got some really rough treatment on the pitch. It was the only way opponents could stop him. Very rarely did I see him react. Nine times out of ten he picked himself up and got on with the game. He was a gutsy lad and for me belongs in the top four or five footballers I have seen in my 60 years of watching the game.
Don't forget, he was 16 when he joined United. Up against BIG guys on the pitch, yet Georgie took the "you-know-what" out of them. He was THE BEST! God bless him. (Oh, I met him once. First and only time I got stuck for words...and I was in my twenties.)
Was lucky enough to see him play a few time, genius with a ball.
The boy genius from Belfast. When football was truly a men's game.
The two best players I've ever seen live, and I've seen Pele and Messi, were Jimmy Greaves and the peerless George Best. You didn't coach these players you just picked them and let them get on with it. Such natural talent
Without ofending, there is no point of comparation with Messi, and more talking about natural talent; truely by a very long distance and in every aspect you wish consider, slds
Unlike many players today, George never missed with only the goal keeper to beat. Happy to say I saw him play quite a few times - once in Hong Kong
Together with the swede Roger Magnusson, who played for Olympique Marseille and Jimmy Johnstone, George Best was the best dribbler of the ball in the world during the late 60’s, early 70’s. He was a way more complete footballer than just a great dribbler of the ball, though; courageous, powerful shot, great vision and so much more. One of my all time favorites …
Pelé, Garrincha, Puskas, and Di Stefano were all as good dribblers. Garrincha's dribbling skills were legendary, so either you forgot to mention him or you've not heard of him...
@@dharmabum9709 Read again, What time period did I mention? The players you mention were fantastic, no doubt, but they weren’t active during the time I mention …
@@CoachNiklas Both Pelé and Garrincha were playing during that time frame. Pelé won the WC with Brazil in 1970.
@@dharmabum9709 Pele was a fantastic overall player but not a pure dribbler of the ball like the three mentioned. Garrincha was basically finished as a top player by 1964, due to a failed knee surgery. Yes, he participated in the World Cup 1966 but just as a shadow of his former self.
@@dharmabum9709 And Brazil won it in 1962 without him.
Bobby Chatlton once said of George " George would blow hot and cold but often he would have one of those games and when he did he was unstopable".
Had the privilege to see his testimonial...Still got people up of their seats...legend....
I love this kind of footage.
Most videos we see of the great players are higlights of goals yet there's so much wonderous skill that doesn't end up in a goal and it's no less wonderous for it.
I am so glad I saw George Best play in his best days, he was fantastic! as soon as he received the ball, their was a loud bus from the crowd of expectancy, great great days
George had everything. No one else comes close. Poetry in motion on pitches that wouldn't be played on nowadays. Genius.
THINK YOUR FORGETTING BEST!!!! never play in a world cup and sorry to say pele was still the best player of that era the facts DO NOT FAVOUR BEST AT ALL
@@garyr11 . You are correct on the statistics. George didnt play in a world Cup. Much of that is dependent on having top calibre players through the team.
With the greatest respect to those Northern Irishmen who played alongside George, they were not in the same class as George, or the Brazilians of that era.
Pele said recently ......May 2021 iirc......'The great football critics said that because of his (George) technical skills he didnt seem like a European athlete but rather like a Brazilian athlete who danced the samba with the ball at his feet'
"George Best up to today is a footballer without comparison, and his technical skills will never be forgotten ".
Pele knows a bit about football. And his humility is never in doubt.
As a young man me and my mates if we weren't watching West Ham would go to any London Club (in the days when you could just rock up and pay on the gate) if they were playing Manchester United just to see George Best in action. Breathtaking ability on bad pitches and defenders who took no prisoners. One of the greatest in my book, and a privilege to have been able to watch him live.
Brilliant. And he was doing this mostly on quagmires, with soft referees, against good defenders determined to scythe him down. Best ever.
My father, who was born in 1902, started watching football at around 10 years of age. He saw players like, Steve Bloomer and all the other big name players through the years, and he rated Best as the finest player he had seen.
Fantastic compilation which reinforces my opinion that he was the greatest football player ever. Up till about 1971 he was just the best. When I watched Match of the Day any time between 1968 and 1971 I prayed for Man Utd to be on, and if they were I would sit there and keep saying “give it to Best!” because you just wanted to see him with the ball. He had the most amazing ability to time his movement when he was tackled and skip over the opponents legs, he literally skipped over their legs, and he had such good balance that he could ride any knocks that he got. His ability to faint a move and go past an opponent was innate, and his timing when dragging the ball away from another player to dribble past him was immaculate. It wasn’t just about him scoring goals, it was all about his incredible ability to move with the ball. Best was the best.
I was at Stamford Bridge the night Chopper Harris tried to stop George with that assault, how he rode it I will never know and kept on going to walk round Bonnetti to score one of the most memorable goals I've seen,and I'm a blues fan.
George always said this was one of his favourite goals.
True genius and in my opinion GOAT.
I think the most talented footballer ever. I only saw him once when he played for Hibs in Scotland. He couldn't run by that stage but his brain was still faster than five players . He scored direct from a corner.
Excellent footage... Great video 👌
Best is easily one of the most talented players of all time... Unreal natural talent.
My Dad rest his Soul, always said George was most definitely the best player, given the state of some of the pitches and the way they kicked at him all the time, never mind the great goals and assists. He most certainly is up there, even today.
Brazilian flair from a European mega-talent. What a player..what a character. Thanks for the video. Excellent choice of background music, too!
No he wasn't better than I think, that would be impossible. The best player I have ever seen by miles.
This should be shown to any young apprentice player. You dont have to dive and cheat to win games.
Agreed 100%.
I met George Best when I was a guard for B.R...........he never had a ticket........but he bought one.........I never asked for autographs, but I asked for his. He tore down an Inter City destination window sticker and signed that for me. All the Milton Keynes commuters were watching and George was mobbed when he got off the train at Euston. A couple of days he was in a cafe on a station and saw me.....gave me a cheery wave.........my pal said 'Thats George Best...........how come you know him?' I said I sold him a ticket from Milton Keynes to Euston a couple of days age......I bought that famous print of him in his M.U.F.C. days.....and put his signature inside the glass frame. I'm not a big football fan....never have been......but George Best was bigger than football.........R.I.P. George
Great story.
, Regardless, there'll never be another George Best!!! What a player the maestro,genius of a footballer. He brought joy and will ever be respected by many.Today 150m plus player, easily, but had a sad end RIP George ☘
Someone once said 'watching him run with a ball was like watching an artist's brush running across a canvas',very apt I thought.
My universe what a great top-class player.... Cheers Best
If he was born in Brazil he would have won everything, his value in todays market off the scale......JUST BRILLIANT
He was raised in the next street to me in the Cregagh Estate ... Didnt matter who you supported, everyone loved him...
And in the modern game he'd be even better, better pitches, players not allowed to kick lumps out of you anymore. He was the first football superstar, all modern footballers should be grateful for him, he was the 5th Beatle!
Pelé, Garrincha, Puskas, and Di Stefano were before him as just as good, if not better than Bestie.
Stanley Matthews was the first superstar
@@dharmabum9709 Sorry not better than Best!
One of my greatest regrets was Not seeing George Best play in Sydney back in the late 1960s. Dribbling skills right up there with Pele, Maradona Messi. A Football GENIUS. Maybe the real GOAT?
I have never seen a player dribble and head the ball while dribbling and keeping complete control of the ball. This guy was a true beast and G.O.A.T.
Maradona pele barnes
Barnes? 🤣
Was lucky enough to have seen him play on a few occasions. Something I will never forget. Brilliant
Pace, skill and cheek made this guy awesome. Unlike many today he used both feet even when dribbling at speed. Also unlike todays players he rode tackles and stayed on his feet rather than crash to the ground at the slightest touch. Football was hard back then with crunching tackles and bumpy pitches but Best still kept the ball under control at real speed.
How unsettling it would have been to see Best coming at you at speed?
What a Player, if your kids or Grandkids, regardless of gender show any talent at football this should be required watching.
Ball sometimes looks like it's attached to his boots with elastic and never a hint of a dive. Insane upload, nice work!
Young child living in Turkey and Jordan, and the only sports available in the week's TV was English football... and the only team in the late 60's and early 70's worth televising was.... Man United. George Best was a God.
I’m privileged to have witnessed him do extraordinary things on a football field when the cameras weren’t there. A common occurrence in the 60s.
REST IN PEACE
LEGEND!
THE BEST OF THE BEST
ONE GEORGIE
THE BEST OF ALL TIME
THANK YOU FOR THE
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Saw him play live a few times, it was hes balance with the ball unbelievable, whenever he got the ball you felt something would happen. What he could have done with the modern light balls not full of water and the bowling green pitches of today, and as for tackles he would have won more free kicks then any one.