Best – His Mother's Son concentrates on George Best's glory years between 1966 and 1973. He had left Belfast for Manchester in 1961, as a 15-year-old apprentice at Matt Busby's post-Munich ...

EXCLUSIVE: The ex-wife of football icon George Best says he felt cheated and manipulated by a TV interview with shamed reporter Martin Bashir and the upset stayed with him till he died ...

George Best, the Irish soccer prodigy whose brilliance on the field and rock-star lifestyle made him an international celebrity in the 1960s and '70s, died Friday at Cromwell Hospital in London ...

George Best was the first celebrity footballer, the player who many reckon to be the finest these isles have ever produced. But fame never sat easy with him.

In February 1970, George Best set a Manchester United post-war record with six goals in a single match. His unfortunate victims were Northampton Town in an FA Cup fifth-round match. United won 8-2.

George Best, the Irish soccer prodigy whose brilliance on the field and rock-star lifestyle made him an international celebrity in the 1960s and '70s, died Friday at Cromwell Hospital in London.

George Best's ex-wife believes the footballer's spirit could be in her Surrey home. The woman said she has experienced some strange phenomena that she cannot explain, such as items disappearing.

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