Книга: George Best «George Best: Blessed: The Autobiography»
Производитель: "Ebury Press" The definitive autobiography of soccer`s first pop-star footballer. George Best was blessed with an extraordinary gift; he brought beauty and grace to soccer never before seen. But he was unable to cope with the success and fame his genius brought and his life story is littered with tales of women, sex and, of course, drink. George Best here tells his own dramatic and inspiring story. ISBN:9780091884703 Издательство: "Ebury Press" (2002)
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George Best
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] The notes sold out in five days. [cite news|title=Last of Bestie fivers sells out | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6199180.stm | publisher=BBC Online | date=2006-12-01 | accessdate = 2007-06-09] The notes sold on the online auction site
Current plans for a new national stadium for Northern Ireland near
In December 2006 the George Best Memorial Trust launched a fund-raising drive to raise £200,000 in subscriptions to pay for a life-size bronze sculpture of George Best. By 2008 the money had still not been raised until a local developer, Doug Elliott, announced on 29 January 2008, that he would put up the rest of the money and would manage delivery of the project. [cite news | first=Victoria | last=O'Hara | title=Best memorial plan rescued by fan |work=
Best in popular culture
George Best's autobiographies include:
* "Bestie" (co-written with Joe Lovejoy),
* "The Good, The Bad and The Bubbly" (with Ross Benson)
* "Blessed: The Autobiography" (with Roy Collins)
* "Scoring at Half Time" (with
* "Hard Tackles and Dirty Baths"
In the year 1970, German
In 1984 Best made a fitness video with
A warts-and-all biopic simply entitled "Best" was released in the year 2000. The film pulled no punches in chronicling Best's struggles within his personal life and footballing career - showing the full extent to which Best's personal battle with
Indie rock band
Former frontman of Men At Work (now solo artist)
His fellow Belfast-man
In the Irvine Welsh novel "Glue", the main characters attend a fictional Hibernian match which Best competes in. The crowd sings "His Name is Georgie Best"
Elsewhere, Best has been mentioned in numerous other songs, television shows and internet articles, most recently inspiring the song "Where Did It All Go Wrong Mr Best?" on the 2008 album "Bingo" by
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References
External links
* [http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/Hall%20of%20Fame/georgebest.htm English Football Hall of Fame Profile]
* [http://www.georgebest.com/ The George Best Foundation]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4380332.stm Football legend George Best dies] from the
* [http://football.guardian.co.uk/obituary/0,16836,1651234,00.html United in grief for a tragic hero] -
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4309502.stm Was George the Best?] -
* [http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=141 George Best Profile at CultureNorthernIreland.org]
* [http://www.myspace.com/georgiebest/ Photos, videos & music in tribute to George Best]
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=164 George Best Manchester United photo 1, biography & stats at sporting-heroes.net]
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=165 George Best Manchester United photo 2, biography & stats at sporting-heroes.net]
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=166 George Best Hibernian photo, biography & stats at sporting-heroes.net]
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=11771 George Best Fulham photo, biography & stats at sporting-heroes.net]
* [http://www.stretford-end.com/united-articles/george-best-legend.html George Best Player Profile - A true genius]
* [http://fourfourtwo.com/interviews/one-on-one/107/article.aspx One on One George Best Interview with Four Four Two]
Источник: George Best
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