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  • What a player! 

  • Well upon watching this I think it's fair to say he's on a par with Messi. However George was playing with an old football, have any of you ever tried volleying a ball of thick leather? Or heading it for that matter? Seriously, it takes getting used to. Messi uses modern day, perfectly weighted footballs. I'm sure Messi would of adapted just as well, therefore I place them on a par. Best has similar movement, unreal control, clinical finishing and a playmakers instinct. Sound familiar?

  • I don't even like football, but George Best deserves to be the legend that he is. He is just 10 times better and faster than anybody else I've ever seen and he makes it so entertaining. The goal at 5.09, I've never seen anybody else do that. I don't even know how he did that. Amazing.

  • maradona good pele better george best

  • R.I.P

  • Bestie combined balance, ball dribbling, and goal scoring natural abilities with a legendary off the pitch status. Is it possible for me to get this video with the Enya soundtrack as a backing via e-mail or whatever?!

  • Maradona good, Pelé better, George BEST

  • Unlike today, not every match was recorded, sadly George's peak was between '66 and '69 and much of his brilliance was not recorded. Those fortunate enough to witness him during them years will remember what an absolute magician he was. R.I.P George and thanks for the memories.

  • the BEST quality george BEST video on internet :)

  • Good Looking player

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  • Before the matach at OT "We're OK today lads George has been out with a couple o' birds and he's still drunk! He went out and scored three goals!" Harry Redknapp ManU v WHam 2min 50ish.

    No accounting for GENIUS. GB RIP

  • Number 1 Georgie Best, number 2 Georgie Best, number 3 Georgie Best.....................Numbe­r 9 Georgie Best, number 10 Georgie Best, number 11 Georgie Best, we all live in a Georgie Best world a Georgie Best world.....RIP BELFAST BOY!!!

  • Messi reminds me of thim a lot.

  • OMG i never see this player but he is the best OMG

  • there's Pele and then there's Maradona and then you have the BEST

  • @UtdMan4eva

    maradona good, pele better, george BESt

  • What a legend,his picture is in oasis definitely maybe cover

  • I really wish youtube would give me back the audio for this clip. Its badly needed.

  • put it up again and put a disclaimer for the music

  • The second goal is incredible

    Nice tribute

  • he is the best

    RIP

  • sky diver may watch himself

  • 'SkyDiver17' is a twat.

  • Yes, I know that you have to suck your mom's dick. Think about it

  • This is a 5-star tribute my good fellow , well done ! RIP Georgie !

  • Doctor, my ears!!!!

    Best ever.

  • George Best just brings tears to my eyes. His staggering brilliance. Yes of course we have Pele, and Muller and Beckenbauer...all absolute geniuses from then but there's just something haunting and sinister and hypnotic about George Best and his beautiful, BEAUTIFUL presence on the muddy pitch. Absolute poetry in motion.

  • @jackiebaron Wonderfully put appreciation of Best's snakelike flowing beauty on the park. Hypnotic is true. The eye is instantly drawn to him. He was almost literally too good to be true.

  • Where's Enya's music ?

  • Bestie was the The Best. Whilst it's just not sensible to pitch one player from one generation against another from a different one, I have never seen any player so complete in every area of his game. He could dribble, head, cross, tackle - you name it. Do your homework, mehrmagic, and you'll see players kicking lumps out of him. But he didn't go down, he enjoyed scoring too much. They had to kick him, because they couldn't get near him to tackle, such was his balance. The best. Ever.

  • best never played for leeds

  • best didn't have great players around him what do you call bobby charlton and dennis law

  • he even scored 6 goals in one game lol now can you name any other player that has done that ????

  • was he at united all his career >> ??

  • no but his best years were at united

    he also played for leeds hibs and some american team but he will always be rememberd for his manchester united days

  • hugo sanchez el mejor

  • he lived an hour up the road from me

  • Like I've said, being kicked doesn't make you great. The celebrity lifestyle gave him more exposure than he really deserved (just like Beckham) and his list of honours is pretty brief.... Pele & Eusebio set their marks in pretty poor leagues but they did it at international level also, Puskas went above and beyond what is required of someone who is truly recognised as a great

  • i guess they did but back in the 60's Portugal was a pretty strong league dominated by Eusebio and Benfica who i think won back to back European titles or atleast one in the 60's...and Pele himself said that George Best was better than he was and George couldn't do anything on the International level because he played for Northern Ireland i think and around that time it was all about the GermansEnglishSpain was strong,Portugal was strong so one man even though it was Best couldnt do anything.

  • Best WAS the best. I saw him every week. Not just beating a man. He could tackle, head the ball, shoot with either foot, pass the ball. He was a great, great player. That type of player doesn't exist any more. In the days before substitutes, if someone was injured and had to go off, he would be the covering player, no matter what position. I count myself as privileged to have seen him at his peak, when we went every week, home and away. He WAS the greatest. Ask those who saw him.

  • You are 24 yo, how could you see him every week?

  • @Edwiin1904 Edwin, I am not 24. I don't where you get that from. If it's in my profile, it's a mistake. I was born in 1948. I went to school with Brian Kidd. Nobby Stiles was at the same school, although I didn't know him. Trust me, I saw him every week. I was there!

  • he is better than ronaldo of utd now. genius. better than marodona i think. he plays like messi

  • thats a really good compilation, one of the better ones ive seen.

    He was the greatest, if he'd played in the World Cup he'd of made Maradonna look like a one legged gerriatric.

  • best ever - of course not

    but hes one of britains greatest footballers and definately one of the great european wingers in the mould of merroni,henderson,gento,johnst­one

    .

  • no, my friend

    HE WAS THE BEST EVER

    even pele said it

    and if u deny it.. ure juss a dumbass that knos nothing bout football

  • I've heard so much hype about how good this guy was and now that I see it.... Not impressed.

    The comments about him beating people with ease are a joke, the defenders either throw themselves aimlessly into a tackle or get their body positioning all wrong.

    Good for his time - Yes

    Greatest of all time - Definitely not

  • I'm sure football fans all around the world will be distraught to hear that you're not impressed... The reason it may seem that the defenders body positions are all wrong or that they are aimlessly throwing themselves into tackles is because Best's ball manipulation, subtle body swerves and control is so effortlessly brilliant. Add that to the fact this is being done at such a high pace in an era which flair players could almost legally be kicked out of a game! How can anyone not be impressed!?!

  • R13jd, ure a very wise man

  • You tube are ruining You tube :(

  • Great video!!! He was just AMAZING!!! If you look at players who are being called "best in the world" like: Messi/Ronaldo and watch them on Youtube in a video compilation. They are REALLY SOMETHING but cant get past players and score the same way George did so effortlessly ( well not effortlessly but quite simply ). He just seems to be in another league to most modern day players. this MAY BE due to as time goes on EVERYBODY gets better making it mor difficult im not sure. Great plyr

  • I love the fact that when he scores in 0:42, even some of the fans behind the goal - obviously the opposition supporters - begin to clap. Genius.

  • Youtube made me take the music off guys because i didnt have the rights for it to be in the video.

  • wat aa bunch knobheads at utube

  • @SPUDIRL that's pathetic - are they going to come after me for cutting out pictures of George Best to use in my school project years ago? I've heard all the legal arguments and they hold no water, really and truly (and ethically too) - Google/YouTube is just running SCARED of litigation

  • Agree with the below bout the music, used to be one of my fave vids on da tube but not the same without the music... Agree as well with ManUnitedRuleEngland bout him bein da most talented if not the greatest... And dat's from a die-hard pool fan... brill bit in the interview as well.. 5*..

  • A good video, but where is the music?

  • If George Best had performed in a world cup he would have be thought of as the best player in the world. Pele even said Best was the greatest player of all time.

  • NO...Pelé didn't say that Best was the best player of ALL TIME...he just said that he was the greatest player that he had SEEN play while he was in activity...but he couldn't see play di stefano,maradona,puskas etc...

    ;-)

  • What happened to the music?

  • Does the enjoyment of others pay off the suffers and pain he gave to his wife and children? No it dosen't. It's only a game, a fantastic game but it isn't worth that sort of pain he gave to them.

  • What people brings to others are the judgemental order that every soul but you are followin'. What makes him a good man? If he hits his wife and are drunk what makes him a good man? Nothing i tell you, stop bein' so square thinkin'. Think outside the box .

  • He weren't a good soul. He were awful but you're goin' after his soccer skills and makin' a tought that he were a good man by that.

  • mate u cant even write!! look up WAS and IS in the dictionary or somethin

  • his wish made truth, because i rememberd him like that.

  • who came first best or pele

  • George

  • There is a difference between great and talented.

    Pele, Cruijff and Maradona achieved more as footballers so they are the greatest ever. But George Best, in terms of skill, balance, speed, strength etc, is the most talented player to have graced the earth.

    Not the greatest, but the most gifted player ever.

    R.I.P

    They don't make em' like you anymore

  • Agree in most of it, but Maradona are the greatest dribbler of all time and Pelé the most complete one, George best the greatest finisher.

  • Like I said in my previous comment, Maradona, Pele etc were greater players throughout their careers and achieved more.

    But Best was more talented than both of them.

    If Best had been Argentine, Brazilian, Dutch, French, Italian etc, he would have been named the greatest ever.

    Aside from that, I think we should just all respect what all great players brought to the game and thank them for picking up a football and entertaining the world.

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  • He weren't and aren't the greatest player of all time. Great player but not the greatest. Pelé were complete.

  • hes shit. stupid alcaholic. he son is a complete wanker

  • you fuckin stupid son of a bitch george best was one of the best footballers off all time who the fuck do you support then you wanker whoever you support he is better than anyone of your players and if you dont follow football dont speak twat true his sons an wanker but he wasnt show some respect retard

  • yeah but come on, Ronaldo is the best player in the world at the moment and he doesn't exactly deserve some respect does he? He doesn't respect other players! Why should Best be different? He went through 2 kidneys if I'm correct, that's not exactly respectful is it? Sure he was a great player, possibly the best the world has ever seen. But to me he's done worst things in his life than Ronaldo all right.

    I'm a Utd fan btw, and I'm honest unlike most football fans

  • At the moment Messi is the greatest player. Ronaldo just got the award. I

  • HE WEREN'T THAT GOOD STUPID FUCK!

  • pezzo di merda!!! you're shit!!!

  • The first goal....instant and perfect control with both feet, speed, balance, goalie with no chance.....George Best.

  • r.i.p

  • great video,great song, georgy would be proud

  • Best tribute <3 respekt my favorite player of all time i loved him as a person aswell. always happy.

  • So you loved a wife hitting alcoholic person? ;S That was the stupidest thing i ever heard! Only cause he was good at soccer dosen't it mean that he were a good person. He were a awful person.

  • learn how to speak english you dimwit fuck!

  • XD youre really bad at making people feeln' stupid.

  • I'm not trying to make you feel stupid. You just are fucking stupid. With Grammar like "he weren't and aren't the greatest player" you are simply proving my point. And coming on slandering a player who is widely recognised as one of the most gifted to ever grace a football pitch and declared by pele as the greatest ever you really do just round of my point. Now fuck off and get a life!

  • sportyscott is silly

  • greatest of all time, no 1 could ever tackle him, born for it

  • el mejor

  • sportyscott u loser george best was way better dan that brazilian ballet dancer ronaldinio

  • no hes not

  • AMAzing, i got chills

  • SIMPLY THE BEST

  • this video it's fantastic!!!

  • Brilliant video, ust awesome, to the greatest footballer to ever grace the planet! Well done!

  • rest in peace god of football

  • Jeez, at his peak he was the fastest player for 0-20 yards I've ever seen!

  • Simply the Greatest, the God of football!

  • Utterly god gifted.

    Watch this double footed bloke.

  • The best video I've seen on youtube. Thanks

  • The reason he was the best, besides his amazing skill, shooting ability, perfect equality between his feet and his ability to make mince meat of defenders, was because he was from a time before skill and overpaid wages. He just got the job done.

    RIP George Best

  • he was before a time before skill what rubiish most playes back then had more skill rthan any today.even before his time puskas,duncan edwards,de stefano,john charles,jim baxter

  • George Best Was The Best

    RIP Besty

  • thetoon99 who is the best to play for united?,,,,I sure hope you dont say ronaldo

  • thank your for your comments!

  • thank you very much for the information about the song

  • he gave united great service for 11 year don't forget and did not just give them ablity like maybe some players who play for clubs for about 2 years he gave them service and his impact on the team was as big as any united players in history.he is the seond best to play for united.

  • wonderful video and great song. Can you tell me plz the title of the song. I would be honored if you do.

  • the songs name is "now we are free" it is also on the gladiator film. pure class song and video.

  • A fantastic video for a fantastic player thanks

  • Incomparable. El Beatle, El Maestro, the magician. The most beautiful talent soccer has ever seen.

  • He wasn't quite the greatest. He could have been but he just threw away his talent - a tragic figure

  • i hate how people make out his career went to nothing yes he could have been better maybe he could and should have for a fact played to his full ablit ylonger than the 5 years that they say he did.interms of service to man u in terms of how long a player was there for there must only be 4 players who played with man u longer.

  • He diodn't know how to dive. Today he's have 15 pennos a season. He is the Greatest. if you doubt it you simply don't know.

  • Bobby.

    and george,

    stil dont,

    speak.

    funny.

  • tough guy to drink I guess ;>

  • RESPECT!!!!!!

    The "BEST" football player EVER!!!

  • Maravilloso uno de los mejores

  • Enya - Now We Are Free

  • wat is the name of tis music?

  • i love you .. you are the BEST

  • R.I.P. George..... ''Football is a simple game....you will give the ball to Georgy'' sir Matt Busby to the ManUtd players.... Great vid.

  • wat a passion to football.. i like da last scene..

  • wherever he went.. he always had the ball with him

  • George best is my football idol!

    I like his playing style,i like his lofestyle and his hair style!!

    I love his everything!

    Maybe he is not the BEST in the history,may be is Pele,Maradona or whoever else,but he is the best in my heart!

  • The BEST

  • I will remember you as the greatest player of all time, George. Diego Maradonna ,as good as he was, wasn't a patch on George Best. Thanks for the memories. Rest in Peace

  • Great memories, football was better then, see all the other great british players then? not like now and they played with sheer joy, and not just for the money.

  • BEAUTIFUL WORK.THANKS

  • Great great video !

  • il + forte di tutti i tempi!!!

  • Awesome video! Congratulations for the autor!

  • BRILLIANT PLAYER !!

  • bestie you make us happy!glory glory Man.United!

  • who is the singer?

  • Chopper Harris Could never Bring George Down.

    If George was at his Peak in Todays Football Then He Would Be On A Million A Week Without Question

  • They once asked George in a T.V. interview wether he could put up with the rotational systems in modern systems and sit on the bench.George answered, "I don,t know ,I,ve never sat on one".

  • he was a god of football hw was simply the best he died with honour when he died he said glory man utd he was the best i salute you form malta rip god of football

  • this is easily the best tribut on youtube about George Best and one of thes best ones I have seen on any person.

  • Best was a legend that football, manchester united and ireland will NEVER forget. god bless you Georgie Best.

  • to anyone from Ireland (especially the north) and the UK, he is remembered as the greatest footballer of all time. rest in peace, can't wait to watch you play alongside God when I die!

  • he was the best player of the world even pele said it he was the god of football rip my friend

  • "when i die i want to be remembered as the best football player of all time" well, in my eyes best, you are! i would love to see hm play now

  • excellent video of a perfect player

  • Why play for a diffrent international team? He was proud of his country. He just wanted to play football and have fun doing so. And hes the most famous footballer.

  • I am convinced that if best would have played for a better international team he would have gone down as the greatest footballer of all time

  • A lot of people don't think he is coz he never played on the biggest stage: the World Cup. Imagine if he was english, they'd have certainly won the world cup in 1970, and that amazing brazilian team would not have won it. One of Best's best qualities is that even though he was greedy he always worked doubly hard to win the ball back when he lost it.

    My dad is a huge Best fan and whenever I ask him how Critiano Ronaldo compares, he always says "not in the same league."

    Simply the Best.

  • I fully agree with you, a lot of best was not shown on TV he scored some unbelievable goals. The only player that i have seen that comes close to him is in my opinion is maradona I believe that best carried united for the last few years.

  • I agree! George is the best player ever.

    Definitely better than Ronaldo.George was an ace on the left, right and centre.

  • I thought the 1970 WC Englands squad was their best ever England team.They were at least on a par with Brazil.

    Brazil definitely benefited from being more in tune with the altitude and also high temperature.

    I thought that England were short of one player -Jimmy Greaves!

    England also suffered there usual share of bad luck yet again. Losing Gordon Banks against Germany.

    If George Best was English that would have clinched it for sure.

  • aye, Best was proud of the small part of the country he's from, he grew up watching Glentoran in the west end, and supported a United Ireland team because he wants to see both succeed where he wasn't able to help them.

  • me too mate..

  • i wish i could see him play now

  • Buen video. Excelente!

  • brilliant video brilliant player...simply the BEST

  • Great video loved the extended highlights

  • the best, so amazing, greatest to ever play the game.

  • Thank you all for your comments!

  • he is the BEST at dummying

  • Think the video is great and really like the music.

  • Bueatyful

  • Come lui nessuno mai...R.I.P. Georgie!

  • nice video

  • as good as he was tellng people he wants to be the greatest is a bit disresptful to pele and his former man u duncan edwards who sadly never played with best.

  • il migliore...il talento...il genio...la leggenda!!!

    non apparirà mai + uno come lui sul nostro pianeta!!!

    GODIAMOCI LE SUE PERLE!!!

    CIAO GENIO!!!

  • the music is class!!!!!so was he!!!!!

  • Maradona good, Pelè better, GEORGE BEST!

  • "Football - nothing even comes close."

    I understand.

  • Wat can i say, but he is simply....Amazing.

  • superb- best- genius but not better than pele!

  • The Football Creation: Before there was nothing, then God created Pele!

  • i hate the music it is irish ?

    great clips though

  • ronaldhinho average marado quite good pele awesome george BEST!!!!

  • awesome video

  • Fantastic video but whats the music?

  • Yeah cheers, i made the Compilation myself using extracts from a dvd i have, and the music is From the film Gladiator

    Song name : Enya - Now We Are Free