Arficeden. Football // Hellmuth Costard. Football as Never Before, starring George Best

A track by the Manchester band Arficeden simply entitled Football accompanies footage from what was until recently an uniquely simple film. It's called 'Football as Never Before' - the East German director Hellmuth Costard and the rest of his crew; Manfred Treutel, Stanislav Szomolányi
Dieter Matzka, Fritz Schwennicke,
Wolfgang Fischer, Jürgen Jürges and
Peter Kaiserhad; trained their 16mm cameras exclusively on George Best before, during and after Manchester United played Coventry City in a league game at Old Trafford on the 12th of September 1970.


"There is an ability which is being lost by so many people; that is - only to watch a simple activity."

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Words spoken by the televison announcer before the film's first transmission in Germany on the 29th of March 1971.

The film was screened at the Cornerhouse in Manchester on the 22nd of May 2006.

Arficeden can be heard and contacted here: http://www.myspace.com/arficeden where information on their forthcoming gigs can also be found...

"Three chaps and a microphone, which lies vacant and forlorn centre stage. This band are instrumental, maybe post rock, slightly stoned jazzateers and heavy with timings and guitars. The songs are long and intricate, but each player engages fully and impressively with the other. It can be an onerous soundtrack at times - these are pretty solid but stoic tunes, but when the guitars do burst out, hell, they make the compact trio sound like the four horsemen. Arficeden are intelligent craftsmen, well versed on the use of calculated rock moves, but with enough finesse to stir in much lighter influences. The end result is a deeper, maybe more complex and interesting form."
Review of Arficeden at the Mint Lounge, Manchester. 4/4/2007 by http://www.manchestermusic.co.uk


"When I'm gone people will forget all the rubbish and all that will be remembered will be the football. That'll do for me."

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George Best

He is without doubt one of the greatest footballers to have ever lived. He was born in Belfast on the 22nd of May 1946. He made 361 appearances, scoring 138 goals, for Manchester United. There he won the English Championship in both 1965 and 1967 and the European Cup in 1968, the same year he was crowned both European Player of the Year and Football Writers Association Player of the Year. He died in London on the 25th of November 2005, beside his footballing legacy he left behind a charitable foundation: http://www.georgebest.com/

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[daylife905]

Great vid and a great song to go with it. ;)

6 *'s

[ronpolla]

I was glued to it for the whole 5:53...the music is great too..

[cuneytarkin]

how can i watch the complete film? thanks in advance!!!

[jcw001]

I was 10 years old in 1968 and My Dad used to take me watch United but i only watched George...I never watched the Match so this is like going back in time for me...great Post and Music......George was a genius and the best in the World around this time.....

Thanks for Posting.....

[balarama77]

inspirational!!

[maninwhitedress]

it's true I've never seen football this way before.