Just announced - George Best is dead

Thanx 4 The Fish

Rest in Peace lad.

ferdi

rip

Basq

RIP George!

Agent Smith

Rest in peace George....

whiskeyman

Rip

BrookieD

Just announced on BBC 5Live more when it arrives

Rhyme

RIP George, had a good outing

Big Nelly

Yeah on Sportinglife....RIP George!! You where a great player on and off the pitch!!

Culchie

Legend

A Dub in Glasgo

A footballing legend. Rest in Peace

ferdi

whiskeyman, i presume that .jpg you just linked was put together before his death which only occured a few mins ago?

Dave!

Rip

vorbis

RIP George! Best to remember him for the genius on the pitch.

The Muppet

R.i.p.

daveg

RIP. Greatest MUFC player ever.

He sure did live life to the max. I remember reading a story where he was in a hotel room. With 2 miss world models on the bed along with a £50K (also on the bed). Room service knocked on the door and the porter said to George "Jesus, where did it all go wrong George".

whiskeyman

Another legend passes away... a name synonymous with football genius.

gracehopper

A true legend, Brought so much joy to so many fans, wont be forgotten , RIP George

tripper

RIP, legend.

RIP, footballing genius

air_vent

Rest in peace Besty.
His pain is over now.

MrJoeSoap

RIP, the best player to ever have plyed his trade in this country.

Villain

Rip

Guy:Incognito

RIP George. A true legend. A name never fitted anyone better.

-oRnein9-

RIP George Best the Great

besty

RIP George. Thanks for sharing your talent with the world. Condolences to your family!

Lemlin

R.I.P. A great soccer player and an even greater character.

joe_chicken

Its sad to see him go...

but the news coverage on it has been stupid, they squeezed as much out of it as possible

If I was in charge of the news it woulda been

Geaorge Best is Badly Sick... on one day... and then leave it
but noooo.... we have to have up to the minute accounts on how many degrees he can turn his head each morning.

RefulgentGnomon

Hobart

The King is dead. RIP george

Teg Veece

RIP, George.

magpie

I remember reading a story where he was in a hotel room. With 2 miss world models on the bed along with a £50K (also on the bed). Room service knocked on the door and the porter said to George "Jesus, where did it all go wrong George".

I wouldn't feel too sorry for him, I think he packed quite a lot into his years, as this story illustrates.

Shame nonetheless, RIP Georgie Boy.

deisedevil

A true Utd legend. Rest in peace.:(

Nimrod's Son

Legend of a player. Pity he never got to play at the World Cup. RIP, George.

Töpher

RIP.

Spare a thought for his family, this is a hard enough time for them without media reporters hounding them.

Standard Toaster

Rip

Guy:Incognito

Einst&#252 wrote: »

RIP.

Spare a thought for his family, this is a hard enough time for them without media reporters hounding them.

Yeah, they're gathering outside the hospital. Respect isnt somethign you can often associate with the press unfortunately.

LegacyUser

This is so sad. The poor guy made a mess of his life. A poor Northern Ireland boy grows up to have extraordinary fame and wealth, i feel sorry for him.

Roddy23

a legend. RIP George.

Kersh

Meh.
He was a great footballer though.

Big Nelly

Yeah thing I found strange was they stopped music and everything on BBC Radio 1 to announce it! they never do that unless Royalty or major event 9/11!!! shows how much the UK people respect him!!

TheMonster

A true genius - R.I.P.

jamescrombie

Sad to see a legend go Best goal i ever seen (no pun intended)

RIP

sorry was posting a link but it wont work

Brian017

Stekelly wrote:

Someone died, can the poeple who are coing on just to pass derogatory comments not just steer clear of the thread?

My thoughts exactly.

Rest In Peace George

yop

Sad Sad day, RIP big man.

whiskeyman

Some quotes:

"He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right".
George Bests assessment of David Beckham

"I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes".
George Best
About his liver transplant

"In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol and it was the worst 20 minutes of my life".

"I blew hundreds of thousands of pounds on women and drinking - the rest I just squandered".

"Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life".

The last one is most fitting, but the others just show his extreme life which ultimately ended it for him.

Gegerty

aphex&#8482 wrote:

Who cares.

Whoever sold him that liver should be sent to jail.

"Sorry little girl, you'll have to wait for another liver- we've just sold it to some old man who quit football so he could become a mad raging alcoholic."

I would have felt sorry for him if he had died before the last transplant though.

Ignoramous. You're lucky enough not to understand alcoholism.

RIP Best. What a legend.

threebeards

A very sad day. RIP

Sarky

*Shrug*

Ronan|Raven

RIP George.

Downtime

BoozyBabe wrote:

Couldn't care less!!

Don't like to see anyone die, but he got a 2nd chance of life after making a pigs ear of it 1st time round.

Someone who probably died 3 years ago, could have got a 2nd chance that they would've cherished, but instead the chance was given to that waster.

Who cares that he had a talent for kicking a stupid football.

Condolences to his family though

Why offer condolences if you couldn't care less? Why not go an start a thank god Best died, what a waster thread.

The man had an illness, it's sad he died, he was his own undoing, but he was a legend and brought happiness to millions of people.

RIP.

carbsy

RIP Besty, my hero.