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This gem of a film captures George Best at a pivotal point in his career. Best, his parents and Sir Matt Busby talk about the man who many reckon could have been the greatest footballer ever. In 1969 George Best is still only 22 but already a footballing superstar; playing for Manchester United he's won the league twice and been part of the first English team to win the European Cup. Football comes easily to him and with dedication he could be the best, but the 'pop star' lifestyle is competing for his attention.
Although at most only the back of his head can be seen, the interviews are by Michael Parkinson, a couple of years before his move to BBC and the start of his eponymous, and iconic, series of interviews.
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@Sameoldfitup 3 жыл бұрын

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.

@TheMonacarol 3 жыл бұрын

Tennessee Williams

@jerryoshea3116 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating thought& observation...I always think of "Time&Tide wait for no Man"

@Tarzan2315 2 жыл бұрын

So true, I think of that often.

@etomichelverny 3 ай бұрын

I love my George Best, my Steve Jobs, my Liliane Bettencourt, my Paul Allen and my Michel Verny & my Overoveroverovergod

@steaks652 6 жыл бұрын

His all round abilities were out of this world. He didn't have any practiced repetitive tricks, just natural body swerves, he could beat anyone, and did.

@annemariegutteridge4696 Жыл бұрын

Mostt beautiful

@etomichelverny 3 ай бұрын

I love my George Best, my Steve Jobs, my Liliane Bettencourt, my Paul Allen and my Michel Verny & my Overoveroverovergod

@richardraybould6928 4 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful film narrated by the wonderful Mr Parkinson. George Best was and remains my football hero. Never seen a better player even though I have stood in the Stretford End and watched Ronaldo and Rooney. RIP George.

@phillaw7952 3 жыл бұрын

Me Dad would swear Duncan Edwards was the greatest player he ever saw. But said Best came the closest.

@TheBobbymcd Жыл бұрын

@@phillaw7952 good on you and your dad...thanks for sharing that. Maybe celtic fans up here in scotland would also add wee jimmy (jinky) johnstone of the lisbon lions 1967

@phillaw7952 Жыл бұрын

@@TheBobbymcd Celtic was my second team mate. Still look for their results. I have a Paul McStay jersey still.

@deepsouthNZ 9 ай бұрын

Johaan Cruyff, equally as gifted

@etomichelverny 3 ай бұрын

I love my George Best, my Steve Jobs, my Liliane Bettencourt, my Paul Allen and my Michel Verny & my Overoveroverovergod

@simplynuts5327 6 жыл бұрын

Natural talent. Pleasure to watch. One of the most inspiring players ever.

@tomburroughes9834 3 жыл бұрын

Bitter-sweet emotions watching this: a footballing genius, a highly intelligent guy and a nice fella. And then the issues around fame, drinking and the problems that were over the horizon. Thanks for sharing this. RIP George.

@petermills2061 2 жыл бұрын

" I used to find it pretty easy to do whatever I wanted on the pitch ". Spoken like a true genius !

@jacmac3118 5 жыл бұрын

Such dear, sweet, innocent times by today's standards.

@mybackpocket 4 жыл бұрын

Only if you were white.

@etomichelverny 3 ай бұрын

I love my George Best, my Steve Jobs, my Liliane Bettencourt, my Paul Allen and my Michel Verny & my Overoveroverovergod

@tonywilliams7152 Ай бұрын

@@mybackpockethow do you work that out?

@dean8705 5 жыл бұрын

Truly an icon. The first footballer people outside of football took an interest in, not just for the talent but the person.

@marykelly6751 5 жыл бұрын

His mother had the saddest eyes. She struggled with his fame and died young

@briandoherty4843 4 жыл бұрын

Of alcoholism.

@edmundpower1250 4 жыл бұрын

@@briandoherty4843 now now

@thebunsterooo 4 жыл бұрын

As with Jimmy johnstone theres not enough footage to gauge his true genius not like today with cameras everywhere .

@SilkyShish 4 жыл бұрын

She struggled with his alcohol addiction that was fuelled by his fame. Not just the fame alone.

@SilkyShish 3 жыл бұрын

@@citizennobody5518 - Whatever the reasons for why someone becomes an addict or alcoholic, it is still very sad this happens. Keep resting in peace George.

@johben57 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant , never seen this footage before, great stuff.

@tigerarmyrule 6 жыл бұрын

Its brilliant footage and its also deeply sad. Here he was in 1969 aged just 23 and already that extraordinary and beautiful talent was on the wane because he simply couldn't control himself. He was not the greatest footballer - he didn't have the leadership qualities and maturity to deserve comparison with EG Cruyff or Di Stefano - but he was without any real argument the most elegant and graceful talent ever and it was just about to desert him when this was made.....priceless footage of him dancing with the ball in this as well.

@johnhughes8466 Жыл бұрын

@@tigerarmyrule HE WAS AND IS THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER EVER!

@liamgleeson3083 4 жыл бұрын

It's always the nicest people who have to go through the hardest tribulations r.i.p best a legend and thoroughly kind soul

@chd1694 6 жыл бұрын

I envy the HELL out of all of you who saw George Genius Best play live. U lucky bastards.

@starmersbarber Жыл бұрын

I saw George play at Hampden in the Cup v Celtic in 1980. Even though I was a young teenager at the time, I knew his time had passed, despite him still being 'box office'. I would love to have seen him '66/'67/'68.

@teviottilehurst 5 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous eyes

@hoangnhat8721 3 жыл бұрын

Best footage. Love to see these kinds of documentary films

@sheilakelly4770 Жыл бұрын

He was one of the best footballer ever a beautiful gifted man. RIP sweet George 💕

@davidkariu2330 5 жыл бұрын

How can anyone think that there was ever a better dribbler than this man?

@shanewright2772 5 жыл бұрын

and the beauty of it was that he always knew exactly what to do at the end of that dribble - he read the game so well. Avery intelligent player. And tough. These Messis and Ronaldos would have been kicked in their whole career less than Best would have been in a single game at Elland Road or Anfield.

@shanewright2772 4 жыл бұрын

And Garrincha had one leg significantly shorter than the other! I wonder if that helped or hindered.

@termsofusepolice Жыл бұрын

Still blows my mind that this guy got kicked out of the Beatles and not only didn't let it stop him but goes on to become a footballing legend. Best is best!

@MrYFlyer Жыл бұрын

Lol😅

@roddymcniven8734 5 ай бұрын

Don’t give up the day job

@garrywood8836 6 жыл бұрын

August to December 1971 his last great surge at the top which practically singlehandedly took Utd 5pts clear at the top of the table. Then the sad decline set in and that glittering career with the exception of a few sparks was over. Thanks George for some great memories 😎

@theunsheep 5 жыл бұрын

The overlooked, drunken, glass-ravaged injury to his foot in Spain in the early months of ‘72- I think- robbed him of his pace.

@jankidacki4225 5 жыл бұрын

Those few months saw him at his absolute best. His hattrick against West Ham was magical.

@edmundpower1250 4 жыл бұрын

@@jankidacki4225 Messi scores goals like that on a bad day

@seamusgallagher9872 4 жыл бұрын

@@edmundpower1250 Messi wouldn't lace George Best boots Messi wrapped up in Barcelona cotton wool choked EVERYTIME he played for Argentina

@vantheman12welshman66 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine George today. Playing on the beautiful playing surfaces of today. Not being kicked and hacked by players whose sole job was to put George out of the game. George would have been up there with Messi and Ronaldo.

@JonnyCoolMelt 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly right his skills would be emphasized by the current way the game is played but he did well even under the circumstances.

@justinchetham-strode5234 3 жыл бұрын

You're so right: I think any of the great players of the 50s, 60s or 70s would really shine extra brightly in today's game. You mention playing surfaces, and protection from referees, but there are other factors too: until the early 70s (I think) footballs were made of leather which soaked up moisture in wet conditions, and became heavier, then a new design was introduced, with a thin layer of plastic lamination to waterproof the ball. The old boots were heavy and very crude by comparison with today's sleek slippers: a star of today's game would surely struggle to reproduce his form if forced to play under those conditions and with those boots!

@goldentop100 3 жыл бұрын

In my opinion George was better than them he was 2 footed, he could tackle, great at heading, new how to ride tackles without going down. He scored plenty of goals and created hundreds of assists. George had everything a top class footballer needed.

@jamesgordon2805 3 жыл бұрын

@@goldentop100 I agree 100 percent

@stevessssteve 2 жыл бұрын

You are right

@bobbyjamabo3296 3 жыл бұрын

George's mum is a real gem

@seankellymusic6670 6 жыл бұрын

This is such a great insight in to Gergie's life and football, there's a great unsaid that I love about this TV 1/2 hour length film

@colinporter2230 5 жыл бұрын

totally

@wildbill8635 4 жыл бұрын

You can see in his interview with Parky his future problems ahead, almost fated really. By the time the 70s came, opponents were much wiser to him, yes there was still magic moments & that was just it. Moments. By then the Team was the rule. Everyone defended, everyone attacked. But still, like the Beatles, there was only one George Best.

@martinhasson4942 5 жыл бұрын

I also think George was shocked At his talent!

@chancesareshewears Жыл бұрын

He had his mother's great looks

@damianmcdonagh7908 3 жыл бұрын

His autobiography is just brilliant. Searingly honest, funny, witty and often hard to believe.

@cantona57 5 жыл бұрын

I am a huge United fan,but only got to se him play for Fulham with Rodney Marsh against Hereford, sometime round 76-77. There were flash's of his genius, but he was heavier and the pace was gone. However, in his prime, and there is plenty of footage from that time, he was the best in the world. A modest, kind man with little or no ego.Because alcohol had an early grip on him, he was gone by 27,when he should have been in his prime. If he was around today he would be whisked off to rehab and the problem would be taken care of.If you can look beyond that problem and judge him on his football skills, you are looking at a player who was the best in the world .RIP George

@tigerarmyrule 5 жыл бұрын

I agree though I would say he was actually gone at 25. Look back at his career. He was brilliant in the autumn of 1971 when 25 and after that did nothing at all. Ran away in Summer 1972 when just turned 26. His top class career was over by the time he was 25. There was the drink but people forget the punishment his legs took as a virtually ever present marked man with the hard man assassins on his trail throughout the glory years. He didn't wear shin pads. We hear his teammates talk of seeing his legs marked and battered after games. It all adds up. He wasn't only almost incredibly gifted, he was also tough as teak and able to run through the pain. The Greatest.

@cantona57 5 жыл бұрын

@@tigerarmyrule yes, you might be right on the timing. His frustration and houdini acts started when he realized reinforcements were not coming.The kicking he took, well that was the nature of the game then, and I never heard him complain.In fact I cannot recall a time when he was injured,EVER. Suspensions,yes. Injuries ,no. His greatest asset, Balance. Unbelievable. Just a movement of his hips, and two defenders were gone the wrong direction.Gold, pure gold. His likes will not be seen again.

@lindabulsara2215 3 жыл бұрын

George Best. A miracle to football!!!! Wonderful footage.

@ColinsBaldGrandma 6 жыл бұрын

20:10 such wise words, Hollywood celebrities could learn a few things

@zinowor 5 жыл бұрын

real shit man

@emanuelmifsud6754 3 жыл бұрын

You are correct, he was very humble. He did not want to express his views and influence others in his thinking. Obviously he did not want to be regarded as a role model, he sounded like a genuinely good guy.

@tottenhamhotspurish 2 жыл бұрын

He called his retirement at the age he retired - that’s crazy!

@craigyirush3492 5 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic film.

@sassy_brit1975 3 жыл бұрын

Simply the best..better than all the rest ❤👍💯

@LIVERNIL723 5 жыл бұрын

It's just beyond sanity what players earn now in a week to what George Best earned a year irrespective of the fact of 5 decades.

@_itzomar1952 4 жыл бұрын

LIVERNIL753 you do know about inflation right ?!

@cantona57 3 жыл бұрын

There was very little TV money back then, when SKY arrived it changed everything.,

@kamalazmi4249 2 жыл бұрын

His good looks and talent are equal. Superb and phenomenon

@njoyingtube1 Жыл бұрын

GEORGE BEAUTIFULLY SIMPLY THE BEST !

@ImReadyD151 5 жыл бұрын

what a pleasant chap

@lancashirebomber9744 6 жыл бұрын

he's in his 20s completely aware of his genius.

@shankill178 3 жыл бұрын

Simply the Best.

@shwheat6315 7 ай бұрын

He sure is

@jerryoshea3116 2 жыл бұрын

I think on his finest day,George Best had few equals..But as u heard him say in the interview,he found it all very easy on the football field,once he got over his initial nerves&filled out a bit,got stronger and more confident..Then it was like water off a Ducks back! .But as the N.I Journalist pointed out very wisely at 17.12..he has to change his ways,play more for the (Man u or N. In) team and not only for George Best! But he was a fantastically,naturally gifted player,and for those who got to see him,provided memories that never erased.. But I always feel we were left with "A Glass half full".because at 26/27 he should have been at his Football playing peak&hitting the headlines for his on the field activities &,not being written about in. the "Gossip columns" and sports pages(often for all the wrong reasons,,!) ..And unfortunately he did seem to enjoy(was comfortable)with the Celeb side of life,which wouldn't have been to bad if he was doing the Business on the field and Man u,were "Flying high" but neither were doing well! ..But George B,u gave the "Paying Public" plenty to remember&talk about...George Best R.I.P..

@martinhasson4942 5 жыл бұрын

GENIUS

@jham7722 Жыл бұрын

Still in top six of utd's top goal scorers ever. Unreal

@risingstars-yf4hw4oc2g Жыл бұрын

He realized many things but very late, After all He was best, He is best and He will be the best

@lindakelly3800 Жыл бұрын

Aaaaw bless George a lovely soul and a Genius footballer God bless 💘☘

@kelvinlewis4065 3 жыл бұрын

"I found it easy"..God help defenders ,then and now ..Respect (Liverpol fan )

@neilmackay2509 Жыл бұрын

I met George towards the end of his career he was a really nice guy I was a hearts supporter and he signed for Hibs his first game was against St Mirren average gate for that game was 4000 I went to support St Mirren the gate that day because Best was playing was over 15000 he was miles a head of everybody on the park he was outstanding they talk about players now a days he was better than any of them rest in peace George you I am 66 years old and I still have not seen a better player than you and don't think I will Pele wasn't a bad player and he said George was the best player he had ever seen.

@chd1694 6 жыл бұрын

Legend has it when don and shuster saw George best play football the next day they invented the character “superman “.

@thebeatnumber 2 жыл бұрын

In 1938? Because that's when Shuster created Superman.

@paddypowerhughes 2 жыл бұрын

Delete this comment

@josephharley451 Жыл бұрын

I met him once in the bar at belfast airport. i said Hello George, he made eye contant with me i bottled it and didnt have a conversation.

@kinketsu9103 4 ай бұрын

Now the airport named after him.

@Paulamartinez-up1bb 4 жыл бұрын

Que hombre tan bello es su juventud 😘

@user-ow3vr1xw4w 3 жыл бұрын

Hottest footballer ever.

@davidgladwin4954 2 жыл бұрын

QUITE SIMPLY A BRILLIANT FOOTBALLER

@Vojadzer2008 4 жыл бұрын

Best was the best in his decade...

@JonnyCoolMelt 3 жыл бұрын

3:53 very honest, if only he had known what Matt busby thought of him!

@futurepre77 5 жыл бұрын

Greatest ever

@dexdragondriscoll5595 4 жыл бұрын

GOOD OLD ENGLAND, I HOPE YOU BACK ONE DAY.

@etomichelverny 3 ай бұрын

I love my George Best, my Steve Jobs, my Liliane Bettencourt, my Paul Allen and my Michel Verny & my Overoveroverovergod

@martinhasson4942 5 жыл бұрын

" There's no vanity in him " That epitomises the talented Irish! Inside.....he's full of it! Van Morrison, Seamus Heaney, Jim Armstrong, Henry MC Cullough Liam Neeson, Samuel Beckett, CS.Lewis, Brian Friel, Rory McIllroy Danny Blanchflower and........ STEPHEN NOLAN LOL.😘

@khalgarrison 3 жыл бұрын

Phil Lynott!

@lindakelly3800 6 ай бұрын

@@khalgarrisonoh yes and dont forget me😂☘💫

@khalgarrison 6 ай бұрын

and Linda Kelly!

@ivoosborn2620 9 ай бұрын

No fear Best phonnamal talented best player of his generation. RiP ✨💯⚽🙏🏿

@walterpay341 3 жыл бұрын

they say hindsight is 20/20 but damn did this video point to his future downfall spot on

@SkillsofAesthetics 2 жыл бұрын

5:45.. how true was that back then,,. now football basically has become a sport of who can run more.

@dannyvanstrien3249 2 жыл бұрын

George Best You are a Fantastic Football player You are the Best George Best Good bye the Belfast boy World legend Maradona Cruyff Pele George Best is the Best Danny van Strien Holland Europe

@bobekseption4320 4 жыл бұрын

Я видел Бэста живьем в Москве на оьборках на Че или Чм, против советов ~ в 68 иль 69 годах ,и поражался, как он натягивал совков на всей поляне - Игра Северная Ирдандия.- Совето!!!

@tarakb7606 3 жыл бұрын

He would have been 75 today. RIP

@dsadassddasads7841 2 жыл бұрын

slapped with a name for sure

@flash8854 2 жыл бұрын

George Best The Best!!

@deepsouthNZ 9 ай бұрын

R.i.p. George, Parky and Mr and Mrs Best

@BeesWaxMinder 4 жыл бұрын

Very Prescient...

@steffanhoffmann8937 2 жыл бұрын

No doubt he was a great player but he had a dark side. Spitting at opponents and officials. Fighting as well. Putting other players down indirectly, which is shown momentarily here. Getting sent off. Putting the team in jeopardy by being too greedy and not defending. Sometimes our heroes have feet of clay.

@RUSnumber 2 жыл бұрын

Один из луших футболистов мира,но родился не в той стране да и спиртное не есть хорошо.А так бы мог добиться намного большего.Хотя он и так Легенда.Спасибо за игру Бест.Любим,помним.

@jimmann4284 6 жыл бұрын

I am a LFC fan I still think he is the best British player I ever saw Kenny dailglish 2nd and 3rd Kevin Keegan the way the played and watt they won that my all time British forward line

@jamesfitzgerald6636 6 жыл бұрын

jim mann ... Irish

@lcjester16 5 жыл бұрын

Irish...

@kinketsu9103 4 ай бұрын

@@jamesfitzgerald6636 He was British because he was Northern Irish. He played on purpose for Northern Ireland, the country he was from, and not England or Ireland although England wanted him. Northern Ireland is part of the UK therefore he has and had and did have the right to consider himself British.

@shanewright2772 5 жыл бұрын

Any player I have ever seen pales to George Best in his pomp. If only he had played for Everton... :-)

@keithtimmins4464 6 жыл бұрын

The greatest British player ever and I'm not a man utd fan. Did things even pele maradona messi cruyff could only dream about. Hard little bastard as well.

@leesusphinx7857 6 жыл бұрын

he would say he's irish

@jerryrawlings8885 6 жыл бұрын

Lol you talk so much shite!

@lcjester16 5 жыл бұрын

He’s always identified as Irish

@BC0101 5 жыл бұрын

Maradonas an insult to best.

@marillion1 3 жыл бұрын

I agree probably best ever British player but Pele, Maradona, Messi all a level above and did things Best couldn't do . Cruyff also as good may be better.

@SLABONECHD 3 жыл бұрын

siendo una estrella del manchester united y campeon no me imagino la cantidad de mujeres que tenia a su disposicion

@fifasukhavong6084 5 жыл бұрын

How ironic, all manutd magnificent 7 is a Handsome Guy, Pop Star, Big Character. Best Beck Bryan Cristiano Eric. Wow

@jamesheath7601 3 жыл бұрын

RIP George Best ⚽️

@SLABONECHD 3 жыл бұрын

conocia un dia a una modelo en un tren y esa tarde ya la tenia en la casa

@lindakelly3800 6 ай бұрын

Gorgeous Georgie the Belfast boy he looks like Elvis in all ways❤🎉

@christopherlloyd4794 5 жыл бұрын

Messi of Ireland

@nicolasayala1954 4 жыл бұрын

George Best / Rene Houseman

@carloscolomavarela2302 4 жыл бұрын

Que pregunten en Manchester quien ha sido mejor,si cristiano o George best,seguro que dicen que George ,son duda.

@w00df0rd 3 жыл бұрын

God

@d8456 6 жыл бұрын

Certainly didnt get his looks from his old man

@thomaskemp904 9 ай бұрын

2.25 VAR that one, I'd say that was handball George mate

@McFlashh 2 жыл бұрын

Best was better looking than Beckham and was a better footballer too

@liviodinaj6105 8 ай бұрын

the English love their rogueish heroes: Gazza, Best, every Lions Tour (rugby reference), its the most endearing trait

@erikcarmel5260 6 жыл бұрын

BEST E PELE OS GRANDES CARRASCOS DO BENFICA......

@johnpipper1642 4 жыл бұрын

Can someone translate the guy's responses from 7:12 to 8:01. I cant understand half of it

@MohamadShakhy 4 жыл бұрын

He said;”He’s in danger if he doesn’t change of falling from grace, it might not affect how much he plays but it will change his tactics on the field..” But if he does change his tactics nobody stays on the field for more than 10 years.. what sort of future do you see for him? “Well he’d be one of the first footballers to hurt millions again.” that’s all i could understand.

@mic_derin 3 жыл бұрын

20,000 a year was big back then 🤣

@curlyfrizz9755 2 жыл бұрын

GEORGE FUCKING BEST.

@karstenhermanthunestvedt4036 6 жыл бұрын

after this video everyting in is life start to go wrong for him, stop playing fotball for manchester only four years later

@tigerarmyrule 6 жыл бұрын

Yes stopped playing only 4 years later but in truth his career was finished in 1972 and his talent was waning at least 2 years before that......as indicated in the film he was already suffering from his lifestyle even in 1969. A tragedy but for 3 or 4 years he played like no one else ever has or ever will.......poetry in motion.

@steaks652 6 жыл бұрын

You can't coach this.

@tigerarmyrule 6 жыл бұрын

True. He said himself that he could not coach himself since everything he had done onfield was off the cuff and instinctual. He literally didn't know what he was going to do.

@lechsaramak3144 4 жыл бұрын

We europens have Mozart, Bethoven, Chopin Tchaikovsky and many more

@DDe479 4 жыл бұрын

Maradona,messi,pelé y paolo guerrero ctmre

@petergallagher3595 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately George was already on a steep decline by 1969 his ability was never in question but he had lost his pace and to skip tackles he could skip one but the ball tended to run away from him for the second ...

@JonnyCoolMelt 3 жыл бұрын

A good honest observation thank you Peter

@jamesheath7601 3 жыл бұрын

He was only 23 in 1969.

@shwheat6315 9 ай бұрын

Fame and alchohol broke him big time after winning the European cup in 1968 things went downhill

@riccardoangeli802 5 жыл бұрын

Best. Rivelino. Romario Ronaldo Brasile. Ronaldinho. Iniesta Maradona. Zidane. Messi

@abdouldiome7 4 жыл бұрын

And CR7

@thebunsterooo 4 жыл бұрын

And johnstone .

@stevedavis8329 5 жыл бұрын

"earns between 20 and 30,000 pounds a year...." even in 1969, that was not an enormous amount of money. About 90,000 U.S. dollars, maybe? Which at the time probably would have equated to around 300,000 contemporary dollars. Definitely comfortable, but not really extravagant.

@eddielasowsky7777 5 жыл бұрын

If you go by the inflation calculators £20,000 to £30,000 is roughly between £320,000 and £485,000 now. Top players earn that a week these days.

@cantona57 5 жыл бұрын

eddie lasowsky there was no TV money involved then. The only live game was the FA Cup final. The TV money changed everything

@MargoGuryanFan1 2 жыл бұрын

Prior to Cristiano and Messi, R9, Ronaldinho, and a few others. The best (and still should be considered the best)… were George Best, Pele, Eusebio, Cruyff, Maradona, etc.

@McFlashh 2 жыл бұрын

Where’s Romario? He’s better than George Best

@jacoboarca8516 4 жыл бұрын

He looks spanish

@McFlashh 2 жыл бұрын

Beckham tried to be like him

@univibe23 2 жыл бұрын

...and he has 2 cars!!!!

@jimmann4284 6 жыл бұрын

no not because he Irish to take the ones I Left out law Graves rush a many more but that's the way I look at it

@alanmctavish4802 3 жыл бұрын

Tavy@ greateast player ever! Jackie glass does thinck she is something. I have read alot of books of players george played with at this time, and some admitted they didnt like glass from the first time they mett her. She thought she was to good for every 1. A saw her talking about george on a dvd 2 years ago and at age 74 and a budist a thinck she seemend so diffrent. the posh act and voice had gone. Strait away i had to laugh at her. Becouse this isnt the way she really is here. You can tell its an act once she starts talking lol. A read thats why george got rid of her. He was losing pals quick with the bold jackie one around.

@Zackytroll Жыл бұрын

he can humiliated all man city recent squad

@hussainbinshamsuddin9488 3 жыл бұрын

He didn't fulfill his full potential because of his lack of discipline and not knowing what he truly wanted in life. He chose the night life instead. This should be a lesson for other budding talents that one cannot have the cake and eat it. Not everyone will survive to old age and yet be successful living a life full of excesses like Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy was an accident which others won't survive.