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| | Best was capped 37 times by Northern Ireland |
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| | Having won the European Cup against Benfica at Wembley in 1968 |
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| | Immortalised in his home town of Belfast |
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| | Delighting the crowds at Old Trafford |
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| | English and European Footballer of the year, 1968 |
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| | Terrorising defenders in front of another sell-out crowd |
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| | Making his debut for United as a 17-year-old in 1963 |
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| | The first famous United number 7 |
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| | Good looks & rock’n’roll lifestyle ultimately cost the game its finest ever player |
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| | Best scored a club record 6 goals in United’s 8-2 FA Cup win over Northampton |
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| | ‘The Fifth Beatle’ outside one of his fashion stores |
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| | Playing for Fulham for a record £500 per game in 1976 |
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| | Working in recent years as a pundit for Sky Sports |
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| | Best, Charlton and Law receiving lifetime achievement awards in August 2000 |
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| | The youngest winner of the Football Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the year Award, aged 21 |
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| | October 1965 - Still a mere 19 years old. |
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| | Best was the star whenever he played for Northern Ireland. |
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| | 1966 before league match against Spurs at White Hart Lane. |
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| | George trying to beat Peter 'The Cat' Bonetti at Stamford Bridge in '66. |
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| | George in one of his boutiques in 1967. |
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| | Looking every inch 'El Beatle' before match with Arsenal in February 1968. |
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| | Football Writer's Player Of The Year 1967/68. |
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| | Catching the train back to Manchester having won the European Cup. |
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| | George and Mike Summerbee in santa suits with a bevy of followers. |
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| | Best before the 1969 FA Cup 6th round tie against Everton. |
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| | 1969 Home league match against Nottingham Forest. |
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| | George and Willie Morgan run out at Portman Road to face Ipswich in the FA Cup in 1970. |
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| | The legend on the ball in September 1971. |
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| | May 1972 at the end of the season where Best had scored 28 goals in 53 matches. |
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| | 63/64 - George broke into the United first team and won his first full cap for Northern Ireland. |
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| | Best was the star of the United side which won the Youth Cup in 1963/64. |
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| | On holiday in Majorca in July 1967. |
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| | 25th November 1967 - travelling to Stamford Bridge for a league match. |
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| | Best's terrific spring made him just as big a threat in the air as on the deck. |
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