
George Best celebrates putting Manchester United 2-1 against Benfica in the 1967/68 European Cup final

Manchester United’s George Best poses in 1965

George Best displays his keepy-up skills to a women’s team he is training for a charity match

Northern Ireland’s George Best skips past England’s Nobby Stiles during their 1970 Home International Championship game

Manchester United’s George Best is challenged by Terry Venables of Chelsea in 1966

George Best poses with a bowler hat while relaxing with friends on the beach in Majorca in 1971

Manchester United’s George Best poses beside his car in 1965

A group of excited female fans great George Best upon his arrival at a Los Angeles Aztecs training session in 1977

George Best rides a bicycle down the street

A teenage George Best practises before a Manchester United match in 1963

Manchester United manager Matt Busby, and players Pat Crerand and George Best, display a replica trophy after they beat Benfica in the 1967/68 European Cup final

George Best poses with a freshly caught shark on a yacht in 1972

Manchester United’s George Best celebrates a goal in an 8-2 win away to Northampton Town in the FA Cup in 1970

Fulham’s George Best turns away from a Bristol Rovers defender in 1976

Los Angeles Aztecs’ George Best kicks a ball around with rock star Elton John in 1976

Los Angeles Aztecs’ George Best runs with the ball against Dallas Tornado in 1977

Goerge Best is pictured playing for Ipswich Town against an England XI during Bobby Robson’s testimonial in 1979

Hibernian’s George Best passes the ball during a 2-1 win over Partick Thistle in December 1979

Bournemouth’s George Best poses before a Division Three game against Newport County in 1983