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The career of the most magical soccer player of his generation is told through the newspaper reports and features on him that appeared in the Guardian and the Manchester Evening News from his first appearances for Manchester United as a teenage starlet, through the glory days of the trouncing of Northampton and the European Cup win in 1968, to the long obituary assessing his sad later decline. These compassionate, insightful pieces are written by numerous famous—and unexpected—names, from Hugh McIllvanney to John Arlott. They reflect Best's sad destiny to become more famous for his indiscretions—his drinking, his affairs, his absences-without-leave—than his soccer. They also trace his transformation from the willowy Belfast boy who become a Manchester man through and through to the rotund and peripatetic soccer gipsy who drifted from Fulham to the U.S. to Hibernian and even Dunstable Town, and eventually into the sad alcoholic bar habitue in Chelsea.
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- PublisherAurum Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1845132017
- ISBN 13 9781845132019
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. The career of the most magical player of his generation is told through the newspaper reports and features on him that appeared in the Guardian and the Manchester Evening News from his first appearances for Manchester United as a teenage starlet, through the glory days of the European Cup win in 1968, to the long obituary assessing his sad decline. These compassionate, insightful pieces are written by numerous famous?and unexpected?names, from Hugh McIllvanney to John Arlott. They reflect Best's sad destiny to become more famous for his indiscretions?his drinking, his affairs, his absences-without-leave?than his soccer. Seller Inventory # 000480
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