The account details entered are not currently associated with an Irish Times subscription. . George Best died yesterday Diego Maradona, one of George Best's few peers, hailed the Manchester United legend as the man who inspired him as a youngster, following his death yesterday. George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team.In 1968 he won the European Cup with United, and was named the European Footballer of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year. Las mejores citas pronunciadas por George Best son las siguientes. Dumbarton chairman Bob Robertson had struck up a connection with Cruyff’s agent at the time which … He is 67 now, still in Blackpool. Create a free family tree for yourself or for George Fraser and we’ll search for valuable new information for you. We met up in Coventry on the Sunday and had a practice match on the Monday. Johan Cruyff the best in the world? He is described by the national team's governing body, the Irish Football … I remember thinking: ‘I really hope he turns up.’”. You’ve got to love Danny Blanchflower. His highwater mark for goals just barely broke Best's man U record of goals for a winger, which stood for over forty years. Sometimes dreams do come true.”. Only a footballing necromancer could be a star, an addict and a true force in the game. Six years later he was playing for Bury. Even now I’ve got goosepimples telling you about it.”. We’d all be laughing as he got carried away, but he was so serious about us that you couldn’t help but like him. It’s with great sadness that we have learned of the death at his home in Australia of the legendary ex Linfield player, Billy Millen. Heard he is going to be a Legend on FIFA! He was 30. Then Blanchflower turned to Spence and said: “‘Get warmed up.’ Me! “I told him I’d met him outside his boutique in Manchester in 1970. I was in Oldham’s reserves. “’Oh, yeah, I remember,’ George said. Spence was a 24-year-old forward from the Whitewell Road in north Belfast. “Not being funny, I lost count. Best had been brilliant. Photograph: Getty Images. ", "Never once did he make it about himself. Best made a joke about Neeskens having “bad knees” after all the nutmegs. You have really got to love Danny Blanchflower. This was his 10th cap. He was nothing if not optimistic. 1. Pelé dijo que pensaba que yo soy el mejor jugador de la historia. Zawsze powtarzałem: nigdy nie będzie dobrego trenera bez dobrych zawodników, ani też dobrych zawodników bez dobrego trenera. Brian Joy (4), George Best (11), Alan Stephens San Diego Jaws at Los Angeles Aztecs: Johnny Moore (8), George Best (11), San Jose Earthquakes at Los Angeles Aztecs: Dave Clements (6), Pele (10), George Best (11) New York Cosmos at Los Angeles Aztecs April 11, 1976: George Best (11), Pat McBride St. Louis Stars vs. Los Angeles Aztecs Instead of heading towards goal he turned directly infield, weaved his way past at least three Dutchmen and found his way to Cruyff who was wide right. Hendrik Johannes Cruijff OON (Dutch: [ˈjoːɦɑn ˈkrœyf] (), internationally spelled Cruyff; 25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football player and coach.As a player, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973, and 1974. Share with your friends. . It was still that scoreline at half-time. "Only a few of us in the press box knew what this bravado act really meant. Eccentric. And Derek Spence, he has his memories. Platitudes and clichés, they were for other football men. 46K likes. The first time the ball came to George Best he looked around for Cruyf, went up to him and nutmegged him - then he looked up at the press box with a smile on his face! George Best had a league-best 18 assists, while David also benefitted from the midfield play of Charlie Cooke, who added 15 assists of his own over the course of the season. Spence wrapped his right foot around it and it was 2-2. “We had a hell of a party that night, I was well gone.”, At 3am, Spence was unconscious until a fire hose was aimed at his face. One such tale involves the meeting of Cruyff and George Best when his Dutch side took on Northern Ireland in 1976. George Best represents what the good and bad of footballing fame can do to a player. Then when her shift finished, she picked up her coat, walked casually over to George and they climbed the stairs. Jimmy Nicholl, who played in the game, said, "I remember standing back and watching him, nutmegging Cruyff and Johan Neeskens, it gave you a lift. It was a conflict between emotion and logic. I’ve still got mine.”. “I was happy to be sub – Best, Cruyff, Neeskens!?”. "You felt 'Right, here's one of the best players in the world, if not the best, playing for us [and] nutmegging their two best players... Go on then; we deserve to be here. ", WATCH: Upcoming documentary on George Best looks absolutely incredible. No, the bold Blanchflower surveyed the 90 minutes of Holland 2 Northern Ireland 2 in a raucous qualifier in Rotterdam for the 1978 World Cup and declared: “Football is a conflict between emotion and logic.”. Nem fejezheti be a fejét. George Best, Johan Cruyff, & The Los Angeles Aztecs. George Best (22. maj 1946 i Belfast, Nordirland – 25. november 2005 London, England) var en nordirsk professionel fodboldspiller, bedst kendt for sine år med Manchester United.Han var fløj, hvis spil bestod af pasninger, acceleration, balance, godt brug af begge fødder, målscoring og evnen til at komme udenom forsvarerne. 4 comments about "In SA 40 years ago: Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, George Best, Americans in the NASL, and women's soccer". Ja też jestem ekspresywny, przez co wiele razy dochodziło do spięć między nami. George Best. Jimmy said to him: ‘George, this is Derek Spence.’”. 8. Four-four-two, it was not. Danny just looked the other way.”. Commenting on The Irish Times has changed. 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Quotations by George Best, Irish Athlete, Born May 22, 1946. He had nutmegged Neeskens – and Cruyff. Your screen name should follow the standards set out in our. He was unbelievable, to see him in action like that . George Fraser 1909 1995 George Fraser, 1909 - Circa 1995. Le migliori frasi del giocatore piu' forte di tutti i tempi The ball was eight yards out. And a night where George Best and Johan Cruyff graced the same elevated stage. Another footballing star has dimmed. . A legjobb küzdelemben harcolt a futball tetejére és megkapta. Blanchflower being Blanchflower, there would be no routine comments about lads giving their all or a game of two halves. Blanchflower had been Footballer of the Year in 1958 and 1961 and Pat Jennings, goalkeeper on the night, won the award in 1973. Johan Cruyff created a way of seeing and playing the game that has influenced every single great side since the early 1970s that … You should receive instructions for resetting your password. When it was all over, when the four goals had been scored and the 56,000 crowd began to disperse, their gasps at the quality on view hanging in the air, Blanchflower emerged from the Irish dressing room to talk to the press about what he had just seen. They were finally able to take the piss out of Cruyff.”. “To be called up to play against Johan Cruyff, Neeskens, Krol and the rest was something,” Spence says, “but what was more important to me was that I was going to meet George Best. However, I think George Best never reached his true height as a player. “What a week. George Best, who died yesterday aged 59, was the outstanding British footballer of any generation; the mercurial Manchester United … Then Best told the reporter that the first chance he got he would nutmeg Cruyff. Armando Angulo 1 February 23, 2016 In the mid-to-late-seventies, well before the time of Robbie Keane, David Beckham, or Steven Gerrard, there was a star-studded revolution culminating in Los Angeles. But they were teammates and in the practice match arranged on the Monday against Luton Town, Best said Spence should count the number of nutmegs. “The Dutch were very kind, they turned a blind eye.”. The classy Cruyff and Holland, who had lost the 1974 World Cup final to … A cherished 45 minutes as Northern Ireland, little Northern Ireland with its limited talents, resources and other pressing problems handed out a lesson to the 1974 World Cup runners-up.”. Then David McCreery burst into the Dutch box, goalkeeper Eddy Treijtel dropped his cross and it ran to Derek Spence. Only an idiot would have thought that on this evening. Best had not played international football for three years. George Fraser was born on month day 1909, at birth place, to James, Daniel (ch'd fr William) Fraser and Georgina, Henderson Fraser. Las mejores frases de George Best. PIC: Say what? 50 Years of George Best, an illustrative look of the life and career of George Best, is on sale from the Mirror Collection Website or can be purchased … (...) Cruyff jest człowiekiem, który nauczył mnie grać w piłkę. frank schoon , May 8, 2020 at 8:32 a.m. Remembering the night a 30-year-old George Best nutmegged Johan Cruyff Derek Spence recalls the famous night when he netted a late equaliser against the very best Sat, Oct 5, 2019, 06:00 I was fortunate to see both of them play in the North American Soccer League and have seen numerous clips of both. Danny’s message was that if you can dribble with two balls, then you can definitely dribble with one. He had not yet scored. Le migliori frasi di George Best, Belfast. 'Better than you?' Get started Geni World Family Tree. Recalling that Blanchflower had invoked Martin Luther King when he had been appointed four months earlier, it quoted the new manager in his pre-match press address: “We in Irish football must be dreamers, dreamers that we can beat all opposition. Blanchflower was managing Northern Ireland for the first time. George Best: produced an outstanding display to help Northern Ireland to a famous 2-2 draw in Rotterdam against a gifted Netherlands side. George Best in the NASL USSoccerPlayers -- Almost every soccer fan is familiar with the standard account of the career of George Best used by almost everyone who chooses to write about him. 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In the Belfast Telegraph, Malcolm Brodie accepted his logic had been swept away by Blanchflower’s vision. Please enter your email address so we can send you a link to reset your password. En este artículo las puedes encontrar. I used to travel down to watch him, nothing can replace that feeling of seeing George at Old Trafford. “I had good players around me – Charlie Cooke, George Best, all of these players – and putting the ball in the net was easy for me at the time,” David said. He didn’t, he was being kind.”. But it was the 1968 Footballer of the Year Spence wanted to meet. In 1976 Johann Cruyf was being touted as a phenomenon and Northern Ireland played Holland in a friendly. Best grinned and said Cruyff was an amazing player but, He was the better of the two. To comment you must now be an Irish Times subscriber. Then we did some drills. Best, a man who burned as many bridges as he built, is a player for which the world is a quieter place without. George Best may well have contained the same potential as Cruyff but the proof of the pudding is in the eating as they say, not in ifs and buts. George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United.A highly skillful dribbler, Best is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Nine Irishmen make The Telegraph's Top 50 Manchester United players ever, The real reason behind James Maddison's remarkable football boots. For me, Pele is the greatest player ever. “Danny was a revolutionary. Sure enough the first time the ball came to him he dribbled multiple players to get to Cruyff then proceeds to … As he ran round to collect it and run on he raised his right fist into the air. “Jimmy turned around and said: ‘Ah, how you doing George?’, “George Best was standing there. But his world was changing. I was there when he scored that great goal against Chelsea. When you have reset your password, you can, Please choose a screen name. George Best's real name wasn't George? Spence watched on as, true to Blanchflower’s word, the Irish attacked. I’d handed over my old joiner’s pencil and he’d signed a bit of paper. 'Outstanding,' came the answer. One such tale involves the meeting of Cruyff and George Best when his Dutch side took on Northern Ireland in 1976. On Thursday he was collected in London by Blackpool and made his Tangerine debut on the Saturday, a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest. “I missed that but Jimmy Nicholl says that when he met Neeskens and Krol years later they remembered because they were delighted. Logic said that Holland, captained by Johan Cruyff, with Johan Neeskens, Ruud Krol, Arie Haan and Robbie Resenbrink in the team, would demolish an Irish side that had scored once in its previous four games. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968 and came sixth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. A short video showcasing George Best's amazing dribbling skills. Best, of course, had a habit of not doing so. He designed a new kit for the game, never played in it again. This name will appear beside any comments you post. “That first-half display alone will live forever in the memory,” Brodie wrote. On the Tuesday night Blackpool placed a bid of £50,000 for him and he was to join on Thursday. Here are my ratings for George best. I never tire of telling people about it. Then, however, it offered a glimmer of hope. Ahead of the game, Best was chatting with journalist Bill Elliot when Cruyff's name cropped up. He had worked as a joiner near Windsor Park before a move to Oldham in 1970. George just sat in the corner, didn’t speak to her. “I’d asked for his autograph that day at the boutique. Falleció en 2005, pero a lo largo de su vida dejó frases míticas. Nem tudja befejezni a bal lábát. George Best et Johan Cruyff, deux immenses légendes du football. Please subscribe to sign in to comment. Northern Ireland return to Rotterdam next Thursday for the first time since his goal in 1976, although he says: “That moment with George on the Sunday night in the hotel was as good as scoring.”. Not even the presence of a poet in the dugout and prince on the pitch brought confidence, though. At Bury these were scenes Spence was not accustomed to. On Wednesday night in Rotterdam, he was named as sub. Best player ever and this was said by Pele himself. George Best former footballer from Northern Ireland Left Winger * May 22, 1946 in Belfast, Northern Ireland “The conclusion is reached,” reported the Belfast Telegraph in its preview, “that Northern Ireland will be on a hiding to nothing”. George Best, mint más híres brit játékosok is, komoly problémákat szenvedett az ivással. But when the Irish squad assembled in their hotel on the Sunday night before the midweek match – in the bar – Spence was talking to his room-mate Jimmy Nicholl when he felt a presence beside him. “There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time it's been a compliment to me" Manchester United's best XI of all time 8. I’ll tell you what I’ll do tonight… I’ll nutmeg Cruyff the first chance I get. ! My knees were trembling. His first major decision was to recall George Best, then at Fulham. Blanchflower, ever the contrary, revolutionary sophist said “Holland were the better, more accomplished side”. But logic did not triumph in this particular conflict. Enjoy the best Johan Cruyff Quotes at BrainyQuote. Spence did not mind, he knew they weren’t equals then or now. There were 16 minutes left and after 14 of them it was still 2-1. Best: [Laughing] You’re kidding aren’t you? Share with your friends. and then to socialise with him, to see him in action in the lounge bar . “’Attack, attack, attack,’ that was Danny’s message,” recalls Derek Spence. Enjoy the best George Best Quotes at BrainyQuote. “He was fantastic with a blackboard. Best laughed and promised the reporter that he would nutmeg Cruyff at the first opportunity. The Netherland's drew 2-2 with Northern Ireland that evening. In fact, Blanchflower, who had promised to attack at all costs, sent out his team in a 4-2-4 formation at Feyenoord’s stadium. . Spence had started three of the four recent games, but George Best was back. there was a barmaid, stunning, and all the lads were there, as you might expect. One was dribbling with two balls. Christano Ronaldo for all the adulation and ego worship he gets out of people, is like a 96 or 97 attack in the game. "He took the ball to his opponent, dipped a shoulder twice and slipped it between Cruyff’s feet.