I was born 10 days before this game and 7 years later I would be in a soccer camp in Southern California taking passes from Bestie while he showed us the basics of soccer. Still have my kids LA Aztecs season ticket from 76 on my wall with the framed Dads root beer ad of him in my office. All the kids just loved him and our coaches told us this was the guy who would be our idol once we learned what he had done as a player before he came here. American kids had no soccer heroes at that time so we learned all we could about George. He had really fallen from his peak in such a short time but he was a god to any kid who grew up in So Cal in the 70s who had the slightest interest in the sport. Glad he made the effort to keep playing and we got a glimpse of him for 5 or so years in the USA.

@HarmsFootball

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely!

@jasonamico4680

Жыл бұрын

Amazing because Brandi Chastain says something similar regarding his time in the Bay Area with the San Jose Earthquakes. Awesome stuff and such a sweet connection with one of the all-time greats of the beautiful game

I think idiots who criticise don't get it....he is a entertainer,gift from the gods,brighten up thd game

most people dont realize how hard it is to play his style on terrible fields, modern players could never do it, they complain if the field isn't perfect

Best accomplished so much with simple cuts and feints, which is about all he could do with the balls and pitches of that era. Put Best in the modern era, with the excellent pitches, better balls and more protection from the rules, and he’d be able to add drag backs and other “futsal” moves with the sole of his foot. He’d be unstoppable!

@JubbaheyChannel

2 жыл бұрын

It wasnt always mud and guts, some league pitches were impeccable and firm and Best really did work his magic on all pitch conditions, but his tenure at Man U will stand as testament to his skills and talents.

@johnpacino007

2 жыл бұрын

Pelé did all the futsal tricks & tekker skills, done today. Sombrero, rabona, back heel chops, stepovers, no touch dummies, body feints, drag back's.Even playing, one-two's of defenders shin's! He was the original tekker player, that later players from Zico, Maradona & later like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, CR7, Neymar moulded aspects of their game from.

@Michael-cb5nm

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnpacino007 I’d love to see footage of Pele doing an elastico. I’ve seen video of Rivellino doing it countless times, but never Pele.

@johnpacino007

2 жыл бұрын

@@Michael-cb5nm Pelé didn't do the elastico skill. But he did most of the other skill moves seen today. Regarding George Best. He wasn't a player that used trick's or " futsal " skill moves. Neither did Cruyff. That was more of a South American thing. Best used body swerves, pivots & feints & quick changes of directions. Similar to what Messi does. Messi doesn't use futsal moves. He dosn't need too

@Michael-cb5nm

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnpacino007 There we’re some notable exceptions…Puskas for instance was great with the sole of his foot, and Eddie Gray had a magnificent drag back move as well. Stanley Matthews had basically a reverse elastico (inside then outside) that everyone knew was coming, but no one could stop!

I swear George Beat could do anything he wanted like some sort of wizard.

@frankhornby6873

2 жыл бұрын

....er?....try Best....👍🏻

@seltaeb9691

Жыл бұрын

..except refuse a glass of alcohol.

@conanmcdonnell7390

Ай бұрын

​@@frankhornby6873 he was the Fifth Bestle.

@conanmcdonnell7390

Ай бұрын

​@seltaeb9691 not true, he never wanted to.

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

Very speed and techniques"most exciting players of the world. "Thank you bro👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

@HarmsFootball

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! It's such a pleasure watching Best, well, at his best

The greatest player I have seen[GEORGE BEST] could not buy George today,football today not for me.

He had to play on bad pitches with a far heavier ball and much tougher tackling. Today he would be regarded as least as good as Messi. I’m old enough to have seen him play, not only was he an extremely skilful player he was also tough. No rolling around on the ground screaming in agony he just got on with it. Perhaps Neymar should take note!

@huwzebediahthomas9193

2 жыл бұрын

Those pitches then were no better than potato 🥔 patches.

@robertdore9592

2 жыл бұрын

To my mind, he was better than Messi especially when he was younger. many people underestimated his toughness and sheer work rate and NOT alwasy in the greatest sides. Messi had the likes of Iniesta and Xavi to help him out.

@phylstaunton2176

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertdore9592 No way was he better then messi . Messi's passing, vision and goal scoring far superior . Best was two footed better in the air than messi Asfor Maradonna. he was a level below . Maradonna the best ever . His dribbling, technique, passing footbrain . better than best . Maradonna was so great he taught ronaldinho how to play football . I know they are some out there who think best was the greatest footballer of all time . Mostly man united fans of course . Any old timers who saw tom finney . Say Finney was better as well.

@alanmctavish4802

2 жыл бұрын

Phyl staunton, to make this debate simple who is better messi or the complete george best then put messi on a mud swamp potatoe field with a heavy ball from 1965 to 1972 with no protection from referees and the hardest players to ever play the game. Then put george best on a nice perfect park for 10 years against pansys lol best would run total riot that much that fifa would have to change the rules. And thats no joke mate! You dont know your football. Best could play on ice and not leave a mark as he would glide over it. He could do anything, messi is great but not complete. Best was complete with no flaw wich clearly makes him the greatest. Pele didnt even come close. Maradona is the closest to best!

@kimgriffiths4153

2 жыл бұрын

Insult to Best to mention neymar in the same breath. Perhaps Messi would have been as good as him not the other way around.

Wonderful 💋 again. Wonderful, oh so many, clips. I could watch Georgie play all day. PEACE! x

@stephengardner763

3 ай бұрын

Did you actually watch this!!!

At that time George was unquestionably the best player in the world.

@iananderson3799

8 ай бұрын

I question that assertion.

@ysgol3

8 ай бұрын

@@iananderson3799 You can't 🙃😉

@iananderson3799

8 ай бұрын

@@ysgol3 Fascist!

@johnhughes8466

7 ай бұрын

@@iananderson3799 Dont question it! He is the greatest ever!

@iananderson3799

7 ай бұрын

@@johnhughes8466 "was", perhaps.

I wonder how the likes of George Best or wee Jimmy Johnstone would have managed on modern pitches with the greater protection players get today. Probably much better.

@HarmsFootball

Жыл бұрын

Definitely.

Super! Thanks! ✌️🤠💥🌟🌀🌐

What an unbelievable player best was.Imagine an all Ireland dream team with Best,Keane,Giles, McGrath,Duff,Healy,Whiteside, Robbie Keane,Erwin,Hunter, Jennings and Brady.Some legendary footballers and I'd back us to beat the England dream team, The Scottish and The Welch.

@pigstrotters4198

2 жыл бұрын

And what about Steve Heighway? ...329 appearances for Liverpool..

@magamaga1827

2 жыл бұрын

Not good enough to beat the US 2002 world cup quarter finalists.

@millwallholdings

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 Esp the welch Dream on

@stephengardner763

3 ай бұрын

imagine god really existed

Rumour has it , after the game some of the England defenders had their shorts on inside out !

Best against Scotland was one of his best performances for N.Ireland if you can get it.

@HarmsFootball

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, I know about it, but I don't think that full game footage exists, sadly. At least nowhere to be found in open sources. Bits from that game got included into my big compilation on Best.

@stephengardner763

3 ай бұрын

Saw it and it is so overated.Just watch it for futt sake

Composure , belief , balance and vision.

@stephengardner763

3 ай бұрын

and yet,he was pretty shite in this clip.Totally pissed off with all this blinkered garbage

If he was playing in a phone box they still wouldn't get near him.

@stephengardner763

3 ай бұрын

utter bollicks

Saw him play many times he could make the best defenders look like they had 2 left feet his balance was something else.

unreal

The genial mutant driblings !! 😲😲😲!! The best fifas tens forever !! " Maradona god " pelé " The beteer " geord " The best " !! Best in memorian 😢😢👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Please sign my autograph book mister, whoever you are.

Used to float across the pitch imagine him on the bowling greens of today.

Best for Ireland. I’m sure that went down well with the loyalists😂

@heraldeventsandfilms5970

2 жыл бұрын

Fuck 'em.

@jimdee9801

9 ай бұрын

Typical anti british bbc even then.

The pitch had only been ploughed the day before!

Best player on the bad pitches ever seen!!

@stephengardner763

3 ай бұрын

So,Pele,De stefano,Pushkas,Cryuff(sic),Garincha,the great Bobby Charlton,Derek Dougan,Tommy Morrow all played on weeker deeker pitches wotnot

Brain Moore and Jimmy Hill commentating? Don't remember them being on the same TV channel, Moore "The Big Match' and Jimmy Hill "Match of the Day" always 😀

@shaunmufc58

2 жыл бұрын

No they were on ITV to start.

@Martin_Whiteside

2 жыл бұрын

No, Jimmy wasn´t always with the BBC. He moved over to the BBC from ITV at some point in the 70s.

@martinmitchell3396

2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Hill was Head of ITV Sport

George Best he’s 59 years old they passed away very sad 😢 😢😢😢😢😢

Amazing how the “home” commentary has not changed over the years. Talk about rose colored glasses…

So tragic he never played in a World Cup

@frankhornby6873

2 жыл бұрын

Northern Ireland were never good enough....

@Michael-cb5nm

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, he only had a handful of teammates near his level. Rest of the apparently were gathered from the nearest pub on game day.

@stephengardner763

3 ай бұрын

thank fuh he wasn't.An embarrassment of unriches.

@user-ly8bq3tx5j

Ай бұрын

​@frankhornby6873 1982 he was offered a place in the squad...he turned it down

I´ve the height of respect for Brian Moore, but England´s opposition that day was surely Northern Ireland...and not Ireland i.e. the team to the south of the border.

@daveglynn748

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts throughout the commentary.

what wasnt mentioned was that best wouldnt sign an autograph for a young lad at the end, even though he was running along side of him. superstar or not, he should have took the time.

@patrickmorgan4006

10 ай бұрын

If he takes the time for that one boy, then another 20 people will be standing there waiting behind him. I'm sure that he was tired and just wanted to get inside. And who can say whether he did sign later? Either way, he wasn't the first, and won't be the last athlete to decline an autograph request. He certainly signed enough of them in his lifetime.

@Martin_Whiteside

12 күн бұрын

@@patrickmorgan4006 Yes, he was perfectly entitled to refuse the request for the reasons you have mentioned. Those kids shouldn't even have had access to the pitch. So much for security in those days, and this was the time of the "troubles" to boot !

Kicked the wee man of the pitch the bugger's..!!!!!

@frankhornby6873

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha....you Irish by any chance?....I'm English but loved the skills of Besty..back in the day...

@huwzebediahthomas9193

2 жыл бұрын

Chopper Harris of Chelsea was the worst, one of their full backs then. Leeds United then never ever crocked him, they had great respect for Georgie - Don Revie's orders. 😉

@stephengardner763

3 ай бұрын

WISSICK iSAAC.geordie was shoigh

Tadinho das crianças pedindo um autógrafo e ele não dando, a alma do futebol são estas crianças.

@stephengardner763

3 ай бұрын

no0w your talking

Best dominating no one.

Best would run rings around the over paid clowns of today.

He made the besf English defenders look clueless 😂

No doubt that Lionel Messi is/was a fabulous football player. Also, no doubt that in 50 year's time, we'll see similar comments to those on this video from clueless, context-unaware youngsters along the lines of 'but was he really that good? Giorgio Rabonero from Real Barcelona can score goals with his tongue while completing a double back-flip with a half-twist'. Like all great footballers throughout the generations, Best and Messi stood apart but were standing on the shoulders of giants.

SO much forward passing.Hardly sideways

Tavy@ best put at least 5 balls right onto the heads or foots of players in the box just to head the ball home or score easy with there foot and they couldnt even do that. When its that bad there was no more george couldv did for hes country a suppose! Maybe thats whey he was fuming at the end walking off the park. And its only natural.

Terrible to see great players, Banks, Moore, Charlton & Best playing on such a crappy field.

Takeaway: Best doesn't sign autographs for pleading children. According to the goals shown in this clip, Best and Northern Ireland beat (then world champions) England 1-0. Reality: Northern Ireland lost 1-3.

@HarmsFootball

2 жыл бұрын

It's a compilation that shows George Best's performance, it's not highlights of the game.

@huwzebediahthomas9193

2 жыл бұрын

@@HarmsFootball Exactly! Some people...

@alanmctavish4802

7 ай бұрын

@keirmardy how do you know he wanted an autograph? He may have wanted a cheque signend by best? Ffs, he cant just stop and sign his name all day every day. He was wanting a fast bath. Best was a nice guy. And the team around him maybe showing his anger as he wanted to run off the park, it happend to him every game. I saw him do it at old trafford and yes he couldnt get off the park as about 50 boys, men, woman, the referee all wanted his name. he went into a cold bath at 7.00pm lol

@stephengardner763

3 ай бұрын

I agree.So futtin pathetically sad.And,geordie was pretty much shoigh .

Pep , Southgate , Ancelotti , Conte , The Special one , would of ruined , RUINED , this geniuses career and millions of peoples Saturday afternoons. I'd love to ban coaches from football clubs. Leave training and selection to A. The Players , B. The Fans too. Coaches , in most sports have made it a "I'm not losing my job for the sake of entertaining some punter". Have a year off coaches and watch the Best's of today ( well !!? You know what I mean !) Flourish again.

If Aaron Ramsey gave the ball away as often as Best he'd be crucified,but I bet you could find plenty of games that would highlight as many successfully completed dribbles,passes AND fantastic moments and goals from him.Imagine what he could have been without the injury problems

@HarmsFootball

2 жыл бұрын

Find one 🙂

@shaunkelly9860

2 жыл бұрын

Are you Aaron Ramsey's Mum? Lol.

@daikayll1897

2 жыл бұрын

Why is Ramsey in the chat ? Good like but not a match lighter like Best , Messi etc.

@kasimsultonfan

2 жыл бұрын

You're SERIOUSLY mentioning Aaron Ramsay in the same sentence as Best? Jesus, there's no hope... 🙄

Have you ever heard such a biased commentary. I had forgotten about how good England were even when they were bad.

big fucking deal

Has anybody,without the emperor's new clothes,noticed that he's actually pretty shite in this.I loved Geordie as a kid,but he couldn't tie Messi's shoelaces.

Horrendous pitch. Best showed some sparkling plays at times, but once England double marked him, he kind of struggled... The game as come a long way since this match, *_52 years ago_* . Today's ball carrying dribblers, have to carry the ball under constant duress , from up to, two to four opposition players, all pressing together... Watching how Messi get's out of all of that, is mind blowing, as there's less time & space on the ball than in Best era... Just look at the recent Champions League Final & how Chelsea set up, squeezed all the spaces, Man City's artistic players like to play in, rendering them redundant.

@stephenboyes5189

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHA THE BALL WAS HEAVIER THE PITCHES WERE HORRENDOUS THE TACKLING WAS MORE AGGRESSIVE...GEORGE WAS A 2 FOOTED GENIUS AND COULD CONTROL A BALL BETTER THAN ANYONE HE WAS PROBABLY THE MOST GIFTED FOOTBALLER TO KICK A BALL...NOT LIKE THESE PRIMADONNAS NOWADAYS....

@johnpacino007

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenboyes5189 He was no doubt a superb ball artist. He was however, untested at world cup level though, through no fault of his own.... Interesting, from the international football forums I've been on. A lot of oversees football followers think he's a product of British football followers & the British football media overhype. His lack of European Cup dominantion like Di Stéfano, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Ronaldo 7, Messi & lack of World Cup entries to see how he'd have fared up against the likes of Pelé, Garrincha, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Maradona & the shortness of his career. All add up to why, so many oversees football followers are skeptical as to the claim made by British football fans & media alike. That he's in the same bracket as Pelé, Di Stéfano, Beckenbauer, Cruyff, Maradona, Messi.

@pendragonfilm

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnpacino007 and all those players like Pele maradonna , Eusebio ,cruyff and co all rate him as a footballing genius

@colindant3410

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenboyes5189 Anyone old enough to remember what the balls and pitches used to be like would definitely agree with you.

@peterpereira3653

2 жыл бұрын

Lionel Messi himself isn't exactly a great international footballer himself.Lionel Messi does hold up well in comparison to any footballer at club level.But is at best a good world class international footballer at the very best.In 5 international major tournament finals Lionel Messi has scored 0 goals, has no goal assist.And has a very poor 20% win rate against an 80% loss rate in those same finals matches.As an individual player who many claim is not just the best current era footballer.But who some claim is the greatest footballer who has ever played, that is a very poor showing indeed.And clearly shows Lionel Messi is not nearly as effective as an international player as he is a club player.Not even as if Lionel Messi plays for one of the worse national football team in South America, like Venezuela.No he actually plays national team football for Argentina who are one of the top three traditional powerhouse, national football team in South America.And in the list of international footballers who have scored 50 goals or more, Lionel Messi has the worse goals to match ratio at 0.5 of anyone in the top 20 on the list.And overall his competitive record at international level is nothing special at all either, he even went to 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals tournament and did not score any goals at all.Lionel Messi is perhaps the best ever player at club level, he certainly has the numbers and trophy haul to back that claim up against any other footballer in history at club level.But as an international footballer Lionel Messi is nowhere near as good as many other great players have been and his international level football numbers and trophy haul just doesn't compare with many great international level footballers.And Lionel Messi definitely has no claim at all to be the greatest ever international level player in history.And football is played at both club level and international level.So shouldn't the greatest ever footballer be a player who is actually great not just at club level but also must be a great player also at international level.And Lionel Messi isn't a great international player never has been and probably never will be.He has a good international record, even a world class record, but it's certainly nothing special either, definitely not a great international record.

I love George Best but that was not a great performance ..sorry . Played on a cow paddock with inferior players around him . He was below par for him .

How was he dominating the world champions? England won this game 3-1...

@HarmsFootball

2 жыл бұрын

George Best was dominating the opposition, the rest of that Northern Ireland team aside from Jennings was horrendous. Or do you not think that a player can perform admirably in a game that his team had lost?

@mickcardiff3044

2 жыл бұрын

@@HarmsFootball yes he performed admirably but he didn't dominate anybody

*He was so over rated, as evidenced here.*

@united6997

7 ай бұрын

If you think he was overrated you don’t understand football

@dalek3086

4 ай бұрын

you know nothing

He was far from the best. He only scored nine international goals from 37 appearances. Of those four were scored against Cyprus. Pele scored 77 goals from 92 appearances at a rate of 0.84. When he wasnt in a strong team he wasnt the best.

@HarmsFootball

2 жыл бұрын

If you have seen that Northern Irish team, I'm not even sure how you can compare him to Pelé and his Brazil. Aside from Jennings & Blanchflower they were horrendous. His individual performances against England & Spain are pretty much as good as it can gets when you're playing basically on your own.

WAS IN HIS PRIME HERE BUT THE PITCH IS A DISGRACE ITS JUST MUD JUST THINK IF THOSE PLAYERS WERE TRANSPORTED 50 YEARS FORWARDS AND PLAYING NOW\ MANY WOULD BE BOOKED AND SENT OFF\ BUT GEORGE BEST WOULD HAVE PROBABLY HAVE HAD ABOUT 4 GOALS