George Best
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Topic: George Best
Posted By: Double Maxim
Subject: George Best
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 7:35pm
On SS3 tonight at 20.00 theres a programme on Besty. I know its been on many times before but its worth a view.  ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
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Posted By: heighway2heaven
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 12:40am
It's his birthday. At least it was when you posted. Legend. |
Double Maxim wrote:Posted By: Dear Old Roker
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 3:11pm
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Showing my age but met Bestie a couple of times at Roker Pk and he was the pefect gentleman. ------------- The Roker Roar will never die |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2015 at 6:58am
Movie producer wants a real footballer with enough skill to make him more believableA hunt is under way for a young footballer to play United hero George Best in a new film about his life. The makers of the biopic are to scour football academies in a bid to find someone skillful enough to be believable as the Northern Irishman. Best, who played more than 350 times for the Reds, winning the league twice and the European Cup in 1968, is regarded as one of the best players ever to play the game. Producer Stephen Evans is said to want a footballer who can be taught to act, rather than an actor posing as a footballer. The recruitment process is to be similar to one he used when making Seve, a film about Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros. “What we want is a good-looking, spindly, cheeky-chappy” he told the Sunday Times. “The only man who could play Best in adulthood - and match his resolute intensity wit and charisma of George himself. “Any other actor would fall woefully short, above all, during any footballing sequences.” Evans has won a total of 11 Oscars for his work which includes Henry V and The Madness of King George. The film will focus on Best’s move to Manchester from Belfast aged just 15 and his relationship with landlady Mary Fullaway. It also cover his rise to fame and his subsequent battle with alcoholism before his death in 2005 aged 59 with filming expected to get under way this summer. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: UCDFAN
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2015 at 6:44pm
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A nordie film worth checking out is from the 1980s. Ray McAnally and Stephen Rea are brilliant in it. The Scout (1987) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338415/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm" rel="nofollow - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338415/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Turns out Danny Boyle directed it (common name). From what I remember Ray McAnally plays a domestic scout from 'Utd.' maybe (Man. Utd.) who gathers a group of starlets in a rural location to access their skills, discipline and character before deciding whether they even get a trial with the club across the water. Stephen Rea is the disillusioned, returned player that gatecrashes the group ".....RIVELINO!!!" ------------- www.ucdsupporters.ie |
Posted By: UCDFAN
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2015 at 11:45pm
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Scout hour long film ------------- www.ucdsupporters.ie |
Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2015 at 12:13am
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Please God no otherwise the local media will go into a wankfest over anything remotely connected to him If they ever link him / his relatives to titanic utv will go into sky 24 hrs news mode and be close to meltdown For daily express and Diana stories see itv/bel tel /Ni media best /titanic ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: Dear Old Roker
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2015 at 12:04pm
Thanks for the heads up.  ------------- The Roker Roar will never die |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2015 at 1:26am
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http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/767571779?-15555:11686" rel="nofollow - New BBC documentary on a forgotten footballer as good as George Best Belfast Live 17:00 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2015 at 7:37am
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http://www.google.co.uk/url?url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3332526/George-Best-10-years-Johnny-Mathis-rang-hotel-room-George-said-Tell-p-s-ve-got-game-tomorrow-friend-Tommy-Cassidy-reflects-life-career-Northern-Ireland-Manchester-United-legend.html&rct=j&frm=1&q=&esrc=s&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi7wt3qhavJAhVBGhQKHYqcDsYQqQIIFzAA&usg=AFQjCNFjCJqV7u_GxaJScVJI5bygNTFlYA" rel="nofollow - George Best 10 years on: Tommy Cassidy reflects on his old friend
Daily Mail
Can't believe its ten years since Bestie died. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2015 at 6:44am
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http://www.google.co.uk/url?url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/25/football/football-george-best-playboy/&rct=j&frm=1&q=&esrc=s&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjF77Xpva3JAhWD5BoKHSRhDp4QqQIIJygAMAQ&usg=AFQjCNH2acbMU9k5bl8L1Hy481H0WRjmXQ" rel="nofollow - George Best: Soccer's ultimate playboy?
CNN - 19 hours ago ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2015 at 10:49am
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Posted By: Territorial
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2015 at 1:17am
Garrincha had two World Cup medals. Best had two Miss Worlds. No contest.  |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2015 at 8:48am
The success Garrincha enjoyed on the football pitch was
in stark contrast to his personal life. He drank heavily throughout his adult
life, and was involved in several serious road accidents, notably a crash into
a lorry in April 1969 which killed his mother-in-law. He was married twice,
first to Nair Marques in 1952 (they separated in 1965), a factory worker from
Pau Grande with whom he had eight daughters, and second to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elza_Soares" rel="nofollow - , a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba" rel="nofollow - singer whom he married in an unofficial
ceremony in March 1966; as Soares had also married before, the Brazilian press
were sour on the marriage. The couple separated in 1977, when Soares left him
after he struck her during an argument. Garrincha had other significant
affairs, including one with showgirl Angelita Martinez, and he is known to have
fathered at least 14 children. No contest indeed..... ------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 9:33am
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http://www.google.co.uk/url?url=http://dogwoof.com/blogs/2016/new-film-george-best-all-by-himself&rct=j&frm=1&q=&esrc=s&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiolNHto4zQAhUEBMAKHd4iAO4QFgggMAI&usg=AFQjCNEWAFv9-XYPcxLVtgHZZy1vlEeC8Q" rel="nofollow - New film - George Best: All By Himself — Dogwoof - documentary ...
dogwoof.com/blogs/2016/new-film-george-best-all-by-himself ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: heppies
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 3:04pm
| How much would the Belfast boy be worth in the transfer market these days? |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 3:05pm
 f**k all, he is dead.------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 3:13pm
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Posted By: heppies
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 3:20pm
There's always one. |
Posted By: Sligo Hornet
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 3:31pm
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Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 4:52pm
And lost his virginity to a goat. A common rite of passage in Pau Grande back in the day (for boys not goats). ------------- "Smalling and Jones.... have the potential to be the PL’s best ever pairing in my opinion." - SlurAlex |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2017 at 7:50am
Trailer released for new George Best film set for Irish premiere this monthGeorge Best: All By Himself hits cinemas on 24 February after screenings at the Dublin and Belfast Film Festivals.Fri 10:43 AM 4,217 Views http://www.the42.ie/george-best-film-all-by-himself-trailer-3220708-Feb2017/#comments" rel="nofollow - - 9 Comments http://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=116141121768215&display=popup&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the42.ie%2Fgeorge-best-film-all-by-himself-trailer-3220708-Feb2017%2F&picture=http%3A%2F%2Fc3.thejournal.ie%2Fmedia%2F2017%2F02%2Fgeorge-best-boutique-197x197.jpg&name=Trailer+released+for+new+George+Best+film+set+for+Irish+premiere+this+month+&description=George+Best%3A+All+By+Himself+hits+cinemas+on+24+February+after+screenings+at+the+Dublin+and+Belfast+Film+Festivals.+&message=&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fthejournal.ie%2Futils%2Ffb_post.php%3Fp_id%3D3220708" rel="nofollow - - Share15 http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthe42.ie%2F3220708&text=Trailer+released+for+new+George+Best+film+set+for+Irish+premiere+this+month++%28via+%40the42_ie%29&related=@the42_ie" rel="nofollow - - Tweet http://www.the42.ie/george-best-film-all-by-himself-trailer-3220708-Feb2017/#EmailArticle" rel="nofollow - - Email 
Best was a global superstar. Image: PA Archive/PA Images A NEW BIOPIC about the life of footballing great George Best will be released in Ireland later this month. Directed by Daniel Gordon (The Game of Their Lives, Match 64, The Fall), George Best: All By Himself will be screened at the Belfast Film Festival on 16 February before making an appearance at the Dublin International Film Festival two days later. The film, which had its world premiere in London last October, will then be shown in Irish cinemas from 24 February. It tells the story of Best’s meteoric rise from Belfast boy to European Cup winner with Manchester United, and his subsequent battle with alcohol and fame as a global icon. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: heppies
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 9:43am
| Anyone off here seen the film? |
Posted By: Twoinarow
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 1:08pm
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A violent alcoholic who beat up his wife! How people can celebrate scum like this astounds me! ------------- 2 in a row and we won it in Tallaght |
Posted By: Territorial
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 3:41pm
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Posted By: FREEWHEELER
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 4:20pm
And was given a new liver but still went and abused it. One of my favourite players but one of my least favourite individuals. ------------- We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups..... |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 4:33pm
He had an addiction ffs! Do you think a new liver would resolve all the underlying issues that made him drink or remove his physical need for the substance? He may not have been a very nice individual and he can't blame his addiction for every mistake he made, but comments like that are extremely ignorant and dangerous, you are better than that FW. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Territorial
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 4:40pm
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Posted By: FREEWHEELER
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 6:29pm
I hear ya PM and maybe it's harsh but I just never liked Best and how would the donor family feel about him abusing their loved one's gift? I've no interest in the film to be honest ------------- We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups..... |
Posted By: Territorial
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 6:52pm
Anyhow, I thought I knew most of what there is to know about GB, but after seeing this film I realise I was very wrong. For those who are sufficiently open-minded to give it a fair hearing, it's not about George Best the Footballer, it's about George Best the Man. And as such, it's no "celebration" or PR job, certainly no hagiography. I went with someone who has no particular interest in Best. Neither is she from NI, or even a football fan. She thought it was excellent, as did I. And whether you liked the man more or less after it (both equally possible, I'd say), it is certainly thought-provoking. P.S. Both his ex-wives get the chance to say their piece, as well as many others who knew him, some famous, some not. |
Posted By: Gashley Grimes
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 10:21pm
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One of the better docs on George Best. At 32mins check out the Windsor faithful screaming 'Ireland,Ireland...' would send shivers down the spine.
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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 10:31pm
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Fair play FW, I just hate people judging without understanding and, as we have had dealings in the past, I know you are better than that. I look forward to watching the film and the documentary that Gashley posted above. His funeral weekend is something I will always remember. He jinxed us in the Cup final! ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 10:41pm
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Bestie the Ulsterman who wanted an all Ireland team. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 10:45pm
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Derek Dougan too ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 10:47pm
UKIP and Peterborough too........ enough said! ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: heppies
Date Posted: 26 May 2017 at 5:12pm
| The DVD of the film is out now |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 26 May 2017 at 5:20pm
Just seeing this now. Classic.------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: heppies
Date Posted: 26 May 2017 at 5:32pm
Typical plastic blues brothers tit.
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Posted By: HuntysCousin
Date Posted: 26 May 2017 at 10:50pm
Woof |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 26 May 2017 at 11:10pm
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Posted By: DUBLIN DOC
Date Posted: 29 May 2017 at 11:39pm
------------- When all is said and done there is nothing left to say or do |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 31 May 2017 at 9:10am
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Thought provoking podcast on Best currently on Guardians football weekly. A warts and all depiction of the fella featuring the director/writer who made a recent film on Best. In his opinion Best was Bi-polar who self medicated by drink. In one section of the pod, it tells of a story by his wife Angie Best describing seeing a vagrant walking down the middle of the road in Calif in the pissing rain. She said she felt sorry for the fella until she realized it was Best after being on a bender.
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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 31 May 2017 at 12:09pm
Haven't listened to this in ages(Glendinning, Lawrence  ) but might give this ago, special resonance as this is something I do myself, albeit not to Best's extent.------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Territorial
Date Posted: 31 May 2017 at 6:45pm
But whilst I particularly liked it for its sensitivity and balance, I cannot agree with the bi-polar suggestion. I once knew someone who despite being genuinely brilliant in his field (Law), was also bi-polar. The mood swings which he underwent were unmistakeable (see Link below). Whereas people who knew Best all agree that Best the person wasn't that much different from Best the superstar. The true difference was between Best sober and Best drunk. Like his mother, he was an alcoholic, pure and simple. http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Bipolar-disorder/Pages/Symptoms.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Bipolar-disorder/Pages/Symptoms.aspx P.S. Best might also have developed Depression, but that's only one aspect of Bipolar disorder. |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 31 May 2017 at 7:34pm
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George Best was a waster both in terms of his career and life. ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 31 May 2017 at 7:50pm
Wow, no wonder the NHS is struggling to help those with mental health issues, based on that anyway. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 31 May 2017 at 8:36pm
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Posted By: Territorial
Date Posted: 31 May 2017 at 8:38pm
Meanwhile, be thankful if you or anyone near you, never succumbs to alcoholism. |
Posted By: Grubar
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2017 at 10:06pm
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Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 5:25am
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On BBC One Northern Ireland at 20.30 tomorrow night.
Documentary
GEORGE BEST - ALL BY MYSELF. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 8:46am
if they can somehow link him to Titanic and Rory McIroy you could have BBC NI Bingo ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: Grubar
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2017 at 7:42am
| George Best...the man who could have drunk the Titanic out of trouble?.....anything with ice in it! |
Posted By: Grubar
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2017 at 8:37am
| Which is the odd one out:George Best,Rory McIlroy or George Best? The Titanic....the others made it to America. |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2017 at 8:39am
Doesn't make sense
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Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2017 at 8:42am
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Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2017 at 8:50am
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------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: Grubar
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2017 at 9:43am
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Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2017 at 10:20am
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To the thick thread with ya |
Posted By: Gaz
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2017 at 11:02am
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Fairly sh*te joke anyway, even if you wrote it correctly ------------- I dont email the count anymore, its been 9 months : ( He even sent me a YBIG scarf for my Birthday |
Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2017 at 12:48pm
| Jesus, someones on the sauce early!! |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 23 May 2019 at 4:25pm
Not the 'best' then. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-48371633" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: ErsatzThistle
Date Posted: 23 May 2019 at 4:31pm
It looks more like my chainsaw obsessed neighbour from three doors down than George Best.
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Posted By: Territorial
Date Posted: 23 May 2019 at 8:03pm
If so, can you borrow one off him for me?
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Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2019 at 11:40am
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Fair play to Bohs. George Best in Dalymount: Football As Never Before (Fußball wie noch nie) - Film Screening - Thursday July 4th 2019, Dalymount Park - Doors/bars 7pm. Screening 9.30pm. This is a unique opportunity to see the island’s greatest-ever player return to Dalyer. He most memorably took to the field in Dublin 7 at the peak of his powers as a reigning European champion for a benefit game in 1968 and famously also took on Waterford that same year in the European Cup when Matt Busby’s Manchester United came to Lansdowne Road. He later played in further games at Dalymount Park for United in friendlies in the early 1970s and also lined out against Bohs for Cork Celtic at Turner’s Cross in 1976. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: ProudAndLoud
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2019 at 11:29pm
| Georgie son Callum Best was up in Tallaght Stadium last Friday supporting The Hoops V Dundalk and now the Dad in Dalymount supporting The Gypsies :) |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2019 at 5:23pm
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George Best themed hotel planned to open in Belfast in February 2020. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2019 at 5:28pm
''The George Best Hotel. Where you can beat the wife but you can't beat the craic! Happy hour every day 12am-12am.'' ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2019 at 5:31pm
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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2019 at 6:10pm
Jesus wept! ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2019 at 10:51pm
| that's nearly but not quite as cringey as the peaky blinders bars in England |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 2:09pm
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The 2016 George Best documentary All by Myself is on BBC 4 at 21.00 tonight.Its on sky channels 116 or 815.Sorry don't have the free channel numbers.
------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: Territorial
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 1:23pm
Thanks for that reminder. I'd seen it before, but it still stands the test of time as a "warts and all" profile of a very complex character. On the playing side, I especially enjoyed the short clip from the time Best basically beat Scotland on his own in 1967, in a team even included a couple of IL players, against a Scottish team based round the great Celtic team which won the European Cup that year: A great day for "Ireland" and the "Irish"!
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Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 2:02pm
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Posted By: Territorial
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 2:16pm
Why would you refer to "Eire" when watching Ireland play? "Original and Best!" |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 2:20pm
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Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 3:59pm
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He was a c**t and now he is a dead c**t. |
Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 4:08pm
Jesus Benny, say what you really think about him. Can you explain? ------------- |