Tag: George Best
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Manchester United 0-0 PSV Eindhoven
UEFA Champions League Manchester United vs. PSV Eindhoven Venue: Old Trafford Date: Wednesday, 25 November 2015 Kick-off: 19:45 BST Manchester United recorded a drab 0-0 draw at home to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League. On the 10th Anniversary of the passing of one of United’s greatest players, George Best, failure to make home advantage…
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Bestie
By Iain McCartney Although not old enough to have seen the ‘Babes’, I can, however, say that I had the pleasure of watching the ‘Trinity’ in action, both home and away. Charlton was always simply ok. Denis was of course the “King” – I had a middle page spread from Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly pinned to my…
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My Favourite Game: West Ham United 1-6 Manchester United, 6 May 1967
By Alan Holmes. So many games to choose from in 40 odd years of following United but my favourite game takes me back to 1967 and as a 14 going on 15 year old at the time, is now a dim and distant memory in terms of the actual goal details more a memory of…
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Memories Of A Northern Soul
By Iain McCartney, the author of Duncan Edwards: The Full Report The thump of leather against leather produced an echoing wall of sound, vibrating around a packed Stretford End, as the merlinic magic of Best and Law concocted another Manchester United goal and what was to be another victory on the march to glory. Some…
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Benfica vs. Manchester United: Remembering 1968 – Part Two
Read SEA’s seven part Champions League preview here. By worriedturkey. The Promised Land The journey to WEMBLEY!! WEMBLEY!! Was quite a journey. We squeezed into a train like sardines, though the banter was special, knots in the stomach and goose-pimples were in full stride and the sense of expectation was like nothing I’d felt before.…
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The Journey From 1 to 19 – Part Three
By James Johnson. Read the complete journey: The Journey From 1 to 19 1964/65 The years following the Munich air disaster proved to be hard not just emotionally for Man United but also, understandably difficult on the pitch. I spoke to Bill who has been going to Old Trafford since 1960. “After Munich, when United…
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George Best – What Was And Should Have Been
By Ryan Cargill. In 1974 George Best played his last game for Manchester United at the age of 27, citing that he had fallen out of love with the game. He left a timeless legacy, but it could have been so much greater. Never has a footballer had such a positive effect on society than…