'When the football was great and I was playing well, I
couldn't wait to get up in the morning and that was the
foundation of my life.' George Best in Blessed.
RIP
George, 25 November, 2005.
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George Best
The following tributes arrived by email ...
MEMORIES OF
GEORGE
How
do you explain in brief, to those who knew him not.
How do you encapsulate, few words for such a lot.
My sons will ask their dad to tell, what this Best
thing is all about,
And why now after all these years his fans still have
to shout.
I feel it therefore right to bring his talent
up to date.
And thus explain in modern terms how God determines
fate.
Join the talent of Rooney and Gascoigne to the looks
of an actor like Cruise.
Add the style of the worlds greatest boy band.
To strokes that an artist could use.
Take the engine of Stephen Gerrard.
Add a strength that belied his size.
To the frailty of human emotion.
And the twinkle in Irish eyes.
Taking place in a decade of freedom.
When we`d never had it so good.
When a new generation of youngsters.
Were allowed to indulge all they could.
All this from the back streets of Belfast.
From a boyhood not ready for fame.
To the first superstar of his era.
Where people just sigh at his name.
The good lord has taken him early.
And now sadly it`s time to reflect.
On the genius that George has shared with us.
And the legacy that he can expect.
Suffice is to say that though parted.
Paradise has a wonderful guest.
And if God needs a winger in heaven.
Then he knows that he`s taken the Best.
John Phoenix - Northwich
(Many thanks for that John - Bob)
God
Bless George Best - John Childs
GEORGE BEST
WAS 1 OF MANCHESTER UNITED'S BEST PLAYERS AND WILL BE
SADLY MISSED. - KEVIN MCKIE
Goodbye and
thanks Georgie ! A jamais dans nos coeurs ...!
- Olivier de Marseille
(I've
extracted the following message from the Guestbook-
Bob)
Sad News I nearly went
down the same road myself while looking for a poem I came
across this it seems as though it is George.
LOSER TAKES IT ALL
To lose yourself in
loving others
is seen by the world
as a defeat.
But the eyes of God
see differently
and the victory's
oh! so sweet.
And risking all, against the odds,
may seem foolhardy
to the rest.
But God views things
quite differently
when He knows you've
done your best.
So living by a set of values
may just leave you
feeling overspent.
And convictions,
though quite honorable
do not help pay the
rent.
But God sees things quite differently
and when we hear His
final call.
The kingdom doors
will open wide
for the ones who
gave their all.
And George did give his all and was as his name The
Best- Please pass this to Goerge's family and may God
watch and look after you at this very sad time
God bless
Bernie Clinton
I wish to send
my condolences to the Best family and friends. He a hero.
RIP - Irene and Gerald Miles
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See
lyrics to 'Belfast Boy'
Bestie
by
Richard Harris
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