'The only thing I have in common with George Best is that we come from the same place, play for the same club and were discovered by the same man.' (Norman Whiteside)

'So George, where did it all go wrong?' (The hotel bellboy who delivered champagne to Best's room and found him entertaining a scantily-clad Miss World on a be…

'After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from his favourite right wing, turned the head of God who was filling in at left-back. I would love h…

'He was able to use either foot - sometimes he seemed to have six.' (Sir Matt Busby)

[On David Beckham:] 'He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right…

'Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.'

'I owe Bob more than I owe anybody else in the game. There will never be another like him.' ** Notes: Kenny Dalglish on Bob Paisley