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@PurelyFootball Because they played Spain?

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@rickygervais Top work @rickygervais #allleycats brilliant

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When George Best joined Bournemouth during the 1982-83 season, he was coming towards the end of his career and only stayed long enough to play a handful of games.

But wherever he went, the crowds followed.

Bournemouth mostly paid him through appearance money, and when he played away, the opposition sometimes contributed because having George Best there could put thousands of extra people through the gate.

Away from football, he was living with Mary Stävin, the former Miss World.

One morning, Best asked Harry Redknapp if he fancied going to Salisbury races.

Harry picked the two of them up and dropped Mary at the station on the way.

As soon as she got out, Best turned towards him.

“Thank God she’s gone.”

Harry could not understand what the problem was.

Mary was one of the most beautiful women in the world, and Best had spent the previous night at the cinema with her.

“We went to the pictures last night and she drove me mad all the way through it.”

“Touching me and kissing me.”

Harry started laughing.

“Really, George?”

“Sounds awful.”

Best was serious.

“You don’t understand, Harry.”

“I was trying to watch the film.”

They carried on to Salisbury, where plenty of Best’s old football friends were already enjoying themselves in the champagne bar.

Best stayed out of the way and sat drinking tea with Harry instead.

When the racing finished, they started the drive home along a country lane that ran for miles away from the course.

Two punters were walking along the road.

They looked like they had lost their money and had no obvious way of getting home.

Best told Harry to stop.

“Look at them.”

“That could be you and me, Harry, couldn’t it?”

“We should give them a lift.”

He wound down the window.

“You all right, lads?”

“Come on, get in.”

The two men climbed into the back, looked across and realised they had just been picked up by George Best.

Both were football supporters.

Both had done their money at the races.

And now Best was sitting in the front chatting to them as Harry drove them home.

The two men listened to Best for the entire journey, barely believing what had happened to them.

After the last one got out, Best watched him walk away.

“There but for the grace of God, eh Harry?”
#football

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@FIFAcom @FIFAWorldCup Never again please god never again

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@FabrizioRomano @DjedSpence

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@HKane Well played H

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@DjedSpence @England Well played Djed

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@NEDUszn8

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@StanCollymore As always @StanCollymore beautifully put shame that they over there put money before the beautiful game

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@StanCollymore Where is Pele in your list @StanCollymore ? Although I agree with you about maradona, Pele era they didn't even have subs

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@LastWordOnSpurs

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@QueuballMark @UwDienstwillige FIFA's Disciplinary Code says red cards are for serious foul play and cannot be appealed. Article 66.4 of the code states that “a sending-off automatically incurs suspension from the subsequent match.”

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@EwenDCameron Watch it from the front and you will see the mexican lift up his arm up... So if it's a red maybe it should have been for the mexican for play acting

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@HACKETTREF I agree but now FIFA have set a appeal process who's going to ring trump up or starmer up so they can get it resinded?

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@honorablesaint Football fans can see the difference between defensive football which Paraguay played against Germany and did very well. Yesterday's game was defensive but with the "dark arts" they deployed as well is where we draw the line, kicking and punching out at players is not acceptable

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@damzychillin

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@g__j 49463 surely is the answer

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@jmhorp Then please don't ask for the world cup as you are ruining football for the rest of us with adverts because you don't have the attention span for 45mins of real football

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@xavisimons Not that private anymore fella lol come back stronger fella #COYS