Hi
Why dont u upload the three pics here
Later
--- In sixtiesandseventiessoccer@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Burroughs"
<Brithepie39@H...> wrote:
>
> Hi Bob & All,
> I've just rejoined the group & am suprised to see
that
> no one has left a message about the passing of one of the greats to
> ever play on a football field..... along with Greaves, Moore &
Bobby
> Charlton, he was my favourite player as a kid, & our school team
used
> to play in Man Utd red, white & red. I remember buying a pair of
> George Best endorsed shoes (Not football boots, SHOES !!..Very
> plasticated which made your feet sweat !... horrible things they
were
> but looked great....). I was too young to attend any games, so
never
> got to see him play in the flesh myself, but I have all the good
> goals that MOTD captured on various videos. Some years ago, I wrote
> to all of the above, who all kindly sent me personally signed
photos,
> even writing out the address on the envelopes, how many players do
> that nowadays ? So my photos of the above three mean alot to me.
> I was at a film premiere in 1983, the main star who I
> wanted to meet had done a bunk halfway through the film to avoid
> fans, so at the end of the premiere, I was wandering around the
foyer
> of London's Empire Cinema, trying to spot anyone decently famous so
I
> could go home with a story to tell as well as a nice memory. Luton
> fan Eric Morecombe was there, as was pop star Limahl from
Kajagoogoo
> (!!!) & a Nolan sister, but there was a fair crowd around someone I
> could'nt quite see, so I joined it to get a glimpse of who it was,
&
> it was George. He was happily signing autographs, & being nice to
> everyone, & I'm very happy & proud that I got to meet one of my
> heroes who signed my book. I read of George's ill health the last
few
> weeks & hoped he would pull through, & was very upset when I heard
> the sad news. Football's Heaven 11 now have one of their
wingers.....
>
> R.I.P. George.
>
> Best To All,
> Bri (Chelsea fan)
>