What was it like watching George Best at Hibs? Hard to imagine one of the top 20 greatest footballers of all time ever gracing Scottish football again, even if they are a little past it at the time!
Also, what squad number did he wear?
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17-05-2018 10:23 AM #1
George Best
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17-05-2018 10:45 AM #2
Sure from some of the footage I remember watching he wore number 11. I never seen him myself, but he didn’t look in great shape in those clips I watched. You never lose the skill though I suppose.
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17-05-2018 10:51 AM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He would play balls into spaces for players to run into.....
... and no-one would see the run until afterwards.
(similarly, when Grant Brebner started with us, I was reminded of that time. GB would play superb balls out left.... to naebody. I think someone then reminded him that Ryan Giggs didny play for us. )Last edited by CropleyWasGod; 17-05-2018 at 10:53 AM.
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17-05-2018 10:54 AM #6
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIDVmLCkgRY
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17-05-2018 10:55 AM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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17-05-2018 10:57 AM #8
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The really top players, though, learn how to manage that assumption and tailor their play accordingly.
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17-05-2018 10:59 AM #10
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0KLrwmUDg0
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17-05-2018 11:12 AM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If we'd signed that Marsh laddie as well, we'd have escaped relegation no bother.
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17-05-2018 11:19 AM #12
Seen every game he played. Definitely wasn't the fittest or most reliable to even turn up but the football brain and ability to put the ball where he wanted was still there.
Scored one against st mirren that the keeper couldn't hold and I recall good performances against the now defunct Glasgow rangers and celtc.
Pretty sure he wore number 11.
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17-05-2018 01:59 PM #13
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17-05-2018 02:11 PM #14
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Excuse the music but this is a favourite of mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nplemK3Y4ns
He's doing all of this with a two tonne ball. Take note dear Sky Sports generation.
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17-05-2018 02:23 PM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Mentioned before but When George Came To Edinburgh is a very informative book about it.
The home début vs Partick in 79 was an absolute celebration, ER was packed, twas my 9th birthday, it was like the Bay City Rollers had arrivedLast edited by hibsbollah; 17-05-2018 at 02:25 PM.
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17-05-2018 02:40 PM #17
I saw him play for Fulham - alongside Rodney Marsh and Bobby Moore. They were all past their prime but the wonderful vision was still there to see.
They so outclassed the opposition (Hereford) that George and Rodney eventually resorted to tackling each other just for a laugh. But they were wonderfully professional too. Never gave the ball away. Constantly inventive. Mischievous. Efficient. Loving doing their job.
The lady who ran the pie stall at the back of the terraces was delighted with George too. It was a sell out crowd with queues round the block and the pies completely sold out. "I wish he could play for us every week," she said.
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17-05-2018 02:49 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Mind you I'm biased as he did the opening of an exhaust centre at piershill and my Ma won the raffle he drew☺
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17-05-2018 03:05 PM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
In fact, here's the report:
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/footb...1979-1-3644584
The other thing to remember is he came into a team that was anchored to the bottom of the table. The popular Jambo jest at the time was "what's the difference between Hibs and a triangle? A triangle has 3 points" ho-ho.
Edit: some footage from that Huns game on here:
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17-05-2018 03:07 PM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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17-05-2018 03:10 PM #21
It's rarely mentioned that Hibs were relegated that season and Best turned in one or two appearances the following season.
Would loved to have seen him in the previous seasons Hibs team which included Des Bremner. The whole reason we were relegated was down the failure to replace him. Des did ALL the running in that midfield, Callachan and McLeod were never known as grafters and needed someone like Bremner to win the ball for them. Instead of replacing Bremner we signed someone who's work rate was even shyer than Callachan's and McLeod's. He was past it but showed some sublime skill in flashes and in certain games, Celtic/Rangers/Aberdeen at Pittodrie, put everything he had into them.
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17-05-2018 04:03 PM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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17-05-2018 04:05 PM #23
Was at all his games and while slower the skill was still evident and no one better I have seen in a green and white jersey or any other colour!
Dampener was the Friday before a game against Ayr I was an apprentice working at the Art Gallery opposite Waverley Station and George must have cut through as he was staying at the North British Hotel at the time. All the apprentices shouted over to greet him and thinking he must have an interview at the Evening news discovered at dinner time where we had our Friday pint he was in Jingling Geordies and didn't as we know get out easily. Well documented he missed the Saturday match against Ayr United. When the tanoy at Easter road indicated he was ill and wouldn't play I remember thinking ya bugger George I know why you are sick but forgave him as I witnessed one of the worlds best.Pardon the pun!
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17-05-2018 04:39 PM #24
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17-05-2018 06:08 PM #27
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I'm surprised he could concentrate on any football with that Bukta top he had to wear! It was an itchy f#cker, he must have been red raw under it.
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17-05-2018 06:48 PM #28
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Never mind the top 20 , George Best must be in the top 5 of all time. He was well out of shape and usually hungover or drunk but you could still see some genius poking out now and again. His goal against Celtic is one of my all time favourites and the 20K crowd at his Easter Road debut is by far the biggest crowd I have been in at home. At least 30K there and probably more. I might still have his autograph somewhere from when he opened the new Tyre centre with his Miss World wife in PIERSHILL.
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17-05-2018 07:34 PM #29This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The excitement around the club at that time was fantastic and though he'd clearly seen better days I loved every second of watching him in a Hibs stripThis is how it feels
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