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Author Topic: Did George Best ever play for the Villa?  (Read 5086 times)

Offline robbo1874

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Re: Did George Best ever play for the Villa?
« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2014, 10:04:47 AM »
I might be completely dreaming this, but I'm sure there was a news and record front cover featuring Best in the white stripey Mita copiers Hummel away shirt around '87. I thought he had played in a villa side against Nuneaton. Could be wrong though...
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Re: Did George Best ever play for the Villa?
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2014, 09:31:45 PM »
I remember reading somewhere, possibly Best's autobiography, that Ron Atkinson tried to re-sign him for Man Utd when he was about 38 years old.
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Offline Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air

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Re: Did George Best ever play for the Villa?
« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2014, 08:43:43 PM »
Bestie talked about looking forward to facing Spurs in the `71 League Cup Final.
A poor mans Willie Anderson.
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Re: Did George Best ever play for the Villa?
« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2014, 11:50:46 PM »
Quote from: robbo1874 on June 11, 2014, 10:04:47 AM
I might be completely dreaming this, but I'm sure there was a news and record front cover featuring Best in the white stripey Mita copiers Hummel away shirt around '87. I thought he had played in a villa side against Nuneaton. Could be wrong though...

I think it was 1988... Allan Evans' testimonial and the first games that I attended. It was two games on the night, Villa '81 team vs another Villa Old Stars team, followed by newly-promoted Villa vs newly-promoted Walsall.

He may have played in the former game as a guest, not sure.
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Re: Did George Best ever play for the Villa?
« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2014, 11:54:45 PM »
Found it!

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Re: Did George Best ever play for the Villa?
« Reply #20 on: June 19, 2014, 04:04:57 PM »
Quote from: The Laughing Policeman on June 10, 2014, 09:18:44 AM
I remember the great H.D. Ellis playing for us and seeing him invent the bicycle kick before our very eyes.

Did Doug say that he was like a son to himself?
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Re: Did George Best ever play for the Villa?
« Reply #21 on: December 04, 2014, 09:18:26 PM »
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