George Best: A Memoir

by Michael Parkinson

Overview

One of the most famous footballers of all time, George Best is an icon to football fans all over the world. He lived a tumultuous life, and died in 2005 after battling with alcoholism. He is someone who has crossed over into legend status, with his personal life sometimes overshadowing his footballing prowess.

There have been many books written about George, but here, Michael Parkinson combines his professional and personal knowledge of George with his classic and much loved writing style to produce a new, and interesting biography of a football and cultural icon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473675704
Publisher:	Hodder
Publication date:	01/14/2020
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Born in Yorkshire, Michael Parkinson left school at sixteen with the ambition to play cricket for Yorkshire and England and to write about cricket for the Manchester Guardian. Although, he didn't manage to fulfil the first half of his ambition, he has since become one of the most successful journalists of his generation. He wrote a sports column for The Sunday Times for fifteen years and has also written for the Telegraph. He is also a legendary TV and radio presenter - his long-running chat show Parkinson was hugely popular for many years.

Table of Contents

Prologue ix

1 My Footballing Life 1

2 Munich 11

3 The House that Matt Built 29

4 Best the Player 41

5 Manchester 65

6 Decline and Fall 79

7 'Nobody Knows Me' 149

8 Endpiece: George and Me by Michael Parkinson Jnr, aged 50 and a bit 173

Photographic Acknowledgements 191

Index 193