- Title: U.K.: GEORGE BEST - BEATLE CUT SOCCER IDOL
- Date: 19th January 1967
- Summary: *SEQUENCES 1 & 2 NOT TO BE USED * 1. GV FOOTBALL GAMES - GEORGE BEST FIRES 0.10 2. MV OTHER PLAYERS CONGRATULATE 0.17 3. MV GEORGE BEST IN BED, LANDLADY WAKES HIM 0.21 4. CU GEORGE BEST IN BED 0.30 5. GV EXT. OF HOUSE 0.32 6. SV GEORGE BEST LEAVES, GOES TO JAGUAR CAR 0.36 7. SV CAR REVERSING DOWN ROAD 0.41 8. SCU GEORGE BEST BEHIND WHEEL 0.44 9. CU FOOTBALL BOOTS MASCOT IN WINDSCREEN 0.46 10. LV GEORGE BEST PRACTISES RUNNING WITH BALL 0.48 11. CU DITTO 0.51 12. GV PRACTICE GAMES 1.00 13. SV GEORGE BEST MOBBED BY AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS, GOES TO CAR 1.09 14. CU INTERIOR OF CAR TRAVELLING 1.14 15. SV EXT. GEORGE BEST BOUTIQUE 1.17 16. SV INT. GEORGE BEST ENTERS BOUTIQUE 1.20 17. CU POSTER DEDICATED FOLLOWERS OF FASHON 1.28 18. SCU WOMEN EXAMINE SWEATERS 1.30 19. SCU GEORGE BEST BEHIND COUNTER 1.36 20. CU SIGNING CHEQUES 1.42 21. CU NIGHT CLUB SIGN "STUDIO LAND" 1.45 22. CU SIGN "PICCADILLY CLUB" 1.47 23. SV GEORGE BEST AND FRIEND ENTER CLUB 1.50 24. SCU GEORGE BEST 1.56 25. CU DITTO 1.58 Initials PW/V/AS/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 3rd February 1967 12:00
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- Location: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, U.K.
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVAE6ENDNSOWORY769Y8ODTCCI9M
- Story Text: GEORGE BEST, STAR OF THE ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION FOOTBALL TEAM MANCHESTER UNITED, IS TO SOCCER WHAT THE BEATLES ARE TO THE WORLD OF POP MUSIC - TALENTED, UNORTHODOX AND IDOLISED.
ALREADY, AT THE AGE OF 20, BEST HAS PLAYED MORE THAN 160 GAMES FOR UNITED AND HAS BECOME AN AUTOMATIC CHOICE FOR THE NORTHERN IRELAND INTERNATIONAL TEAM.
IN PLAY, BEST IS INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE FOR HIS INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE AND BY HIS BEATLE-CUT MOP OF BLACK HAIR.
FOR HIS FOOTBALLING ARTISTRY, GEORGE BEST - BORN IN BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - EARNS WELL OVER ONE HUNDRED POUNDS (STERLING) A WEEK AND IS DESCRIBED BY MANCHESTER UNITED'S MANAGER MATT BUSBY AS "ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS EVER".
HE ALSO EARNS THE ADULATION OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG FOOTBALL FANS.
OFF THE FIELD, BEST HAS PUT HIS MONEY INTO A MANCHESTER FASHION BOUTIQUE, BUT FREELY ADMITS HE SPENDS AS MUCH MONEY IN THE SHOP HIMSELF AS ANY CUSTOMER, FOR HE HAS PASSION FOR NEW CLOTHES.
HIS LIFE AWAY FROM THE FOOTBALL FIELD IS AS FLAMBOYANT AS HIS PLAY AND, AT WEEKENDS, CAN BE SEEN RELAXING IN MANCHESTER'S NIGHTCLUBS. BUT ONLY AT WEEKENDS FOR DURING THE WEEK, WHEN STRICT TRAINING SCHEDULES ARE PART OF THIS LIFE, BEST LIVES THE DEDICATED LIFE OF A YOUNG SOCCER STAR WHO REALISES THAT STAYING AT THE TOP IN BIG-TIME FOOTBALL IS A MATTER OF HARD WORK AND FITNESS.
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