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| | George Best | News | Guardian Unlimited Football (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | When David Herd headed on a long kick from the keeper, Ulsterman Harry Gregg, Best dashed past a formidable centre back and scored again. |
 | | In 1968, Best was deservedly voted European Footballer of the Year, and might have been seen to have reached his peak - a sublime compound of pace, courage, skill, balance and invention. |
 | | His glorious footballing days were far distant, but his allure remained. |
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