Brilliant stuff and very good of George to put more money to the charity. I saw Alex Higgins win a computer once and without hesitation he gave it to the kids from a school watching the exhibition snooker match. Two geniuses, both flawed, both missed and true gentleman especially when sober. RIP to both Legends and we will never see their like again.
I personally know that George was often requested to play in testimonials, obviously to put as many as possible onto the gate, but what isn't known is that he seldom took any appearance fee for his trouble. Such a kind person.
I went to see this man playing for Hibernian many decades ago, i was awe struck, he wasn't in top fitness form, but the magic was still their, amazing man, flawed but like all great people their are many facets to their characters.
I remember watching that episode at the time. It was early days Bullseye. You would have thought that George might have set a precedent for all darts players that didn’t get above 301…….but I don’t remember anyone else ever chipping in with their own cash for the charity. Bestie was pure class!
Lucky to meet him and Jimmy greaves at a charity event up in Northumberland, a cracking night full of laughs and drinks the pair together was phenomenal!!!!!!!!!
George Best was the first celebrity football player, he didnt have management. but he inspired a generation of kids to kick a football against a garage door
Monstersince, he went from a shy 15 year old with no money basicly to a loaded rich superstar in two years and it got worse. He had no guidance, no protection, a dont even think some one set up a pension fund for him, as they were to busy taking what they could of him. He wasnt stupid but when your in with the kind of money men who are trainend in how to make money by using some one elses money. Really they are con men and george wouldnt have stood a chance against these sharks. And yes he was a lost soul that just happend to like drink, and alcohol is an illness once you take that first drink an alcoholic will keep on drincking. And george would have felt deep shame after that liver transplant once he started again he just got worse. Guilt, plus constant harrasment from the press every day. No wonder he drank himself into the grave basicly. A wonder if he thought the press would have been so bad about it in the way they were? Plus the public even leaving there names and what area there from when they slated george in the press. I remember going into my local shop and he was on the front of every news paper. And a mean at least 8 of them had georges name on the front page of every paper. Surely that was out of order, and for what taking a drink. Ffs even 9/11 didnt get that much news coverage. And how did they know what he was drinking and how much. But no becouse hes seen in a pub thats enough for them.
come to daddy@@myaphextwin807 🙄 i should've said his generation. i also refute your point due to the lack of garage doors in Sir Stanleys day he wasn't a celebrity he didn't do talk shows showgirls or drive a ferrari🍻
Tavy@ george was a great down to earth guy! All the players from georges era are just different class compared to todays footballers! And george was the greatest player to ever kick a ball. And we never saw the best of him!!!!!!!
I was lucky enough to see him play for Fulham v Notts County at Meadow Lane. He was coming to the end of his footballing time and i am sure he was subbed but he still had a little magic left in those legs. RIP George
Great footballer even better saint for giving £100.00 extra, Top man he's probually only the star that did give some of his own personal money we dont hear of that now given on the spot.
Passing the packed lunch forward during Jim's intro Crowd didn't exactly go ape at George coming on Was Tony using a calculator when George was throwing? Looked like it Jim's usual assertive on floor direction - "Meet George!" And as others have said, the tight Farah slacks! George was brilliant, and I have to laugh at "haven't played for two years", "here's £100". Good man.
quack437 That proves my point, because nobody helped to save him from his abuse and all just seemed to want to enjoy his company and say how breathe was, so they all took from him!
It was definately massive back in the 80s. But then again there was sweet fuck all on tv on Sunday. Songs of Praise, Antiques Roadshow etc. Still having 3 to 4 channels of fuck all is better than the current 400+ channels of fuck all worth watching!
He continued drinking even after getting a liver transplant. Those that 'vilified' him, had every right to. He, George Best, took the liver that could have saved someone who was more deserving. He, George Best, reduced at least one person to a death that could have been avoided. Yes, he was a great footballer.
Brilliant stuff and very good of George to put more money to the charity. I saw Alex Higgins win a computer once and without hesitation he gave it to the kids from a school watching the exhibition snooker match. Two geniuses, both flawed, both missed and true gentleman especially when sober. RIP to both Legends and we will never see their like again.
Yeah, two great Irishmen, nothing like them these days.
Two great Belfast men. RIP to both. Knew Higgins nephew.
Class from George Best. Total class. God bless
George Best was such a good person.it was great seeing him like this on Bullseye.👍👍👍👍👍
Put an extra oner in at the end for that very worthy cause and then left quickly. Those were the movements of a genuine diamond.
Precisely.
That was a very kind gesture on George Bests part giving them another £100!
George was a class act and a generous warm human.
He was a piss head who then got someone else's liver and then proceeded to fuck that liver up as well. He certainly wasn't a class act.
He certainly was.
@@stewartgreig3272 Incredible football player and a lovely man. That last minute gesture was lovely.
He was a good guy just a lost soul
And jim Bowen is a decent man
Working class Hero's
He looked so fresh! I wish he stayed with training kids etc and stayed away from the demon drink! That was the real George Best there (kind hearted)
I personally know that George was often requested to play in testimonials, obviously to put as many as possible onto the gate, but what isn't known is that he seldom took any appearance fee for his trouble. Such a kind person.
@@stewartgreig3272the opposite of wogan
I went to see this man playing for Hibernian many decades ago, i was awe struck, he wasn't in top fitness form, but the magic was still their, amazing man, flawed but like all great people their are many facets to their characters.
Probably the best footballer ever.
no probably about it he was the greatest footballer ever R.I.P.George Best
No
@@dannbuxton3556 yes!
Really
Wasn't that Eric Djemba-Djemba?
George looks great here. what a good hearted bloke he was.
George Best.. the greatest footballer in history.
byron elenica
He was a great, selfless playmaker and scorer. In my all time 11...
byron elenica LOL
Behave
Probably the best alky footballer ever 😂😂😂😂
@@morleywhite911 he could do more with 10 pints in him and his eyes closed than you could ever dream of doing
George Best - good guy. Of course people will love him or hate him. But addiction is an illness and at the core of it all was a good man.
Who wasted a liver in a transplant that someone who genuinely wanted to live could of had.
Urko2005 You small minded person. I do hope you are young so you can grow out of your small mind and lack of understanding.
David Johnson - He was a hopeless Drunk had who had hope that he could stay sober with his new liver.
Alcoholism is one hell of a disease.
addiction is a choice
Karl 355 - Genetics prove you wrong. Addiction is not a choice
Excellent. I just knew that he would put some of his own cash in. Humble guy.
Beautiful looking man he was X
I remember watching that episode at the time. It was early days Bullseye. You would have thought that George might have set a precedent for all darts players that didn’t get above 301…….but I don’t remember anyone else ever chipping in with their own cash for the charity. Bestie was pure class!
Two of the best footballers ever. Maradona and George best Died on the 25th November
I honestly didn't know that. They'll both be remembered.
You would hardly believe that two world class players would have died on the same day/month. Amazing coincidence.
Yes n one was 59 n the other 60 years old 👍
Lucky to meet him and Jimmy greaves at a charity event up in Northumberland, a cracking night full of laughs and drinks the pair together was phenomenal!!!!!!!!!
Supernatural player! A wild Irish soul like Higgins! Life is strange but there's no alternative!
George Best was the first celebrity football player, he didnt have management. but he inspired a generation of kids to kick a football against a garage door
Like Elvis in singing. Sad ends to them both.
Hmmm I think Sir Stanley Matthews was
Monstersince, he went from a shy 15 year old with no money basicly to a loaded rich superstar in two years and it got worse. He had no guidance, no protection, a dont even think some one set up a pension fund for him, as they were to busy taking what they could of him. He wasnt stupid but when your in with the kind of money men who are trainend in how to make money by using some one elses money. Really they are con men and george wouldnt have stood a chance against these sharks. And yes he was a lost soul that just happend to like drink, and alcohol is an illness once you take that first drink an alcoholic will keep on drincking. And george would have felt deep shame after that liver transplant once he started again he just got worse. Guilt, plus constant harrasment from the press every day. No wonder he drank himself into the grave basicly. A wonder if he thought the press would have been so bad about it in the way they were? Plus the public even leaving there names and what area there from when they slated george in the press. I remember going into my local shop and he was on the front of every news paper. And a mean at least 8 of them had georges name on the front page of every paper. Surely that was out of order, and for what taking a drink. Ffs even 9/11 didnt get that much news coverage. And how did they know what he was drinking and how much. But no becouse hes seen in a pub thats enough for them.
come to daddy@@myaphextwin807 🙄 i should've said his generation. i also refute your point due to the lack of garage doors in Sir Stanleys day he wasn't a celebrity he didn't do talk shows showgirls or drive a ferrari🍻
George Best is the foundation of celeb football keeping hero George Best alive.
thankyou @alan mctavish
Good to see George and Tony having a Tighest Farah Trouser competition
Tony won that!
George & Tony? A funny name for a pair of knackers.
Just listen to that crowd! They went absolutely wild when he came on
George was handsome man then.
Very very handsome man George could have the most Beautiful Lady’s he wanted.
Best footballer that God gave air to .
weird to think that more than likely everyone in that studio are no more
Wrong dude, Tony Green is still around, alive and well, just very old.
Gorgeous looking gifted man
And Bully's star prize........meeting George Best.
I have not played for 2 years, you played today
I met him and he was a really decent Bloke .
George Best, true gentleman with such warmth.
Those ol' farts at the start in the background passing the box of creamcakes around, hilarious.
The Greatest. Rip Besty.
I remember watching this episode with my Dad. It always stuck in my memory that he put some of his own money in
Amazing footballer and one nice individual
no foot baller ever came close to best. worlds greatest
Lifelong football hater here but even i know he was the greatest there ever was
A chance to meet the greatest player of all time and all they want to talk to is Jim!
Class gesture ,when I die and they lay me to rest I'm gonna on the piss with georgie best GEORGIE BEST
Stand and de-liver, your money and your life
My mates father met him one night and shook his hand and said "may this hand never stop serving the poor"
He was such a good bloke
when sober
Tavy@ george was a great down to earth guy! All the players from georges era are just different class compared to todays footballers! And george was the greatest player to ever kick a ball. And we never saw the best of him!!!!!!!
Top, Top, Top Bloke..was George!
I had no idea he was so handsome
Bullseye (1981-)
Aired Sep 10 1984. Season 4 ep 2.
George Best (1946-2005). Died age 59. Age 38 here.
Jim Bowen (1937-2018). Died age 80. Age 46 here.
I was lucky enough to see him play for Fulham v Notts County at Meadow Lane. He was coming to the end of his footballing time and i am sure he was subbed but he still had a little magic left in those legs. RIP George
See George late in his career at Peterborough playing Fulham in the cup .He scored a cracking volley on the edge of the box and lit up the ground
Rip George best
Tell that 11 million out there! Viewing figures ain't like that anymore in England anyway.
Everybody sat down at Sunday tea time and watched bully. Was getting 18 million at its peak and still pulling 11 million when it was canned
George at that moment in time could have flown to Dubai, worn a Kandora and Shemag and declared himself the King of UAE.
Can’t believe this was only 8 years ago
Im guessing you mean when the vid was posted but if not this was decades ago
11 million viewers...really? Wow
lovely chap
He was very handsome, and so was George Best
RIP George the greatest
Best the Best
Great footballer even better saint for giving £100.00 extra, Top man he's probually only the star that did give some of his own personal money we dont hear of that now given on the spot.
I assume he's out to get as many doubles as possible...
Because it is the sport played by George Best.
Passing the packed lunch forward during Jim's intro
Crowd didn't exactly go ape at George coming on
Was Tony using a calculator when George was throwing? Looked like it
Jim's usual assertive on floor direction - "Meet George!"
And as others have said, the tight Farah slacks!
George was brilliant, and I have to laugh at "haven't played for two years", "here's £100". Good man.
0:09 seconds in the old lady behind says, hold my fish n chips luv :-)
Fun fact George bests funeral happened the same day as my 9th birthday
No psychologists on the staff when George was playing.
Very handsome then . A very kind man
Best was the only one I ever saw said he would add to the charity money.
Superb man.
arhh yes, back when £100 was a lot of money... sigh
dotben imagine what a grand was like
Super
Smashing
Great
Marvelous
It's a shame they didn't provide lunch for the audience 😀
legend !
Nice clip, I laughed at the audience members passing a box around, wonder what was in that?
Sandwiches..biscuits!.
Handsome looking bugger
Great guy George and despite all he gave, nobody saved him and just took!
Charlie Magri somebody gave him a liver
quack437 That proves my point, because nobody helped to save him from his abuse and all just seemed to want to enjoy his company and say how breathe was, so they all took from him!
@@quack437 Is it addictive being a fuckin arsehole?? I think in your case it definitely is.
Are the audience to the right passing sandwiches round at the start?!
George the Best/*
It's Douglas from the IT Crowd.
What a handsome man Jim Bowen was, without doubt the best that ever lived. 😂
Rip George.... What a player, saw him live a couple of times was awesome... And I'm not a man u fan
11million watching in...unbelievable
He doesn't look drunk there. Fair play George.
He must have been, surely?
No way my grandad knew these guys I am from Lincolnshire 🤪
What year was this? Best looks slim.
I think around 1984
it got millions of viewers every week mate?
Yes i know that, but i am surprised why he did not say football.
I haven't played for about 2 years - great excuse!!
Did he say Jimmy savile
Looks young enough to be still playing for Man Utd . 😁
Nothing like being blunt pmsl.
Better if they gave him a ball he would have scored 180.
Can't be easy when you can see two dartboards !
just a pity he never played in a team with phil jones
and a microwave was a prize LOL XD
Am I correct in that this is an entire TV show (series???) about shooting darts? Why wasn't this a bigger hit...
it was massive in the UK. Especially in the Midlands and up north :D
it was MASSIVE
19 million views at its peak
It was definately massive back in the 80s. But then again there was sweet fuck all on tv on Sunday. Songs of Praise, Antiques Roadshow etc. Still having 3 to 4 channels of fuck all is better than the current 400+ channels of fuck all worth watching!
I think this was a sober period for George , albeit a few weeks is my guess
didn't he do well think i remember her myself
9th September 1984
💜😪💔
It’s a British program and he calls it soccer classic Jim 🤦🏼♂️😂
Shame on those that villified him for his relapse following the transplant.
He continued drinking even after getting a liver transplant. Those that 'vilified' him, had every right to. He, George Best, took the liver that could have saved someone who was more deserving. He, George Best, reduced at least one person to a death that could have been avoided.
Yes, he was a great footballer.
He should really have 127 not 287
Don’t give up the day job George, oh he did !!!
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