Last update March 31, 2019 by Javier Argudo
Few times a surname has made a player greater honor. George Best was one of the best football players (for many the best) of the history of Manchester United and also occupies a privileged position among the great players of all time.
Today we would like to rescue one of the most legendary performances of his career. It happened in a fifth round match of the FA Cup in the year 1970 between Manchester United and the Northampton. That day, los futbolistas del equipo ‘zapatero’ prepararon a conciencia uno de los partidos más importantes de sus carreras para tratar de frenar a una de las grandes estrellas de los ‘Red Devils’, George Best.
GEORGE BEST ‘EL QUINTO BEATLE”
The pitch was not in the best condition, very muddy, something that was quite common in those times and that, in theory, He favored the weakest team and put the more technical footballers in difficulties, as was the case of the Northern Irishman. Nothing is further from reality. The end result says it all. United destroyed their rival by a forceful 8-2 Y George Best was the author of six goals giving a real recital on the pitch.
What happened that afternoon had a great impact on several footballers of the Northampton who made public statements of what they felt that day in different media or years later in an autobiographical book.
Kim Book, the goalkeeper who conceded that scandalous win, said: “Best era demasiado bueno para mí. In one of the goals he made me a feint feigning to the side, left me lying on the floor and dialed an empty door. His quality was humiliating. If one day I'm on one side of the street and he nods at me from the other, me escondo debajo de un autobús”.
Meanwhile, the defender John Clark said: “Lo único que vi durante todo el partido fue la parte trasera de George desapareciendo en la distancia”. By last, surely the most shocking statement of all was signed Ray Fairfax, the one in charge of marking the man to Best: “Lo único que pensaba era, why? Why does this have to happen to me? La única vez que estuve cerca de él en todo el partido fue al final cuando nos dimos la mano”.
