Northampton goalkeeper Kim Book on the jibes he has faced since being fooled by Best's feint in a 1970 FA Cup game against Manchester United. [51] Best’s six goal performance in the game was voted No. 26 on Channel 4’s list of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments. [52] Short says he spent the note in a shop in Cefn Coed last Wednesday, choosing the town because his father was born in nearby Dowlais. Nevertheless, the bulk of criticism towards the fiver has come from animal rights campaigners after the Bank of England admitted that the polymer contained traces of tallow, an animal fat. The news caused “veggie fury”, says The Sun, and a petition was launched to remove it from all currency.

His godparents were the King of Hanover (Queen Victoria's cousin, for whom Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach stood proxy); the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Prince Albert's brother, for whom the Lord President of the Council, Earl Granville, stood proxy); the Prince of Leiningen (the Prince of Wales's half-cousin); the Crown Prince of Denmark (the Princess of Wales's brother, for whom the Lord Chamberlain, Viscount Sydney, stood proxy); the Queen of Denmark (George's maternal grandmother, for whom Queen Victoria stood proxy); the Duke of Cambridge (Queen Victoria's cousin); the Duchess of Cambridge (Queen Victoria's aunt, for whom George's aunt Princess Helena stood proxy); and Princess Louis of Hesse and by Rhine (George's aunt, for whom her sister Princess Louise stood proxy). [1]Doctor murdered Britain's GeorgeV", Observer-Reporter, Washington (PA), 28 November 1986, archived from the original on 3 November 2020 , retrieved 18 September 2016 Career statistics [ change | change source ] Club [ change | change source ] Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Club Safin, Muhammed Maklet (18 March 2009). "Seven Most Naturally Gifted Footballers Ever". Bleacher Report . Retrieved 23 November 2023. O'Hara, Victoria (29 January 2008). "Best memorial plan rescued by fan". The Belfast Telegraph. p.3. Football, Planet (22 May 2023). "13 of the best quotes on George Best: 'It was paradise watching him play' ". Planet Football . Retrieved 23 November 2023.

The Duke and Duchess of York had five sons and a daughter. Randolph Churchill claimed that George was a strict father, to the extent that his children were terrified of him, and that George had remarked to the Earl of Derby: "My father was frightened of his mother, I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me." In reality, there is no direct source for the quotation and it is likely that George's parenting style was little different from that adopted by most people at the time. [20] Whether this was the case or not, his children did seem to resent his strict nature, his son Prince Henry going as far as to describe him as a "terrible father" in later years. [21]See also: Cultural depictions of George V Statue of GeorgeV in King George Square outside Brisbane City Hall When George Best Was A Royal". Reading FC. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021 . Retrieved 2 November 2021. Short's other personalised fivers were spent in the village of Meriden in the West Midlands, and the Elephant House coffee shop, where JK Rowling wrote parts of Harry Potter, in Edinburgh. A fourth note will be spent in Northern Ireland. Flybe pays tribute to George Best!". Flybe. 15 March 2006. Archived from the original on 1 September 2006.

e.g. Harold Nicolson's diary quoted by Sinclair, p. 107; Best, Nicholas (1995), The Kings and Queens of England, London, UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, p.83, ISBN 0-297-83487-8, rather a dull man... liked nothing better than to sit in his study and look at his stamps ; Lacey, Robert (2002), Royal, London, UK: Little, Brown, p.54, ISBN 0-316-85940-0, the diary of King George V is the journal of a very ordinary man, containing a great deal more about his hobby of stamp collecting than it does about his personal feelings, with a heavy emphasis on the weather. Bradford, Sarah (1989), King GeorgeVI, London, UK: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, p.149, ISBN 978-0-297-79667-1 Although he and his wife occasionally toured the British Empire, George preferred to stay at home pursuing his hobbies of stamp collecting and game shooting and lived a life that later biographers would consider dull because of its conventionality. [132] He was not an intellectual: on returning from one evening at the opera he wrote, "Went to Covent Garden and saw Fidelio and damned dull it was." [133] He was earnestly devoted to Britain and its Empire. [134] He explained, "it has always been my dream to identify myself with the great idea of Empire." [135] He appeared hard-working and became widely admired by the people of Britain and the Empire, as well as " the Establishment". [136] In the words of historian David Cannadine, King George V and Queen Mary were an "inseparably devoted couple" who upheld "character" and " family values". [137] Louda, Jiří; Maclagan, Michael (1999), Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, London: Little, Brown, pp.34, 51, ISBN 978-1-85605-469-0 In 1957, the academically gifted Best passed the 11-plus and went to Grosvenor High School, but he soon played truant as the school specialised in rugby union. Best then moved to Lisnasharragh Secondary School, reuniting him with friends from primary school and allowing him to focus on football. He played for Cregagh Boys Club. [15] He grew up supporting Glentoran and Wolverhampton Wanderers. [16] Club career [ edit ] Manchester United [ edit ]

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Two months after the end of the war, the King's youngest son, John, died aged13 after a lifetime of ill health. George was informed of his death by Queen Mary, who wrote, "[John] had been a great anxiety to us for many years... The first break in the family circle is hard to bear but people have been so kind & sympathetic & this has helped us much." [79] He did well but there is no guarantee other forgeries have been passing through the system or even sold online since then. There are bound to be more out there. Our paramilitaries are deft at forging notes. They have been doing it for years and making millions out of it.' Best family proud of airport name". BBC News. 22 May 2006. Archived from the original on 29 April 2008.

Raath, Peter (November 2007). "Our Blood Is Also Red-ish". Sports Illustrated (South Africa). Touchline Media (119): 107. Marking the first anniversary of the death of George Best, the Ulster Bank is producing one million five pound notes to commemorate the Belfast soccer star. Wolffe, John (2010), "Protestantism, Monarchy and the Defence of Christian Britain 1837–2005", in Brown, Callum G.; Snape, Michael F. (eds.), Secularisation in the Christian World, Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing, pp.63–64, ISBN 978-0-7546-9930-9, archived from the original on 17 June 2016 , retrieved 28 November 2015 Meanwhile, journalist and memorabilia collector David Seideman says that persistence is key when it comes to turning a profit in online auctions. “If an item fails to sell once, twice, or even three times, simply relist it,” he writes in Forbes. Best receives honorary degree". BBC. 13 December 2001. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016 . Retrieved 13 May 2016.Reliving the Dream: The Triumph and Tears of Manchester United's 1968 European Cup Heroes. Random House, The US government is trying to extradite Workers' Party president and former Official IRA leader Sean Garland from Ireland. Garland faces charges in America of distributing counterfeit dollars with the aid of North Korean agents. In the Eighties the Officials forged dollars using printing presses from eastern Germany. George Best's dad dies of a broken heart grieving for son". Mirror.co.uk. 17 April 2008. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016 . Retrieved 11 March 2022. a b Matson, John (1 January 2012), Sandringham Days: The Domestic Life of the Royal Family in Norfolk,1862–1952, The History Press, ISBN 9780752483115 a b c d "Football legend George Best dies". BBC News. 25 November 2005. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016 . Retrieved 26 October 2010.