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Scoring at Half-Time: Adventures On and Off the Pitch by George Best with. Signed by George Best on the title page (without dedication); Ebury. Press 2003 1st ed/1st printing, 330pp. Text generally in decent order. Albeit with browning to pages and small creases to the bottom corners. Of the last few pages, old erased pencil price visible to the top of. The front free end paper, browning to the page extremities at the very. Top, side & bottom, boards slightly warped, very slight bumping &. Rubbing to board corners & to the bottom of both boards – heavier to. The top & sides of both boards & heavier still to the top & bottom of. The spine, boards slightly marked, the dust jacket has slight internal. Browning & staining from the black boards, is rubbed & creased at top. & bottom with scuffing to the corners & to the top & bottom of the. Spine, slight creasing to the top of the front, both front & rear have. Some marks, scratches & indentations. George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish. Professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his. Club career at Manchester United. A highly skilful dribbler, Best is. Regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968 and came fifth in. The FIFA Player of the Century vote. Best received plaudits for his. Playing style, which combined pace, skill, balance, feints. Two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to get past defenders. Born in Belfast, Best began his club career in England with Manchester. United, with the scout who had spotted his talent at the age of 15. Sending a telegram to manager Matt Busby which read: I think I’ve. Found you a genius. After making his debut aged 17, he scored 179. Goals from 470 appearances over 11 years and was the club’s top. Goalscorer in the league for five consecutive seasons. League titles and the European Cup with the club. His style of play on. The field captured the public’s imagination, and in 1999 he was on the. Six-man short-list for the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Century. Was also an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame. In international football, Best was capped 37 times for Northern. Ireland between 1964 and 1977. He considered his international career. As being “recreational football”, with the expectations placed on a. Smaller nation in Northern Ireland being much less than with his club. He is regarded as one of the greatest players never to have played at. The Irish Football Association described him as the. “Greatest player to ever pull on the green shirt of Northern Ireland”. With his good looks, dark Beatle mop-top hair and playboy lifestyle. Best became one of the first media celebrity footballers, earning the. Nickname “o Beatle” by Portuguese press reporters after a stand-out. Performance for Manchester United in Lisbon in March 1966. His extravagant lifestyle led to various personal problems, most. Notably alcoholism, from which he suffered for the rest of his life. These issues affected him on and off the field. Birds and fast cars – the rest I just squandered. This item is in the category “Books, Comics & Magazines\Books”. The seller is “drive-easy” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Republic of Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French Guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Macau, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and Caicos Islands, Aruba, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago.

• Personalised: No
• Signed By: George Best
• Book Title: Scoring at Half-Time
• Signed: Yes
• Ex Libris: No
• Narrative Type: Non-Fiction
• Original Language: English
• Publisher: Ebury Publishing
• Inscribed: No
• Edition: First Edition
• Publication Year: 2003
• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Author: George Best
• Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
• Genre: Autobiography: Sport, Biographies & True Stories, Sports
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
• Topic: Biographies & Autobiographies
• Item Weight: 649g
• Number of Pages: 330 Pages
• ISBN: 9780091889272

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Manchester United GIFT Boxed “SCORING AT HALF TIME “. Plus other items listed below. The 1970 themed Gift Box for the FA Cup Game away at Northampton where George Best scored six goals contains the following. The Gift Box measuring 12″ x 8″ x 4. A Signed copy of George’s 2003 Book “Scoring At Half Time”. The ORIGINAL Programme for the Game Northampton Town V Manchester Utd 7/2/1970. A Photoprint copy of George at a book signing for “Scoring at Half time” at WHS Smiths. Official Smiths stickers – signed by the author are on the front of the book and next to George’s signature. A limited edition postcard number 70/100 providing information about the book. A copy of a Sun Newspaper write up for the game dated Monday 9th February 1970. A copyprint B/W photo of George Best scoring one of the six goals. A letter of authenticity guaranteeing 100% that the signature in the book is genuine. There is additional space in the box below where the book sits to store additional memorabilia. This comes from a large, private collection owned by the co-author of the book `George Best A Celebration. I try to be honest in my listing info, and if you need any more photos or information I will happily reply. If you have any problems at all, please get in touch with me before leaving feedback. I will always try my best to sort out a problem if it arises. If in the unlikely event that you do not receive your parcel, I always keep proof of posting, and I will try to sort it out for you. The item “GEORGE BEST Manchester United GIFT Boxed SCORING AT HALF TIME SIGNED H/B +++” is in sale since Sunday, March 15, 2020. This item is in the category “Sports Memorabilia\Football Memorabilia\Autographs (Original)\Signed Books”. The seller is “antiques_from_england” and is located in Stourbridge. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.

• Surname Initial: B
• Modified Item: No
• Sub-Type: Football
• Object: Signed Books

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