George Best: pocket GIANTS: pocket GIANTS

On Sunday 5 October 2014, the 75,000 strong crowd at Old Trafford for Manchester Uniteds game against Everton joined in with an extended version of a chant which echoed around the stadium. We all live in a Georgie Best world, it went. Eleven years after his death, forty years after he walked out of the club for the last time as a player, Best remains a Giant extraordinary given that his star shone for such a brief time. He was at the top of the game for no more than half a dozen years. How did he do it?