Pages xvi, xvii, xviii pictures reproduced by kind permission of George Best’s family. George’s legacy lives on in the good work of the George Best Foundation. For more information see www.georgebest.com
Page xxiv painting © Stephen Doig
Page 13 picture of Graham Williams © Cleva
Page 58 ‘El Beatle’ painting reproduced by kind permission of Stewart Beckett
Page 77 photograph of George Best and Sir Matt Busby reproduced by kind permission of Robert Aylott
Page 155 picture of George Best and Elton John © Corbis
Page 207 © Getty Images
Page 217 ‘Almost Full Time’ painting © Ralph Sweeney
Page 247 picture of Old Trafford © Cleva
Page 250 picture of Tony Dorigo © Offside
Page 271 picture of George Best and Michael Parkinson © Getty Images
Page 319 front page of the Manchester Evening News reproduced by kind permsission of the Manchester Evening News
Page 321 picture of Dickie Best © Belfast Telegraph
Pages 126 – 136 Material taken from The Soccer Tribe by Desmond Morris (Jonathan Cape September 1981). Material reproduced by kind permission of the author.