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

Additional Text Credit

Pages 126 – 136 Material taken from The Soccer Tribe by Desmond Morris (Jonathan Cape September 1981). Material reproduced by kind permission of the author.