I was lucky to see George Best when Manchester United visited London in the 1960, Best always seemed to excel in his clashes with the London Clubs, some of his displays against Chelsea I re-call with pleasure.

I go back to the Stan Matthews-Tom Finney era and I never seen better than Best, he had everyhing, Best would have fitted into any position on the field with the excepition of goalkeeper, that could not be said about any of the other greats of the game.

I would never venture to say he was the greatest footballer of all time, in death people tend to go over the top about their hero`s, I think of Puskas,Di Stefano, Pele, Garrincha, Maradona, Beckenbauer, and Barcelonas Ronaldino, there may be others I have omitted, all of these great players could be classed in the category of the worlds greatest player, they all lit up the eras they graced and I would class George Best on a par with any of these greats.

One thing Best was in favour of was a united Ireland team, he seen the futility of a small populated island fielding two teams, with the talent available down the years the Irish team would have fared much better in World and European Cups.