Bobby Moore and Rodney Marsh played in that game. @_mattwiggins spoke to the guys from @Baggies_Facts to get a WBA perspective ahead of today’s crucial match at the Cottage... COLLINS JOHN’S VIEW There’s been much said already about the incidents involving Harry Arter at the weekend but it’s fair to say that he isn’t the first and certainly won’t be the last […], Ah, Fulham and the World Cup. He was a genius on the ball but was no prima donna working equally hard for the team off it. He remains as controversial and outspoken as ever, but in my opinion it’s an endearing quality as his candour is somewhat refreshing in today’s world of journalism. When lockdown started I began to post several programme covers of memorable matches I’d been to. By this time he had already scored 178 goals in 466 club games, gained two league championship medals and helped the Red Devils win the European Cup. Remember that game bigalffc, feel we lost a guess is 4 2. Your email address will not be published. At Fulham Focus we pride ourselves on offering supporters a wide variety of current content and now that the season is back underway, there’s plenty to talk about. “We did it to put a smile on people’s faces,” Best innocently insisted. Best had taken 71 seconds on his début to score. When George Best played for Second Division Fulham during a short spell in the mid 1970s, he undoubtedly cut a conflicting figure to the slight, jinking winger English fans had known during his enthralling 13 years at Manchester United. He and Marsh both produced flashes of animation on the pitch punctuated by irresistible trickery, and the crowd loved it. Having surmounted legal wranglings over his transfer from Los Angeles Aztecs, Best scored 71 seconds into his debut for the Club. They seemed to trigger quite a positive response and sparked some interesting chat as well as some happy memories. Therefore, when FF’s head honcho asked if I was able to provide some regular ‘Memory Lane’ style content I thought it might be a plan to Focus on a different Fulham programme in each piece and elaborate from there…. He also had a European Cup winners medal to add to his two league winners medals. Or hopped. They were genuine box office. Marsh had started his professional career with Fulham in 1962 before moving to QPR in 1966 where he enjoyed the most productive time of his career. In ordinary circumstances, it would have been considered a pretty mundane match between a couple of average sides. I remember thinking that this guy is in a different league to anyone we have at the moment, when Chris Coleman made his debut. « Reply #20 on: August 08, 2018, 09:35:57 PM » Jimmy Conway to be sure. Many feel that Marsh did not fully reach his full potential as a player. Many had compared the skills of Marsh to those of Best, so to have both on the same team, regardless of the stage of their respective careers, was the equivalent of football utopia. One of his last wishes was for people to “remember me for my football”. Author Topic: George Best at Fulham (Read 2875 times) Stefano Okaka Chuka. Great article! Fire up the old YouTube videos of George and you lose hours in wonderment at such outrageous talent. George sadly left us in 2005, losing his battle with alcoholism. If Haynes can be included then once again it is no contest, it was clear right from the beginning that he was a class above anything we have ever seen. But the stories of his positive endeavours far outweighed the negative. Andrew (?) Louis Saha's debut against Crewe was spectacular and could have got a hat-trick. Luis Saha and John Collins both had fantastic debuts, in the same game. George Best former footballer from Northern Ireland Left Winger * May 22, 1946 in Belfast, Northern Ireland I remember Marsh and MacDonald as outstanding talents in their early games for the club, though soon left the club, sadly, and also, Collins John comes to mind as someone who was seen as a great young talent, who scored some brilliant  goals. It was to prove Best’s finest hour in a Fulham shirt as he rolled back the years with a masterclass of wizardry crowned by a cracking goal in our vital 3-1 win. Nearly 30 years after his debut, Best succumbed to a disease he was powerless to stop, aged only 59. By the time we played the reverse fixture on Good Friday, we were in a parlous position while they were on their way to promotion. Ok, perhaps not but I think we can all agree that those random World Cup moments that we never seem to forget […], With 2018 well underway and as we creep into March it’s time to look back at February and assess how Fulham performed. It started about six years ago when Arsenal signed Patrick Vieira. It helped that the American season ran during our summer so they would be able to play in England yet still be able to resume playing for their American clubs when our season ended. We use cookies to provide you with a better service. In our day, teams were made up the same. Best and Marsh every time. At the age of 28 George Best had turned his back on a glittering career at Manchester United when the pressure of being in the limelight became too much. When Harry met the canvas! Fulham even scored Hereford’s consolation by way of an own goal from Ernie Howe. Twitter. They seemed to trigger quite a positive response and sparked some interesting chat as well as some happy memories. While they both had lost the pace of their prime, they still possessed the ability and the football brains to leave their opponents bewildered and demoralised. #FFC | #FULWBA, PODCAST Few who witnessed his brief but brilliant revival in English football at Fulham, could ever forget. On one occasion, he wagered £10 with Peter Mellor, Fulham’s goalkeeper, that he could score a penalty against him without looking. ANALYSIS - @SamCole2468 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 skillfull dribbler, Best is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. I’m sure these guys are great lads, but they are never going to be true entertainers. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Such were the smiles it infected you, you couldn’t not watch it without a smile on your face too. A crowd of 21,127 turned up to see the Irish genius (some 12,000 more than the previous home League game). Mr Fayed; Posts: 12537; Re: Best Irishman to play for FULHAM. At Fulham Focus we pride ourselves on offering supporters a wide variety of current content and now that the season is back underway, there’s plenty to talk about. Best played for Fulham 32 times in his first season. It was carefree, flair football at its finest. Since then, everyone has been trying to replicate that. George Best. It was unheard of that second tier football was getting TV exposure, but Best and Marsh together at the Cottage had fired the imagination of the public. The West End nights sometimes crept into the days and intruded on his relationship with the young Fulham manager. George Best was still putting in a regular shift though and was held in such high regard that Chelsea had to kick him black and blue in the Boxing Day derby. Although many were sceptical about Best’s UK return, some observers noted an upturn in attitude upon his arrival. There was never a dull moment when he was around. Jimmy Hill; Posts: 2107; Re: Best Irishman to play for FULHAM. Just before kickoff, I overheard several comments in the Riverside about why are we getting West Ham rejects and what was Malcolm McDonald thinking. The trouble was that after Busby retired Best’s ‘extravagant’ lifestyle seemed to take precedence and after eventually leaving United in 1974 he was effectively lost to the game before resurfacing in the NASL with Los Angeles Aztecs. The fans came to be entertained, we entertained them,” Marsh later remembered. Best took the duty to beguile the paying public to heart; a new, adoring, audience gave him a desperately sought-after drive long since excluded from his fame-and-alcohol-induced bubble. By Daniel Armstrong. The ball runs much truer and allows for players to run and perform at higher levels.

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