Low points of a life played out

SOCCER legend George Best’s highs and lows have always been played out in the public spotlight.

Low points of a life played out

He has said the “lowest point of his life” came in 1984, when he served two months of a 12-week jail term for drink-driving, assault on police and jumping bail.

Here is a timeline of his more recent highly-publicised problems.

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