My wife broke her arm during our drunken family row, says Best

GEORGE Best revealed yesterday how his wife Alex fell and broke her arm during a drunken row at their home.

Sat, 12 Oct, 2002 - 01:00
Alexandra Thompson

In last night’s BBC1 programme, George Best: Me and My Liver, the football legend and his wife admit they used to have drunken brawls.

The 56-year-old Best said: “I never really hurt anybody. But Alex and I, we had fights. Actually, she did have to go hospital once. She fell and broke her arm.”

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