How City brought the buzz back

Has there ever been a more aptly named footballer than George Best?

How City brought the buzz back

Probably not, though another player from the same golden era was able to give the Belfast boy a run for his money — on and off the park.

Mike Summerbee, a rival but also a great friend of Best, buzzed on the right wing for the Manchester City side which won the First Division title in 1968, rendering immortal in the blue half of the city such men as Frannie Lee, Colin Bell, Tony Book and Summerbee himself.

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