Best's body arrives back in the North

George Best’s coffin arrived back in Northern Ireland today draped in a Manchester United flag.

Fri, 02 Dec, 2005 - 12:26

George Best’s coffin arrived back in Northern Ireland today draped in a Manchester United flag.

The soccer legend’s remains were flown on a privately chartered plane into RAF Aldergrove, where his father Dickie and four sisters were among grieving family members waiting to meet it.

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