Friends pay tribute to Best at memorial

THE legend that is George Best drew one more capacity crowd at Manchester Cathedral as the great and the good of football mingled with ordinary fans to pay tribute to the Manchester United and Northern Ireland star.

A congregation of over 1,000, including Best's father Dickie, old team-mates Denis Law and Paddy Crerand, Sir Alex Ferguson and the current United squad, plus for the last hour son Callum, made their way through the snow and sat through an uplifting 75-minute service which was also well received by the hundreds who gathered to watch on a big screen in nearby Exchange Square.

Led by actor James Nesbitt, a succession of Best's close friends recalled their own memories of the man with the magical feet, who died in November, aged 59.