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From BBC:

Footballing legend George Best is unlikely to survive another 24 hours, his doctor has said.
Best, 59, could not recover from the internal bleeding that developed in the night, Professor Roger Williams said.

"I have to tell you his hours are numbered," he said at Cromwell Hospital, west London, at 1250 GMT.

The ex-Northern Ireland and Manchester United star deteriorated with a lung infection on Friday, eight weeks after entering hospital with flu symptoms.

[Internal bleeding] has now affected the lungs and other parts, and there is really no return from that situation

Professor Roger Williams
Professor Williams said on Thursday: "Mr Best is coming to the end of the long road of his ill health.

"The situation is that medically the intensive care team and everybody concerned have managed to cope with pretty well all of the complications except the one that has happened again during the night - this bleeding.

"Although [the blood] has been replaced, it has now affected the lungs and other parts, and there is really no return from that situation.

"It is just not possible to recover from that."

He added: "He is still having standard medical care and treatment but I have to tell you that his hours are numbered now and it's all very upsetting."

When he left the hospital later in the afternoon, Professor Williams said there had been "further deterioration" but that there was nothing more to report.

Very sad news , probably the greatest footballer ever.

Isn't he the drunk who decided to keep drinking eventhough he was lucky enough to receive a liver transplant? If so, I have no compassion at all.

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Originally posted by Nabistai Isn't he the drunk who decided to keep drinking eventhough he was lucky enough to receive a liver transplant? If so, I have no compassion at all.

It is...although it is his own fault, i still feel sorry for him. Alchohol is not simple to quit once it becomes part of your life. I'm not saying its not his fault, just that been an Alchoholic is hard to overcome.

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Originally posted by Nabistai Isn't he the drunk who decided to keep drinking eventhough he was lucky enough to receive a liver transplant? If so, I have no compassion at all.

No need for that

The man is a legend, and the reason he is ill now is not because he drank after his transplant, its due to an infection caused by the transplant.

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Originally posted by Kato No need for that The man is a legend, and the reason he is ill now is not because he drank after his transplant, its due to an infection caused by the transplant.

No, he is ill because he had the flu...

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Originally posted by Nabistai Isn't he the drunk who decided to keep drinking eventhough he was lucky enough to receive a liver transplant? If so, I have no compassion at all.

fair play

tho we never really knew him at his prime so we are less likely to feel compassion anyway

I dont see why celebrities should receive any more compassion than the thousands that die every day all over the world

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Originally posted by kr00t0n I dont see why celebrities should receive any more compassion than the thousands that die every day all over the world

If it was a TAs relative in the same situation then i would keep my post the same.

this guy was a woman beater, a drunk & wasted his talent as a player, he didn't deserve the liver that could've saved someone more needy. Maybe it's an infection what finishes him off but he's not exactly a great rolemodel. just look at the lack of ethics his son has.

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Originally posted by Ian this guy was a woman beater, a drunk & wasted his talent as a player, he didn't deserve the liver that could've saved someone more needy. Maybe it's an infection what finishes him off but he's not exactly a great rolemodel. just look at the lack of ethics his son has.

What u mean about his son? I dont watch alot of sport so u'll have to fill me in (No floorfiller, not in that way!)

His sperm helped create that utter wanker Callam Best. So in the end, God is punishing him LMAO.

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Originally posted by Kato its due to an infection caused by the transplant.

And why did he have a transplant in the first place?

I mean this in the most neutral way, but he should have been denied a transplant and been allowed to die with some dignity.

Great footballer, and big hearted man or not, he drank his liver first liver rotten. He then got a new one over and above other people. The decision itself was a little controversrial, but if he was prepared to stop drinking fine, but he didn't make the effort as far as I can see.

Good footballer, but there have been better.

I do think it's sad he's dying, but the whole thing is a sorry state of affiairs really.

Too bad he refell in his old pattern. Such a legend that man

Callum Best is apparently djing in belfast soon. i look forward to that!!!

i was never a great fan of george best because he was before my time and he was a bit of a waster. however i liked him because he was a man utd legend and he came up with the greatest quote ever:

"Most of my money i spent on booze and women; the rest i wasted"

I'm sorry to say that George has now passed away, age 59

RIP George, best footballer ever
Hopefully people can remember him for his unbeliveable talent, rather than his struggle with alcohol.

I'm not sad. Just admired his work. Probably 3rd in line next to pele and maradona of course.

Why on earth he retired at such at early age is beyond me.

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Originally posted by Kato The man is a legend, and the reason he is ill now is not because he drank after his transplant, its due to an infection caused by the transplant.

Technically, the infection caused so much damage because he was on immunosuppressants, to stop his body from rejecting the new liver.

But that's not the point. The point is that a footballing legend who was sadly overcome by drink is no longer with us, and there is something to learn for all of us out of this.

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Originally posted by Chris Larkin Technically, the infection caused so much damage because he was on immunosuppressants, to stop his body from rejecting the new liver. But that's not the point. The point is that a footballing legend who was sadly overcome by drink is no longer with us, and there is something to learn for all of us out of this.

Well said man, well said.
Where bouts u from in Wiltshire? I'm only one county acrosss, not many people from the SW turn up on this forum.

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Originally posted by Jackson Well said man, well said. Where bouts u from in Wiltshire? I'm only one county acrosss, not many people from the SW turn up on this forum.

Hampshire

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Originally posted by Jackson Where bouts u from in Wiltshire? I'm only one county acrosss, not many people from the SW turn up on this forum.

I'm from just outside of Devizes.

R.I.P. George Best - Sad Loss of a Legend

i gathered some quotes of his from down the years. this guy was not only a footballing legend but an amateur (and quite good!) comedian!

"I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars - the rest I just squandered."

"They say I slept with seven Miss Worlds. I didn't - it was only four. I didn't turn up for the other three."

"I used to go missing a lot...Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World."

"In 1969, I gave up women and alcohol, it was the worst 20 minutes of my life."

"I was born with a great gift and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak. Just as I wanted to outdo everyone when I played, I had to outdo everyone when we were out on the town."

"Perhaps he saw something I didn't" - on the bellboy who, in an infamous episode, remarked "George, where did it all go wrong?" upon seeing the star with a magnum of champagne, thousands of pounds and the then Miss Universe in his hotel room.

"I'd have to be superhuman to do some of the things I'm supposed to have done, I've been at six different places at six different times."

"I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes." - on a blood transfusion for his liver transplant.

"Against Benfica in the final I nearly did it, I beat the keeper but then chickened out. I might have given the boss a heart attack," - on nearly completing every schoolboy's dream as he considered getting on his hands and knees to head the ball over the line, in the 1968 European Cup final of all places.

"He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right." - on England captain David Beckham.

"Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life."

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