George Best was football's flawed genius, the superstar with the ball at his feet who could never leave the bar - twenty years hasn't even come close to diminishing the memories George Best passed away 20 years ago (Image: Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

The passing of time might have soothed the pain of George Best's death.

Bu t two decades don't even come close to diminishing the memories of one of the greatest footballers of all time. On this day in 2005, the sport lost one of its most gifted and colourful characters .

Someone with stardust in his boots and a twinkle in his eye. The bloke from Belfast who bamboozled opponents with gifts bestowed on him by the footballing gods.

But also someone who chose to put fame, fortune and females (in no particular order), before his fo

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