Best Show in Town ; by George, It Was a Lesson in Finishing As an Idol Showed Us the Joy of Six

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ON A DAMP winter's afternoon 34 years ago I squeezed into the little Northampton Town press box unaware that I was about to witness one of those rare moments in football that locks itself permanently-into the folklore of the game.

George Best's six-goal haul in that FA Cup fifth-round tie was an act of grand larceny that, for me, has had no equal in nearly 40 years of reporting football.

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Best Show in Town ; by George, It Was a Lesson in Finishing As an Idol Showed Us the Joy of Six

Of course, Northampton were a Fourth Division side of modest means and ambition, but George's one-man demolition job captured the spirit of the FA Cup and became a collector's item for those privileged to have seen ...

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