Published Date: 06 July 2008 AN ARRAY of hitherto unseen George Best memorabilia is going on display, including an exuberant letter he wrote to his parents after playing his first Manchester United game at the age of 17. The exhibition in Ballymena in Northern Ireland will also feature his football boots, his Mini Cooper car, the caps he won for Northern Ireland and the Benfica top he wore after swapping shirts when United won the European Cup in 1968. is being organised by the George Best Foundation, which raises money for research into liver disease and alcoholism as well as supporting football development among the young. In the letter to his mother and father, Best said of the 1963 Old Trafford clash with West Bromwich Albion: "It was a fabulous experience coming out of the tunnel." But he told how his first taste of the...
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