*Newsflash* Legendary football player George Best has passed away in a private London hospital, The day after 24 hour drinking laws come into effect Carlsberg don't do irony but if they did it would'nt get much better than this.....
The press has gone a bit OTT on the coverage. It is a quiet news day/week. He has been given a lot of praise for offering to be an organ donor - probably the least that he could have done. Their have been some very touching tributes paid to him but I think it would have been better all round if the there had been less coverage - many home truths would have been aired less.
I agree that he went OTT on the drink but it is indeed a very difficult addiction to shift, I know of people who suffer and others who have lost the battle. He was a top class footballer who lived to excess and sadly paid the ultimate price.