A book which features George Best’s appearances in football matches in Perthshire, Angus and the Mearns is flying off the shelves.
Remember Me For My Football was released in November after being compiled by his ex-agent and best friend Phil Hughes in collaboration with Paul Collier.
The book features every game Best played in, from his first game in the Manchester United strip, and includes every guest appearance in a variety of friendlies and testimonials.
Included are the times he gave fans in Arbroath, Scone and Stonehaven the thrill of seeing one of the world’s greatest footballers stepping out with a former Miss World.
Collier was helped by locals during the writing of the book, after putting out a request for confirmation that Best had played in these games.
In 1974 he left Manchester United, effectively ending his career at the highest level at the age of 27.
He would play on for nearly 10 more years at a number of lesser clubs, showing occasional signs of his former greatness.
Among the less publicised games was a charity match in Stonehaven in 1984, when Best flew in by helicopter.
During the later years of his career, Best also played matches for Scone Thistle and Arbroath Vics.
To celebrate their centenary year, Arbroath Vics secured his services in a match against Arbroath at Gayfield Park on Sunday August 8 1982.
Best made a 90-minute appearance for the team and scored twice in a 4-3 win against the Red Lichties.
Although aged just 36 at the time, the effects of high living were beginning to take their toll, but there was no mistaking the talent that took Best to the very top of the football tree.
Reports from the time suggest Best appeared genuinely interested in the Vics team and made himself available after the game to sign autographs before leaving to fulfil his engagements at the Vics Social Club.
He was accompanied by ex-Miss World Mary Slavin, who stole the show for her own reasons.