Sir Matt Busby had pinned his hopes on Tommy Docherty being able to convince George Best to fall back in love with football. The Doc, who died on Thursday aged 92, was given a thankless task when ...

Ever since 1974 there has been speculation over George Best’s controversial exit from Manchester United. Then-manager Tommy Docherty claimed Best turned up drunk and late for an FA Cup game ...

That day, in December 1972, United lost 5-0 to Crystal Palace and in the boardroom at half-time Matt Busby spoke to then Scotland manager Tommy Docherty ... contained George Best, Denis Law ...

GO DEEPER 'Tommy Docherty didn’t make the news ... overseeing the end of George Best at the club, relegation, promotion and then the 1977 FA Cup win over Liverpool. He left Old Trafford after ...

George Best, who died yesterday aged 59 ... Frank O'Farrell, Busby again and Tommy Docherty. Lacking the paternal guidance of Busby, Best's behaviour became increasingly unpredictable.

Tributes have been paid to Tommy Docherty, the firebrand former Manchester ... jettisoning legends like Sir Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and George Best, to build a new team centred around younger ...

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"Tommy passed away peacefully surrounded ... go on to also win the European Cup that year. Docherty's time at Old Trafford also saw George Best fail to revive his United career, the retirement ...

Oueens Park Rangers were the best team in London and they struck ... It was New Year’s Day 1974, and Manchester United boss Tommy Docherty had joined his opposite number Gordon Jago and QPR ...

As Best struggled during the final hours of his life, Tommy Docherty was at work on ... We had the pre-match meal - no George." Docherty shrugged. That match, on 5 January, 1974, in which United ...

George Best was a notorious ladies' man A year later, he was dropped from the team again for failing to attend training, and was ordered to leave the house he had built in Cheshire and move into ...