This shows extracts from the programme of a charity football match on 12th December 1982 between a Barnstaple Town Football Club XI and the George Best All Stars. It was organised to raise money for the club.
A photograph from the match showing George Best and others has also been uploaded into the archive. The names of those involved on both sides were:
George Best All Stars: George Best, Andy Fairweather-Lowe, Johnny Francome, David Webb, Kevin Mooney, Chris Garland, Mick Robinson, Steve Foster, Bobby Moncur, Bruce Rioch, Bob McMurdo, Steve Davey, Ian Calvert, Pete Barraclough.
Barnstaple Town FC: R Goss, T Burnell, S Wilde, D Blanche, K Roberts, D Forbes, N Pring, C Williams, B Draper, C Brown, P Banfield, B Blincow, B Thorne, C Taylor
Vickers: B Peterson
Stoke City: P Griffiths
Royal Pilton: K Barrow
Torrington: D Baglow, P Hutchings, C McClure, S Copp
Appledore: J Mock, D Dark
To see the photograph, follow this link: http://vimp.thepiltonstory.org/picture/George-Best-and-others-played-cha...
Thanks to Fiona Davis for the extracts from the programme.