George Best at Hibernian: the Mavericks of Scottish Football
Hibs fan if the Northern Irish superstar gave them value for money and the answer would be a resounding thumbs-up. In fact, the only man who didn’t seem happy about his club signing the 33-year-old wing wizard at the tail end of 1979 was the man who would be his manager.Eddie Turnbull saw nothing but trouble - he called it a car crash waiting to happen - but the Hibs chairman Tom Hart pulled rank and what followed was a rollercoaster ride that didn’t save Hibs from relegation that season but which made them one of the highest-profile clubs in Britain because Best was back in business.