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While most fans were focused on the 1974 World Cup, George Best was playing in South Africa. This piece was written by Luke Alfred for issue 14 Banned from international competition and unable to watch the 1974 World Cup on television, South African club owners devised a cunning plan. In a bid to boost home attendances and indulge in some slightly amateurish marketing hype, they would induce fading British stars to Johannesburg with tales of yea…
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