Photo journal: Belfast mourns George Best

On the Cregagh estate, where Best grew up and his family still lives, fans arrived during the night.

By 0700 GMT, a sprinkling of diehard wellwishers mixed with the journalists and television crews.

The Best house has become a shrine, festooned with scarves and shirts, but there were also tributes around the estate to the local hero.

Winston Bradford had come from Lisburn to pay his respects.

"He was a fantastic footballer, a great personality, full of such charisma."