Best agreed to meet The Athletic a week after the Brentford game and it was well-timed — Dorking have just thrashed Watford 6-0. As soon as I legitimately meant it and had conviction in my head, the universe gave me an opportunity. Making the documentary Brought Up By Booze (2009), where I talked about my feelings of having an alcoholic parent, was healing and helped me with the grieving process, and I've connected with charities and am a patron of Nacoa (The National Association for Children of Alcoholics)."

I'm a people person, quite positive, quite cheeky, and a bit of a smart-ar*e at times! I'm not saying I'm any sort of guru or a saint, because I'm not, I'm still a youngish lad, I still enjoy this life, I'm not going down a Mother Teresa path, but now I'm just trying to do what is best for me and others. Usually at a home game we have about 30 people watching us and there was double the amount here for the recent games. Improving the awareness of us as a set-up has been huge. Barbara counters that the only mourners in the house were the people who were around George's hospital bed when he died. "If that's the way that Calum wants to interpret it - that his mother wasn't allowed into the house - so be it. But Angie Best wasn't top of my priority list, my father was," says Barbara, who also refutes Calum's claim that he didn't receive any of his father's possessions after his passing. He says he would love to have his original pair of football boots to pass on to his children. I don’t ever do any shows to prove anything to anybody. I have lived a life of having an iconic parent that was a legend to so many. And for a long time, in my younger years, I didn’t really know how to cope or kind of deal with that. I only felt like I had something to prove to myself. This experience was really just a battle of mental and physical on a personal level,” he explained.Find sources: "Calum Best"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( August 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) He said to us, ‘I can really see something with this team, I have a vision and Her Game Too aligns with that’. This isn’t just for show, he wants longevity and to make a change.”

Edwards, Chris (December 9, 2019). "Celebrity Ex on the Beach confirms Joey Essex and Love Island's Georgia Harrison on official line-up". Digital Spy. Nolan, Emma (September 24, 2006). "Second Best at scoring and boozing". Irish Independent . Retrieved October 22, 2009. I preach about this stuff because it worked for me and it might just work for someone else. My life has completely 180’d and I’ve found that through your struggle you can find your passion, and your purpose and you can change your life around.’

What does Calum Best do for work?

I’ve been to home games and put on charity events here and I helped them with a foodbank (during the pandemic).”

Calum, who turns 41 next month, joked however he was probably “doing the ladies’ heads in” because he trained with them twice a week. He said his short-term goal as a chairman was to bring value to the club in terms of the commercial side and raising awareness of them. Reality TV star, Calum Best, has been slammed by 33-year-old Lorna for refusing to take a DNA test in 2009 to prove his paternity as well as displaying reluctance when it comes to meeting his child. An only child, Best’s world began to fall apart around the age of 22, as he watched his father’s demise from alcoholism.Even before Best’s arrival, the aim was for Dorking to get promoted this season and there’s no cap on their long-term ambition. Belfast-born George Best was one of the most remarkable footballers of his generation, and together with Denis Law and Bobby Charlton (known as the Holy Trinity), took Manchester United to huge success. After winning the League Championship in 1965 and 1967, it became the first ever English club to win the European Cup in 1968, and the same year Best was named European player of the year. His movie-star good looks saw him dubbed the ‘Fifth Beatle’, as he brought a new glamour to the game, until his champagne playboy lifestyle descended into alcoholism and bankruptcy. Amy Clement, one of the co-founders of Her Game Too, says Best has been supportive since the campaign launched.