World Cup 1982
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Ranked! The best 10 goals of Spain '82
By Gary Parkinson last updated
World Cup 1982 The screamers, chips and 'toe-pokes' that lit up Spain in 1982; featuring Messrs Tardelli, Zico, Robson and Kiss...

Ranked! The 10 best players of the 1982 World Cup
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World Cup 1982 Platini, Socrates and Zoff all rocked Spain in '82 - but who was the No.1 performer? Jonathan Wilson runs through the stars that made the tournament so memorable

82: Socrates on the World Cup's fun-loving losers
By Bernardo Pires Domingues last updated
World Cup Wonderland The Brazilian legend looks back on Spain 82, and one of the greatest sides not to win the World Cup...

Back of the Net's alternative 1982 World Cup: Farce, oranges, war and teeth
By Paul Watson last updated
World Cup 1982 A sideways glance at the Naranjito & Co. brought to you by the chuckle brothers of Back of the Net

World Cup icons: Smoker, drinker, thinker Socrates gets himself in shape – but suffers in Spain (1982)
By Andrew Murray last updated
World Cup 1982 The great icon of Brazilian football never went beyond a World Cup quarter-final... but that was never his priority

The big interview: Alan Rough - "We knew what they could do, and hoped they didn’t do it against us. But they did!"
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
World Cup 1982 How does it feel to face the legendary Brazil 82 side in their pomp? Scotland's goalkeeper tells Graeme Thomson...

Spain '82: Best game, dodgiest game and biggest shock
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World Cup 1982 The best, worst and most shocking matches of the 1982 World Cup...

82: New Zealand's All Whites win hearts and minds - just not any points
By Neil Billingham last updated
FIFA World Cup New Zealand's famously resolute showing in South Africa in 2010 wasn't the first time the All Whites have made friends and influenced people at the world's biggest sporting event, as Neil Billingham explains...
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