World Cup 1986

World Cup 1986 There are games of great technical merit, there are games of high drama, and very occasionally, there are games that have both. This was one of them...

World Cup 1986 Argentina arrived a divided team with their coach about to be fired, but then a brave decision to make Maradona skipper made all the difference... 

World Cup 1986 It's been 16 years since Scotland graced a major international tournament, but there was a time the Tartan Army were regular globe-trotters. Yet even in those relative glory days, things didn't always go to plan. Sam Rowe explains...

World Cup 1986 Lineker won the Golden Boot at Mexico 86 with six goals for England. FourFourTwo went through the photo album with him...

World Cup 1986 How does it feel to score four goals in a World Cup match? Simon Talbot asked Emilio Butragueno, who did just that for Spain against Denmark...

World Cup 1986 The former Mexico and Real Madrid star tells FFT about carrying the hopes of the tournament hosts in 1986

World Cup 1986 World Cup 86 was characterised by prolific goalscorers, creative genius, and guile aplenty. There was a handy Argentine fellow, too. Diego something or other…

World Cup 1986 On this day in 1986, England's second-highest goalscorer notched a vital hat-trick against Poland which sent the Three Lions through to the last 16. Here he regales the perils of playing in intense heat, Maradona's memorable brace... and his dad's success at the bookies

World Cup 1986 A sideways glance of the tournament owned by El Diego, brought to you by Back of the Net

World Cup 1986 It shouldn't even have been staged there, but World Cup 86 in Mexico had everything, most of it revolving around a diminutive genius by the name of Diego Maradona. Chris Hunt sets the scene...