World Cup 1990
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Quiz! Can you name every country Diego Maradona faced in a World Cup?
By FourFourTwo Staff published
Quiz He played at four World Cups and he scored that goal - and that one - but who else did Diego face?
Ray Houghton on Italia 90: "Jack Charlton joked that we'd get to meet the Pope. Suddenly we're at the Vatican..."
By Leo Moynihan published
World Cup 1990 "Suits? Ireland didn't have suits!" In an interview from the FourFourTwo archive, Ray Houghton recalls how Jack Charlton and the Ireland squad prepared for a World Cup quarter-final
90 things we miss about football in the 1990s
By FourFourTwo Staff published
From John Barnes rapping to avian mascots scrapping, FFT recalls some of the players, teams, goals, matches, merchandise, moments and mayhem that made football in the '90s so great…
World Cup icons: When we all wept with Paul Gascoigne – and remembered him forever (1990)
By Gary Parkinson published
World Cup 1990 Gazza's professional career lasted from 1985 to 2005, but he will always be remembered for one month in mid-1990
Ranked! The 10 best players of Italia 90
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World Cup 1990 Despite a defence-dominated tournament, a 38-year-old dancing Cameroonian, blubbing British barnpot and bona fide home-nation hero still managed to set Italia 90 alight
Colombia's Birdman on Italia '90: "Did I want to be a lawyer or Colombia's No.1 fan?"
By Henry Mance last updated
World Cup 1990 Is it a bird? Is it a man? El Cole, aka the Colombian Birdman, speaks to Henry Mance
Back of the Net's alternative Italia '90: Popular opera, Shilts and the outlawing of Ireland
By John Foster last updated
Back of the Net Low scoring, cynicism, red cards and endless penalty shootouts mean Italia '90 is considered by most people to be the worst World Cup ever. Which just goes to show that most people are idiots...
Gary Lineker on Italia 90: "Really, it boiled down to Germany being jammy"
By Nick Moore last updated
World Cup 1990 The Golden Boot winner tells FFT that he doesn't mind not breaking England's all-time goalscoring record – his one regret is that the Three Lions didn’t go all the way in Italy
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