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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
El Capitán: the gamble that won the 1986 World Cup for Argentina
By Chris Hunt last updated
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...
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...
Gheorghe Hagi on USA '94: "Whenever I lost at rummy, we'd play well the next day. I won, and we lost to Sweden"
By Sorin Dumitrescu last updated
World Cup 1994 The Romanian icon tells Sorin Dumitrescu how his team could have gone all the way in the United States
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
Ranked! The 10 best goals of World Cup 2010
By Nick Moore last updated
World Cup 2010 The finest goals of South Africa's showpiece tournament, graded by a frankly agog Nick Moore
Ranked! The 10 best goals of World Cup 2002
By Nick Moore last updated
World Cup 2002 The finest goals of 2002, selected by an eye-rubbing Nick Moore
Booze, togas and a persistent Mariachi band: The story of Scotland at Mexico 86
By Sam Rowe last updated
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...
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...
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