World Cup Wonderland

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

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 1982 The screamers, chips and 'toe-pokes' that lit up Spain in 1982; featuring Messrs Tardelli, Zico, Robson and Kiss...

World Cup 1994 The Romanian icon tells Sorin Dumitrescu how his team could have gone all the way in the United States

World Cup 1990 Is it a bird? Is it a man? El Cole, aka the Colombian Birdman, speaks to Henry Mance

World Cup 2010 The finest goals of South Africa's showpiece tournament, graded by a frankly agog Nick Moore

World Cup 2002 The finest goals of 2002, selected by an eye-rubbing Nick Moore

World Cup 2018 From the 'Iranian Ronaldo' to the flying Peruvian wing-back who helped upset Brazil, Michael Yokhin picks out these relatively low-profile talents who could become superstars by the end of Russia 2018

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