Agent Maradona recalled.

[swee'pea99]

Except that he admitted to going doing rather too easy and theatrically to win a penalty for England in 1990 when they were in trouble against Cameroon...

Another dream shattered.

 

[Mr Celine]

I doubt that there's a professional footballer sportsman who hasn't ever cheated.

FTFY

 

[Dec66]

FTFY

Chris Boardman, if you ask the dopers around at the time... I've heard so many of them, when asked "so who else was doping?" reply with "everyone, except Boardman".

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Hallelujah

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_Maradoniana

The Iglesia Maradoniana (English: Church of Maradona; literally Maradonian Church) is a religion, created by fans of the late Argentine football player Diego Maradona, whom they believe to be the best player of all time.

 

[matticus]

I'm too stupid/lazy to find your first post, but is it 'that goal' that sticks, or was he generally an unusually cheaty player? (I take it as a given that all players in the history of the game have cheated. Apart from Gary Lineker.)

"unusually" would take some defining :P
But incidentally I do now know* that he used the handball trick in several other top-flight matches. Think he was caught once. So when he says;
"I didn't plan it that way ..." about the England match, I fetch a pinch of salt.

*source: recent interview with the docco director.

 

[matticus]

Errrm, I seem to recall that it was the UK military who fought Argentina for the Falklands, a UK territory. Many Scots, Welsh, and Northern Irish military personnel were killed and injured along with their English colleagues.
This UK/GB/English thing needs cleared up. Your football team represents England, not Britain or the United Kingdom of GB and NI.. The military is made up of personnel from the 4 nations. Your football fans should remember that the RAF is not "from England" when singing inaccurate songs!!

Maradona described the 1986 England cup win as "revenge against England"; there is little doubt that he is referring to the Falklands War.