"I think," I say, with a look at Taffy m case she can correct me "that was it for England, but Wales got promoted to the top level."<br/><br/>"As for Maradona, he was the best player in the eighties, it's fair to say, I am sure, although he had his inner demons. That was summed up in that match against England in 1986 when he blatantly cheated for the "hand of God" goal, but also scored one of the best goals of all time, when he beat the entire defence single-handled, if you pardon the expression."<br/><br/>OOC I had a slight personal connection to another World Cup winner who died recently. Nobby Stiles was the  unlikely hard man of the England team which won the World Cup in 1966; unlikely as he was very short-sighted and wore thick glasses, except when he was playing when he wore contact lenses. He also had no front teeth.<br/>Anyway, as a ten year old, I saw him at very close quarters when his son's primary school football team played against my primary school team. Many years later, one of my best RL friends let the older Nobby go ahead of him in a queue in Stretford Anrdale Centre. Nobby acknowledged that and, whenever their paths crossed subsequently, would say hello and ask how he was. It's hard to imagine many of the sports stars of today doing the same.