World Cup 1982
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82: New Zealand's All Whites win hearts and minds - just not any points
By Neil Billingham last updated
FIFA World Cup New Zealand's famously resolute showing in South Africa in 2010 wasn't the first time the All Whites have made friends and influenced people at the world's biggest sporting event, as Neil Billingham explains...
World Cup icons: Smoker, drinker, thinker Socrates gets himself in shape – but suffers in Spain (1982)
By Andrew Murray last updated
World Cup 1982 The great icon of Brazilian football never went beyond a World Cup quarter-final... but that was never his priority
Hola! World Cup 1982: How pre-tournament farce made way for triumph
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
World Cup 1982 The beauty of Brazil, the villainy of West Germany and the redemption of Rossi: the lasting memories of a remarkable tournament played out in the stifling heat of Spain
Norman Whiteside, record breaker, on Spain '82 - "I walked into a media storm"
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
World Cup 1982 Norman Whiteside broke Pele's record for the youngest ever World Cup finals appearance - he was just 17 years and 41 days when picked by Northern Ireland against Yugoslavia
82: The most amusingly disorganised World Cup ever
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
World Cup Wonderland
The story of Hungary's 10-0 rout of El Salvador in 1982
By Martin Mazur last updated
World Cup 1982 It's a score that should only happen in playgrounds, but behind El Salvador's World Cup record rout was a farcical tale of civil war, corruption, disorganisation and schoolboy defending.
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