BBC iPlayer World Cup

[swaddon]

The Beeb has been digging through the archives and put up a load of World Cup clips from over the years.

[swaddon]

I don't know why, but they don't seem to have much before 1994, apart from Diego Maradona's spectacular header and sublime mazy dribble against England in 1986.

[CurlsLikeTattie]

On 22/05/2026 at 10:57, swaddon said:

I don't know why, but they don't seem to have much before 1994, apart from Diego Maradona's spectacular header and sublime mazy dribble against England in 1986.

Kinda makes sense, with the 94 world cup being the first one since football was invented by England in 1992.

[swaddon]

21 minutes ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

Kinda makes sense, with the 94 world cup being the first one since football was invented by England in 1992.

Oh, so England's win in 19-whatever it was doesn't count any more? That's good.

[CurlsLikeTattie]

35 minutes ago, swaddon said:

Oh, so England's win in 19-whatever it was doesn't count any more? That's good.

I believe that was just one of the preliminary test competitions while they were ironing the rules out for the big EPL launch. Pre-football, so only counts like friendlies count