Hand of God

Re-Writing History, Is Not Recommended.

All sport’s histories are riddled with games or matches where results did not go the way they should have due to an officiating error, a freakish event, or due to cheating. Of course the latter comes in various forms. We

You Can’t Put Your Shirt On It, Apparently.

Maradona’s “hand of God” goal against England at the 1986 World Cup finals would be one of the most talked about goals in football. His second one of the most watched. For the England defender Steve Hodge who played the

Drawing A Long Bow?

No doubt most of us can remember being told as a child not do something. Don’t open that box, don’t look in that cupboard. As soon as we were told not to do something it made many of us more

Podcast #87 – The Love of Goalkeeping, Maradona and Do You Have To Be A Certain Height To Be An Elite Athlete?

Not the Footy Show Podcast

We are back with another show and as usual some interesting topics under discussion. Our guest on this show is former international water polo goalkeeper Tomaz Lasic who has just published his first book, “The Love of Goalkeeping.” The book

Inspirational Athletes – 19

Long before Maradona’s “Hand of God” at the 1986 Mexico FIFA World Cup there was ‘El Divino Manco.’ Which roughly translated means ‘the one-handed god.’ This was the nickname given to Uruguay’s Hector Castro. Castro wrote his name into the