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Diego Maradona, Allan Simonsen and Bernd Schuster ahead of the 1982-83 season at Barcelona. Getty Images
Diego Maradona’s room-mate at Barcelona drove them to domestic and European glory before a spat with Terry Venables ended in him joining their bitter rivals
Mark Noble carries Ander Herrera off the pitch; Jordan Pickford performs his trademark flop; Alessia Russo keeps the ball in the corner as England hang on to a 2-1 lead in the Euro 2022 final. Offside, Alamy, Getty
Running down seconds during a match is no longer simply a case of taking the ball to the corner, with the famous Pickford Flop one of many modern methods
The age of social media banter between rival fans has created its own distinct dialect, where “finished players” and winning the transfer window reign supreme
Uwe Seeler captains West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final. Offside
The countless goals scored for both Hamburg and Germany by “Our Uwe”, who died in July, were matched by off-field charm as he became a national institution
Arsenal goalkeeper Pat Jennings holds aloft the champagne presented to him to celebrate 1,000 appearances. Alamy
After a trophy-laden spell at White Hart Lane ended in shock relegation the supposedly declining Northern Ireland No 1 found a new lease of life at Highbury