Stealing the World Cup

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In 1966, England hosted the FIFA World Cup, an incredible honor and landmark moment for English football. Just one problem: someone made off with the cup itself just weeks before the start of play. How can you have a global tournament with no prize? How can England save face? ...

Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tony Cascarino.

Tony Cascarino shares his favourite stories from representing the Republic of Ireland in two World Cups (00:00)

Which South American teams are in the running to lift the trophy? ...

Welcome back to Stick To Football with Gary Neville, Ian Wright, Jill Scott and Roy Keane – the original show from The Overlap brought to you by Sky Bet.

As we reach the international break, today’s episode is all about our panels stories from playing for their coun ...

In their last episode on the World Cup, Tom and Dominic are joined by the face of football, Gary Lineker. They discuss England playing Argentina in the 1986 World Cup in the wake of the Falklands War, the globalisation of the competition that began with USA 1994, and the corrupti ...  Afficher plus