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From Mumbles to El Mundial: Joe Towns’ 40-Year World Cup Journey
The first World Cup I remember was Mexico '86. I’m sitting in my house in Swansea. Des Lynam is presenting. Golden sun scorched colours bursting through the TV, Gary Lineker’s arm in a plaster-cast, England’s players furiously surrounding the referee after Maradona's Hand of God. I remember playing football in Underhill Park in Mumbles that summer and trying to copy the goal Maradona scored against Belgium in the semi-final, the one where he is falling over as he shoots, scor

Joe Towns
Jul 65 min read
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