Fantasy5: World In Motion: Mark Godfrey's Italia 90 Team

For episode two of the podcast we were joined by Mark Godfrey, founder of The Football Pink and host of the excellent podcast Viscera! which tells the story of the Italia 90 World Cup.

With this in mind, Mark chose his team of the tournament. It's safe to say it would be a lively affair if you came up against these guys at your local five a side pitch.

Rene Higuita

Despite being perceived as a lunatic, Higuita was one of the first instances of a 'sweeper keeper' similar to the likes of David De Gea and Ederson today. Rene was also adept at taking set pieces and scored 41 goals over the course of his career, three of which were for Colombia.

Stuart Pearce

After making the step up from non-league Wealdstone to the First Division with Coventry City and later Nottingham Forest, Pearce could still be found offering his services as an electrician in matchday programmes just in case his footballing career came to an abrupt end.

Diego Maradona

In May of 2020, British satellite TV network Sky Sports voted Maradona as the greatest player to have never won the European Cup/Champions League. Diego's only major European honour came in 1989 when he helped Napoli win the UEFA Cup.

Paul Gascoigne

'Gazza' was appointed manager of Kettering Town (then of the Conference North) in October 2005, unfortunately his time in charge of The Poppies lasted just 39 days and six games. Under his management, Kettering won two, drew two and lost two.

Roger Milla

Despite his advancing age (38 in 1990), Roger Milla went on to play well into his mid-forties, ending his career in Indonesia in 1996. His record of 43 goals in 77 appearances for Cameroon is only bettered by Samuel Eto'o who netted 56 times in 118 appearances between 1997 and 2014.