See Maradona's World Cup Shirt

Diego Maradona was one of the most talented footballer of all time. So, this might be one of the most famous football shirts in history, even if you don't recognise it. After all, this isn't the official Argentine strip…

Argentina was due to play England in a World Cup quarter final match at the Azteca Stadium, Mexico City. As captain, Maradona was ready, but coach Carlos Bilardo was worried about the team's performance in the sweltering temperatures and their heavy, cotton shirts.

Three days before the match, with no time to order official lightweight replacements, Bilardo sent a staff member, Ruben Moschella, to search Mexico City for a makeshift kit that resembled their famous light blue strip. Eventually, they found two alternatives…

The story goes that unable to decide between the two, they asked Maradona himself to make the final decision. He pointed to this shirt, and said, with his typical bravado, "We’ll beat England in that."

They quickly bought up 38 shirts, enough for the whole team, and hired a local designer to produce a set of replica Argentine Football Association crests, while the players' numbers were simply ironed onto the back. Only a few hours later, the teams were on the pitch…

Who knows what was in the air that day. But it led Maradona to score two historic goals, quickly dubbed "The Hand of God" and "The Goal of the Century", and lead the Argentines to victory over the England - all in a shirt hastily sourced from a sports shop in Mexico City.

Just after half time, with the teams deadlocked 0-0, a misjudged pass by England defender Steve Hodge allowed Maradona to punch the ball into the goal. After the match, Maradona bragged that he scored the goal, "a little with his head, and a little with the hand of God".

Just four minutes after the "Hand of God" goal came "The Goal of the Century". Maradona made a solo 60 yard dash towards the England goal, bypassing four players and making a feint that left goalkeeper Peter Shilton on the ground, before knocking the ball into the open goal.

Since 2002, the fabled shirt has been on a long-term loan to England’s National Football Museum. But how did it get there? At the end of the match, England captain Steve Hodge bumped into Maradona near the changing rooms and following tradition offered to swap shirts.

It was only later that Hodge saw the action replay of Maradona's blatant handball. Hodge later said, “If I’d have known what had happened, I wouldn’t have swapped my shirt with him." At the same time, Hodge said he would rather let bygones be bygones.