From taking on Maradona, frustrating Dalglish, worshipping Banks and joking around with Lineker, Peter Shilton pretty much did it all in his 125 appearances for England
The country's most-capped footballer talks to Sky Sports about being beaten by the 'Hand of God' and reaching the World Cup semi-finals at Italia '90
With more caps for England than any other player in history, Peter Shilton is among the most iconic goalkeepers to have represented his country.
In his 125 games, and two decades from 1970 to 1990, for England, the former Leicester City and Nottingham Forest player pretty much did it all from the highs of playing with the likes of Bobby Moore to the lows of being beaten by Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God'.
Shilton was also England's goalkeeper at the 1990 World Cup, where - in his last game for his country - he was not able to prevent the devastating defeat on penalties by West Germany in the semi-finals.
That game remains the furthest England have been in a World Cup since they were crowned champions in 1966 and it is something Roy Hodgson and his squad would be desperate to emulate this summer.
But Shilton had many memorable moments in his epic international career and speaking on behalf of Vauxhall, the England team sponsor, he told Sky Sports about taking on Maradona, frustrating Kenny Dalglish, worshipping Gordon Banks and joking around with Gary Lineker.
Finest Hour -1990 World Cup Semi-finals
"I felt that was a great achievement; it is the best we have done since 1966. My first World Cup was in Spain in 1982 and we were unbeaten and lost one goal in five games but did not qualify, because it was a group situation and that was a big disappointment. However, at Italia '90 we got so close to the final. Obviously we went 2-1 down to Cameroon in the quarter-final and got two late penalties and we thought the luck had probably changed, because we had not had a lot of luck in other tournaments. But it was not to be. We hit the inside of the post in the last period of extra-time against West Germany and if that had gone in we would have been in the final."
Favourite Save - England 1 Scotland 0, May 1973
"It was early on in my England career against Kenny Dalglish at the old Wembley. Bobby Moore played in front of me that day and they still replay that save on TV to this day. I always get Scottish fans coming up to me!"
Toughest Opponent - Diego Maradona
"In 1986, although he cheated against us [the 'Hand of God'] and got away with it, he probably won the World Cup for Argentina on his own. He was probably the best player and people talk about his second goal in that game but I actually think he has scored better goals in the World Cup. He did not actually beat that many players but it was still a very spectacular run."
Most Talented Team-Mate - Bobby Moore
"He had got everything; stature, leadership, he was a great tackler and also a great passer of the ball. I also played with Bryan Robson, who was a great player and did not have a lot of luck in terms of injuries at the World Cup, and then Gazza [Paul Gascoigne] at his peak was world class. The likes of Gary Lineker, in terms of goalscoring ability, would be up there with the best England strikers, too."
Football Hero - Gordon Banks
"From a goalkeeping point of view, there were three goalkeepers - Gordon Banks, the big Russian goalkeeper, Lev Yashin, and also Peter Bonetti. They were all my heroes but Gordon was my main one. From an outfield point of view, my main hero for England was Jimmy Greaves and overall it was Pele. I never played against him but I have met him."
Best Mate In Football - Gary Lineker
"We were both from Leicester and we roomed together for many years. I was also very close to Ray Clemence, because we roomed together for 10 years with England, although we were deadly rivals. I had quite a few mates, including Ray Wilkins as well. Gary was great, though. We had a nickname of "Junior Des" for him - after Des Lynam - because we always knew he would be involved in TV, even back then. We had some real laughs. I remember a time when they wanted to film us in the room with Gary serving me a cup of tea while I lay on the bed. He did not want to do it, because he thought it might be replayed later on, but I took the micky out of him that much that he eventually said he would do it. But after 24 takes we could not stop laughing so we never actually got it filmed! I think that was his way of getting out of it but it was comical."
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