Spurs fans on Twitter have been reacting to some footage of Diego Maradona featuring for the North London club in Ossie Ardiles’ testimonial in 1986.
The Spurs Web shared the footage, after it was originally shared by Twitter account When Football Was Better, which shows the Argentinian icon featuring alongside former Spurs midfielder Ardiles in his testimonial match for the North London club against Inter back in 1986.
The footage includes some of Maradona’s best moments from the match, with him, of course, wearing his favoured number 10, which has delighted a lot of Lilywhites supporters.
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Reaction from Spurs fans to the footage of Maradona can be seen in the tweets below.
Heard We actually almost signed him in 94 instead of Klinsmann
— MaybeSomeday (@R_FD79) May 1, 2020
Wow..haven’t ever seen footage of this so thanks for posting.
— James Gale (@monkeyinawalnut) May 1, 2020
Can’t believe I was there, aged 13 amazing night
— Danny (@danny142717) May 1, 2020
I was there. What a fantastic night that was, will never forget it
— THFC / DM (@spursanddepeche) May 1, 2020
One of many amazing nights at the Lane.
— Archie (@Archie_Tashjian) May 1, 2020
Must have been one of the few times a testimonial was delayed to get the crowd in,
Great memories— james fa crowe (@FaCrowe) May 1, 2020
These Spurs fans seem to have great memories of Maradona’s one appearance for Spurs back in 1986, whilst others loved seeing the footage for the first time.
What do we think?
Maradona is undoubtedly one of the most famous names to ever play football, so it must have been great for some of these fans to see him turn out for the Lilywhites, even if it was just a testimonial.