Joe Jordan, Gordon Strachan and John Wark recall Scotland's 1982 World Cup campaign.

There is a reason the World Cup now plays its final group-stage games simultaneously: West Germany, Austria and their infamous match at the 1982 World Cup. The final match of Group 2 that year ...

One of the World Cup's most infamous matches has become a discussion point as the 2026 World Cup group stage permutations play out.

Decades after Austria and West Germany’s infamous 1982 match ended Algeria’s World Cup run, Algeria faces Austria again with ...

FIFA delivers some spellbinding stats behind Italy's 1982 World Cup triumph. Enzo Bearzot spent 40 minutes inside under-intense-pressure striker Paolo Rossi’s hotel room on the eve of the game against ...

One match. One goal. Eighty minutes of deliberate inaction. The infamous West Germany-Austria game at the 1982 World Cup exposed a fatal flaw in football's tournament format and forced Fifa to rewrite ...