‘Hand of God’: 30 years on and England keeper Peter Shilton is still bitter over Diego Maradona’s infamous World Cup goal

Diego Maradona and former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton reignited on Wednesday their long-running feud, on the 30th anniversary of the Argentine’s infamous “Hand of God” World Cup goal.

Maradona, one of the finest footballers to play the game, scored twice in Argentina’s 2-1 victory over England in front of 115,000 fans on June 22, 1986 in Mexico.

The game will be forever remembered for two moments: when Maradona rose above Shilton to punch the ball into the net and then minutes later when he dribbled past half the England team before slotting the ball beyond Shilton.

It may be three decades on, but what particularly irks the goalkeeper even now is how his nemesis “celebrated the first as if it was legitimate”.

“I do not see how I could forgive him,” Shilton, now 66, who was one of the finest goalkeepers in the game at the time, said in a column in the Argentine sports daily Ole.

“He never apologised. He is the best player I went up against, but I would never be a fan of his. I would never shake his hand.”

Shilton added: “Maradona makes me sick.”