With more than 500 appearances to his name in a career spanning over 20 years, Ray Wilkins has plenty of games to pick from when choosing his favourite.
As for those he watched, it is World Cup season, and he takes us back to a classic in 1982 - one Deco also selected earlier in the week.
Favourite game played:
Not many sides come from two down in a European tie to beat Barcelona, particularly when that Barcelona side contains one Diego Maradona and the West German Bernd Schuster, who would go on to coach Real Madrid, but that is what Manchester United achieved in 1984.
A Uefa Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final first leg had seen the Catalans win 2-0 before having to return to Old Trafford, where they found Wilkins, Norman Whiteside, Bryan Robson and co. in fine form inside a bubbling Old Trafford.
England captain Robson had opened the scoring before adding another after Wilkins's shot had been blocked by the Barcelona goalkeeper, and then Frank Stapleton added a third to send United into the semis.
'My favourite game was for Manchester United against Barcelona in the Cup Winners Cup in March 1984,' he explains. 'We were 2-0 down from the first leg and it could have been 102, against the Maradonas of this world, and seven Spanish internationals, then we played them at Old Trafford with 60,000 people there, and scored the third goal with about two minutes to go and beat them 3-0.
'Steve Holland tells me he was there! We had young Graham Hogg pretty much making his debut and marking Maradona, it was a nerve-wracking experience but a great night, and we went on to lose in the semi-final against Juventus.'
Favourite game watched:
How often do you see the favourites eliminated early when they look nailed on to win? That is exactly what happened to Brazil at the World Cup in 1982, when a Paulo Rossi hat-trick for Italy sent one of the greatest sides of all time crashing out of the tournament, despite the presence of Falcao, Socrates and Zico in a star-studded line-up.
'Probably the best game I've ever seen was Italy and Brazil in 1982, it was a classic football game going one way and another, an Italian smash and grab against one of the best Brazilian sides to have played,' Wilkins recalls.
'Paolo Rossi scored a hat-trick and Brazil didn't really have a centre-forward, the big lump's name at number nine was Serginho, a huge guy, and that cost them a little bit.'
As for those he watched, it is World Cup season, and he takes us back to a classic in 1982 - one Deco also selected earlier in the week.
Favourite game played:
Not many sides come from two down in a European tie to beat Barcelona, particularly when that Barcelona side contains one Diego Maradona and the West German Bernd Schuster, who would go on to coach Real Madrid, but that is what Manchester United achieved in 1984.
A Uefa Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final first leg had seen the Catalans win 2-0 before having to return to Old Trafford, where they found Wilkins, Norman Whiteside, Bryan Robson and co. in fine form inside a bubbling Old Trafford.
England captain Robson had opened the scoring before adding another after Wilkins's shot had been blocked by the Barcelona goalkeeper, and then Frank Stapleton added a third to send United into the semis.
'My favourite game was for Manchester United against Barcelona in the Cup Winners Cup in March 1984,' he explains. 'We were 2-0 down from the first leg and it could have been 102, against the Maradonas of this world, and seven Spanish internationals, then we played them at Old Trafford with 60,000 people there, and scored the third goal with about two minutes to go and beat them 3-0.
'Steve Holland tells me he was there! We had young Graham Hogg pretty much making his debut and marking Maradona, it was a nerve-wracking experience but a great night, and we went on to lose in the semi-final against Juventus.'
Favourite game watched:
How often do you see the favourites eliminated early when they look nailed on to win? That is exactly what happened to Brazil at the World Cup in 1982, when a Paulo Rossi hat-trick for Italy sent one of the greatest sides of all time crashing out of the tournament, despite the presence of Falcao, Socrates and Zico in a star-studded line-up.
'Probably the best game I've ever seen was Italy and Brazil in 1982, it was a classic football game going one way and another, an Italian smash and grab against one of the best Brazilian sides to have played,' Wilkins recalls.
'Paolo Rossi scored a hat-trick and Brazil didn't really have a centre-forward, the big lump's name at number nine was Serginho, a huge guy, and that cost them a little bit.'
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