He looks less like a geography teacher and more like a war criminal…

In fairness to him I seem to recall he had a decent enough match in Dublin against Ireland in the qualifications for 1990. He did end up conceding 2 but at least that’s a marked improvement on 6.

Maybe he’d shaved!

I can’t finish such a discussion without mentioning one of football’s most unshakable commandments – “If thou are a goalkeeper, thou must never, ever wear a beard”. Nothing cheers the opposition and drains the confidence from the home supporters like the sight of a hairy man between the sticks.

To those of you who remember Peter Disztl – the Hungarian goalkeeper from Mexico ’86, Fústar’s axiom will not come as a surprise. In their opening game against the Soviet Union, Disztl had to pick the ball out of his net six times.

Here’s why.